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

[GIMH]

Good plan by England to be bowling by the time the lights come on

 

[honestbharani]

Ponting the last to do that, right? Been a fair while if so.

Virat did that in both tests in Chennai too, tbh. Second opener being Rohit has meant Virat has to go there, I guess.

 

[wpdavid]

Captain putting himself at silly point is rare. Alpha move.

Calls for a reverse sweep doesn't it?

 

[Prince EWS]

Ponting the last to do that, right? Been a fair while if so.

Cremer used to field at short leg to Sikandar Raza. Not literally silly point but same principle.

 

[Shri]

will be surprised if archer bowls at top speed given how his arm is still taped up

just let the guy get better before rushing him back in ffs

 

[honestbharani]

I disappear for 5 minutes and everyone is out ffs

Conference call back on?

 

[Teja.]

If Adani got to name both ends it might be called the Matt Canavan End.

I was joking but found out the other end is actually called Reliance End lmao.

 

[wpdavid]

will be surprised if archer bowls at top speed given how his arm is still taped up

just let the guy get better before rushing him back in ffs

Especially after Stone bowled pretty well last time. Still, we'll see how he goes.

 

[Prince EWS]

Cremer used to field at short leg to Sikandar Raza. Not literally silly point but same principle.

Made weirder by the fact that he was sometimes bowling from the other end, now that I think about it...

 

[GIMH]

Conference call back on?

Ducked out for a shower during the 'morning tea' break but wound up not actually getting in until play was about to restart.

Next call at 2, thinking of excuses AWS

 

[Magrat Garlick]

archer 3rd highest scorer, bat him 3

 

[honestbharani]

Ducked out for a shower during the 'morning tea' break but wound up not actually getting in until play was about to restart.

Next call at 2, thinking of excuses AWS

Do what the little girl in the US did and mess up your password in Zoom and tell them you can't get on.

 

[Neptune]

The words 'clutching' and 'straws' spring to mind.

so do you agree he’s good looking or not?

 

[Teja.]

The zomato ad on hotstar where the guy is made to feel embarrassed for getting Indian food from home for 'oriental Wednesdays' has triggered me.

Let him eat his rice and dal ffs.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

archer 3rd highest scorer, bat him 3

If he gets out now it will go down as one of his finest Test innings to date.

 

[Ashwinashwath]

Axar picks another! 7 down for 93!!

 

[honestbharani]

A Patel doing the business in Gujarat.

 

[GIMH]

ffs

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This is like a lower league club cricket match, bowl at the stumps and just wait for them to miss one.

 

[Spark]

Real flashbacks to some of the worse 2010s England/Australia performances in the subcontinent (esp the UAE) with the number of batsmen missing straight balls here.