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

[Pothas]

England quite lucky to escape with a draw actually if you think about it. In a timeless Test India would just keep piling on the runs and England would have to bat last on a crumbling day 47 wicket.

Would have chased 700

 

[Daemon]

The time to shake hands is when the test series is over, there is another test battle to go, you don't shake hands and be friends before the war is over.

Do people shake hands and become friends after war is over?

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

England quite lucky to escape with a draw actually if you think about it. In a timeless Test India would just keep piling on the runs and England would have to bat last on a crumbling day 47 wicket.

Pant’s foot will be ok by the time this wicket crumbles!

 

[Johan]

Do black magic, rituals, dark arts, voodoo, whatever it takes to make Oval faster and bouncier.

 

[Kirkut]

The classless behavior showed towards Jadeja and Sundar sometimes makes me want to root for Australia, to be honest. Stokes may be great, but is no Pat Cummins

There are some cultural differences in approach to the sport, let's just accept them.

Probably if NZ/SA were playing, they might have accepted the draw without going for the milestone.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

A large reason for England becoming more batting friendly is the dukes ball imo. The ball was brilliant pre Bazball.

 

[ma1978]

There are some cultural differences in approach to the sport, let's just accept them.

Probably if NZ/SA were playing, they might have accepted the draw without going for the milestone.

forget the milestone, I would have kept England on the field as long as possible (would have batted out the additional 10 overs) just to annoy them

 

[Gob]

A large reason for England becoming more batting friendly is the dukes ball imo. The ball was brilliant pre Bazball.

Unless you change it after 30 overs with a one from 2019

 

[andruid]

Jadeja was the answer?

 

[cnerd123]

There are some cultural differences in approach to the sport, let's just accept them.

Probably if NZ/SA were playing, they might have accepted the draw without going for the milestone.

same weak ass mindset that saw Mulder declare on 367

 

[Prince EWS]

England quite lucky to escape with a draw actually if you think about it. In a timeless Test India would just keep piling on the runs and England would have to bat last on a crumbling day 47 wicket.

"Do you want to bring up 1000 off Harry Brook?"

 

[ma1978]

Even with all the nonsense, hard not to love Ben Stokes though. Whatever the stats say I view him as an ATG cricketer

 

[Johan]

Even with all the nonsense, hard not to love Ben Stokes though. Whatever the stats say I view him as an ATG cricketer

If you think, every great cricketer bar a select few is a dick

 

[ma1978]

If you think, every great cricketer bar a select few is a dick

it’s not that he’s a dick, he’s quite sanctimonious too. But as a leader and a big match player, he’s with very few equals

 

[Johan]

it’s not that he’s a dick, he’s quite sanctimonious too. But as a leader and a big match player, he’s with very few equals

I think he has a bit of a temper and ego

 

[GIMH]

there has been some terrible posting here today. I am not happy. Lift your fkn game - Shri isn’t even in the worst 20 posters in this subbie, how do you think that reflects on this great forum?

 

[Silver Silva]

There are some cultural differences in approach to the sport, let's just accept them.

Probably if NZ/SA were playing, they might have accepted the draw without going for the milestone.

So gaslighting the opposition when they don't do what you want is sportsmanship?

Putting on your part time bowlers is sportsmanship?

The result was going to be a draw whether they shook hands before the last hour or after , if one party wants to stay on respect it and do your job instead of making a mountain out of a molehill. That's true sportsmanship, not throwing a bitch fit for two blokes wanting hundreds after saving their team from defeat. That was Washington's first Test hundred and it came through a lot of guts and determination, Stokes tried his best to make Sundar feel bad about that, that's the real question of sportsmanship. Just pure gaslighting from a jerk.

 

[Johan]

there has been some terrible posting here today. I am not happy. Lift your fkn game - Shri isn’t even in the worst 20 posters in this subbie, how do you think that reflects on this great forum?

I did nothing wrong smh

 

[King Kane]

Do people shake hands and become friends after war is over?

Well I thought they did after World War 1 but then Germany decided to start another fight with World War 2, all of us cricket countries won in the end.

With a little bit of help from a baseball country.

Do black magic, rituals, dark arts, voodoo, whatever it takes to make Oval faster and bouncier.

The Oval is usually a batting paradise and if it is I still expect Stokes to bowl first if he wins the toss.

 

[Kirkut]

same weak ass mindset that saw Mulder declare on 367

I'm visualizing a hypothetical scenario where Mulder changes his mind in the last minute and shows his psychotic side to the Zim captain - "I want to see you in pain, I'm going for the 500. No mercy haha"