England in India 2021

What a shame, having played 80 balls and gotten past the 50 on a pitch like this and not converting that to a 100. Should have absolutely done that here.
 
Gandalf Greyhame said:
I'm not sure, perhaps it's the fact that you're bowling first more often than not, but it feels like your second-string bowlers are sticking to some lovely line/length and moving the ball both ways.

Also, is it just me, or is this an abysmal scoring rate from India for this pitch? There's nothing in it, it baffles me how we're not attacking more. English openers are going to score this in 10 overs.
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When Rahul completed his half century at 76SR. Gavaskar said that it's at a good rate.

Bizarre approach but it worked last time and tbh the first five overs they were bowling well.
 
KM said:
When Rahul completed his half century at 76SR. Gavaskar said that it's at a good rate.

Bizarre approach but it worked last time and tbh the first five overs they were bowling well.
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I'd hate to be a lower order batsman for this Indian team. The amount of pressure you're constantly under to make the last 10 count
 
Not sure India should be letting Moeen bowl ten overs for not so much untroubled on a deck like this.
 
Skills said:
I'd hate to be a lower order batsman for this Indian team. The amount of pressure you're constantly under to make the last 10 count
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Last match was extraordinary hitting and yet we should have arguably lost the match. England bottled it.

We've had two right handers facing Moeen who let's be honest is a mediocre off spinner and didn't attack him at all in ten overs.
 
It feels strange to not hold the spinners back for a couple in case they're needed later. The ball stopped swinging earlier on and Rashid has had a couple that really gripped.
 
What a rubbish rule is that? Not a boundary because it was referred? Its not like the fielder stopped chasing the ball because he was given out.
 
How can that be a dead ball because of a stupid umpiring decision? Stupid rule costing india 4 runs.
 
Rule makes sense in certain situations but no fielder was ever gonna get there
 
Cricket is such a stupid game sometimes.
 
Snowjoe said:
Rule makes sense in certain situations but no fielder was ever gonna get there
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Both teams could be made to play out before going to the third umpire and it would stop any issues. It doesn't make sense to punish a batsman if they win the review.
 
Balljy said:
Both teams could be made to play out before going to the third umpire and it would stop any issues. It doesn't make sense to punish a batsman if they win the review.
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Im guessing this is in place for scenarios where a fielder is in with a genuine chance and gives up on it because it’s been given out which is fair enough. But in this situation it’s so clear cut it’s silly
 
This umpire really must hate Pant.
 
Why does the ball count and not the runs? Basically we missed on a 4 and a ball because the umpire messed up.
 
Bestie07 said:
Imagine that happened on the last ball of the innings with the batting team needing a boundary to win. What a stupid stupid rule.
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What happens if a batsman middles it and hits it for the boundary but the fielding team reviews anyway ? Is it a dead ball or does umpires call matter in that case?
 
KM said:
When Rahul completed his half century at 76SR. Gavaskar said that it's at a good rate.

Bizarre approach but it worked last time and tbh the first five overs they were bowling well.
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That pilla sivaramakrisnan will look at any score about 60-70 SR and go 'its come in a good time as wellll'.
 
prateik said:
What happens if a batsman middles it and hits it for the boundary but the fielding team reviews anyway ? Is it a dead ball or does umpires call matter in that case?
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It depends on the umpires call making the rule even more dumb.
 
kiristao said:
Why does the ball count and not the runs? Basically we missed on a 4 and a ball because the umpire messed up.
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Agreed, but look at it the other way. A team usually has to appeal for marginal decisions, so the bowler and the keeper have to stop. Which means they can't stop the ball from going for runs.

It is definitely one of those they'll have to look at though.
 
prateik said:
What happens if a batsman middles it and hits it for the boundary but the fielding team reviews anyway ? Is it a dead ball or does umpires call matter in that case?
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AshRK said:
It depends on the umpires call making the rule even more dumb.
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Runs count if given not out on the field as the ball is in play I’m pretty sure, it’s the umpire giving it out that kills the play
 
Tom Curran...

He has taken 1-372 since the 2019 World Cup in ODIs...
 
We could have the Curran brothers bowling at the Pandya brothers in a minute.
 
The lost 4 from the dead ball isn't a big issue for me. There are situations where the fielding side might give up on a ball because the signal is out, so now you'd have to impose a culture of 'play to the review' in cricket, which I wouldn't want to see. DRS was brought in to prevent bad decisions, and its done that. Its not designed to be 'perfectly fair', hence the "umpire's call" part of the review process. Were India unlucky to lose those 4 runs? Yes, but the system saved them a wicket (two in fact), so its churlish to suggest that DRS has done them in here.
 
Pant is like Ronaldinho.. On form, he has to be the most fun batsman to watch.
 
I cant remember us putting out a bowling line up as shite as this in a long time, and it's normally our weaker suit.

India are getting 330ish here but probably left 50 runs out there.

This Curran over is actually a bit embarrassing.
 
Hardik and Pant get 5 overs to bat together on this pitch while Kohli and Rahul were tuk-tuking singles for fecking ages. Literally throwing a bunch of runs down the drain.
 
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