Fourth Test: England vs India 2018

[Arthur Crabtree]

India's morning?

[sussexpob]

JB2 showing he's been listening at the team talk.

Maybe he'll walk off at 20 overs.

Well the Indians have dropped him again, so he will probably make a 100.

Has he made more than 10 runs this summer without the aid of crap fielding? If Indians could catch the ball when offered, he be averaging single figures.

[sussexpob]

I want to copy Jos Buttler's lottery numbers, another proper edge, misses the fielder. Hes all over the place

[Arthur Crabtree]

He's been scoring abundantly through slips and gully in this series. Been driving against the swing a lot. Which they all do (especially Pope and Buttler). Stokes has looked the best. But, easier to come in later.

[Arthur Crabtree]

21 for Buttler. At a good rate though.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Maybe Joe should have had a bowl?

[yuppie]

The worry for England though is that Butler is not their main batting problem.

I am struggling to think of a worse top order for England in the last 20 years.

[The Professor]

Seeing such a phenomenal pace attack play against such a weak batting line up is galling.

[yuppie]

Indian over rate seems even worse than Englands of late.

[Arthur Crabtree]

The worry for England though is that Butler is not their main batting problem.

I am struggling to think of a worse top order for England in the last 20 years.

Even the one John Crawley was in was better. And they played against Warne and McGrath.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Indian over rate seems even worse than Englands of late.

Twenty-four overs before lunch.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Fight back from Mo and Sam Curran though. Another run and that's the 50 partnership.

[Arthur Crabtree]

And there it is!

[backfootpunch]

Jennings has to score runs in the second innings otherwise he is surely gone

Clearly not a test player on what he has shown

Since his debut hundred his average can't be much higher than 15

[backfootpunch]

39 overs still to be bowled so India could only be a few behind at the close

Surely this is the worst batting line up we have ever had

Root had been papering over the cracks for 3 or 4 years but now with him not scoring any runs 200 seems a hard score for us to get to