It’s been a thrilling series so far with some some world class individual performances almost daily. Today it’s been Duckett’s turn to shine, what an innings. Totally fearless. Bumrah was also excellent again, what a bowler he is, a joy to watch.
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Cook reckons England bat all day tomorrow and post 750 
Glad to see Duckett doing well and living up to his potential. Saw him a while ago and County level and thought he looked great. He was unlucky to be dropped after that Bangladesh tour.
Cook reckons England bat all day tomorrow and post 750
Always get the feeling that if a couple of wickets fall then we can still collapse in a heap. Don’t think we will be getting close to that anyhow.
It makes a nice change to look forward to England batting rather than expecting them to be 20-3 every time. Crawley and Duckett have consistently got the side off to good starts since their partnership started.
Still a long way to go here though, you'd think they will need to get into the lead to stand a chance. Lose a couple early tomorrow and it suddenly looks a tough ask to get close.
Still a long way to go here though, you'd think they will need to get into the lead to stand a chance. Lose a couple early tomorrow and it suddenly looks a tough ask to get close.
Can't believe i'm writing this but I fancy us to win this one if we get within 50.
Cook reckons England bat all day tomorrow and post 750
At some point tomorrow the pitch will turn
At some point tomorrow the pitch will turn
It's turning now - just slowly. Some of the deliveries from Root and Hartley went miles.
Not happening for all the bs india will end up with a lead in the first innings, some bumrah magic and the ball staying low will see england collapse at some point in the first or the second session. But english start has proven again how fecking garbage most of our batting lineup is, fecking bumrah was smashing the ball with little difficulty yet we managed to get ourselves to 35-3 on this wicket.
Still think it is a fantastic score?
Yes, I think from 33-3 and an inexperienced middle order it’s a bloody great score. Even if England score 450, my opinion wouldn’t change, not sure this is even a debate. England are going to need to bat incredibly well to reach 450.
God I love test cricket
What an innings from Duckett, I was a little nervous England would be 50/5 but that was some session for England. Need to go on though and try and get a lead or parity at least as this pitch will probably get worse don't want to be chasing too many.
I worry about that every time England go out to bat. Me and everyone else whose formative years were in the 90s.
Its been what? 4 hours later and I'm still convinced Pope LBW wasn't out.
To the naked eye I thought that looked tight. On DRS i thought umpires call at very best.
Crawley had a mad one last test too.
Kind of sucks because after his first 10 balls he looked really good
Test match is finely poised right now. As Ashwin said, it will be incredibly difficult to bat on day 5 on this pitch especially as it’s already turning.
Have to applaud England here. They have shown you can play in turning tracks as well. This will be a great series if it continues like this.
The Bazball era is flooded with innings in which England go crazy at the top and then don’t end up with a huge score. I hope they prove me wrong tomorrow but I still think India will have a lead
Have the same feeling but hope springs eternal! Still a lot of good batsmen to come and, as Sarfaraz showed, it's a lot easier to come out and play when you know the guys before you have set a good platform. I think it's important that Duckett and Root both stick around for a bit tomorrow morning and score some runs, if they do we ought to be able to get a lead. Won't hold my breath though!
Just to support your point. Absolutely agree with what you are saying. And I am glad Ashwin himself has also brought that to the attention.
I’ve watched it about 10 times and no part of it looks out to me at all
Great review
Ashwin has withdrawn from the test due to a family emergency. Crazy news and hope things turn out ok for him
How does that work? Can he be replaced or are they just a man down
Your right the 90s left some serious mental scars!
Just a man down, apart from in the field. It must be something pretty serious so I hope whatever is going on works out OK.
I wonder if the opposing captain can allow a sub? The English team seem decent enough to accept something like that.
Hope things work out for him and family.
Damn - just saw the Ashwin news. Hope things work out ok and he's able to feature in the rest of the series.
Hope he and his family are ok and we see him back for the rest of the series. He just celebrated 500 wickets as well.
Even if England did and I’m sure they would, not sure what the views from the Umpires would be. Personally think they need to apply some common sense and allow one in these extenuating circumstances.
Hope all is ok for Ashwin and his family. Hopefully something can be sorted out between the match referee, umpires and teams so that the match continues 11 vs 11.
Hope all turns out well for Ashwin and his family. Shame for the match as well, you don’t want to see teams a man down during a test for these type of reasons. If Ashwin isn’t available tomorrow, with India still needing 8 wickets and having selected 2 seamers, missing Ashwin definitely impacts the captains options, and if he doesn’t take further part in the match it also weakens India’s lower order batting.
The sub player can’t bat or bowl which is a huge disadvantage.
Seems pretty unfair really maybe that rule is in place to avoid teams gaming the system, not that I doubt for one minute this isn’t a genuine emergency
Seems pretty unfair really maybe that rule is in place to avoid teams gaming the system, not that I doubt for one minute this isn’t a genuine emergency
It’s not about sorting something out between teams, the ICC rules state they can only have a player replaced as fielder. It’s unfortunate, but I don’t think the teams, match referee and umpires are authorized to agree to anything for an official test match or the game loses its official status.
Obviously you can’t change the rules half way through a test match, India will lose a batter/bowler for sure. It’s a different debate about whether this rule should be in place. I personally don’t like it having such an influence on a test match but I can understand it goes into murky waters if you’re swapping bowlers out.
Personally for Ashwin, such a shame for it to happen on a day a day where he should be celebrating 500 wickets too.
Personally for Ashwin, such a shame for it to happen on a day a day where he should be celebrating 500 wickets too.
Yeah, that's exactly why... Rule is only if it's a concussion sub.
Harsh though - a personal/family issue isn't the same as an injury. Would think there'd be dispensation for it.