He's Kohlis best mate. That's the only explanation why he was in this test.
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He's Kohlis best mate. That's the only explanation why he was in this test.
That's a top 3 day of English test match cricket, up there with the Day 1 of the Boxing Day test of 2010 (Australia 98 all out, England 157/0) and Day 1 of the 4th Ashes test in 2015 (Australia 60 all out, England 274/4). Imagine if Jimmy had surpassed McGrath today as well!
Cook must have broken the record for the most standing ovations in a test. What a way to go out and nothing less than he deserves for the way he's carried himself over the last 12 years.
Cook must have broken the record for the most standing ovations in a test. What a way to go out and nothing less than he deserves for the way he's carried himself over the last 12 years.
Mumbai Day 3 2013 has to be right up there. Drubbed in the first test, trailing by 130 odd at the start of the day on a pitch that was turning square and Pietersen plays one of the best ever knocks by an English batsman (ably supported by Cook) before Panesar and Swann ripped out 7 Indian wickets. England then go on, of course, to win one of their best ever away series wins.
Agreed. As is par for the course being an England cricket fan there's been some pretty terrible moments but by and large this decade has been quite something to witness.
What a rubbish day. Brilliant atmosphere at the Oval. Got to see Cooks last innings, got an incredible send off and the over throws for his hundred was a hilarious moment. I dont like Root but watching him live was a great pleasure. Hes a wonderful batsman. Dhawans awful and needs an arse kicking. I made a joke that Kohli would get out first ball and he fecking did. As an Indian fan, couldnt have asked for a worse day.
It felt like we were applauding for an eternity. Fully deserved as you say.
As for the day, it was a really good day for England but don't forget our best bowler never bowled and we toiled for almost 70 overs with 3 first line bowlers. I think, with Sharma, the day might have been a little different.
Nah, there are no alternatives. No way do we throw young Shaw into this cauldron.
How come?
Irrational dislike, me thinks.
Fyi Indian fans, here's the Australian test squad for their series against Pakistan. Not much to frighten you here:
Australia squad: Tim Paine (capt, wk), Ashton Agar, Brendan Doggett, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc
Australia squad: Tim Paine (capt, wk), Ashton Agar, Brendan Doggett, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc
Still day 1 of the Ashes 1997 for me. Bowl that amazing Australia team out for 120 and finish 200-3 at the close. That game has to be our best performance of the 90s (and one of our best ever)
Is there any player in English history who's been a better player of spin than pace? Jennings might be the first one I can remember.
2012 and I was there at Wankhede. Still hurts
I saw Shaw in the u19 world cup and think he's a long way from test cricket. It is a surprise to me to see him in the squad. His technique looked like a shit Bairstow.
Abhinav Mukund might be an option.
Cook averages more against spin than pace I think. Would he not count?
He's got 8 or 9 centuries in Asia for that reason I suppose.
Abysmal end to an abysmal tour for Rahane.
Rahul's had enough.Jennings is just below par against pacers though. Cook has been world class against both.
I'm not even sure Jennings is that good against spin either to be honest. I know he scored a ton in India but he was soon worked out on that tour. We'll see this winter.
India have a chance here!
4.6 RRR. It's possible.
Mate of mine had the day off so booked the best seat in the house there today - 20 quid!
Why is he sticking with himself and stokes for so long
Not in a million years. Still need 200 runs with just one more batsman left.
Hard to see how Rashid can make it to Sri Lanka when Root would rather bowl himself than him on a Day 5 pitch.
Stokes has been so predictable so far
Keep the faith, the pitch is flat as shit.
Couldn't happen again, could it?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...-vs-india-4th-test-india-tour-of-england-1979
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...-vs-india-4th-test-india-tour-of-england-1979
An Indian collapse?
First over and Anderson already beats the bat. Such a class act.
Still expecting a post tea session collapse.
Take a bow young man. What an innings!
Pant!! The balls on that guy
Interesting scorecard. 298/5 with four batsmen combining the grand total of 1 run.
This is why we need to persist with Rahul. He's a class batsman in the longer formats. Just need to eradicate the bad habits he's learnt from the IPL.
Never in a million years did he play a shot to that
Hes played this like an ODI. In fact, even in the 1st innings, he went for it and looked good.
This was on the cards. Time to shut shop.
Rashid with a beauty
Weird appeal, especially looking at how confident they were