England tour of India

[sussexpob]

Pope the latest not to pick an arm bal

[backfootpunch]

Match over inside 2 days looking very likely

An accurate spinner is simply unplayable on this pitch given some go straight and others turn lavishly at speed

Shows the danger of experimenting - I don't think this is the pitch as such - I think it's the way the pjnk ball is behaving. The ball is apparently harder and has extra lacquer on it so nobody was sure how it would behave. On a lot of the lbws you can see the ball skidding on off the lacquer much more than normal, whereas it behaves more normally when it hits the seam

Yes it seems to be that case

Has made it impossible for both sides batsmen

And England only picked one spinner, mind boggling

[sussexpob]

Just to be exact. England need 100 runs to avoid this being the worst team match performance in Indian hosted test history. Now the tail is in, not sure Id back them

34 left

[sussexpob]

Archer looked pretty adjacent there, unless thats sliding down. Maybe too much spin, these ones that turn and hit pad straight after can track wildly somoetimes

As dead as can be

400 for Ashwin.... well done to him, quality operator

[sussexpob]

Leach puts him in the stand. way to go

[Arthur Crabtree]

Plenty of left handers in the lower order for Ashwin to bowl to.

Well done to him on 400 wickets. Average of 25 is impressive, though not every India spinner bowled in a time of such helpful wickets.

[yuppie]

Foakes should have opened.

[sussexpob]

Foakes should have opened.

What a kiss of death that was

[yuppie]

[Red Devil]

:panic

Best summary I've seen so far

[sussexpob]

Leach gone

20 runs from that all time worst

[sussexpob]

:panic

Best summary I've seen so far

[Arthur Crabtree]

Has Broad got a 20 in him?

[sussexpob]

There we go, not even close.

Id sack all the batting coaches instantly. England just cant bat against spin, there is no excuses. They havent got plans, they havent played well enough on the basics. This is a total failure

[sussexpob]

One over before dinner? Why not take it early