Absolutely classic from Sky to miss the declaration when everyone else could see it coming
Then the graphics show a wicket before the umpire has signalled and when Duckett didn't even hit the ball. Normally Sky coverage is great but but those things are amateur
A spin attack of Root and Bashir is just such a gift to the batting side
@DennisBooth will be along in a minute to say he’s actually really good because he got a 5 for against some village level cricketers a few weeks back. He is garbage - he can’t put more than 2 balls in a row on a decent length and the vast majority of his wickets come from stupid mistakes by batsmen.
Bashir is a young player learning his craft. It is not his fault that there is a dearth of good English spinners. Personally I would pick Dawson. I would also pick Bethell for Crawley and Archer for Woakes.
What is the point in still going? They almost deserve a massive rain delay tomorrow.
It's about being able to resume tomorrow morning when the ball is still hard, which you wouldn't have if you had 25 overs today.
I’d personally prefer an extra 20/25 overs to bowl a team out, but then again, we aren’t capable of digging in and not give up wickets to stupid decisions.
On this wicket it's almost like there's 2 different pitches. One against the new ball. One against every other ball. Get through today without losing another wicket and tomorrow will play much easier.
On this wicket it's almost like there's 2 different pitches. One against the new ball. One against every other ball. Get through today without losing another wicket and tomorrow will play much easier.
On this wicket it's almost like there's 2 different pitches. One against the new ball. One against every other ball. Get through today without losing another wicket and tomorrow will play much easier.
I'm not saying that this is our best bowling line up, because it isn't in my opinion, but there is one other aspect to this - workload.
This issue is partially down to us, ironically, scoring too quickly and also because India rested Bumrah and we didn't rest anyone. India's five bowlers at Edgbaston bowled a total of 139 overs prior to this Test and have now bowled 224 overs in total. England's front five had bowled 209 overs prior to this Test and have now bowled 421 overs in total. So, India's five main bowlers in this Test have bowled to date 212 less overs than those of England. Clearly India's bowlers will bridge that gap, to a degree, tomorrow but the differential will still be substantial.
I'm not saying that this is our best bowling line up, because it isn't in my opinion, but there is one other aspect to this - workload.
This issue is partially down to us, ironically, scoring too quickly and also because India rested Bumrah and we didn't rest anyone. India's five bowlers at Edgbaston bowled a total of 139 overs prior to this Test and have now bowled 224 overs in total. England's front five had bowled 209 overs prior to this Test and have now bowled 421 overs in total. So, India's five main bowlers in this Test have bowled to date 212 less overs than those of England. Clearly India's bowlers will bridge that gap, to a degree, tomorrow but the differential will still be substantial.
It's a valid point but ultimately we've lost this test because of Gill. The man has got 430 runs by himself, and we currently have 479/15.
Not to mention 7 of our 16 batsmen so far have got a duck.
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One against the new ball.
One against every other ball.
Get through today without losing another wicket and tomorrow will play much easier.
And has just claimed a 3rd wicket.
This issue is partially down to us, ironically, scoring too quickly and also because India rested Bumrah and we didn't rest anyone. India's five bowlers at Edgbaston bowled a total of 139 overs prior to this Test and have now bowled 224 overs in total. England's front five had bowled 209 overs prior to this Test and have now bowled 421 overs in total. So, India's five main bowlers in this Test have bowled to date 212 less overs than those of England. Clearly India's bowlers will bridge that gap, to a degree, tomorrow but the differential will still be substantial.
Not to mention 7 of our 16 batsmen so far have got a duck.