India tour of Eng, June 20 - Aug 4

[sussexpob]

Would be very test cricket to get the covers off now, and take lunch after 15 minutes play

[backfootpunch]

Would be very test cricket to get the covers off now, and take lunch after 15 minutes play

Or to come off for bad light with flood lights on

[Arthur Crabtree]

Jack Carson being mentioned on BBC as a spinner callup.

[meninblue]

Rain rain, go away,
Come again another day,
Little Shubman wants to play.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Restart 12.40. 10 overs lost.

[backfootpunch]

Play to start at 12:40 with a rather hopeful sounding 80 overs left

Outfield will surely still be very wet so india will be hoping a damp ball will still swing

I'd say 80/20 atm. 80 obviously being an Indian win. You'd be surprised if it didn't swing with these atmospheric conditions.

[sussexpob]

Jack Carson being mentioned on BBC as a spinner callup.

I guess the TMS team don't watch CC at all then, because he's been utterly useless this year.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Lunch at 14.30.

[backfootpunch]

Jack Carson being mentioned on BBC as a spinner callup.

I guess the TMS team don't watch CC at all then, because he's been utterly useless this year.

I dont think Bashir had bowled badly at all in this series tbh

He's definitely improving

Worth remembering hes being forced to bowl on day 1 every game against batsmen brought up playing spin. The indian spinners have taken 1 wicket in the series so far and got carted all over the shop and they are supposed to be world class.

I'd be more worried about woakes, carse and tongue. Woakes has looked undercooked. The other two bowl good balls but an awful lot of dross.

[meninblue]

If the conditions are overcast then pace bowlers will get help. But once the ball gets wet while going tp boundaries it will be tough for pacers to control line and length. Spinners won't get good geip and release to turn. Jaddu and Washington Sundar are not big turners.

[sussexpob]

Interesting that ball from Krishna.... spat a little at brook from nowhere, didn't have control of the block

[sussexpob]

Embarrassing from Pope that.... maybe again just a hint of extra bounce, but he's got the bat nowhere near it.

[sussexpob]

Definitely a hint of more bounce in the odd ball this morning. That one to Stokes just got a little bigger on him

[sussexpob]

Deep is getting so much more out this pitch that everyone else..... Brook gone. Review more in hope than expectation, was always an umpires call that. Just got that to seam and jag back....

Brook was again absolutely nowhere near the ball

[Durhamfootman]

Jack Carson being mentioned on BBC as a spinner callup.

I guess the TMS team don't watch CC at all then, because he's been utterly useless this year.

Of course they don’t