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

[karan_fromthestands]

Pujara's mental toughness is something else. I hope he sticks to his style no matter what, his method might not work on total lottery pitches where you can get out on any delivery, but it works everywhere else. Also, his contribution in the game so far has been huge, this game could have easily gone out of India's control had Pujara not hung around for so long.

 

[wpdavid]

England catching to the fore again

Followed by a wasted review. Wheels coming off?

Absolutely brilliant umpiring though.

 

[cnerd123]

ffs Rahane

Focus

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rahane against spin is pure comedy sometimes. He almost fell flat on his face trying to play that off the front foot.

 

[Jay London]

Any chance of flying David Warner over to help with the ball?

 

[Daemon]

Credit to England and Root here, they've really tried everything. Pitch is just dead af bar some funny things happening for Moeen out of the rough.

 

[cnerd123]

looked good there tho

 

[Teja.]

Beautiful innings.

 

[cnerd123]

yesssss so good

triple it plz

 

[BoyBrumby]

Proper test match knock. Got to admire the diligence.

Apropos of nothing: it occurs to me England suddenly have two pony tails in the XI; I can't think of one (in the men's side) previously to Burns's effort. Am I forgetting anyone?

Sidearse probably has the longest Barnet I can remember from an England international, but he tended to let his copper ringlets run wild and free.

 

[fredfertang]

Surprised it's taken so long for Root to take the ball himself

 

[wpdavid]

Proper test match knock. Got to admire the diligence.

Apropos of nothing: it occurs to me England suddenly have two pony tails in the XI; I can't think of one (in the men's side) previously to Burns's effort. Am I forgetting anyone?

Sidearse probably has the longest Barnet I can remember from an England international, but he tended to let his copper ringlets run wild and free.

Maybe Tom Curran when he played in the 2017/18 Ashes. Although he may have preferred the top-knot to a genuine pony tail.

 

[cnerd123]

Ah ****

Played 200 balls and was part of a 100 run partnership, so decent effort.

still a long way away from enough runs

 

[Arachnodouche]

Well played, Pujara. Hope he kicks on in the next game and beyond.

 

[Anil]

Damn we are losing this one!

 

[Daemon]

Played Puji. Unlucky to get that out of nowhere.

 

[Shri]

wood has done really well today

 

[Uppercut]

Played Puji. Unlucky to get that out of nowhere.

Yeah but tbf if you bat so many balls it’s gonna happen eventually.

Still, he’s left India in a much better place than they were when he got there.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Yeah but tbf if you bat so many balls it’s gonna happen eventually.

Still, he’s left India in a much better place than they were when he got there.

It's hard to tell because his general game is so attritional but he was microscopically more assertive in that knock. His triggers looked good as he spent more time at the crease, the bat started coming down straighter too.

 

[Prince EWS]

He always looked like getting out like that haha