India tour of Eng, June 20 - Aug 4

[sussexpob]

I sometimes wonder if KP cries watching England bat nowadays. If Flower caught him trying to ramp shot a 95mph yorker, he'd have been executed by a hitman on the way home

[sussexpob]

Either way, now the test match summer has started, my dog Harry B is raining the points in the all year fantasy competition.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Great partnership, but the runs made over a precipice. One wicket and it could all collapse.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Brook is KP in a mask. Claiming to come from Yorkshire is just his ironic sense of humour.

[sussexpob]

Claiming to come from Yorkshire is just his ironic sense of humour.

He got into the Yorkshire team, so I assume he passed the Yorkshireman test - someone shouting it was his round, and him suddenly having the ability to teleport at lightspeed somewhere else.

[Arthur Crabtree]

150 up for Smith. Second test ton and highest score.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Not a great Test for the spinners so far.

[Arthur Crabtree]

New ball. Stokes might have mixed emotions watching this.

[andy]

300 partnership!!!!

[andy]

Brook gone! Great delivery from deep but brook has done an incredible job out for 158

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bad news though. England still way behind.

New ball for the tail.

BBC says Brook has been involved in 3 of the 19 ever 300 partnerships for England.

[sussexpob]

Like I said at the start of this game, it was the same in the Sussex game. You have a 15ish over period with the new ball that you gives you a chance, once that ball gets soft this is a pancake to bat on.....

India take the new ball, and Deep strikes straight away..... key partnership now. If England can get to Carse, Bashir and Tongue before the ball goes soft and Woakes gets in, then they have a chance at a big lead. If they don't, we could see England pass 500-550

[Arthur Crabtree]

Woakes survives the first ball...

[sussexpob]

Follow on has been taken out the equation, but England have batted like a whirlwind, so the result is still there for India....

With the lower order in now, England really playing uniquely for the draw.... simply not enough time for England to get passed India and set a target, and the idea India will crumple on this deck seems unlikely.

[Arthur Crabtree]

If Woakes can get through the new ball and Smith doesn't cramp up, these two could still add plenty.