India test series.

Apparently the chance of rain has abated...£20 adult tickets fiver for kids ...bargain of the summer.....bumrah just bowled an absolute jaffa...85mph off break that moved meters sideways...oh boy

Mostly sensible stuff this morning from the openers.

Some knock this by Duckett! 

Great fifth day. Duckett in imperious form. Brilliant advert for test cricket. 238/2

Still don't know the result at this point so will make this comment now. Stokes & Root going along quite comfortably only needing less than 3 an over from 30 overs. Piece of cake for these guys yet Stokes, the captain, keeps on playing the reverse sweep for maximum one run until the inevitable mistake. Brain dead sums it up for me & is the reason we need another captain. 

No Bazball, called the toss correctly (as the pitch stayed true for the 5 days).
England had the edge in the bowling set up with the tail being cleaned up in both innings.

India will bounce back with Arshdeep and Yadav surely starting next time.

scarletpimp wrote: Wil Chips wrote: No Bazball, called the toss correctly (as the pitch stayed true for the 5 days). England had the edge in the bowling set up with the tail being cleaned up in both innings. India will bounce back with Arshdeep and Yadav surely starting next time. Read GPR 's assessment yesterday   Will. A fair reflection of where we are There was elements ents of Bazball in both innings, which ,made the task harder and despite the wonderful  win , a lot of issues to ponder. England's bowling attack, without Atkinson  and Wood looks weak and Bashir is never an international  spinner. I,saw him perform LIVE fir Glammy in div two and he was  poor.   Test cricket however has proved yet again it is the jewel in the Crown, and the members of all counties should lobby their chief executives regarding  changes to reduce County  championship  matches.  Reduce one day games, they do'nt breed true test match players

Yes I've read it, always tuck in to his analysis, just on this occasion I can't really agree. England played exceptionally well to clean up the tail in both innings, set about the 10th biggest run chase in history with great discipline and took far more + then - out of the game

England are still short of a strike bowler. Tongue might be worth sticking with. The clamour for Archer's return falls on deaf ears with me. Atkinson could be worth another go, bur broadly I'm sure England will stick with the team from today, and rightly so.
(I'd stick with Bashir for the series).

Wil Chips wrote: scarletpimp wrote: Wil Chips wrote: No Bazball, called the toss correctly (as the pitch stayed true for the 5 days). England had the edge in the bowling set up with the tail being cleaned up in both innings. India will bounce back with Arshdeep and Yadav surely starting next time. Read GPR 's assessment yesterday   Will. A fair reflection of where we are There was elements ents of Bazball in both innings, which ,made the task harder and despite the wonderful  win , a lot of issues to ponder. England's bowling attack, without Atkinson  and Wood looks weak and Bashir is never an international  spinner. I,saw him perform LIVE fir Glammy in div two and he was  poor.   Test cricket however has proved yet again it is the jewel in the Crown, and the members of all counties should lobby their chief executives regarding  changes to reduce County  championship  matches.  Reduce one day games, they do'nt breed true test match players  Yes I've read it, always tuck in to his analysis, just on this occasion I can't really agree. England played exceptionally well to clean up the tail in both innings, set about the 10th biggest run chase in history with great discipline and took far more + then - out of the game England are still short of a strike bowler. Tongue might be worth sticking with. The clamour for Archer's return falls on deaf ears with me. Atkinson could be worth another go, bur broadly I'm sure England will stick with the team from today, and rightly so. (I'd stick with Bashir for the series).