*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[Shady Slim]

i am a big believer in selecting the best keeper even if they aren’t the best bat

is bharat the best keeper?

 

[BazBall21]

Wood is a handy tailender but he's not the type of handy tailender that might stick around for a bit. I'd have been tempted to send Leach out instead to try and stay with Stokes for a period.

Cue Wood 43 off 26

 

[mackembhoy]

If we can last another 20/25 minutes we might score 40 or 50 more here.

Troll our way to 250 and then they make it look a featherbed and score 500.

 

[Spark]

Obviously it'll depend on how they bowl but this is quickly approaching "actually competitive" territory here

 

[Spark]

It's not a ****ing doosra KP

EDIT: Ah I see Karthik has beaten me

 

[BazBall21]

Stokes' batting with the tail is legit one of his greatest strengths as a player. Miles better at it than Root.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This set of hitting by Rehan, Hartley and now Wood could be vital later on. Not going to be a high scoring game so tail wagging is huge for us.

 

[Aidan11]

More than 30 overs in the session.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Alright so like what's going on with RTS? Because that's deviated really really obviously, like straight off the face of the bat, and yet the spike is tiny.

Maybe they calibrated it wrong.

 

[Molehill]

It's not a ****ing doosra KP

EDIT: Ah I see Karthik has beaten me

This is why I watch so much cricket on mute. When Karthik is the voice of reason you know you've got issues.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Stokes' batting with the tail is legit one of his greatest strengths as a player. Miles better at it than Root.

And genuinely great to watch.

 

[kevinw]

Hartley's going to go a Michael Clarke (Wankhede 04-05) / Joe Root (Ahmedabad 20-21) isn't he?

 

[Nintendo]

Obviously it'll depend on how they bowl but this is quickly approaching "actually competitive" territory here

Depends on the spinners. There's alot of help in the deck if you can just do the kuhnemann method of decent L&L control with some natural variation. Hartley and rehan don't strike me as that type of spinner, and the Indian bats are more than capable of putting away bad balls.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Jadeja has bowled utter dross bar the wicket for the last few overs. Gone for a lot of runs too.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Made it to tea still batting. I take that as a (small) win

 

[Molehill]

Depends on the spinners. There's alot of help in the deck if you can just do the kuhnemann method of decent L&L control with some natural variation. Hartley and rehan don't strike me as that type of spinner, and the Indian bats are more than capable of putting away bad balls.

I think one issue England have is that all 3 spinners turn the ball the same way. I do wonder if Bashir would've played had he been available because he offers something different.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Done pretty well to get 215, might actually get to a somewhat competitive score

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I think one issue England have is that all 3 spinners turn the ball the same way. I do wonder if Bashir would've played had he been available because he offers something different.

He would have.

India cheated Scared of him.

 

[Silver Silva]

Axar Patel has been underbowled..Been as good as anyone

 

[Daemon]

Obviously it'll depend on how they bowl but this is quickly approaching "actually competitive" territory here

We’ll know when we’ve reached actually competitive when Stokes declares