***Official*** 4th Test @ The Oval, London - 2nd-6th September

[Shri]

batting against balls in the corridor:

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well it was a good decision to bowl then.

 

[Aritro]

Ian Ward has that important commentator’s gift of adding no insight whatsoever while sounding superior and supercilious in a clipped accent.

Hahaha.

He's a ****. I've been a bit fascinated by his accent though; I can't work out whether he's actually posh or not. I think by the unwaveringly Oxbridgian standards of British broadcasting, he produces some unusually rounded vowels and may actually be *gasp* middle class.

 

[morgieb]

That's a corker. England well on top especially as I think the pitch will flatten out.

 

[Shri]

ounded vowels and may actually be *gasp* middle class

get him on with bhogle

 

[Manee]

Can we just go home? This is getting a bit embarrassing.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Is there some team rule that England has to have a racist **** bowling from this end at any given time?

You Aussies would know more about that sort of stuff.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Jadeja in at 5

 

[Manee]

That's a corker. England well on top especially as I think the pitch will flatten out.

It is not a minefield, India's techniques are just abysmal.

 

[Burgey]

batting against balls in the corridor:

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Lol Smith looks the worst positioned of any of them and he averages 128 in England against balls in the corridor.

Jadeja at five. Not a bad move to mix it up with a leftie I suppose

 

[Spark]

??? What's happened here

 

[Arachnodouche]

Good nut but this is ****in Groundhog Day now.

 

[Adders]

Whats this.......a lunch watchman?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It is not a minefield, India's techniques are just abysmal.

England ones aren't much better apart from Root.

 

[morgieb]

Hahaha.

He's a ****. I've been a bit fascinated by his accent though; I can't work out whether he's actually posh or not. I think by the unwaveringly Oxbridgian standards of British broadcasting, he produces some unusually rounded vowels and may actually be *gasp* middle class.

He did go to a pretty elite school but it doesn't seem like he's Oxbridge educated and his occupational background is actually kind of working class.

 

[Aritro]

It wasn't even that good was it? Standard good nut, could have been negotiated.

 

[The Sean]

That is an absolute peach from Jimmy there. Perhaps Pujara could have kept his bat a bit closer and not followed it, but it was just put on such a perfect spot and moved away beautifully. Lovely ball.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Jadeja to make a half century

 

[Shri]

why isn't ashwin hitting umesh on the head with a bat right now to come in as a sub

 

[Manee]

England ones aren't much better apart from Root.

Yes it is a good point but England are far better at exploiting errors because they can really just stick it on the spot and swing it ball after ball. India's bowlers are more about the magic ball.