*Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

[Daemon]

Reporting post to James for encouraging streaming websites.

Everyone needs a little bit of encouragement

Well except murderers and stuff I guess

 

[trundler]

Everyone needs a little bit of encouragement

Well except murderers and stuff I guess

But not cannibals

 

[JupiterRules]

England top 3 ate the sand again. if No Root , this team worse than zimbabwe

 

[Manee]

England top 3 ate the sand again. if No Root , this team worse than zimbabwe

Hard to think they will get a better chance to get runs - no swing, flat pitch, slow pitch.

 

[Gnske]

When you choose a no.3 who has re-invented himself to average 33, what can you expect?

 

[grecian]

England top 3 ate the sand again. if No Root , this team worse than zimbabwe

if No Root, sounds like an underground dance scene TBH.

 

[JupiterRules]

Watch THE GRADE CRICKETER in youtube for indepth funny analysis of TEST CRICKET.

 

[Burgey]

This one seems really nicely poised after two days. Moving day coming up.

 

[Anil]

yeah the 1st day was almost entirely india's, the 2nd was almost entirely england's...and with root still there, they definitely have the momentum...

 

[Adders]

Not sure about either of the above 2 posts.....nicely poised and momentum with England??

**** me we've only got 1 man in the entire country who knows one end of a cricket bat to the other and we're 250 runs behind.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

England could be 9 down and 500 runs behind in their second dig and Anil would give India a 50/50 chance of winning.

 

[honestbharani]

England could be 9 down and 500 runs behind in their second dig and Anil would give India a 50/50 chance of winning.

TBF, if it is in England, he wont be wrong. #getaclimateEngland

 

[mr_mister]

Was hoping Hameed just took up where he left off in tests

Could get that Barrington test-fc disparity happening (ATG in tests and rubbish in county)

 

[sunilz]

I hope this series is not a repetition of 2014 where India was competitive in 1st 2 test because of Murali Vijay (KL Rahul this time). When he didn't score in last 3 tests, match became 1 sided.

 

[weeman27bob]

England could be 9 down and 500 runs behind in their second dig and Anil would give India a 50/50 chance of winning.

Either they'd win or they wouldn't, what isn't 50/50 about it?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Either they'd win or they wouldn't, what isn't 50/50 about it?

Guest post by Nate Silver

 

[Window]

I hope this series is not a repetition of 2014 where India was competitive in 1st 2 test because of Murali Vijay (KL Rahul this time). When he didn't score in last 3 tests, match became 1 sided.

Rohit is contributing well too at least. Feel like Kohli will get better as the matches progress and swapping out Pujara/Rahane isn’t going to result in any material decrease in runs so seems fairly low risk with possibility of upsides. Jadeja seems to be doing okay too.

 

[weeman27bob]

Guest post by Nate Silver

Hey now, that's unfair. I know some things about what I'm posting about, which puts me one level up from Nate Silver

 

[Bijed]

Either they'd win or they wouldn't, what isn't 50/50 about it?

Pffft, look at this guy not knowing what he's on about

They could tie, so it's obviously a 33% chance of a win in that situation

 

[andruid]

England could be 9 down and 500 runs behind in their second dig and Anil would give India a 50/50 chance of winning.

Anil is a Gautam Gambhir in disguise