*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[andruid]

We've seen it all: Batsmen reviewing after a clear nick & batsmen not reviewing after a clear miss.

If they could tell when they did or didn't nick it, there would be no caught behinds eh?

 

[Woodster]

what's the plan behind all these sweeps? seems a near impossible shot to get right to me

The unknown of how much it’s turning (from little to huge) probably means they’ve more chance of a decent connection with a horizontal bat, bit like when you’re not picking a spinner, of course with the inconsistent bounce top edges become a very real possibility.

 

[Prince EWS]

yeah as that ball shows. obviously you need some luck but root is showing that skill does still count for something here. he's on 12 but it's a very impressive 12 as they go.

Right up there with Quiney's 9.

 

[Spark]

The winner of this might actually be Kraigg Brathwaite's 6fa. Certainly a much worse bowler and it was instrumental in the way the game went.

was that 6/single figures on a total rank turned where he turned into syd barnes on a wet dog though

 

[Spark]

The Sibley review and several others of this type dispel the myth that batsmen always know whether they’ve hit it or not, they clearly don’t!

surely no one actually paying attention has believed in this myth in at least five years, at least here

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ugh I'm really scared of this partnership.

 

[wpdavid]

Unlucky Kiwis. 26 still the record.

EDIT
And there goes the innings defeat. Happy days.

 

[Spark]

i don't mind the approach at all but i still think the inconsistency in bounce makes that shot not the right one to play. attacking anything seemingly overpitched definitely the right call though.

 

[Woodster]

surely no one actually paying attention has believed in this myth in at least five years, at least here

I think you’d be surprised!

 

[Burgey]

Stokes is playing this exactly right here, can tone it down if root gets out first.

Ashwin been a bit average this dig so far by his standards

 

[Prince EWS]

was that 6/single figures on a total rank turned where he turned into syd barnes on a wet dog though

Nah but the fact that the pitch wasn't really that bad actually made it funnier imo, especially since the actual spinners in the his team were getting milked.

 

[Spark]

Nah but the fact that the pitch wasn't really that bad actually made it funnier imo, especially since the actual spinners in the his team were getting milked.

eh bad bowlers getting a bunch of wickets is definitely funny, but part timers being made into gods by the pitch is the pinnacle of comedy cricket imo

 

[social]

don't understand why all the hoicks are cross-bat. surely you gotta play straight on this thing

And doubling down by doing it against the spin

 

[silentstriker]

Lol come on, that shouldn’t happen on day 2.

 

[Spark]

geez that's a class shot. timing

 

[honestbharani]

Amazing, isn't it? It's 34 for 3 but if they get bowled out for 50, it won't be a shock, or perhaps even a surprise.

Not good enough for test cricket IMO, this pitch.

Stokes playing the shot of the innings so far though.

 

[Burgey]

**** that’s a great shot. Timed the ears of it

 

[OverratedSanity]

Brilliant from stokes. Looking very very dangerous here.

 

[eroticfishcake]

Stokes looks in ominous form

 

[honestbharani]

Lol come on, that shouldn’t happen on day 2.

Nah, it can as I said. Its when it is inconsistent that it becomes bad.