1st Test (Leeds) - 20th June

[RightArmMystery]

We're gonna end up coming off for rain here. Looks pretty grim out there now

 

[Molehill]

A ball change that's led to swing, Bumrah on, perfect bowling conditions.....this has to be the moment for India you'd think!

 

[ashley bach]

2 quick wickets or an hour of rain might make it interesting otherwise this'll soon be a walk in the park.

 

[cnerd123]

England are gonna win this by 10 wickets wtf

 

[Stapel]

He kind of makes a good dynamic with Duckett and there are no great openers in the country that provide a significant upgrade.

Olly Pope as an opener and Bethell in? Seems an upgrade to me.
Anyway, English fans have nothing to complain about Zak today!

 

[Johan]

how much of CW wanted him out of the team (myself included) when at the start of the CC he had a lean run of 50 runs in 6 innings ... is he just a man for the big occasion ?

just wildly inconsistent, problem is his replacements are people like Hasan Hameed and Dom Sibley, neither really Bazball and Duckett-Crawley makes a pretty dynamic partnership. Midget-Giant, Left-right, both have a very very different scoring area and different strokeset, Crawley drives and hooks while Duckett plays square of the wicket and pulls. Bowlers have to change lines constantly when they start going like this

 

[Window]

England are gonna win this by 10 wickets wtf

Yeah there’s been very limited cases of the batters being uncomfortable or wicket chances being created atm, even when Bumrah’s bowling. Limited swing despite supposed favourable conditions. Wonder what’s happened.

 

[slowfinger]

I must say the India kit with Adidas always looks very well put together and professional. England's castore nonsense does not give me that same feeling one bit.

 

[Thala_0710]

The game's gone

 

[slowfinger]

just wildly inconsistent, problem is his replacements are people like Hasan Hameed and Dom Sibley, neither really Bazball and Duckett-Crawley makes a pretty dynamic partnership. Midget-Giant, Left-right, both have a very very different scoring area and different strokeset, Crawley drives and hooks while Duckett plays square of the wicket and pulls. Bowlers have to change lines constantly when they start going like this

Thinking ahead to the Ashes, can we afford to risk losing our first wicket before 20 runs are scored 6/10 times for the 5 tests?

 

[Johan]

Thinking ahead to the Ashes, can we afford to risk losing our first wicket before 20 runs are scored 6/10 times for the 5 tests?

We can't but we don't have many choices, our rest of opener stock would get slaughtered, worse than Zak.

 

[jaydesh]

Any chance of rain yet? Was just curious

 

[ashley bach]

crapinfo:

Bumrah to Duckett FOUR runs

PINGED down the ground

Doesn't sound like there's much hope for India now

 

[cnerd123]

crapinfo:

Bumrah to Duckett FOUR runs

PINGED down the ground

Doesn't sound like there's much hope for India now

We didn't have much hope from the moment England decided to field tbh. They're unstoppable in run chases.

 

[Johan]

Good inning Creepy

 

[silentstriker]

lol this has gone from a tough loss to downright embarrassing loss.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Excellent 50 for Crawley, doing the job superbly here, setting the game up perfectly

 

[cnerd123]

I would like to go on the record as officially having written off India here

 

[ashley bach]

We didn't have much hope from the moment England decided to field tbh. They're unstoppable in run chases.

Completely had the game in control until they floundered away the last 6 wickets yesterday.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Jfc Krishna's hapless. Both guys with the deity's name sucking the long one this game.