England tour of India

[sussexpob]

Crawley not picking that variation again, leaves it dangerously close. Then totally done next ball. Crawley is getting very lucky to the spinners

[sussexpob]

I say...out next ball. Cant play good spin. Stokes does the right thing and stops him doing a Bairstow.

Didnt pick the straight one twice.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Terrible end of the session. India well on top and ENgland a spinner short in their selection.

[sussexpob]

England cant lose another before lunch. Got 2 overs to block.

Pope gets a ripper first up. Ball is definitely spinning now

[sussexpob]

ENgland a spinner short in their selection.

And without Bess or Ali, that tail starting with Archer at 8 looks very long

[sussexpob]

Stokes doesnt pick the straight one either, that must have been close to scraping a bail there

[Arthur Crabtree]

At least England won't have to bat in the twilight.

[sussexpob]

Pope doing the right thing to decide to come down the wicket, but hes not looking convincing or certain while doing it

[sussexpob]

Not been a great morning for England. 80-4 isnt a disaster, but the swing disappeared pretty quickly, the seam/bounce and pace disappeared quickly, and the pitch is definitely going to spin, and it will no doubt spin massive by day 3 at this rate.

At the moment on what I have seen, England's one spinner and long tail looks like a bad choice. India playing a third spinner who can bat lookks to have read the conditions slightly better.

The most interesting thing will be if Indian seamers get movement in the second session. Because if the seam is only going to last 10 overs, India are going to be massive favourites.

[sussexpob]

With spin on offer, I wonder when Aggers will publish another meltdown article

[sussexpob]

Pope out straight away. Looks like hes not picked another straight one AGAIN. Perfect arm ball that, Pope plays for spin, knocks the top of off

Ashwin is such a great bowler.

[sussexpob]

India one more for the tail. Desperately need a partnership here, or this could all be over before dark

[sussexpob]

Stokes out, but I think that he should review that, looked high and potentially wide.

Nope. UCs on height. Poor stroke really, he's playing back and its not spun that much at all. Just missed it, he should really be able to get bat on that.

England in absolute crisis. This could be over before 100 runs.

[backfootpunch]

How to lose a test match in 2 hours

Pathetic

[sussexpob]

Well Archer needs to find that batting ability, because England need some bloody runs here.