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

[Burgey]

I mean there could be some who would argue that the Indian spin quartet of 60s/70s was a better attack.

I dunno, man. I saw them play, albeit I was a kid, and they had very little impact compared with this outfit.

 

[wpdavid]

In the post-match presentation both Kohli and KL alluded to a specific incident that got the India team fired up. Does anyone know what it was?

My money's on Robinson's gobbiness being involved. It may be the shoulder barges by Robinson and Anderson in the previous test.

 

[Shri]

fair enough tbh

 

[wpdavid]

I mean there could be some who would argue that the Indian spin quartet of 60s/70s was a better attack.

Only in certain conditions, and it's not as if the current side doesn't have some very fine spinners available in those circumstances. I suspect that those people look at India's wins in Caribbean and England in 1971 but forget how poor the WI bowling was ('transitional' is the euphemism) and draw too big a conclusion from the England tour where the first two matches were curtailed by rain and the decider was played on an Oval track that absolutely suited their attack. And it's not as if they were unbeatable even at home. Off the top of my head, they only narrowly beat a depleted England side in 1972/73 and were heavily beaten by England in 1976/77. I think they also lost at home to WI in 1974/75, against a side with lots of famous names but most of them playing their first full test series.

 

[Shri]

 

[Shri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1298324017682829312

not long ago

 

[social]

Just watched replay

Kohli is such a ****

All about him as he knows media focus is on him

 

[silentstriker]

I mean there could be some who would argue that the Indian spin quartet of 60s/70s was a better attack.

I’m not sure if there is any argument that would bear that out.

 

[Starfighter]

I'd go as far saying that it's not clear that any of the spin quartet were better than either of Ashwin or Jadeja, before you go adding the greater strength provided by the pace unit.

 

[wpdavid]

I'd go as far saying that it's not clear that any of the spin quartet were better than either of Ashwin or Jadeja, before you go adding the greater strength provided by the pace unit.

Ashwin's off-spin is probably superior to Venkat or Prasanna. But Bedi's SLA probably superior to Jadeja, and the the current side don't have a wrist-spinner like Chandra.

 

[Starfighter]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1427548320566857730

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1427570787637149696

No only does hardly anyone seem to employ what used to be basic bowling skills, but hardly anyone appears to remember either.

 

[Manee]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1427548320566857730

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1427570787637149696

No only does hardly anyone seem to employ what used to be basic bowling skills, but hardly anyone appears to remember either.

I agree with this. However, I dispute (and happy to be proven wrong as only been watching since 1997 and don't watch full days of Test cricket that often) that the round the wicket bodyline bowling followed by the round the wicket off-cutter has been employed previously.

 

[Uppercut]

REVEALED: Anderson remark revealed before Virat Kohli's reply about backyard

In an incident that took place in the second session, old foes James Anderson and Virat Kohli were apparently at it again.

www.the12thman.in

‘The two greats of the game have a famed rivalry that dates back to 2014. Anderson had the better of Kohli during the latter’s first trip to England. Kohli could only muster 135 runs across 10 innings and was troubled by the medium-pacer throughout.’

Hahahaha, the shade.

 

[sunilz]

@OverratedSanity @Shri
Please post gif of video after Anderson's wicket when everyone ran towards Siraj and Kohli ran alone in opposite direction ?

 

[harsh.ag]

Kohli's victory run after the Root catch also pls

 

[shashy]

My money's on Robinson's gobbiness being involved. It may be the shoulder barges by Robinson and Anderson in the previous test.

Anderson shoulder barged someone? I must have missed that. Well if it's that's the case then surely he can't whine about having to face the short-pitched stuff

 

[Arachnodouche]

Kohli the kinda guy that lets out a whoop when someone else gets laid. Always in the service of the greater good.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Ashwin's off-spin is probably superior to Venkat or Prasanna. But Bedi's SLA probably superior to Jadeja, and the the current side don't have a wrist-spinner like Chandra.

Doesn’t make a difference though. Ashwin and Jadeja are just as (if not more) potent at home.
They’re needed less away (Ashwin a bit more than Jadeja) because the pace attack is so good - it’s without a doubt better than the spin attack of its time.

 

[Daemon]

Beautiful

Grumpy gramps gets out grimacing before the ball even reaches him while nice guy Bumrah celebrates in the background. Perfect.

Up there with Stokes at Headingly though the crowd standing up with him was way cooler in that one.

 

[mackembhoy]

Sky cricket have redesigned their logo to read Sky Hundred for the duration of The Hundred, even tho they're broadcasting a very important and high profile Test series too.

Keep advertising the 100 during the game whenever theh get the chance to as well. It's terrible

Rather than showing there was 16.4 overs left of the day's play.

They changed it to 100 balls left.

Shameful plug.