1st Test (Leeds) - 20th June

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Need 375 to feel safe here.

 

[SkyBlue]

PANT YOU WORTHLESS MOTHER****ER! WHY GIVE BASHIR THE WICKET, NOW THEY WILL USE THAT AS A REASON TO PICK HIM FOR NEXT 20 TESTS!

Payback for gifting 3 wickets to Prasidh Krishna

 

[King Kane]

Bashir with the rope a dope tactic, Pant got tired from swinging him away for runs.

 

[Molehill]

What does it even mean to give England a sniff? They have no interest in batting out a draw.

Make them go at a run rate even they wouldn't be comfortable with. But the weather is another factor too...

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Also, Pant becomes the first wicket-keeper from India to score Test 100s in both innings.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

God, that's silken from KL.

 

[cascade]

How much rain is likely to be about tomorrow? A quick glance at the forecast suggests they won't get a full day.

 

[Aritro]

Thoughts on Pant aiming it over the fielder's head like that? Surely it's possible to try and bissect the two fielders they put out there. Or is it too hard when you play a swipe?

 

[kevinw]

Nair is on a hiding to nothing here. The best he can do is score a quick fifty to keep his place, but I doubt he'll get that given the need to accelerate.

 

[h_hurricane]

Pant now has more SENA hundreds than Younis Khan, Laxman, Pujara, Sehwag, Ganguly, MoYo, Inzy.

 

[mackembhoy]

Also, Pant becomes the first wicket-keeper from India to score Test 100s in both innings.

He's only the second wicket keeper let alone India.

 

[Aritro]

He's only the second wicket keeper let alone India.

Who was the first?

 

[Johan]

Pant now has more SENA hundreds than Younis Khan, Laxman, Pujara, Sehwag, Ganguly, MoYo, Inzy.

better bat than Younis too

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Thoughts on Pant aiming it over the fielder's head like that? Surely it's possible to try and bissect the two fielders they put out there. Or is it too hard when you play a swipe?

Most of us have stopped having thoughts on the way he goes about things.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Who was the first?

Flower

 

[silentstriker]

I think India should time it, if they can, to bat so there’s 10 overs to bowl at England tonight. Given weather tomorrow, whether India are at 350 or closer to 400, I think ten overs tonight should be the goal.

 

[kevinw]

I think India should time it, if they can, to bat so there’s 10 overs to bowl at England tonight. Given weather tomorrow, whether India are at 350 or closer to 400, I think ten overs tonight should be the goal.

Agree, think about when do the opposition least want to bat? They might get 12-15 overs max. after tea - another 75 runs?

10 overs tonight is enough to get Crawley out, possibly another wicket or two.

 

[mackembhoy]

Who was the first?

Andy Flower

 

[chris.hinton]

How much rain is likely to be about tomorrow? A quick glance at the forecast suggests they won't get a full day.

Only in the morning. Perhaps play will be start after midday

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Draw?