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  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,603
    Well, that was an enjoyable game to watch
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,331
    Cracking game
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,734
    Well done England. They always believed going for it was the right call - and they've proved it again.

    They do not care about history - they will go and chase any total, and by & large, make it look far easier than conventional wisdom says it should be.
  • jakecafc
    jakecafc Posts: 2,065
    The next 4 have a lot to live up to. Fair play England. We looked out of it for large parts of the test but seem to be able to chase any total.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,927
    Great Test match, and a fantastic win!!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    Wow. Got in to watch the last 6 runs scored,  so I'm taking credit for that  
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,927

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    England have become the first team in first-class history to win a match in which they have conceded five centuries to the other team.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,927
    North Lower Neil said:
    Think I'd have batted first, hopefully I'm made to look very wrong and India are a few down by lunch!
    Always said, obvious choice to chase....
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    Duckett became the first England opener for 15 years to score a fourth-innings hundred.  
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,017
    Will be interesting to see what changes India make , Thakur and Krishna were expensive, Siraj is a liability but I don't know what other seamers they've got - if Arshdeep is around then he'd be a good bet to come in. I'd assume Bumrah will play with a week's gap. 

    Sai and Karun Nair probably get the second test to prove themselves. 
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    Addick Addict said:
    Duckett became the first England opener for 15 years to score a fourth-innings hundred.  
    That's an amazing stat, considering Cook would have been in the team for 10? years of that time.
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,432
    What's the issue with Bumrah and playing time? He has a unusually shorter run up
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,950
    PrincessFiona said:
    What's the issue with Bumrah and playing time? He has a unusually shorter run up
    Back injury https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c8rg536x706o
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 275
    Addick Addict said:
    Duckett became the first England opener for 15 years to score a fourth-innings hundred.  
    Isn’t it also every other opener in the last 25 years who’ve done it has then gone on to get a knighthood. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    Diebythesword said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Duckett became the first England opener for 15 years to score a fourth-innings hundred.  
    Isn’t it also every other opener in the last 25 years who’ve done it has then gone on to get a knighthood. 
    Quite possibly but then I can't see a Sir Ben Duckett
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Won it at the toss

    Also, first match it ages that the whole office was following 
  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,699
    Watched just about every ball yesterday, superb team performance but Ducket was very impressive.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    killerandflash said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Duckett became the first England opener for 15 years to score a fourth-innings hundred.  
    That's an amazing stat, considering Cook would have been in the team for 10? years of that time.
    Cook did it a couple of times, but more than 15-years ago.  
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    MarcusH26 said:
    Will be interesting to see what changes India make , Thakur and Krishna were expensive, Siraj is a liability but I don't know what other seamers they've got - if Arshdeep is around then he'd be a good bet to come in. I'd assume Bumrah will play with a week's gap. 

    Sai and Karun Nair probably get the second test to prove themselves. 
    They're in a bit of a pickle with their insistence that Bumrah will only play three Tests.  It would make sense if he were to play the first, third and fifth.  But I can't see how they can afford to drop him for the next Test, without risking going 2-0 down - that would be very hard for them to recover from. 

    Astonishingly, given the environmental conditions, Bumrah went wicketless in the fourth innings - his second-worst fourth innings figures in Tests.  So, to an extent, all their seamers managed to put in a convincing argument to be dropped. This is a lot of fun. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    There's a decent gap before the second test, so hard to argue he needs resting for that. But then it would mean he misses the third test, at Lord's, and I'm sure Bumrah would want to play in that. 

    Their seam bowling depth seems really poor as well, no wonder they play home tests against us on raging turners. 
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  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    I agree with Bumrah, his back issue is a problem to them. Ideally they would have wanted to go one nil up to be able to rest him at Edgbaston, but that is now unlikely. Missing Lords with the possibility of being 2-0 down…mouth watering. 
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    Interesting he didn’t take the second new ball last night. Did they think the game was done and they didn’t want to risk an injury? 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    edited June 25
    How many times has each team successfully chased 250 or more in the last three years? 

    Australia - 2
    New Zealand - 2
    Pakistan - 1
    South Africa - 1
    England - 6
    Everyone else - 0

    How many times has each team successfully chased 290 or more in the last three years? 

    Pakistan - 1 
    England - 4 
    Everyone else - 0
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,579
    That was really rather good wasn’t it 😎
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    England have three batters in current top eight in the world rankings. Root (1), Brook (2), Duckett (8). 

    Australia are currently playing West Indies. None of the Australian team are in the top twelve. 

    Same, but in reverse, for the bowling rankings. 
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,354
    Covered End said:
    Redhenry said:
    Is it me or have the English commentators been showing a bias towards India? Maybe they are looking for IPL work...
    Nasser Hussein always does but then he has Indian heritage.
    Ravi Shastri is Indian.
    Isa Guha's parents are Indian.
    Mel Jones whilst English born was an Australian cricketer.
    Mark Butcher was the stand out one for me. Shastri is as biased for them as Botham was for us
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,354
    Also i do who the commentators are and where from thanks :) jeez!
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,659
    Covered End said:
    Redhenry said:
    Is it me or have the English commentators been showing a bias towards India? Maybe they are looking for IPL work...
    Nasser Hussein always does but then he has Indian heritage.
    Ravi Shastri is Indian.
    Isa Guha's parents are Indian.
    Mel Jones whilst English born was an Australian cricketer.
    For some reason I always believed Nasser Hussain had Pakistani heritage. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    The reality is that many cricket commentators work around the world, tailoring their words to the local audience if their own country isn't competing. 

    And while some commentators are like cheerleaders,  others are more dispassionate or can still praise the opposition when they do well.

    Certain people here think Steve Brown wants Charlton to lose when he praises a bit of good opposition play for example. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,017
    The only one I'll draw the line of being completely awful to listen to is KP. Thinks he's the greatest to ever play the game. 

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