*Official* India tour of Ireland and England 2022

[Shri]

Shri are you in the fetal position yet

no

post tea collapse incoming

 

[ImpatientLime]

does bazball only truly exist in the fourth innings of a test?

 

[GIMH]

does bazball only truly exist in the fourth innings of a test?

And at 67-6 in the first dig

 

[Viscount Tom]

no

post tea collapse incoming

From yourself or England?

 

[Bahnz]

JFC India, you’re meant to get them 50/4 before letting this **** happen.

 

[Howe_zat]

does bazball only truly exist in the fourth innings of a test?

I think it's basically a pool hustle

Pretend to be crap for three days and then bang, just as the stakes go up you reveal that you can bat

Alex Lees took it a bit far by averaging 23 for six tests before the reveal, but they'll fine tune it

 

[chris.hinton]

Oh they change the bowl and get a wicket.....Cheats

 

[cnerd123]

Thank **** for changing the ball huh

England to coast this by 9 wickets now

Can we please have Kohli test positive for Covid tonight and go home?

 

[Howe_zat]

In seriousness, every fibre of conventional wisdom in me says they look good for a bit and then when 2 wickets go down the target seems miles away again. Chasing something like this you can't really be 'winning', you've just 'not lost yet'.

Oh, there 'tis

 

[Shri]

bumraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


oh so the only reason eng cheated their way to a chase below 400 is by changing the ball every ten overs

 

[Nintendo]

Told you, lees sr under 100 and things fall apart. Lord and siraj earned that wicket;.

 

[chris.hinton]

bumraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


oh so the only reason eng cheated their way to a chase below 400 is by changing the ball every ten overs

Stop making excuses. England are the masters of fair play in World Cricket and have showed it here to great effect. India have cried every over about the ball

 

[Daemon]

Lol changing the ball is seriously crap tho I must say. They need to change the rules.

 

[GIMH]

In seriousness, every fibre of conventional wisdom in me says they look good for a bit and then when 2 wickets go down the target seems miles away again. Chasing something like this you can't really be 'winning', you've just 'not lost yet'.

Oh, there 'tis

Yeah, so many times over the years teams have looked imperious chasing a huge target and 2/3 quick wickets and suddenly it's miles away.

That being said, as long as the wickets total reads 4 or less I will consider anything possible

 

[Viscount Tom]

Feel like all these hair transplant adverts are for Shami.

 

[GIMH]

Lol changing the ball is seriously crap tho I must say. They need to change the rules.

Nasser was saying yesterday they don't even have to change it within the rules. It's at umpire's discretion and the hoop test thing is a guide.

 

[Howe_zat]

Lol changing the ball is seriously crap tho I must say. They need to change the rules.

I hope it's just a problem with this season's balls. They've had the same rules for ages and it's not normally an issue

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Nasser was saying yesterday they don't even have to change it within the rules. It's at umpire's discretion and the hoop test thing is a guide.

what i wonder is what happens to changed balls, do they go off into cold storage to be brought back out whenever someone needs an exactly 20-over old ball a few years later

 

[chris.hinton]

I think there is a problem with this seasons balls

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Changing the ball is like 95% of BazBall.