*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[Ashes81]

Indeed - don't think this will turn much, let alone square. From the testimonies of Pope and Stokes you'd think it was a minefield though lol.

They never said that - what Stokes said was that he'd never seen a pitch like it and he had no idea what it would do.

 

[Aidan11]

They never said that - what Stokes said was that he'd never seen a pitch like it and he had no idea what it would do.

Reassuring words from the captain of England.

 

[Shri]

read an article just now

is Jake Lintott in eng selection radar at all

 

[Gob]

read an article just now

is Jake Lintott in eng selection radar at all

You can't be serious...jeez

Also don't know who that is

 

[Shri]

You can't be serious...jeez

i can read

 

[Molehill]

read an article just now

is Jake Lintott in eng selection radar at all

Nope - I doubt he's on the T20 radar let alone a longer form. He's nearly 31 and only played 2 FC matches.

 

[swede]

There is a huge dislike for Bazball among traditionalists who do not want Test Cricket to be turned into a longer form of T20, I think a lot of critics do not care about the results Bazball have produced and will criticise it any given opportunity because they hate what it stands for. A lot of people believe that Bazball will eventually be used as justification to shorten Test Cricket from 5 days to 4 due to the high run rates. So in essence, the reason why Bazball is criticised isn't based on results (England have had a lot of success with it) but due to the fact that it never was or never will be accepted by some as the right way to play Test cricket.

Perhaps these traditionalists should realise that test cricket used to be played over 3 days. It was only ever extended because of too many draws as pitches got too easy to bat on. Funnily enough, this coincided with declining interest. 4-day tests would be great. Especially because they could start on the same day of the week all the time.

Bazball will never be T20. Its the other way round. T20 might not exist, Had England begun bazballing 20 years earlier.

 

[kevinw]

Nope - I doubt he's on the T20 radar let alone a longer form. He's nearly 31 and only played 2 FC matches.

And if people think Jack Leach doesn't look like an athlete....

 

[kevinw]

Looks like Bairstow will have his 99th and then 100th test to try and score some runs before returning to an English summer and be faced with competition from Brook for his place.

Nah, Foakes will be dropped, Bairstow back at seven with the gloves.

 

[ma1978]

Nah, Foakes will be dropped, Bairstow back at seven with the gloves.

bro - Bairstow will play 130 tests for England. He has pictures

 

[Hungry Llama]

What next for england - innings defeat? they seem spooked by the pitch already.
Stokes bowls and reinjures his knee? India bat first = series won?

 

[Aidan11]

If England bat first and go into lunch something like 85/7, I'm gonna lose my ****.

 

[Burgey]

i just want pitch to be quick and have bounce regardless of turn. then this will take care of the rest:

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Why would you want that? Would suit England's batting more than India's

 

[White Ball]

If England bat first and go into lunch something like 85/7, I'm gonna lose my ****.

I’ll wait for that then.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

India going to regret resting Bumrah when they lose this game

 

[Anil]

Reassuring words from the captain of England.

That was just the first salvo in the battle for the moral victory…

 

[Test fan]

Akash deep is making his debut .yet another trundler from India .

 

[Burgey]

Still waiting for Atul Sharma to dayboo tbh

 

[JavaHurricane]

England won the toss and chose to bat.

 

[ma1978]

Akash deep is making his debut .yet another trundler from India .

the wheel is back!