Think watching the last two sessions England are short of a par score here. Of course they would take this from 112/5 but in India you need to get big runs in the first innings and when you win the toss you have to go 400+
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Personally can't read this one. No idea if we are on for 50 above par, par, or 50 below. Pitch played confusingly all day.
I don't really agree with the blanket 400+ first dig in India call. Last tour anything above 250 was fantastic. It's really pitch dependent.
The india batters are lethal this series - no Ahmed now for us and I think they will put up a huge score in their first innings.
Decent score but other than that, the only upside for me is that the seam bowlers have had some luck and we have jimmy anderson and ollie robinson in attack
Yes he deserves respect for putting the tricks back into the bag and just playing a proper innings
Slightly worrying the pitch is doing absolutely nothing with the new ball this morning. Robbo smashing it all over. We will need these runs.
Some knock from Robbo.
Rohit deserves to be sacked for this lack of preparation, how the feck do you set the exact same fields for Robinson as you do for Root.
Really poor body language from India this morning. The fields can't be helping. New ball ten overs old and there's two sweepers out for Robinson!
Ofcourse now that the roller's effect is gone the ball has started spinning. India are in trouble here, England already have about 70-80 above what should have been par.
Good to see England respecting test match cricket with a proper 10 & 11.
Yeah fell away quickly after Robinson out
Awful end to the innings and very poor tactics from Root there. I never understand why teams aren’t better prepared for batting with the tail. Completely senseless to take a 4th ball single there
Think England are well below par here. Just don’t see India getting all out easy here
Agree with last part. Too often batters react like they're seeing a tailender for the first time
I'm not guessing anymore on this pitch. Intrigued to see. 350 a great effort from 112-5 regardless.
Yeah we don't seem able to grind teams into the dirt like the very best could always do
We just put on a record eighth wicket stand!
There is a lack of ruthlessness every time they get in a good position.
Can’t really complain with the loss of last 3 wickets. The knocks from Robinson and Foakes have made up for it! Their partnerships with Root is the difference in the game so far.
I'm confused what good position we have allegedly thrown away here?
Losing genuine number 11s for ducks is always liable to happen. Maybe we left what, 10-15 runs out there!?
It's the fact Robinson and Root looked comfortable that's frustrating we didn't get nearer 400. Credit for coming back from 112-5 but fell away at end
What’s up with Robinson’s hair 
Relatively. Wasn't a Root edge taken on the bounce in the same over?
Yes and the reason Robinson is a 9 is because he's not capable of long knocks. That's his first in an England shirt.
That was mostly the heavy roller, once the effect wore off batting wasn't as easy as they made it look and it will get tougher atleast until the ball loses it's hardness.
Get in there Jimmy.
India are going to end up under 50 for 4 if we aren't careful. Gill is a walking wicket vs Anderson and then it's Patidar.
Jimmy bowling on the money from the 1st ball. Rohit playing shots. Fairly inevitable outcome.
Jaiswal looks good mostly.
Gill looks a lot better than he usually plays in these kind of passages of play
Gill looks a lot better than he usually plays in these kind of passages of play
I don't think England bowled particularly well there. Robinson doesn't look match fit to me - again..
Jaiswal is such a good player.
Yeah that should be more of a concern
I think we might have the unfortunate combo of the pitch flattening out and our bowlers being a bit shit here.
Good toss to lose, classic
Good toss to lose, classic
A few deliveries at 120kph from Robinson in that over - that is shite.
Haha.. this will be fun,.
I can already see the end of day stokes comments if Jaiswal scores big here, Replays are wrong, I think they need to being back umpire's call on catches they can't see.
I'm surprised they haven't given that.
It's not clear cut at all - can see arguments both ways, but they're normally given?
It's not clear cut at all - can see arguments both ways, but they're normally given?
How much more clear cut do you need? The ball clearly bounced before the catch much like for the root one.
My VPN has dropped, I've only seen the first DRS angle...
England team reaction seems strange if it's that obvious - will wait for replays.
Yeah that was bizzare, once you see the replay couple of times it's clear it bounced just before going into the gloves, no clue why they started celebrating, even the commentator called it not out before the decision was made.