1st Test (Leeds) - 20th June

[jaydesh]

Now they're going to use this to persist with Prasidh Krishna for the series unfortunately.

 

[slowfinger]

And the correct one. Amazing

and once more we get to see the Crawley face in your profile picture hahaha

 

[Daemon]

Rahul and Root both had the same reaction after taking their respective catches. What is it about this ground that makes it harder in the cordon?

 

[GIMH]

Rahul and Root both had the same reaction after taking their respective catches. What is it about this ground that makes it harder in the cordon?

institutional racism

 

[Thala_0710]

Rahul and Root both had the same reaction after taking their respective catches. What is it about this ground that makes it harder in the cordon?

"The slope"

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Krishna's so hopeless. Has literally zero control. Ffs how do you get to national colors without even basic control of line and length?

 

[Johan]

Krishna's so hopeless. Has literally zero control. Ffs how do you get to national colors without even basic control of line and length?

pace fetish, ask Shaun Tait

 

[sayon basak]

And Duckett keeps reverse sweeping Jadeja.

 

[cnerd123]

England are gonna win this by 10 wickets wtf

Okay 9 wickets

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Looks like a 5-0 series

 

[SkyBlue]

pace fetish, ask Shaun Tait

Krishna barely crosses 140 clicks. Not like he's express pace either. Tait used to bowl at 150 clicks regularly.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

pace fetish, ask Shaun Tait

It's not like he's 150 kph either. Must've been the vanillaest of vanilla selectors to have had a boner watching him.

 

[jaydesh]

Assuming England win this test, would India still be tempted to play Bumrah the next match in Birmingham? Would be a huge risk considering how much he's already bowled here and the fact that there isn't much of a breather between the two games.

May have to consider bringing in Akash Deep or Arshdeep (although Arshdeep leaks runs, he might have the capability to take on the aggression of the England batting lineup due to his T20 and county exposure)

 

[Spark]

love it when Test matches end in 3 days and 1 session

you're acting like we all haven't had a clue who is going to win for the entirety of this test. if anything, surely this is a pitch to be commended for offering such equilibrium throughout

There's more to a Test match than just lasting a long time and being even. I've personally found large stretches of this game extremely dull and not a particularly good spectacle, across all four innings. It's a very bad sign when a captain as naturally aggressive as Ben Stokes all but gives up on taking wickets outside of hoping for miscued slogs.

Im failing to see how a day 5 wicket in the 2nd session with all 3 results on the the table can be considered bad?

As above. The match situation has remained balanced, but the actual spectacle for me hasn't been very compelling.

 

[Johan]

It's not like he's 150 kph either. Must've been the vanillaest of vanilla selectors to have had a boner watching him.

Yeah but he spams short so people think he'd be a decent change bowler

 

[slowfinger]

Shot Popey boy

Why is Jadeja insisting on bowling darts on day 5 of the test?

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Assuming England win this test, would India still be tempted to play Bumrah the next match in Birmingham? Would be a huge risk considering how much he's already bowled here and the fact that there isn't much of a breather between the two games.

May have to consider bringing in Akash Deep or Arshdeep (although Arshdeep leaks runs, he might have the capability to take on the aggression of the England batting lineup due to his T20 and county exposure)

Akash should not even be a deliberation, that's how obvious a choice he ought to be. He's a workhorse, has great seam presentation, and nips the ball off good lengths. He should always be in the XI, even over Siraj.

 

[SkyBlue]

Gambhir and Gill should be sacked on the spot if either or both of Krishna and Thakur play the next test

 

[SkyBlue]

I think we should have gone for a full blown transition

Jadeja looks washed up too.

 

[Johan]

Terrible by Pope