*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[hazsa19]

Can anyone enlighten me as to why these teams are so keen to change balls that are swinging?

 

[vcs]

Jaddu strikes. Good ball, not very encouraging viewing considering India will be batting last here though.

 

[fredfertang]

How many is he going to get fj?

 

[trundler]

Cheering for Root so hard

 

[King Pietersen]

Have to say - I bloody love Jadeja. What a man.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Slightly loose shot said Gower, he'd know about them.

That was very loose from Mo.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

How many is he going to get fj?

36

 

[fredfertang]

36

Think I'd settle for that

 

[TestMatch]

Openers to average 45+ with 7000+ test runs.

Gavaskar 51.12
G.Smith 48.25
Hayden 50.73
Sehwag 49.34
Boycott 47.72
Langer 45.27
G.Kirsten 45.27

Maybe Cook.

Gordon Greenidge averages 45.10 too as an opener (7488 runs, 19 tons).

 

[harsh.ag]

Want Cook to hit one from Jadeja straight down the ground for a six.

 

[fredfertang]

Want Cook to hit one from Jadeja straight down the ground for a six.

An excellent idea, followed by a silly bat dance

 

[SeamUp]

Gordon Greenidge averages 45.10 too as an opener (7488 runs, 19 tons).

It's not correct but I was just going with their average on face value so ibviously not all the above were just as openers too.

 

[King Pietersen]

Worst average for an opening batsman in his home country (18+ innings):

17.71 K JENNINGS in Eng
18.19 S Wettimuny in SL
20.54 Javed Omar in Ban
20.95 M Brearley in Eng
23.05 K Powell in WI
23.16 T Franklin in NZ

Record breaker.

 

[SeamUp]

Cook & G.Kirsten two of the better openers to play in the sub against spinners and Cook is rolling back the years how he shuffles outside the line either sweeping or dead batting . Really pulling on the last resources in this test. Massive respect.

 

[SeamUp]

Worst average for an opening batsman in his home country (18+ innings):

17.71 K JENNINGS in Eng
18.19 S Wettimuny in SL
20.54 Javed Omar in Ban
20.95 M Brearley in Eng
23.05 K Powell in WI
23.16 T Franklin in NZ

Record breaker.

Send this via email to the ECB, Ed Smith , James Taylor etc

 

[Groundking]

Surely they can't actually be thinking of taking Jennings to Sri Lanka just because they think he can play spin. The guy is shot and it'd be a cruelty persisting with him.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Cook & G.Kirsten two of the better openers to play in the sub against spinners and Cook is rolling back the years how he shuffles outside the line either sweeping or dead batting . Really pulling on the last resources in this test. Massive respect.

Released the pressure on himself and seems a lot more relaxed this test. Almost back to the Cook that we loved scoring runs for us. He knows the time is right to go though as he is the one playing the game and if he says he is done then who is to argue with him. Delighted he goes out having got some runs in his last match though.

 

[Agricultural]

Cook is played a very good match. It is a shame for him he's thrown in the towel. He's gained his form. Jennings on the other hand. He has set the all-time record for most tests (10) without a fifty for an English test match opener. Does anyone think England will pick Jennings again in Sri Lanka? I believe they will. They are that stubborn and warped.

 

[hazsa19]

That settles it. I’m off to the Oval tomorrow.

 

[Agricultural]

Surely they can't actually be thinking of taking Jennings to Sri Lanka just because they think he can play spin. The guy is shot and it'd be a cruelty persisting with him.

The problem here is they are contradicting themselves completely. Jennings hasn't hit a test fifty in ten games, that's a record for an English opener since the birth of test match cricket. If they are taking a horses for courses policy then why do they only do it on spinning tracks? Why is Jennings a dead cert in Sri Lanka 'cos he can play spin init' when he can't bat full stop in test matches it seems anywhere else. He's had a run of 10 games with Root as captain and averages 17! Ed Smith is a genius!