*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[S.Kennedy]

I suppose India wanted to pull off a ''3-2 respectability'' a la the Aussies in 2015, although they look rather shot.

 

[Larwood's_boots]

If England lose heavily in Sri Lanka and the Windies what are the odds of Buttler being made captain. Seems like a much more natural fit and it's such a shame he wasn't around when the selection was being made for whatever reasons.

 

[Gnske]

If England lose heavily in Sri Lanka and the Windies what are the odds of Buttler being made captain. Seems like a much more natural fit and it's such a shame he wasn't around when the selection was being made for whatever reasons.

Depends on Root, he'd have to be the one to give it up. At this point he has to be at least suspecting that captaincy has not been his ally to his batting.

 

[Borges]

I'd wait to see a little more of this Vihari, before dismissing him as a waste of space in a test team.
Though I certainly don't buy the excuse that he wouldn't have faced bowling this fast earlier in his career: this English bowling is not fast enough for that.

 

[Borges]

So Anderson needs three more wickets to go past McGrath, and Anderson+Broad need seven more wickets to get to 1000 wickets for their partnership.
Something to look forward to, in this test match.

 

[Daemon]

hopefully he stays wicketless and we pile on another 600

 

[Shri]

Just realized that Clouderson hasn't got Kohli even once in the series so far. After that interview in India, this is embarrassing. Dropped catches yeah but still.

 

[anaksr]

Rohit Sharma would be the happiest person now. If he was selected for this test series then his test carrier would have finished by end of this tour.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Rohit Sharma would be the happiest person now. If he was selected for this test series then his test carrier would have finished by end of this tour.

Surely they won't go back to him though, he will be a disaster in Australia.

 

[vcs]

Oh, they probably will.

 

[srbhkshk]

Surely they won't go back to him though, he will be a disaster in Australia.

When the ball doesn't do the lateral tricks - he is fine.

 

[anaksr]

Surely they won't go back to him though, he will be a disaster in Australia.

I guess they will go with him. Ball does not seam much in Australia and I somehow have this feeling that he will do fine.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

I'd wait to see a little more of this Vihari, before dismissing him as a waste of space in a test team.
Though I certainly don't buy the excuse that he wouldn't have faced bowling this fast earlier in his career: this English bowling is not fast enough for that.

I don't think it's the pace. I doubt the ball moves around like it has here or that there is anyone as accurate and lethal at exploiting in the Ranji.

It's massive step up and probably the hardest place to come for a sub continental batsman but thats why it's test cricket.

He did look completely out of his depth for the first 50 deliveries though.

 

[Daemon]

Just realized that Clouderson hasn't got Kohli even once in the series so far. After that interview in India, this is embarrassing. Dropped catches yeah but still.

Cricinfo put up a stat just yesterday saying he beat Kohli's bat 1 in every 5 deliveries bowled to him.

The contest between the two was easily the best part of the series.

 

[SeamUp]

Very revealing interview with Cook again. Like Gary Kirsten got respect for the battles these types go through and then when you think their test careers were over they produced and kept going again. Dealing with failure so important.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Yeah but when Root was top scoring all the time with a 60/70 he was getting pelters for not going on. Kohli has 4 scores this series between 45-60.

What the **** are you on about?

Kohli has 23 centuries and 19 fifties.
Root has like 13 centuries and 41 fifties.

 

[hazsa19]

Just realized that Clouderson hasn't got Kohli even once in the series so far. After that interview in India, this is embarrassing. Dropped catches yeah but still.

Absolutely nothing embarrassing about Anderson’s bowling in this series. Really enjoyed the contest between two quality players.

 

[Daemon]

I thought Moeen made the jammiest 50 I've ever seen but Vihari might come close.

 

[SeamUp]

I thought Moeen made the jammiest 50 I've ever seen but Vihari might come close.

Still got half way to go. There could be some glorious shots to come & some dead wall defensive technique

 

[OverratedSanity]

Clearly none of you remember Ajay Ratra's ton in WI. Around 70% of his runs were edges. Moeen and Vihari have played masterpieces by comparison.