*Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

[Fuller Pilch]

Burns will be key. He's better than his average suggests and can go big. I'd have kept Ashwin to bowl to him.

Genius!

 

[silentstriker]

Definitely don’t agree with the selection here.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

waste of a review. if he wasn’t sure of his edge, looked plumb at first look

 

[Gnske]

Sharma unfit because his hand is old?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This will be a massacre, we look so bad in the batting department. Can't hope to compete against anyone at present with this line up.

 

[Starfighter]

So, are England gonna have to rely on Sam Curran to score all the runs again?

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

two more to go before lunch

 

[flibbertyjibber]

two more to go before lunch

I'd take that.

 

[hendrix]

Thakur is a very questionable choice imo. Smacks of compensating for indias lack of batting depth. But hey if he pulls off a gabba again it'll look great.

Oh they picked Thakur? Hmmmm.

I like the inclusion of Siraj. I guess that means you can't play Ishant. Hmmmmm.

Gee if only one of India's pace bowlers could legite bat 8-9

 

[hendrix]

Robinson was genuinely good against us at Lords

On that first look so many were saying "looks like another plodder" but he set Latham up beautifully and then continued to bowl in good areas with skill and decent movement both ways. He looks good IMO.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh they picked Thakur? Hmmmm.

I like the inclusion of Siraj. I guess that means you can't play Ishant. Hmmmmm.

Gee if only one of India's pace bowlers could legite bat 8-9

Yeah its a shame we never had a bowler who was ideal for english conditions, swung the ball both ways accurately and contributed valuable runs down the order virtually every series he played. Would be such an asset in series such as this.

 

[Flem274*]

did india really pick thakur?

why? he can't bat, not like curran or jamieson or anyone actually good like that to offset his dibbly little pies.

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah its a shame we never had a bowler who was ideal for english conditions, swung the ball both ways accurately and contributed valuable runs down the order virtually every series he played. Would be such an asset in series such as this.

heh, poor bhuvi

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Yeah its a shame we never had a bowler who was ideal for english conditions, swung the ball both ways accurately and contributed valuable runs down the order virtually every series he played. Would be such an asset in series such as this.

Sounds like an excellent white ball player to me.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah its a shame we never had a bowler who was ideal for english conditions, swung the ball both ways accurately and contributed valuable runs down the order virtually every series he played. Would be such an asset in series such as this.

lol you talking about Bhuvneshwar right?

hmmmmm....I think you could justify him over Jadeja and then play Ashwin, right?

 

[Gnske]

did india really pick thakur?

why? he can't bat, not like curran or jamieson or anyone actually good like that to offset his dibbly little pies.

dont question the formula bruh.

 

[OverratedSanity]

lol you talking about Bhuvneshwar right?

hmmmmm....I think you could justify him over Jadeja and then play Ashwin, right?

For england? Absolutely.

 

[Burgey]

This will be a massacre, we look so bad in the batting department. Can't hope to compete against anyone at present with this line up.

gonna be a 5-0 pizzling for you blokes out here unless it rains, and we can’t ****ing bat

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not a bad attempt to pin him in front there despite the runs.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

gonna be a 5-0 pizzling for you blokes out here unless it rains, and we can’t ****ing bat

I expect it to be 5-0 to you and could be 3 or 4-0 to India as well.