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  • ChizzChizz
    philcafc said:
    Could be over today at this rate.
    Declare at lunch.  Bowl them out by Tea.  Chase a few hundred by close of play?  

    I am an eternal optimist, but I think this is stretching it a bit.
  • northstandstevenorthstandsteve
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Safe to say the score will be 1-1 with 3 to play.

    perfect got a ticket for first day at the oval, good to be something to play for
  • Pelling1993Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 said:
    Far too long between tests. I need my fix!
    Can I shock you? I like the breaks now....
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    killerandflash said:
    A bit of scoreboard pressure when England eventually bat, after the best part of 2 days in the field. Especially on Crawley.
    As I was saying mid afternoon yesterday...
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Our bowling attack looks shot. I wonder if there will be additional callups for Lord's.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Ridiculous lack of a second slip, the way England and Brook have been hitting hard outside the off stump.
  • MarcusH26MarcusH26
    killerandflash said:
    Our bowling attack looks shot. I wonder if there will be additional callups for Lord's.
    Think they're hoping for Archer and Atkinson. 
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    Bit of a fight back going on. 

    (Lets hope I haven't jinxed it now)
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    Pelling1993 said:
    Can't believe Bumrah was holding India back all along!
    Genuine lol
    Well played. 
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  • fenaddickfenaddick
    Boooooo Smith not trying to beat Jessop 
  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    golfaddick said:
    Bit of a fight back going on. 

    (Lets hope I haven't jinxed it now)
    Only another 350 to go!
  • CarterCarter
    Jamie Smith has a lovely batting technique 
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    What a player 
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Brilliant ton by Smith. A very Adam Gilchrist style innings.
  • thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    Surely we can’t come back from the position we were in 
  • kinveachyaddickkinveachyaddick
    Suspect we'll probably still lose this test but Smith's innings is hugely encouraging with the winter in mind
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    thai malaysia addick said:
    Surely we can’t come back from the position we were in 
    Very probably not. But in days gone by England would have been all out before lunch & following on would be struggling to go into a 4th day.

    At least now there will be play over the weekend.
  • JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    killerandflash said:
    Brilliant ton by Smith. A very Adam Gilchrist style innings.
    exactly who I would have described... very Gilchrist.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    They're the conditions where once the first 30 overs have been bowled, it's a lot easier to bat out there against the soft ball. 

    It goes against the England ethos, but batting cautiously with soft hands for the first 20 overs, and then accelerating on this pitch might have been more effective.
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  • blackpool72blackpool72
    200 run partnership up
    What a time to do it.
  • DiebytheswordDiebythesword
    edited July 4
    Excellent performance by these two but feel like in the context of the game we’re only just approaching the par score for how many wickets we’ve lost. Still very much in a losing position. 
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    This is where Smith and Brook need to go on to make Daddy Hundreds, and not think that now they've gone past 100 they've got licence to just have fun. Especially as India are bowling better after lunch. 
  • Pelling1993Pelling1993
    Diebythesword said:
    Excellent performance by these two but feel like in the context of the game we’re only just approaching the par score for how many wickets we’ve lost. Still very much in a losing position. 
    India were 212/5 or something in their innings too. Just shows what 1 monster innings can do.
  • LeuthLeuth
    These bowling attacks on these pitches were only ever going to result in these quantities of runs 
  • DennisBoothDennisBooth
    Smith and Brook are class. I would bat Smith at 6 and Stokes at 7.
  • ChizzChizz
    587 gives England parity on first innings 
    588 gives England a one-run lead 
    589 is England's highest-ever score (Melbourne, 1912) for an innings with at least three ducks 
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    Harry Brook just invented a new trick shot
  • bobmunrobobmunro
    edited July 4
    Chizz said:
    587 gives England parity on first innings 
    588 gives England a one-run lead 
    589 is England's highest-ever score (Melbourne, 1912) for an innings with at least three ducks 
    ... and two of them golden!

  • RothkoRothko
    Harry Brook is some cricketer 
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