3rd Test (Lord’s) - 10 July to 14 July

[GotSpin]

One over. That's it. ****ing hilarious. Love it.

I am really keen to see how many WTC points get docked / how many demerit points are issued by the end of this series

Demerit points sound so lame. Just dock them runs during the match. The umpires suck

 

[govinda indian fan]

Both gill and Crawley are idiots. No need for posters here to fight for these mofos

Wasn't Gill sleeping on the outfield yesterday? I see, a pathetic, whiny hypocrite, truly carrying Kohli's legacy.

 

[slowfinger]

Has honestly been a horrible game to umpire. Players going out of their way to waste time at every opportunity, balls keep going out of shape, pitch that stays low but when you give an LBW out Hawkeye says it's going over. And most of the cricket has been turgid and boring. Plus it's hot. And now a captain has told the opposition openet to grow some ****ing balls.

Regarding balls and spares - the ECB is responsible for providing match balls and spares for the series. They control what is provided to the umpires at the start of the game, and the umpires take care of it during the match - literally. I've known umpires to take the match balls back to the hotel with them at the end of the days play if there is no secure storage at the ground!

acting like any match at the Dharamsala would ever match a proper test match in England hahahahah

 

[silentstriker]

To build a rank turner?

Yup. At least there’s something interesting except this slow **** where you can’t bowl and you can’t score runs for about 75% of the time.

 

[Johan]

Yup. At least there’s something interesting except this slow **** where you can’t bowl and you can’t score runs for about 75% of the time.

........ No.

 

[ma1978]

acting like any match at the Dharamsala would ever match a proper test match in England hahahahah

No setting in England comes close, or supports swing bowling better (not that there any English bowlers who can bowl swing properly anymore)

 

[ma1978]

I’m in a country where betting sites are banned. What are the bookies saying?

 

[ma1978]

Woakes–Archer–Gus–Carse–Bashir sounds good

sounds like India will score 500 runs again

 

[Johan]

No setting in England comes close, or supports swing bowling better (not that there any English bowlers who can bowl swing properly anymore)

lol.

 

[Johan]

sounds like India will score 500 runs again

They literally got bowled out for 387 while Carse is cooked with an injury...

 

[ma1978]

lol.

have you been to Dharamsala?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Ideally you want a balanced pitch, but I prefer minefields over roads like the three pitches this series personally

 

[ma1978]

They literally got bowled out for 387 while Carse is cooked with an injury...

please stop trying to justify an England team that gets its ass handed back to them when they travel to India and is neck and neck against the worst Indian team in 25 yeats

 

[Johan]

please stop trying to justify an England team that gets its ass handed back to them when they travel to India and is neck and neck against the worst Indian team in 25 yeats

Please stop entering every thread crying about how bad these teams are. You're welcome to go watch Golf if you don't like these teams.

 

[ma1978]

Please stop entering every thread crying about how bad these teams are.

Did you watch the cricket today? It was mediocrity personified

 

[Johan]

Did you watch the cricket today? It was mediocrity personified

did you watch it on the first 2 days? especially day 1? very balanced and very good, Bumrah and Siraj on day 1 especially bowled fire, proper batting too.

 

[ma1978]

did you watch it on the first 2 days? especially day 1? very balanced and very good, Bumrah and Siraj on day 1 especially bowled fire, proper batting too.

I was at Lords. Bumrah and Siraj and Root were good.

day 2 pretty much Bumrah, Smith and Rahul

these are two mid teams with a couple ATGs evenly matched

 

[Johan]

I was at Lords. Bumrah and Siraj and Root were good.

day 2 pretty much Bumrah, Smith and Rahul

these are two mid teams with a couple ATGs evenly matched

So... you're admitting the first two days had good cricket, It's not their fault the pitch lost pace and died bown completely on day 3. Also, Archer was very good yesterday, even if it doesn't appear in figures.

 

[ma1978]

So... you're admitting the first two days had good cricket, It's not their fault the pitch lost pace and died bown completely on day 3. Also, Archer was very good yesterday, even if it doesn't appear in figures.

I agree, I didn’t have a chance to watch yesterfay

today was pretty insipid

 

[Johan]

I agree, I didn’t have a chance to watch yesterfay

today was pretty insipid

classic Lord's, pitch is slowing down by Day 3. Wasn't an issue when there used to be cloud cover and pitch had pace on day 1 and 2, but an already slow pitch slowing down further under a hot sun is bad