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

[cnerd123]

Haha Kohli's finally telling him no

 

[Daemon]

Hilarious over, hope that last one was plumb

 

[honestbharani]

Hilarious over, hope that last one was plumb

Of course it was not.

 

[honestbharani]

Good catch there by Virat to get Mo but why the **** are they still standing that back? They were closer next ball and finally a slip catch was actually taken at waist height.

 

[grecian]

Look really unlucky there Siraj is a pantomime figure, but umps call should mean you'll get one given out. Good decisions my arse, safe decisions more like.

 

[grecian]

Good catch there by Virat to get Mo but why the **** are they still standing that back? They were closer next ball and finally a slip catch was actually taken at waist height.

Guess they felt Mo was likely to flash hard as he does, Curran less so, seemed to work.

 

[BoyBrumby]

This looks salmon.

EDIT: Barely clipping. Gough turned down more "out" shouts in Siraj's last over.

 

[wpdavid]

TBF I'd have snatched your arm off for 340 before play started today, so think any more runs from here are a bonus.

Game's gonna be set up in the third innings.

Can't be two many batsman who've faced two hat-trick balls in one innings either, can there?

This is all unquestionably true. But having got to tea where we did, with the ball no longer new and the bowlers theoretically tiring, I thought we might be able to push home our advantage. Now that was silly after how ever many years I've been watching England, but one does occasionally have these moments of optimism. tbf to India, I do think they did really well to control the run rate after tea, and wickets can happen when guys are bowling well at the lower order.

EDIT
And there goes Robbo as I type. Assuming we're bowling tonight, I wonder how their openers will go after a day and a half in the field.

 

[cnerd123]

Deserved that, well bowled.

Geez that's a slim umpire's call tho haha

 

[Arachnodouche]

Might have been premature about Ishant. Looks like he just needed some roadwork.

 

[cnerd123]

Root playing for that red ink

 

[grecian]

well he get's the least deserved one, but all in all makes sense.

 

[wpdavid]

Should Wood have a bit of a swing here?

 

[grecian]

Should Wood have a bit of a swing here?

No should play it on it's merits, if Root gets out, go to cow corner, but now he needs to play like a batsman.

 

[wpdavid]

Root playing for that red ink

If my sums are right, anything from 163 not out takes his average to 50+

 

[cnerd123]

That was worth a review.

Kohli only agreed because Siraj is on a five fer and it was Root's wicket.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Gotta give those in real time surely. Root's deceptively tall but come on, below knee roll on a slow pitch...just looked out.

 

[grecian]

That was worth a review.

Kohli only agreed because Siraj is on a five fer and it was Root's wicket.

Root really lucky there.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Should Wood have a bit of a swing here?

Don't think we're at 'swing wildly at everything: stage but I think he should he looking to get the scoreboard moving, yeah.

 

[wpdavid]

I suppose my logic is that Root's knackered and we're unlikely to get much of a lead so Wood may as well try and hit a few in time for us to have 20 minutes at them tonight. But I know that others will see it differently.

EDIT
As I'm following this on cricinfo I have no idea what India's field looks like. But if they're trying to keep Wood on strike in the new over, I'd guess there are safe hits beyond the in-field.