*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[Prince EWS]

Holy **** what shot was Crawley playing? Just saw the replay. Like it barely turned and he missed it by a foot

First ball of the innings too. Missed it by a mile.

Reminded me a bit of something that would happen on a cricket computer game if someone wasn't quite used to the controls yet.

 

[cnerd123]

Wonder if the umpires get paid for all 5 days

Would be incentive to get them out of there quicker

?

 

[Prince EWS]

A second test still might not use the full five days of this one...

It probably wouldn't. Pitch isn't going to get better.

 

[silentstriker]

When was the last time England opened with two spinners (assuming they do right now)?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Wonder if the umpires get paid for all 5 days

Would be incentive to get them out of there quicker

?

This would be like the first thing I would research if I was going to be an umpire.

 

[Shri]

Everyone:

Root why didn't you pick a second spinner?

Root:

I did, he's called Jack Leach

 

[Burgey]

Nice work Jimmy. Have a rest mate

 

[JOJOXI]

It probably wouldn't. Pitch isn't going to get better.

Maybe spins so much that you can just slog sweep knowing LBW won't be a factor

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Hmm why isn’t Root leading from the front and bowling the first over. Poor, very poor

 

[Prince EWS]

Wonder if the umpires get paid for all 5 days

Would be incentive to get them out of there quicker

?

I think they get paid per Test rather than per day.

 

[Arachnodouche]

From an English perspective, the worrying bit about these set of circumstances is that they go home feeling embattled and hard done by the wickets and take no steps to improve the local circuit with respect to spin. Doubt there's the kind of integrity or foresight, anywhere in the modern game really, needed to swallow these kind of defeats and get on with what can be done to fare better in the future.

 

[Burgey]

Gill still no bat sponsor.

I think the corporates are being pretty astute tbh

 

[wpdavid]

When was the last time England opened with two spinners (assuming they do right now)?

I'm guessing one of those stickies in Australia - maybe in 1936/7?

 

[cnerd123]

10% of the target chased in the 1st over. Nice.

 

[Ashwinashwath]

Ashwin completes 400! Maybe not the fastest to reach 400 but fast enough - in his 76th or 77th.

 

[Spark]

From an English perspective, the worrying bit about these set of circumstances is that they go home feeling embattled and hard done by the wickets and take no steps to improve the local circuit with respect to spin. Doubt there's the kind of integrity or foresight, anywhere in the modern game really, needed to swallow these kind of defeats and get on with what can be done to fare better in the future.

I think the way Australia approached it in 2017 is the right way. If you get out nicking it or playing inside it, then fine. But just don't get done by the straight one.

 

[cnerd123]

I think they get paid per Test rather than per day.

Interesting.

 

[Burgey]

I'm guessing one of those stickies in Australia - maybe in 1936/7?

I wonder if Emburey and Edmonds might have in the 80s somewhere on the SC?

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Fantastic dive. Almost saved more runs than he’s scored there

 

[cnerd123]

Has Root ever opened the bowling in his entire life before? This must be a first.