*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[MW1304]

Hartley in that first test second innings was superb.

Yeah possibly that, but he's been superb.

Haven't had to bowl Root either, which is a major plus.

 

[OverratedSanity]

C’mon man

The ball that got Stokes doesn’t happen on a normal pitch

There's been maybe 3 balls that have done that all test. Not ideal but it's probably just a couple of tiny cracks causing it to misbehave.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah possibly that, but he's been superb.

Haven't had to bowl Root either, which is a major plus.

Yeah Hartley is the obvious but this has felt more consistently quality to me.

 

[White Ball]

Bat the over boys! It’s a decent deck need to at least get close to parity

 

[Andyhere]

Sarfraz + Jaiswal or bust here. Jurel and Ash are pretty but won't add much and the remaining three are walking wickets.

Gonna concede a massive first innings lead. Urgh. Game over. Can't believe we rested Bumrah for the IPL FFS. Win the series first then rest him. ****s.

Order from the bosses aka IPL team owners is above BCCI and playing for country

 

[wpdavid]

I've always rated Bashir.

Likewise. If you look hard enough, you'll find my post where I was arguing for him to be selected before the touring party was announced.

 

[capt_Luffy]

That was close....

 

[hazsa19]

Didn't see it live, would it have been a direct hit?

 

[wpdavid]

Unexpected agility from Sarfaraz there.

 

[Aidan11]

India are going to avoid the follow on.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Didn't see it live, would it have been a direct hit?

Most definitely.

 

[Pothas]

Likewise. If you look hard enough, you'll find my post where I was arguing for him to be selected before the toruing party was announced.

Same for me with Hartley. Even saw him live for a couple at days at Southport last season. He made such an impression that I definitely didn't have to subsequently check if he had played in the match at all.

 

[wpdavid]

Yeah Hartley is the obvious but this has felt more consistently quality to me.

Decent captaincy by Stokes to bowl Bashir ahead of Hartley in this innings when the obvious decision would have been to favour the guy with more experience and a test match 7-for under his belt.

 

[Aidan11]

Jaiswal on top form here, as he has been all series.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This Jaiswal is annoyingly good

 

[Aidan11]

Oh that kept low.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Let's hope the Tellytubby gets 3rd time lucky with his run out chances.

 

[wpdavid]

Another grubber. The surprise is that they've only accounted for one wicket in the match so far.

 

[Shri]

follow on avoided

 

[Ashes81]

Jaiswal is really starting to get on my nerves