*Official Third Test at Headingley* 25-29 August

[Burgey]

Yes that's the point. Its depressing.

Tbf though he plays the ball later than anyone else in the side. Great players of the moving ball always do

 

[Spark]

This feels a lot like than Manchester test in 2014 where India were 6-4 or something. Batsmen just aren't up to handling this kind of bowling.

For indias sake I hope this is just Anderson being hax. The others have looked fine but definitely way easier to negotiate.

Nah I remember that game. Anderson and Broad were bowling at a higher level than this (though not to the heights they hit in 2011, that was just outlandishly good). This is more just good, solid seam bowling rather than hand grenades.

In that game you could call India getting bowled out for ****-all after about five balls.

 

[Calm_profit]

What's your bet guys

Rohit Sharma is, by a distance, the best player of the moving ball in this lineup.

Prove me wrong.

He will just make sweet 30's and 40's.

 

[fredfertang]

This is looking a bit one sided

 

[Apex Predator]

We have f**** middle order.. Kohli will stay coz he is captain & probably would be soon his average will drop below 50.
Pujara has to go as simple as that. Any tom dick n harry would bat better than him. His knees have given up.

 

[GIMH]

This feels a lot like than Manchester test in 2014 where India were 6-4 or something. Batsmen just aren't up to handling this kind of bowling.

For indias sake I hope this is just Anderson being hax. The others have looked fine but definitely way easier to negotiate.

I had day 4 tickets for that and your useless batsmen cost me my summer day out.

 

[Burgey]

Man Rahane looks a shadow of the bloke who made that great ton in Melbourne less than a year ago. What’s going on with him?

 

[wpdavid]

I know Curran's lucky to be playing, but he's already gone past the edge four times.

 

[Spark]

Man Rahane looks a shadow of the bloke who made that great ton in Melbourne less than a year ago. What’s going on with him?

Bloke's always been a shocking starter, no? It's whether he gets through it in one piece.

 

[Burgey]

What's your bet guys


He will just make sweet 30's and 40's.

That doesn’t disprove the point tbf

 

[White Ball]

I had day 4 tickets for that and your useless batsmen cost me my summer day out.

I knew there would be a silver lining to that defeat ?

 

[Burgey]

Lol why bother showing the third umpire tech for that? FMD it near hit him in the chest with a visible gap between bat and ball

 

[Spark]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1430489592323612676

Okay this is a legit amazing stat. How did Tendulkar go on that endless, interminable wait to get his 100th international hundred?

 

[The Sean]

Kohli's last 11 Tests (well, ten-and-a-half) have produced just 414 runs at 23, with no centuries and seven single-figure scores - during which time his career average has dropped from 55 to 51. While it's reasonable to assume he is past his absolute peak now, he's so good that I still keep thinking that a monster innings from him is just around the corner. But is it really?

 

[Spark]

Kohli's last 11 Tests (well, ten-and-a-half) have produced just 414 runs at 23, with no centuries and seven single-figure scores - during which time his career average has dropped from 55 to 51. While it's reasonable to assume he is past his absolute peak now, he's so good that I still keep thinking that a monster innings from him is just around the corner. But is it really?

Think we've seen enough examples of great batsmen having late career second winds that actually last long enough to turn into actual second peaks to not write him off so soon tbf.

 

[wpdavid]

I'm sure Overton will be delighted to be relegated to 5th bowler behind our spinner after what we've seen so far.

 

[Adders]

Yeah, this bowling change is either going to prove genius or very very dumb. Can't see any middle ground.

 

[The Sean]

Think we've seen enough examples of great batsmen having late career second winds that actually last long enough to turn into actual second peaks to not write him off so soon tbf.

Yeah, agreed - and really I just wanted to put it out there to pretty much guarantee 250* in his next knock.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nah I remember that game. Anderson and Broad were bowling at a higher level than this (though not to the heights they hit in 2011, that was just outlandishly good). This is more just good, solid seam bowling rather than hand grenades.

In that game you could call India getting bowled out for ****-all after about five balls.

Much more helpful conditions than today tbf. Was pretty green.

 

[fredfertang]

Kohli's last 11 Tests (well, ten-and-a-half) have produced just 414 runs at 23, with no centuries and seven single-figure scores - during which time his career average has dropped from 55 to 51. While it's reasonable to assume he is past his absolute peak now, he's so good that I still keep thinking that a monster innings from him is just around the corner. But is it really?

Of course it is, the bloke's top class, but at the moment the Burnley Express has him in his pocket