*Official Third Test at Headingley* 25-29 August

[Jack1]

He hardly hit that, pure timing for 6

 

[honestbharani]

So rich from Kohli of all people. No awareness of how obnoxious he is on field.

Nah... what happened there was definitely warranted. Its not just Kohli. You saw how animated Rohit, Pujara and Rahane were too. Lets not retroactively make it seem like England did not deserve that the last test. They did.

They have also taken the lessons and come out better prepared here and we have been found wanting, maybe resting on those laurels too much. I had no problem with the players talking about the provoking incident in the immediate aftermath of the test. But after a week, more should have been done planning-wise and getting ready for the game than keep talking about that ****.

 

[Spark]

Yeah but Australia were at home. All out for double digits on day one of a home test just wasn’t a thing that happened to Australia.

Oh yeah, that's still unmatched for a reason. But even getting to parity, given England's top order woes, makes this a pretty historic Bad Day for India already.

 

[trundler]

Looks like this series is all about who soils themselves first. Who knew that could be so fun!

 

[Shri]

yeah we are ****ed

 

[Howe_zat]

We’ll be leading by stumps

**** I’m smug rn

 

[Aritro]

yeah we are ****ed

There's always a lolapse on the cards in modern day test cricket, especially in English conditions. But for now it's hard to refute that you are, indeed, ****ed.

 

[trundler]

Jadeja slipping up in the field sums it all up. Crazy.

 

[Spark]

Tomorrow is a legit important day for India. Not for this game, this is obviously donezo, but to make sure they don't collapse mentally for the rest of the series and turn this into 2014 redux.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

5th time England have taken the lead without losing a wicket.

2010 MCG
2005 Lords v Bangladesh Trescothick and Strauss
1912 Hobbs and Rhodes twice in a series against yer crims.

 

[trundler]

2018 was fairly traumatizing for fans too. Is England some voodoo realm

 

[Shri]

jaddu off the field limping. he should come back out and headbutt the ball. ash on as concussion sub

 

[honestbharani]

Tomorrow is a legit important day for India. Not for this game, this is obviously donezo, but to make sure they don't collapse mentally for the rest of the series and turn this into 2014 redux.

Nah, think you under rate this bunch. I expect us to come back and come back well both in this game and in this series.

 

[OverratedSanity]

**** I’m smug rn

You cancelled this out with your dreadful "India have atleast 4 world class batsmen take"

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lmao did jaddu do his hamstring there? concussion controversy 2.0 pls.

 

[Spark]

Nah, think you under rate this bunch. I expect us to come back and come back well both in this game and in this series.

I don't disagree. But the sign of that happening will start tomorrow, with a creditable performance. Getting blasted off the park here would be... not great.

Same way that I felt that India was still in the series after 36ao, but it hinged on a good performance Day 1 at Melbourne. The instant response is the most important one.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Tomorrow is a legit important day for India. Not for this game, this is obviously donezo, but to make sure they don't collapse mentally for the rest of the series and turn this into 2014 redux.

Atleast it wont be chris jordan running through us by the end I suppose.

 

[Shri]

has any big international side got two double digit totals in a year

 

[honestbharani]

Lmao did jaddu do his hamstring there? concussion controversy 2.0 pls.

You just know even if we did get one, Virat will go for Axar.

 

[Raffski]

On Overton, he also gave this toe curling interview on the subject earlier this year:

Craig Overton: 'I’ve Realised That You Can’t Go Around Doing What I Was Doing Then'

Craig Overton talks about how he's changed as a bowler, the long queue ahead of him, and the racism allegations that marred his early career.

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