2nd Test (Edgbaston) - July 2nd

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Is Akash Chopra doing voiceovers for commercials on the side? There's this Toyota ad keeps showing on Willow with the same wheedling whoreson voice.

 

[Nintendo]

123 four 5 @SillyCowCorner1 @ashley bach @donaldtrumpofficial

 

[honestbharani]

Embarrassing to bat the way we did pre/post Tea in hindsight

This will be a pivotal moment in the series if we draw this and ensures England win this series

Gambhir should be sacked. Too many miscalculations and blunders over the past 10 months.

Australia would've sacked their coach a long time ago if they won 1 test in 10 games.

Our test team needs a fresh thinktank.

The way Jadeja batted was inexplicable. If the goal was to set 600, then they could have got that 6-7 overs sooner if Jadeja had batted properly rather than at SR of 25-30

Nah. looks like the plan was always to bowl about an hour yesterday and set them anything above 550. Jaddu could have taken few more singles but I think the instruction was to bat normally till tea and, well, he did. I honestly dont understand the hue and cry about the tactics yesterday. Its a patta wicket, these guys are Bazballers, the best way to beat them is to make it a score they have to go at almost run a ball to chase over more than 100 overs, ensure you can have catchers all the time and also ensure you get two bites with the first new ball and one more with the second. You cannot make plans based on a forecast that was changing every hour really.

 

[wpdavid]

123-5 @Flem274* @SillyCowCorner1

Someone on cricinfo reads CW

32.4
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Siraj to Smith, no run
NOUFAL : "'Score: 1 2 3 for 5'"

 

[honestbharani]

I read, and heard, plenty of anguish about the state of Indian pitches especially in 2021 from the likes of Mark Butcher, Paul Newman etc

And except the first test in Chennai and 3rd test at Ahmedabad (which was accentuated by the day/night conditions), they are fine.

 

[Calm_profit]

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[Red_Ink_Squid]

Someone on cricnfo reads CW

32.4
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Siraj to Smith, no run
NOUFAL : "'Score: 1 2 3 for 5'"

Everyone reads CW. It's the most popular thing on the internet.

 

[Shri]

I honestly think the entire thesis that England needs to roll out total roads for success is flawed anyway. Blokes like Brook and Smith (and obviously Root) are talented enough to make runs regardless, we've seen with the likes of Pant and Head that ultra-aggressive batsmen are if anything even more dangerous in lower scoring games because they can completely flip the game in a session, and England's quicks really need the help from the pitch to be dangerous.

brooks has done nothing yet on pitches that aren't roads

 

[cnerd123]

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nah fell short. fake news.

 

[honestbharani]

first pitch in Chennai was good that series, competitive game, both could've won, good for batting at the start and then kept breaking. The other wickets were so bad we went back to 1890s level of wickets, if we do that, India would compain too.

2024 wickets were way better

The first pitch was the worst of the series. Literally zero chance for the side batting second and huge advantage to whomever won the toss. Second test and fourth test were really good turning wickets, its just sad that is what you always call a "bad wicket" coz your lot cant play spin. Third test was the first time a turner was played on in a day/night game and it made it too difficult.

 

[Spark]

brooks has done nothing yet on pitches that aren't roads

I didn't watch much of the NZ series admittedly but I'm pretty sure those pitches were lively enough

 

[OverratedSanity]

For You, perhaps, for me, like I said, give me a Australian ashes 5-0 anyday over that.

That's actually pathetic ngl.

 

[kevinw]

If I was Stokes, I'd take the seamer and tell Smith to take Jadeja.

 

[Spark]

Nah. looks like the plan was always to bowl about an hour yesterday and set them anything above 550. Jaddu could have taken few more singles but I think the instruction was to bat normally till tea and, well, he did. I honestly dont understand the hue and cry about the tactics yesterday. Its a patta wicket, these guys are Bazballers, the best way to beat them is to make it a score they have to go at almost run a ball to chase over more than 100 overs, ensure you can have catchers all the time and also ensure you get two bites with the first new ball and one more with the second. You cannot make plans based on a forecast that was changing every hour really.

Jadeja is an experienced enough cricketer to know that regardless of team instructions, batting ~40 strike rate for an hour in that situation is really not acceptable though.

 

[Johan]

That's actually pathetic ngl.

I'm happy with being pathetic as long as I get to despise that series with every single strand of existence. Genuinely, the one series that made me want to stop watching this sport after decades.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

If I was Stokes, I'd take the seamer and tell Smith to take Jadeja.

With help from India's fielding, I'm sure they'll manage just that.

 

[TimAngas]

That was still a better series than the 2017 Ashes down here. I watched some highlights earlier in the year and it was remarkable just how vanishingly little of it stuck in my memory.

Interesting. At least the first three tests it felt like England had a sniff before Smith, Marsh and Smith respectively turned the tables, whereas in 2021-2022 it really felt like a formality.

 

[wpdavid]

brooks has done nothing yet on pitches that aren't roads

I doubt whether the last day pitch at Headingley in 2023 was a road.

 

[cnerd123]

poor Washy. Getting glared at by Siraj for that misfield. His hands are all taped up, suggests he's carrying a niggle. Tough ask to be at short cover.

 

[SkyBlue]

This partnership is frustrating