Think Archer might even enjoy a short spell with the new ball here.
England in India 2021
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The third umpire had claimed 'hands below the ball' even before seeing the stump cam. Thanks to the stump cam, we got a clear view. With the other third umpire gaffes in the previous two matches, I can see why there is a clamour for neutral umpires.
Also wtf was the quality of those replays? Capture that in a higher definition and you have better chances of getting a clear view from the other angles.
Also wtf was the quality of those replays? Capture that in a higher definition and you have better chances of getting a clear view from the other angles.
Soft signal is such a farce in cricket , the umpires who can't see a run out from 2 yards somehow tell us what they thought of a low catch 25 yards away and that is supposed to impact the decision
P.S : This is for all soft signal calls and not about Indian umpires
P.S : This is for all soft signal calls and not about Indian umpires
Surprised they didn’t give that as well 
....only missed the stumps by a couple of feet
....only missed the stumps by a couple of feetPant coaxing Kohli to take the review simply because England are already 8 down
I also hate to be joyless, but if England had really been cold blooded here I reckon they should have opposed the return of the crowd.
It's good for cricket that they're back, but there's no doubt it makes it harder for the away side and I'm not sure it's a coincidence they won on the test behind closed doors.
It's good for cricket that they're back, but there's no doubt it makes it harder for the away side and I'm not sure it's a coincidence they won on the test behind closed doors.
Yeah this is my frustration too.
We've actually defended pretty well - we've batted 43 overs and counting on a difficult pitch. But we could have been a bit more aggressive and tried to club a few. Might have ended up getting to 170-180 and giving ourselves a chance.
Surprised they didn’t give that as well
Do you support Liverpool by any chance?
Do you?
So annoying just answering questions with questions. Got annoyed by an out that was clearly an out and now seems to be proper triggered. Relax.
Don't think the lack of crowd had much to do. It was a different pitch and India had Nadeem instead of Axar.
Gavaskar mentioned that England stayed in the crease at Chennai, and that worked for them because the pitch was slow. This pitch is a bit faster, so harder to make last moment adjustments playing within the crease.
Also think using their feet isn't the first instinct for a lot of the English players having not grown up playing on these sort of pitches.
Aye, they clubbed Nadeem that's true, but I don't think this pitch is massively different to the first (a bit quicker, but it's not too difficult to bat on).
We've seen home advantage dissappear in football though, and it's going to be much much easier to forget balls that have beaten you as a batsman if you don't have 50,000 fans screaming and ratcheting up the pressure. It's a huge factor in favour of India.
Foakes could play higher up for these conditions.
I genuinely disagree. The pitch is quite different from the first match. That pitch didn't spin until third day, this one has spun from first day.
England have shown a masterclass in how not to play spin
Tbf, He had advised England to be better prepared for spin conditions before tour began.
Tbf, He had advised England to be better prepared for spin conditions before tour began.
This guy's Hindi is so much better than mine.
Poor Ben Foakes, gets recalled after 3 years with England 1-0 up now suddenly it looks like 9 players have never played cricket before
Again - England should have been more aggressive there.
They battered nearly 50 overs - could have got themselves to 170 and would have at least had something to bowl at. They were going to get out anyway!
They battered nearly 50 overs - could have got themselves to 170 and would have at least had something to bowl at. They were going to get out anyway!
Bring back Bayliss!
Did think 250+ was a possibility with Zak batting around 20 over mark.
Time to see how the English pacers use the conditions in upcoming sessions.
Frigging terrible batting it’s like watching my own team bat getting all out for just over 100, week in week out. That’s just amateurish batting
Channel 4 pundits suggesting England are even in this one
Not one of the ball actually turned. Some really soft dismals
Not sure about moaning about decisions. All of them apart from one which got overturned were good decision. They looked out and umpire calls are still out if Umpire thinks so.
Not sure about moaning about decisions. All of them apart from one which got overturned were good decision. They looked out and umpire calls are still out if Umpire thinks so.
If we can bowl India out for about 200-250 then I would say we still have a chance albeit a slim one.
Cracking over from Jimmy.
The only factors that are going in our favour is that the game is a day/night match and we wont be batting last, but yeah the chances are pretty slim.Channel 4 pundits suggesting England are even in this one
Couldn't watch it. Is it a turner?
FFS. Definitely bounced? He only saw two replays.
What are they complaining about
ermmmm... that was a very quick decision for one that looked a lot closer than that....
Wilt has a meltdown
It would be some display of cricket if 'batting last' is relevant in this test
Root intimidating the umpire who called it a soft out.
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
That was clearly grassed.
I'm a England supporter and I would say that's not out.
Looked like it bounced but how the hell did the 3rd umpire see?