*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[ankitj]

Promising 50 run partnership before a swift end for slightly under 400. Bazball gets off to a great start but stutters and is reeling for a while at 250-6 before a lower order recovery. India’s day overall.

Following which India lose 5-0, of course.

Predictions on point so far

 

[Gnske]

Can't tell if Ashwin is leaking runs or brain matter faster

 

[OverratedSanity]

Getting owned. Series on the line in this innings.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Crawley on form is ridiculous to watch but doesn't do it often enough.

 

[Andyhere]

Two right handers and Ashwin leaking runs and still no thoughts given to get axar into the attack.

 

[Aidan11]

Crawley's played some good shots today.

 

[kevinw]

Crawley batting like a millionaire (his dad)

 

[Adders]

Getting owned. Series on the line in this innings.

Shut up you buffoon.

 

[Silver Silva]

Bazball needs to be implemented across the board now ..It works !

 

[Daemon]

Predictions on point so far

Hopefully the stutter happens soon

 

[Howe_zat]

Shut up you buffoon.

India are still 1.6 to win and denying that them having scored 400 first up has them in a good position is more it less an outright denial of how cricket works.

That said - in this last hour? India have been getting owned.

 

[Aidan11]

Getting owned. Series on the line in this innings.

Lol.

 

[Andyhere]

Idiot Rohit gets in Mukesh to leak even more runs

 

[Daemon]

Shut up you buffoon.

five and a big fat zero

 

[Prince EWS]

Can't imagine many things in the world that could have made Pope happier right now than this bowling change.

 

[BazBall21]

In his last 6 balls he's hit 3 to fielders and missed a reverse sweep. Doesn't exactly look in great touch right now (weird thing to say given his last innings, but I mean literally now) but give him a break

Glad he got through that tough first phase. Finding his feet in the innings now.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is an extraordinarily dumb bowling change.

 

[Aidan11]

50 partnership.

 

[OverratedSanity]

five and a big fat zero

Unironically

 

[King Kane]

A good knock from Crawley, a flat pitch with nothing much in it for the bowlers is where he shines, he might be a flat track bully but he is a good one.

A long way to go yet but England would have to fancy their chances of getting a first innings lead here.

Reports of Anderson's demise too premature? Maybe the Ashes was just a poor series. Every player is allowed them now and then.

He is still capable of bowling at his best even at his age but he doesn't do it as consistently as he used to and needs to be used more sparingly now.