Doesn't matter. They should have planned better as a person of Pakistani descent is going to take longer.
He's got his visa now as the media have made a fuss.
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Doesn't matter. They should have planned better as a person of Pakistani descent is going to take longer.
He's got his visa now as the media have made a fuss.
i think you’re forgetting brexit, mate. try and come here on a tourist visa and you’re straight to rwanda.
Don't think I have ever seen a side picked with only one seamer.
Certainly can't remember one.
Couldn't they have gone with Root as the third one instead?
Very interesting to see how it pans out anyway.
Two left arm spinners seems unusual. At least there is a right armer and a leggie but I can't quite get my head around it.
Certainly can't remember one.
Couldn't they have gone with Root as the third one instead?
Very interesting to see how it pans out anyway.
Two left arm spinners seems unusual. At least there is a right armer and a leggie but I can't quite get my head around it.
bairstow’s going to steam in.
Better than him being behind the stumps!
gonna keep to his own bowling.
It’s been widely reported the application was done straight after the squad was announced in December so not poor planning. Just discrimination. Yes there is history but that’s no excuse for the discrimination we are witnessing here.
Exactly this.
Wont be our first misread of a pitch.
They applied straight after announcing the squad so not sure what else they could do. Unless you feel they should treat British citizens of Pakistani heritage differently.
Looking at that side, England simply don't have the quality to be even competitive in India.
You need players like Cook and Trott who will bat long and strokemakers like KP and Bell who will take calculated risks.
The spin attack is untested but we needed Swann and Panesar at their respective peaks to give us a chance.
This will be 5-0.
You need players like Cook and Trott who will bat long and strokemakers like KP and Bell who will take calculated risks.
The spin attack is untested but we needed Swann and Panesar at their respective peaks to give us a chance.
This will be 5-0.
I do think it's being overlooked a fair bit that India are much weaker in batting than any of the India sides England have faced in > 20 years here.
Jaiswal, Patidar, Shreyas, Jhurel have only 16 matches between them. The top 7 have 140 matches between them - it's the most inexperienced batting team India have put out I think. Rohit's the bradman of spin pitches as Panesar said, but he is old, and brilliant in only patches.
I thought they'd replace Virat with Pujara but stuck to to the "transition" plan.
That being said, they are all very talented batters. Shreyas Iyer is one of the best players of spin bowling we've had in 15 years.
This is the most beatable Indian side of the last 25 years.
Jaiswal, Patidar, Shreyas, Jhurel have only 16 matches between them. The top 7 have 140 matches between them - it's the most inexperienced batting team India have put out I think. Rohit's the bradman of spin pitches as Panesar said, but he is old, and brilliant in only patches.
I thought they'd replace Virat with Pujara but stuck to to the "transition" plan.
That being said, they are all very talented batters. Shreyas Iyer is one of the best players of spin bowling we've had in 15 years.
This is the most beatable Indian side of the last 25 years.
They really aren't, the ones in 2013 were, the batting is ok enough whatever the injuries or absences maybe on the batting side, no Indian side has had the bowling talent available to this one, Ashwin axar Jadeja bumrah, you aren't winning a series with all of them fit, whatever funky new playstyle you play.
Finally the thread has started now. Indian fans explaining how they are actually shit in response to England fans detailing how we will lose 5-0.
Caf tradition.
After watching the first over of spin can I do U-turn on my previous opinion and say why did we even bother picking Wood.
This is going to turn square.
This is going to turn square.
Very decent crowd in for a work day. Good to see.
Absolutely classic Ollie Pope in India innings. All over the place.
They are editing the DRS footage as I type this..
Remember last tour he played the worst innings I’d seen ever in india. I thought he’d levelled up from his comments leading up to the series
There were spikes throughout.. even when the ball was not near the bat..
drs is broken :
drs is broken :
If Brook is fit to come back at any point he's nailed on to be the one dropped.
This is usual England chaos now
Flying start until the spinners came on, absolute chaos the last 20 mins or so.
Was literally just typing Crawley doesn't look like he can score vs the spin as he gets himself caught.
Was literally just typing Crawley doesn't look like he can score vs the spin as he gets himself caught.
I have no idea if these catches should be given out or not out anymore.
The ball hasnt done anything special so far.. England just shit the bed once they saw the ball turn a bit.
What are you even talking about? This was a clearly out.
Bit of a soft dismissal for England.
Duckett and Root are our best players of spin. Nightmare for us that Ben missed a straight one.
No surprise to see Pope and Crawley go quickly.
Big period now.
I'd have given it out but the ball touched the floor.
I genuinely don't know what angle are you watching.
What the feck is this Ashwin action?
The same ones that meant the third umpire needed multiple replays and Crawley didn't walk...
yes batsman not walking is a sign of ball touching the floor and the Umpire did give it out.
Fair to say we won't be sending @KM to do the negotiations to get those diamonds back from the British
Slow motion replays makes even legit catches look dodgy .
I'm not sure why this has wound you up. I just meant generally those 'finger under the ball but a portion of it is grounded' catches are not clear to me lately. Most are given, some aren't.
Every single ball is exhausting when England bat.
Yeah reminds me of the trap in the Ashes at Lord's last summer which we fell for way too many times
This Ashwin action is annoying. Bowl normally ffs.
I assume we are getting the English language Indian coverage on TNT in the UK.
Does Nasser and Atherton having a contract with Sky mean they won't be covering this one on comms? Real shame if so.
Does Nasser and Atherton having a contract with Sky mean they won't be covering this one on comms? Real shame if so.
I just switched on and he is bowling normally?
That Joe Root DRS could do with clarifying. Looks buggy.
Suppose it means keeping the on-field call was right.
Suppose it means keeping the on-field call was right.