First Test: England v India at Edgbaston, 1-5 August 2018.

[backfootpunch]

Malans owes the team 130 runs after dropping kohli

good point

Sounds like a Matt Prior quote from KPs biography....

Backfootpunch aka the big cheese

[backfootpunch]

Malan looks like he wants to have a bit of a whack here. Not encouraging

Against ashwin he needs to try and put some pressure on the bowler

If he just let's him bowl he will just suffer the same fate as cook and Jennings

[sussexpob]

Malan looks like he wants to have a bit of a whack here. Not encouraging

Against ashwin he needs to try and put some pressure on the bowler

If he just let's him bowl he will just suffer the same fate as cook and Jennings

Its that tendency with Malan that really worries me though. He loves bat on ball, and in the first handful he didnt need to be playing shots to some of those balls. One length ball from Ashwin he went to hit and got the edge, never going to the fielder, but still risky when first in.

[sussexpob]

As a main example, how many short balls he can watch sail past does he try to hook?

[mikesiva]

Jennings joins Cook. Straight forward piece of bowling, straight forward edge.

Is Jennings the answer to the opening question?

[sussexpob]

Joe joe joe joe joe....

[Dr Cricket]

Boom root gone what a test match.

[backfootpunch]

We've lost

Playing ashwin like it's a Bunsen

This feels familiar tbh, how many times recently have we had several chances to put ourselves miles ahead in a game only to collapse or drop the opposition's key player then lose

[sussexpob]

Jennings joins Cook. Straight forward piece of bowling, straight forward edge.

Is Jennings the answer to the opening question?

I dont think so personally. He seems to have a problem defending his stumps, and the only innings hes really put in he was dropped with a clanger on 0

[sussexpob]

Bairstow nearly follows him. Wake up Jonny

[backfootpunch]

Nice of us to produce a turning track and pick a load of left handers for ashwin to bowl at

[Arthur Crabtree]

Just as well India only picked one spinner.

[sussexpob]

Just as well India only picked one spinner.

Seemed a difficult pitch to read, seeing as though at the toss everyone had a different opinion on what it would do.

[sussexpob]

Think India might do well to whip of Shami...9 overs hes bowled

[sussexpob]

Doubt this will be out