English cricket thread

zing said:
This thread is just one set of fans hyping up the other team taking alternate turns
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Definitely. It’s really annoying :lol:

I’d much rather be in India’s position and have the runs on the board, but it can be chased.
 
My turn for a shit call, did not see India letting us back into this. Thought the best case scenario was 400, and more likely chasing 450.

India still big Favs, but we have a game on.
 
Dan_F said:
Definitely. It’s really annoying :lol:

I’d much rather be in India’s position and have the runs on the board, but it can be chased.
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True to thread form -- I am concerned.

This is going to be a good finish. India definitely threw it away a bit there
 
Stokes seems to be bowling his way into form here, he's definitely improved his rhythm as the innings has gone on.
 
People are being wary about England but India’s attack means that they have 100 too many runs
 
Dan_F said:
Yeah that’s standard. The chase is down to Bairstow, Root and Stokes. Two of them will need centuries.
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Absolutely. Stokes has been to aggressive and not quite as controlled as Bairstow throughout this new approach. He will get runs if he’s more patient.
 
90/10 in favour of India for me. I'd dearly love to see our openers just chew up some balls and time and bring the draw perhaps a bit more into play as well.
 
slyadams said:
90/10 in favour of India for me. I'd dearly love to see our openers just chew up some balls and time and bring the draw perhaps a bit more into play as well.
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The draw is not in play. Even if we were 0/0 after 25 overs.
 
slyadams said:
90/10 in favour of India for me. I'd dearly love to see our openers just chew up some balls and time and bring the draw perhaps a bit more into play as well.
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Draw would mean a RR of under 2.5 for a day and a half. 0% chance.
 
I think the amount of doubt this England team have sown in the minds of Indian supporters - to think English team will easily chase this down - is the real BazzBall. England need to win this test for that that fear factor to succeed.
 
iKnowNothing said:
I think the amount of doubt this England team have sown in the minds of Indian supporters - to think English team will easily chase this down - is the real BazzBall. England need to win this test for that that fear factor to succeed.
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It's a good point. We wont win every Test in that manner though, but it shows the difference the mindset has made both to English Cricket and visiting teams already.

We were sitting ducks just months ago.
 
Need Crawley to do his thing to settle our nerves a bit here
 
Samid said:
Draw would mean a RR of under 2.5 for a day and a half. 0% chance.
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Fair enough, I didn't spend enough time thinking about it. I'd like to see them grind a bit anyway. Being aggressive is OK, but there's still space/value for your openers to see off the first 20 overs.
 
harshad said:
Conditions look good for batting, plus the momentum is with England.
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Ball is turning and swing with the new ball. England struggled in the first innings. You post this crap all of the time when England and India play. I remember the same last time. I’m sure you take this jinxing process very seriously when most of us just like to deal in facts that 370 is a massive total to get against a very good bowling attack.
 
TheGame said:
Ball is turning and swing with the new ball. England struggled in the first innings. You post this crap all of the time when England and India play. I remember the same last time. I’m sure you take this jinxing process very seriously when most of us just like to deal in facts that 370 is a massive total to get against a very good bowling attack.
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Has nothing to do with England.... more a prediction based on 30 years of watching India play
 
harshad said:
Has nothing to do with England.... more a prediction based on 30 years of watching India play
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Stop talking nonsense India may go on to lose here but you would be hard pressed to find many instances where India have failed to defend such totals .
 
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