*Official* India tour of Ireland and England 2022

[Nintendo]

Yeah because Australia is great at defending 4th innings totals

Australia have never lost a game defending a 4th innings total under cummins. Bow to the new Australian Dynasty.

 

[ashley bach]

then English fans have gone silent because they know the win's in the bag and don't want to jinx it

bunch of cowardly ****s

Is your volume turned down? All I can hear is singing.

 

[cnerd123]

Is your volume turned down? All I can hear is singing.

i mean on CW

yes the chorus of hey jude is ringing loud at the ground

****s

 

[Shri]

bc where's that post tea collapse you over confident jinxing ****

vihari dropped it

 

[GIMH]

i mean on CW

yes the chorus of hey jude is ringing loud at the ground

****s

They're singing Joe Root, and I'm also hearing 'India get battered everywhere they go'

 

[Arachnodouche]

Well played, Ellen. Now get out please.

 

[BazBall21]

These two surviving the high-pressure combo of Shami and Jadeja was essential after the mini-collapse. Thakur and Siraj have been so leaky and released the pressure. England probably slight favourites again now with India still 34 overs off the new ball.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Can anyone explain why Bumrah has bowled only 9 overs

 

[Dissector]

Since Shami's last over, there have been 10 overs and 60 runs scored. An absurd passage of play where India has let the game drift and put England back on top.

 

[cnerd123]

Bumrah bowl now please

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This will be over by lunch on day 5. Whoever wins it this has been another great test. This summer is rivalling 2005 for entertainment.

 

[GIMH]

Can anyone explain why Bumrah has bowled only 9 overs

I'm sure Bumrah can explain

 

[ashley bach]

Can anyone explain why Bumrah has bowled only 9 overs

Bumrah trying to not look like a greedy captain, but it's now time to stop being mr nice guy.

 

[cnerd123]

this pitch deserves a 600 vs 600 kind of drawn game, India's inept batting has made a result possible. Really shouldn't have set England anything to chase, needed to make the 4th innings a complete formality but we didn't.

Bairstow and Root are in crazy form. Siraj and Thakur struggling with the return to red-ball cricket after IPL.

 

[wpdavid]

The thing I never really considered about playing in this fashion is that it takes the new ball out of the equation. Obviously it’s a big ‘if’, but if we make it to the new ball with the batsmen still in, the game is as good as done. Puts pressure on the bowling side because they just can’t afford to sit back and wait.

I'm pretty sure that was part of the thinking when Root and Foakes saw us home in the first test. And I vaguely remember some similar talk about the Woakes/Buttler winning partnership against Pakistan two years ago. Bairstow? I think this is just how he bats nowadays.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I think it's time we stopped being cheap and splurged on a real spinning option abroad. Jadeja simply isn't a threat.

 

[trundler]

Is Bumrah saving himself for the death overs?

 

[cnerd123]

I think it's time we stopped being cheap and splurged on a real spinning option abroad. Jadeja simply isn't a threat.

The dump it outside legstump plan is dumb. He should be going around the wicket and looking for the edge or lbw as he usually does.

Not that it would help given the form these two are in.

Is Pant drinking chocolate milk!?

 

[chris.hinton]

TOO EASY GUYS

INDIA ARE FINISHED

 

[BazBall21]

The main man finally on