Last Man Standing: England vs India

[fredfertang]

No
No

 

[weeman27bob]

Yes
Yes

 

[Somerset]

Yes and Yes.

I've edited the topic title to indicate a new round to help get a few extras before the start of play.

 

[Hurricane]

no
yes

 

[Howe_zat]

1. Will Bell pass 5000 Test runs this innings?

Yes, of course he will. Sherminator version 2.0 currently up to 5027.

Fallers:

Cevno
fredfertang
Hurricane

Standing:

GeriantIsMyHero
Neil Pickup
MW1304
flibbertyjibber
marc71178
Uppercut
BoyBrumby
Daemon
weeman27bob
Somerset
GingerFurball

2. Will an Indian opener surpass Strauss' 40?

As much as Dravid doesn't like opening, he still seems to get a fair few runs doing so. It's a yes.

Fallers:

GeriantIsMyHero
Neil Pickup
flibbertyjibber
marc71178
BoyBrumby
Daemon
GingerFurball

Standing:

MW1304
Uppercut
weeman27bob
Somerset

 

[Howe_zat]

Questions for day 4:

3. Will Swann complete a five-for?

4. Will India better their previous score of 244 in this innings?

 

[weeman27bob]

Yes.
No.

 

[marc71178]

Going to claim a moral victory if Gambhir a) bats and fails or b) sees it's doing a bit and decides he's not fit enough to bat.

Suspect b is more likely.

 

[MW1304]

Wanted to do the same as weeman but just in case we're the only two:

Yes Yes

 

[Somerset]

No and No.

 

[Daemon]

Well that's ****ed. Didn't know Dravid was going to open in place of Gambhir.

 

[Uppercut]

Yes
No

 

[GIMH]

Yeha, bloody Dravid throwing a spanner in the works

 

[Howe_zat]

Congrats to Somerset, as Swanny has to make do with three.

Assuming we're likely to get plenty of play tomorrow, I plan on doing a "champion of champions" speed round. So only those to have won a round will enter, and there will be two normal questions, plus a tie-breaker.

Those to have won:

grecian
GI Joe
Spark
GI Joe
Uppercut
Somerset

 

[Howe_zat]

NEW ROUND: 4th Test, Day 5

Champion of Champions round!

A quick effort for the last day. Hoping to get all 5 posters to play, so I'll leave VMs. Having won twice, GI Joe will get a bye, and does not have to answer question 1.

Questions:

1. Will India pass 150 before the 4th wicket falls?

2. Will Broad take more wickets than Bresnan?

3. Tie-breaker: How many runs will be scored in total on day 5?

 

[G.I.Joe]

Bye, woot!

2.Yes
3.123

 

[Uppercut]

Cheers for the heads up.

Yes
Yes
227

 

[Spark]

Yes
Yes
200

 

[Howe_zat]

Well, a flurry of yesses thanks to the Sachin-Mishra effort this morning, followed by Broad's matchwinning over. It's down to the tie breaker.

As it happened, Spark must feel robbed by that abject collapse. 7 wickets falling for 21 means only 154 were scored in the day, and GI Joe walks away with the title.

 

[Uppercut]

Gah, I was well in with a shout. A few more overs and runs would have started to count double.

Well done GI Joe. Flying the flag for the increasingly endangered species that is the Indian poster .