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

[Jack1]

What a blinder. Overton deserved that. That’s out - do not give that not out

 

[Aritro]

Been busy all day. Someone please summarise the day so far in 47 words.

 

[91Jmay]

Reckon fingers pretty clearly under that. Good catch

 

[Flem274*]

oh that just kills you as an indian fan

rahane always looks so good then just gets out nowadays. ian bell-esque.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Finally that avg comes below 40 and maybe now people will realise how **** he's been for ages.

 

[OverratedSanity]

oh that just kills you as an indian fan

rahane always looks so good then just gets out nowadays. ian bell-esque.

He doesn't though. He played two absolutely atrocious pull shots just before this.

 

[The Sean]

Excellent ball yet again, and that was a superb catch.

 

[Flem274*]

Finally that avg comes below 40 and maybe now people will realise how **** he's been for ages.

Hah, thoughts on Kimbers defense of him?

 

[Daemon]

rahane always looks so good then just gets out nowadays. ian bell-esque.

No he's looked quite arse in general

 

[Flem274*]

He doesn't though. He played two absolutely atrocious pull shots just before this.

first one was a bit wafty, second was fine

 

[OverratedSanity]

Robinson looks so good. Huge find for England. And Woakes was always going yo be hax in home conditions. Massive upgrade on Curran in every way. Hard to be too optimistic of our series chances from here. Could've been way uglier if Broad and stokes had played too.

 

[Daemon]

Anyways, good to see our 3 world class bats rack up 64 runs in total. No changes needed though.

 

[91Jmay]

Thakur looks really solid with bat, striking it nicely.

 

[Furball]

Just turned on - how are India 6 down on day 1?

 

[sledger]

Robinson looks so good. Huge find for England. And Woakes was always going yo be hax in home conditions. Massive upgrade on Curran in every way. Hard to be too optimistic of our series chances from here. Could've been way uglier if Broad and stokes had played too.

Don't think I'd put Broad back in even if he was fit at this point tbh

 

[sledger]

Just turned on - how are India 6 down on day 1?

Because of weakness mainly

 

[White Ball]

Robinson looks so good. Huge find for England. And Woakes was always going yo be hax in home conditions. Massive upgrade on Curran in every way. Hard to be too optimistic of our series chances from here. Could've been way uglier if Broad and stokes had played too.

agreed but it’s dissapointing, this isn’t a great England team and we are still getting outplayed this was our best chance to win here since 2007

 

[StephenZA]

Just turned on - how are India 6 down on day 1?

They decided batting Jadeja at 5 is a good idea?

 

[Arachnodouche]

I mean, as fun as Lord's was, the fact that it was so out of the blue and they had to scrap so hard for it against a weak English side always meant there were tougher times ahead. Hopefully this series defeat rings in the changes so desperately needed. That middle order is comatose.

 

[anil1405]

Just turned on - how are India 6 down on day 1?

If you knew how well Indian middle order has been batting over the last couple of years you wouldn't ask this question.