1st Test (Leeds) - 20th June

[govinda indian fan]

Thank you kohli and rohit for retirement or we would have been 250 all out on this road

 

[govinda indian fan]

Not surprising with Jofra, I would love to see him and Wood bowling together on the fast bouncy Aussie pitches in the Ashes like Lillee and Thommo.

Jofra might not play test cricket

 

[Johan]

Pitch aside This is worst English bowling attack in 18 years of me viewing cricket. @Johan mate any good young bowlers coming up in county or these are your best bar wood

Bowling is WIP, though think the pitch was too flat for either Wood or Archer or Atkinson to do anything anyway

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Oh no.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Yes, it took a lot longer than I had hoped for them to figure it out. I do think they cost us the Australia series. I was calling for both of their retirements for several years now. Whatever it was, it seemed terminal for both for a while.

Kohli especially was very sad to watch given how much importance he placed on Test cricket - and his continuing support and dedication to keeping Test cricket supreme is something I will be most grateful for (even more than his batting at his best). He was a much better batsman than the 46 average he ended up with.

His average in October of 2019 was 55, after 81 Tests!

Then a bunch of things happened - his batting got a lot worse along with the fact that batting in general got a lot harder (especially in India), which overall just tanked his overall figures.

You end up with exactly the average you deserve. No point being sentimental about it. A 5 year-rut is close to 40% of his entire career.

 

[silentstriker]

You end up with exactly the average you deserve. No point being sentimental about it. A 5 year-rut is close to 40% of his entire career.

I understand how math works - I am talking about what if, if he had retired a few years earlier. Probably around 2022 or so I think a lot of people realized he seemed done.

 

[Johan]

I understand how math works

What is the square root of –3?

 

[capt_Luffy]

What is the square root of –3?

√3i

 

[social]

Do Indian fans think that Sudharsan is a better player than Sarfaraz or Nair?

I don’t see it

 

[Johan]

Not an Indian fan but I have faint memories of Nair and I remember him being better than Sudharsan. Sarafaraz might be fried in England though then again, this was basically a Rawalpindi pitch but with duke ball.

 

[social]

Stokes is one of the most overrated cricketers of this generation

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1936070282407760268

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Do Indian fans think that Sudharsan is a better player than Sarfaraz or Nair?

I don’t see it

Sudharshan's got talent. No harm giving him a few Tests to see if he belongs or has to go away to work some more. Nair has always oozed that Rohit type class though. At least he's in the side but he's in a thankless position this Test; nothing to gain, much to lose. Sarfaraz turned off a lot of people with the manner of his dismissals against NZ. Not sure how he crawls back in.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

^^ Getting weird Karoline Levitt vibes from Harmison

 

[Johan]

√3i

just because you're Asian doesn't mean you have to immediately answer every math question you see

 

[Son Of Coco]

What time is happy hour in England usually?

Between 1am and midnight.

 

[Burgey]

lol

 

[The_Rey]

talk about an overreaction.

What time are you teeing off with Baz and Ben, mate?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shoaib is probably going to finish with 5/275 this innings

 

[Johan]

What time are you teeing off with Baz and Ben, mate?

4 to 7

 

[The_Rey]

Do Indian fans think that Sudharsan is a better player than Sarfaraz or Nair?

I don’t see it

He showed glimpses of talent for Surrey, but not enough to make you think "wow, there's a player".