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Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:35 amby alfie
Perfect day (between "showers") for England. Still have to bat , to take advantage...but weather is supposed to be better Saturday .
Think Indian bowlers will find some help from the pitch still so no guarantees. But a big chance to take a grip if the batsmen can play sensibly and temper the "positivity" with some judgement. A few of them need some runs...
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:46 amby alfie
Why aren't they starting early to make up time today ? Heaven knows they've lost enough overs already...
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:56 amby Durhamfootman
alfie wrote:Why aren't they starting early to make up time today ? Heaven knows they've lost enough overs already...
because they aren't interested in doing anything that might suggest they have the interests of either the game or the punters at heart
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:57 amby Durhamfootman
besides... if they started early enough, they might even get 90 overs in, and that would never do
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:10 amby backfootpunch
I don't think India got the selection right
Pandya as third seamer in England, on paper he's just not good enough
Surely umesh had to stay in the side and jadeja come in for pandya
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:14 amby backfootpunch
Especially since ishant can't exactly be relied on to bowl well
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:21 amby backfootpunch
Ishant finally changes his angle
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:36 amby backfootpunch
As if they just reviewed that
Cook should've told him to just walk off
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:53 amby budgetmeansbudget
Game moving along nicely, England need to be positive, try and score at 4 an over if possible.
I'd take 200 all out around tea and get India back in again.
Not sure we'll get more than 3 or 4 hours play altogether on days four and five.
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:09 pmby budgetmeansbudget
In saying that the weather forecast for Monday is looking a bit better than it did when I looked earlier.
Looks like we're back to proper English summer weather with the key word "changeable"!
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:15 pmby sussexpob
I'd be targeting to bat all day for 300 and then I'd declare.
Indian batting line up looks terrible. I doubt if back then heavily to score 200 if the ball moves
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:41 pmby backfootpunch
Promising start from pope
Another terrible review though
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:42 pmby sussexpob
Yeah, decent knock.
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:55 pmby budgetmeansbudget
Probably equivalent to a fifty in a higher scoring game.
Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
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Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:59 pmby backfootpunch
What's happened there, kept very low for that length
Absolutely nothing root could do about that