***Official*** England in India 2016/17

[OverratedSanity]

Pretty much.

 

[harsh.ag]

Star Sports doing a good job with their efforts to get people to watch more test cricket, must be said.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Revenge for 3 series defeats in a row I guess. 2 from total humiliations. I guess with the home form of the last year or so they want a humiliation the other way this time which could easily happen.

 

[91Jmay]

Given they're much the same pace why would anyone think Stokes is better in these conditions than Broad?

Big reverse swing + he is faster for longer than Broad. He has hurried batsmen on slow pitches in Bangladesh (just smashed Mushfiqur Rahim on the helmet as I type).

 

[Cabinet96]

Heh. This is being advertised on TV as a #RevengeTestSeries. Good stuff.

Not sure if I’m imagining things, but didn’t the 2012 series get touted as “revenge” in some capacity in adverts?

 

[harsh.ag]

Not sure if I’m imagining things, but didn’t the 2012 series get touted as “revenge” in some capacity in adverts?

Yeah it's just their way of getting people to watch test cricket, which is very difficult in India, unless it's Australia or Pakistan.

 

[Furball]

Not beating England this decade.

 

[Jono]

Kind of hard to tell how India's new-age middle order plays at home when the going is tough since the going was easy all series vs. NZ.

I'd say India 2-0 if the pitches are what they were vs. NZ. No Jimmy for the first test, and lacking match practice when he finally returns, will be tough for them. Jimmy is a very very good bowler on Asian tracks nowdays.

Only 2 results Jono in 5 games? Are they playing in bad weather areas or something?

Yeah maybe I was a bit conservative there.

Having seen England bat vs. Banglas, changing tip to 5-0 India.

 

[Furball]

Lifetime avatar bet says India won't win 5-0.

 

[Shri]

Lifetime avatar bet says India won't win 5-0.

If Cook or Root don't randomly tear up their quads in a training session. Never say never.

 

[anil1405]

Michael Vaughan: England will lose 5-0 in India if they do not improve with bat - BBC Sport

 

[cnerd123]

England's h4x batting depth is going to **** us over in atleast one of the Tests for sure. They'll go from 100/5 to 300+.

 

[Shri]

England's h4x batting depth is going to **** us over in atleast one of the Tests for sure. They'll go from 100/5 to 300+.

Have we ever let such a huge partnership build lower down the order at home recently? Maybe a 70-80 run stand at best, a few times from their lower order might be the norm this time.

 

[cnerd123]

Have we ever let such a huge partnership build lower down the order at home recently? Maybe a 70-80 run stand at best, a few times from their lower order might be the norm this time.

We haven't had a lower order visit us that can play spin. This England lower order is pretty adept. It's crazy enough Bairstow is at 7, Adil and Woakes following that is just unfair

 

[Motorwada]

England's h4x batting depth is going to **** us over in atleast one of the Tests for sure. They'll go from 100/5 to 300+.

Our batting depth isnt bad either. The tail has saved us at least once every series.

 

[cnerd123]

We should have a bet on whether both sides lower orders combined will outscore the top orders

 

[indiaholic]

Unlikely. Their third best batsman is apparently Stokes and ours is Kohli.

 

[Motorwada]

We should have a bet on whether both sides lower orders combined will outscore the top orders

Their tail is better at batting. Bhuvi, Ashwin, Jadeja, Mishra are slightly worse as batsmen but are far superior bowlers than the English all rounders. Also our top order is pretty strong.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Dont know why but England's tail wont do well this time in India <------- post for digging after 5th test

#post139

 

[honestbharani]

Depends on what you mean by tail.. Bairstow, Woakes, Rashid are surely not. Maybe the #10 and 11 could be termed as tail, in which case, you may well end up being right.