*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[silentstriker]

that was pretty bad

 

[Aidan11]

Level with WIs on wickets now.

 

[MW1304]

Root is undoubtedly our second best spinner. Things look vastly more controlled and dangerous with him and Leach in tandem.

Makes all those Hartley overs early on even more baffling.

 

[Chin Music]

I can't quite work out who's to blame. It's Ashwin's call and Jadeja is ball watching, but not sure there was ever a single there anyway.

I think Ashwin and Jadeja is real tortoise and hare stuff.

 

[Starfighter]

Root is undoubtedly our second best spinner. Things look vastly more controlled and dangerous with him and Leach in tandem.

Makes all those Hartley overs early on even more baffling.

And the fact that last time I checked the scorecard (about when the new ball was taken) Hartley had bowled six more overs than Leach. Like... why?

 

[Chin Music]

Root is undoubtedly our second best spinner. Things look vastly more controlled and dangerous with him and Leach in tandem.

Makes all those Hartley overs early on even more baffling.

I use to have an argument on the old forum I posted on with a spin fan blowhard who got utterly exasperated that I was so dismissive of county twirlers getting a call up for the England test team. I said that I would prefer Root bowling to them because he would at least provide reasonable 10-12 overs support for the day, whereas an ordinary spin bowler having to bowl 20+ overs would be carnage against good players of spin.

 

[Spark]

I feel like Jadeja has actually been involved in a few run outs because he was ball watching

 

[Molehill]

Despite bowling spin for most of the day, England are struggling to get all their overs in. 17 left in the next 63 mins.....

 

[RightArmMystery]

Jimmy looks a better left arm spinner than Hartley

 

[kevinw]

Jimmy looks a better left arm spinner than Hartley

Robinson bowled some alright off spin in Australia, didn't he?

 

[cnerd123]

England definitely would have been better off with Anderson + Wood + Robinson with Leach/Root as support. Could exploit a bit of reverse swing, use the new ball more effectively, and probably dry up the scoring better too.

 

[MW1304]

If Leach is injured we are beyond ****ed.

 

[Aidan11]

We need another team.

 

[Burgey]

Cumball >>>>> Bazball

 

[mackembhoy]

Lions still 60 runs to safe themselves from an innings defeat. With two wickets remaining

A 102 run partnership from Robinson and Carse has helped narrow the gap. Robinson still there on 71

India A v England Lions - Cricket - BBC Sport

 

[mackembhoy]

Cumball >>>>> Bazball

Can't see Cricket Australia tweeting that.

 

[tony p]

Despite bowling spin for most of the day, England are struggling to get all their overs in. 17 left in the next 63 mins.....

It takes awhile to get the ball from the boundary fence.

 

[Aidan11]

Even with 4 spinners doing the bulk of the bowling we still couldn't bowl 90 overs in a day.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Decent day that. England pretty well placed here.

 

[kevinw]

Anyone got the Simpsons 'he's already dead' GIF on hand for poor Hartley?