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

[neville cardus]

I hate these last-wicket stalemates, and can't for the life of me understand what others see in them, but so far I've been unable to convince anyone that fielding restrictions would be a good idea. Sigh.

 

[Burner]

Impressed with how Ashwin has played here. Sabbir Rahman take note.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ah well, useful innings.

 

[vcs]

Decent. Well batted Ashwin, now a few early blows would be handy.

 

[hazsa19]

I hate these last-wicket stalemates, and can't for the life of me understand what others see in them, but so far I've been unable to convince anyone that fielding restrictions would be a good idea. Sigh.

That last wicket stand was literally the opposite of a stalemate.

 

[CricAddict]

England still in the driver seat. India has to bat last.

 

[fredfertang]

If Mehedi Hasan was in the England team you'd fancy our chances here

 

[vcs]

We batted a long time, but England did really well to control the scoring rate throughout.

 

[Shri]

Brilliant effort from our guys. Just need to make sure we keep it economical in the last session.

 

[morgieb]

England still in the driver seat. India has to bat last.

The trouble is though setting a target that England can feel comfortable India won't go after. There isn't that much time left.....

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

England still in the driver seat. India has to bat last.

England will collapse now. Just watch.

 

[Howe_zat]

Not quite enough to force the issue, maybe half an hour ago that would be the case. Got to be careful now.

Batting until just before lunch tomorrow could set up a tight finish.

 

[harsh.ag]

Ash the man.

It would be a tantalizingly close game if England were all out for 200 by lunch tomorrow.

 

[Scaly piscine]

England can't force a win from here, it's the sort of situation where a draw is big favourite, but even though India are behind they're more likely to win than England. Without the dropped catch from Cook England would have been in the better position to win. Albeit still long odds of winning.

 

[fredfertang]

England will collapse now. Just watch.

Nah - Indian spinners aren't as good as yours

 

[neville cardus]

That last wicket stand was literally the opposite of a stalemate.

"Literally," forsooth!

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Ash the man.

It would be a tantalizingly close game if England were all out for 200 by lunch tomorrow.

Yeah 200 and both sides would fancy a win. Be a good test for Hameed coming up opening against the spinners.

 

[91Jmay]

Feels like only way either team can win is England getting rolled for say 200 as most have mentioned.

 

[Shri]

Nah - Indian spinners aren't as good as yours

They have a lot of competent spinners and a couple of really good ones. We only have 2 really good ones.

 

[hazsa19]

I've got a bad feeling about this...