*Official* 4th Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 4 - 8 Mar 2021

[Shri]

thought it was out in real time but as soon as i saw the impact on slow mo i knew it was too high

 

[Shri]

would switch switch foakes and bairstow's spots tbh

foakes' batting style combined with his position is useless to the team and isn't being used well enough

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Just tuned in... Only selecting one seamer + 2.5 spinners (and one of them struggles to land it on the pitch).... lolwtf. Has England ever done that before? Seems like a big FU to the pitch.

 

[Woodster]

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would switch switch foakes and bairstow's spots tbh

foakes' batting style combined with his position is useless to the team and isn't being used well enough

Can’t help but feel Bairstow would be wasted at 8 though. Yes he has a more aggressive approach which could be useful when batting with the tail, but despite his last Test I’d back him to be more like to make a match defining contribution up the order rather than Foakes.

Foakes should at least have some solid support below him in Bess and Leach who can both hold a bat.

 

[cnerd123]

yea but then you have Bairstow playing as a specialist number 8, which would be crushing to his ego if the whole Stokes-At-Eight experiment is anything to go by.

I can't see him batting at 3 with Lawrence in the XI tho. Should be batting no higher than 5.

 

[honestbharani]

Why are England playing for the draw already?

 

[Burgey]

Should be batting no higher than 5.

Should be batting no higher than 12.

 

[Woodster]

Nice bit of bounce, pace and a bit of seam movement on this deck! Look well if it’s a seamers deck! You would expect it to take some turn aswell today though.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Plenty of bounce in this wicket so far. Might just be the overnight dew + new ball, but good for at least ten overs in the morning. Eng might rue not bowling the extra seamer.

 

[Burgey]

Hahahahahahaha done by a straight one. WTAF is wrong with these blokes. Ridiculous

 

[Shri]

yea but then you have Bairstow playing as a specialist number 8, which would be crushing to his ego if the whole Stokes-At-Eight experiment is anything to go by.

I can't see him batting at 3 with Lawrence in the XI tho. Should be batting no higher than 5.

foakes has andy flower vibes to his batting vs spin

would give him as many overs of spin to bat against as possible

 

[honestbharani]

Damnit Axar.. could have done that in the first ball.

But I will take it. Inside edge though.

 

[morgieb]

Sibley really isn't very good.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Too tentative from Sibley. Just no conviction in that prod.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Well that didn’t take long.....lol

 

[Burgey]

Too tentative from Sibley. Just no conviction in that prod.

If you're going to get your bat that far outside the line, at least take your front pad with you ffs. School boy error.

 

[silentstriker]

Can anyone run the stats on whether any team as been as unlucky as india have with the toss in the past few years?

 

[Woodster]

Playing for turn again, not learnt clearly. A new ball always likely to skid on, if he rips one and takes the outside edge then fair play to the spinner, but don’t keep falling to the ball that does nothing!

 

[Spark]

hard to know what to say anymore with regards to the resolute insistence on playing for the turn

 

[cnerd123]

How does Axar keep doing this hahaha

lol Bairstow at 3, this will be fun