4th Test (Old Trafford, Manchester) - 23rd to 27th of July

[Johan]

England must be disappointed with dawson. Bowled 47 overs and got nothing

He must not play a Test match again, shoot him in the head.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Morkel has indeed learnt mental gymnastics during his long stay in India.

He has become typical indian babu( civil service officer for non indians)

 

[govinda indian fan]

He must not play a Test match again, shoot him in the head.

Think bashir would have gotten something

 

[centurymaker]

India has to play Kuldeep. It’s their only shot at pulling off a win.

most likely the next test draws as well, both the bowling’s are cooked and there are class bats on both sides

Will be another road, you can almost bet on it. Have to force a result by playing fast and picking out and out proper bowlers.

Kuldeep
Arshdeep
Akashdeep
Siraj/Bumrah


They picked trundler Kamboj over Prasidh Krishna, which tells you how much confidence they have left in Prasidh. So he's out.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Oval should be fun.

Hopefully india play kuldeep. Baz ballers vs kuldeep should be fun

 

[Kirkut]

Loser Gambhir ruined the whole match by picking useless no rounder Thakur and 125 Kmph trundler Kamboj. Management is surely blind that they picked these two over Kuldeep. Imagine if he leaves Kuldeep out again... (after this bowling debacle).

Khamboj might be excused here despite his terrible bowling, it can be intimidating for any cricketer to play the first Test for their country.

Thakur's decline is surprising. He was our "Philander Lite" five years ago with his all-rounder skills.

 

[Prince EWS]

Think bashir would have gotten something

Yeah, smashed.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Will be another road, you can almost bet on it. Have to force a result by playing fast and picking out and out proper bowlers.

Kuldeep
Arshdeep
Akashdeep
Siraj/Bumrah

Oval is always flatest pitch in england. But forecast says it might be cloudy all five days

 

[govinda indian fan]

Yeah, smashed.

Pant is injured

 

[honestbharani]

I hope both stay in for an hour and then actively go for their hundreds. Don't accept the handshakes.

Haha.. iconic.

 

[Silver Silva]

Stokes was very salty, but putting on Brook just made sense, why risk your frontline bowlers when the game was up?

To me it seemed that Stokes main intention in using Brook as a bowling option was to make Jadeja and Sundar feel bad for scoring their hundreds. He even told Jadeja more or less that his hundred doesn't mean much cause he's facing Harry Brook, that was really unnecessary.

 

[Johan]

To me it seemed that Stokes main intention in using Brook as a bowling option was to make Jadeja and Sundar feel bad for scoring their hundreds. He even told Jadeja more or less that his hundred doesn't mean much cause he's facing Harry Brook, that was really unnecessary.

that's just bants mate.

 

[Pothas]

What are the record number of centuries in a series? We must be close.

 

[Johan]

anyway with that done, let's move on to the oval thread.

 

[Stefan9]

There’s a lot to be said about India’s supposed obsession with milestones, but it’s one thing to be playing for milestones when the game is well and truly alive, quite another to statpad when you’ve got a golden opportunity to, I think anyone apart from Wiaan Mulder would have batted on in that situation lol

Shukri wants a word

 

[Kirkut]

To me it seemed that Stokes main intention in using Brook as a bowling option was to make Jadeja and Sundar feel bad for scoring their hundreds. He even told Jadeja more or less that his hundred doesn't mean much cause he's facing Harry Brook, that was really unnecessary.

Nah, Stokes wanted to keep his key bowlers fresh and not overwork them unless necessary.

His saltiness is understood though, dead wicket and no success despite best efforts from them.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Hopefully india play kuldeep. Baz ballers vs kuldeep should be fun

Granted, the pitches are not spin-friendly so there’s always a chance he could be nullified, but nobody in the India squad scares me like Kuldeep, even Bumrah

 

[centurymaker]

Oval is always flatest pitch in england. But forecast says it might be cloudy all five days

Hmmm.

Hope they pick fresh pacers in Akashdeep and Arshdeep to go with one of Bumrah or Siraj. Plus Kuldeep, now that the other spinners have proven themselves with the bat.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

He must not play a Test match again, shoot him in the head.

Does that mean Rehan gets a game?

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Ahem...

I saw people question England’s mental fortitude after getting bowled out for 192 at Lord’s, moral of the story is that 5 days is a long time in cricket!