One ball from Bumrah flies through, the next keeps low and bowls Dawson.
Batting last won't be easy if India somehow manage to get a lead.
Not sure they'll have much time to build a lead unless Jaiswal tees off successfully
If England had crumbled shortly after Dawson was out, the lead would have been just over 200 with nearly 2 days to go. Now the lead is 300, as Stokes and Carse have teed off!
Test cricket at its worst this afternoon. Nothing happening with either ball or bat. Pitch seems to have settled down & nothing is troubling the batters.
Not sure I'm getting this short ball tactic from Carse and Archer. Been doing it for a while. Nothings happened. KL is a great player of the short ball. Gotta try and hit the stumps occasionally.
Dawson is doing a very good job at holding down an end. Going at less than 2 an over, but he looks as threatening as a palace ultra. Not blaming him or any other bowler as this wicket offers nothing to the bowlers.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means but looking at the wickets we have played on this series it's as if groundsmen have been told to prepare wickets that will last 5 day's as the amount of money that is lost when games finish early must be huge. But cricket is meant to be an even contest between bat and ball. Id hate to be a bowler on this wicket that's for sure.
Dawson is doing a very good job at holding down an end. Going at less than 2 an over, but he looks as threatening as a palace ultra. Not blaming him or any other bowler as this wicket offers nothing to the bowlers.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means but looking at the wickets we have played on this series it's as if groundsmen have been told to prepare wickets that will last 5 day's as the amount of money that is lost when games finish early must be huge. But cricket is meant to be an even contest between bat and ball. Id hate to be a bowler on this wicket that's for sure.
I think its more about preparation for the Ashes. Flatter pitches where you have to work harder for you wickets is what we will see out there. So preparing green tops would achieve nothing in preparation this summer.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means but looking at the wickets we have played on this series it's as if groundsmen have been told to prepare wickets that will last 5 day's as the amount of money that is lost when games finish early must be huge.
Exactly what I've been thinking. Mind you it's preferable in my opinion to most matches ending on days 3 & 4.
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Batting last won't be easy if India somehow manage to get a lead.
Tedious.
Probably bitter as I went out after Stokes was out thinking I'll only miss 15-20 mins and then it would be lunch.
Got back at 1.30 to find India were 1 for 2 !!
Going at less than 2 an over, but he looks as threatening as a palace ultra.
Not blaming him or any other bowler as this wicket offers nothing to the bowlers.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means but looking at the wickets we have played on this series it's as if groundsmen have been told to prepare wickets that will last 5 day's as the amount of money that is lost when games finish early must be huge.
But cricket is meant to be an even contest between bat and ball.
Id hate to be a bowler on this wicket that's for sure.
Then he gets the choice of which end to bowl from.
Mind you it's preferable in my opinion to most matches ending on days 3 & 4.