*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[S.Kennedy]

Rose Bowl? What are the tickets for that like? It is even more ''in the middle of nowhere'' than Chester-le. Championship starts tomorrow so I'll only catch the highlights for this test.

 

[Adders]

Rose Bowl? What are the tickets for that like? It is even more ''in the middle of nowhere'' than Chester-le. .

How on earth do you work that out?

 

[S.Kennedy]

How on earth do you work that out?

Because it is.

Have you not been before?

 

[Adders]

Because it is.

Have you not been before?

I used to live in Hampshire mate......about 45 mins away.

Its an hour and a half by train from London ffs........how is it the middle of nowhere like Durham?

 

[S.Kennedy]

I used to live in Hampshire mate......about 45 mins away.

Its an hour and a half by train from London ffs........how is it the middle of nowhere like Durham?

To get to Rod Bransgrove's gaffe from Southampton it is a 40 mins bus ride. There is a reason why Hampshire have some of the worst county attendances on the circuit.

Edit

Durham's wouldn't be ''in the middle of nowhere'' if it was actually in Durham (City), one of the mean commuting cities on the eastern line. As it happens it is in Chester-le-Street.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Is Durham like the Chennai of England?

 

[S.Kennedy]

If Durham played in Durham City, Sunderland or Newcastle (yes, the latter isn't County Durham but then Warwickshire don't play in Warwickshire) it would be very easy to get to.

Another problem with Chester-le is, once you are in Chester-le, it is still a 15-20 mins hike to the venue from the town centre!

 

[Moonsorrow999]

We badly need decent batting conditions and to win the toss. Anything else and England clear favourites imo.

Same for England really. Root's % toss win rate is massive. When a side bats first and puts 250-300+ on the board they cave.

 

[Borges]

The fascinating thing about these two sides is that both are choke full of ATVGs; players who can blow hot and cold.
Other than Root and Kohli in batting, and Anderson in bowling, there is no one who can be said to be a really a consistent performer over a period of time.

Fortunately for India, these days, Ishant doesn't ATVG as much as he used to in the past. Thank heavens for small mercies.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I used to live in Hampshire mate......about 45 mins away.

Its an hour and a half by train from London ffs........how is it the middle of nowhere like Durham?

In fact I have just remembered. There isn't even a train station in West End. How do you propose getting from London to West End?

 

[Daemon]

The fascinating thing about these two sides is that both are choke full of ATVGs; players who can blow hot and cold.
Other than Root and Kohli in batting, and Anderson in bowling, there is no one who can be said to be a really a consistent performer over a period of time.

Fortunately for India, these days, Ishant doesn't ATVG as much as he used to in the past. Thank heavens for small mercies.

Stop using ATVG like that lol

 

[Prince EWS]

Stop using ATVG like that lol

Yeah it's absolutely not meant to be an insult or a problem, especially within the context of currently existing teams.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

For large chunks of his career Ishant would have been a certain starter for an all time barely even first class standard XI. ATBEFCS

 

[R!TTER]

For large chunks of his career Ishant would have been a certain starter for an all time barely even first class standard XI. ATBEFCS

Ishant wouldn't make it in this team if he started today, he's been shite for a good 7 or 8 years of his filthy 11+ years career

 

[TheJediBrah]

The fascinating thing about these two sides is that both are choke full of ATVGs; players who can blow hot and cold.
Other than Root and Kohli in batting, and Anderson in bowling, there is no one who can be said to be a really a consistent performer over a period of time.

Fortunately for India, these days, Ishant doesn't ATVG as much as he used to in the past. Thank heavens for small mercies.

None of the players taking part in this series are ATVGs. Anderson is close, Kohli will probably be an ATG.

edit: maybe Ashwin

 

[S.Kennedy]

Both teams are full of All Terrain Vehicle ehh Guys.

 

[Adders]

None of the players taking part in this series are ATVGs. Anderson is close,

Errrr, Anderson was the reason the term ATVG was coined on here (can't remember who it was)

 

[TheJediBrah]

Errrr, Anderson was the reason the term ATVG was coined on here (can't remember who it was)

Yeah you're right I was exaggerating he's probably the only one, possibly along with Ashwin

 

[Adders]

I think with 12,000 test runs to his name it would be hard to not class Cook as ATVG too.

 

[S.Kennedy]

You just know Cook will ton up on a flat Oval deck and his average will jump from 16 to 42.