Any cricket lovers on here?

kingstongraham

Top scorers are 6, 7, 8 and 9.

JimD666

Not too shabby a wag of the tail. Couple of wickets tonight would be handy

surrey_commuter

As a ticket holder for Sunday that was about as perfect a days play as I could have hoped for

mrb123

surrey_commuter said:

As a ticket holder for Sunday that was about as perfect a days play as I could have hoped for

Yes, your prospects of witnessing an abject England capitulation for about 70 runs have been greatly enhanced.

surrey_commuter

mrb123 said:

surrey_commuter said:

As a ticket holder for Sunday that was about as perfect a days play as I could have hoped for

Yes, your prospects of witnessing an abject England capitulation for about 70 runs have been greatly enhanced.

The beauty of test cricket is that i could also see Pujara edging towards his century or get a full refund

Pross

England are going to have some batting to do to save this match now let alone win it.

JimD666

We'll bowl them out within the next hour. + or - a day or so......

Pross

SC is getting his money's worth today. India now definitely favourites.

JimD666

We only need to score at just under 3 per over. Easy.....

Pross

Slightly surprised to hear a pundit on Radio 5 saying that a draw is England's best hope. I would have an Indian win as the odds on favourite result but if England bat it out they would most likely get the runs to win over 4 sessions surely?

mrb123

Pross said:

Slightly surprised to hear a pundit on Radio 5 saying that a draw is England's best hope. I would have an Indian win as the odds on favourite result but if England bat it out they would most likely get the runs to win over 4 sessions surely?

Suppose if we lose a couple of wickets our scoring rate is likely to drop right down.

surrey_commuter

Pross said:

SC is getting his money's worth today. India now definitely favourites.

That was a great day’s Test cricket

elbowloh

Whatever happens will be a great day of cricket.

As Priss says, if England bat the three sessions left today, they should win. They just need to play sensibly, rotate the strike, put away the bad balls and not do anything silly...

surrey_commuter

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

kingstongraham

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

surrey_commuter

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

surrey_commuter

And today is Labour Day so I can cancel some meetings this afternoon

TheBigBean

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

There's always chat about it, but one day restrictions make it much harder to restrict scoring.

elbowloh

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

Yeah this.
The classic, rotate strike, put away the bad balls and don't do anything silly.

If England bat through the day they should win if they score around 3.3 an over on average.

Pross

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

You are familiar with the England batting line up aren't you?

Your final paragraph was my thinking though. If the top order can stay in and just tick over then make it a short run chase for the big hitters.

kingstongraham

New ball before tea. No matter what the situation then, Bumrah could still take them apart.

surrey_commuter

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

There's always chat about it, but one day restrictions make it much harder to restrict scoring.

I would love to see a one day game played with no fielding restrictions.

Today with the bigger boundaries there would be a lot of non-boundaries on offer so allowing and easy 5/6 an over

kingstongraham

surrey_commuter said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

There's always chat about it, but one day restrictions make it much harder to restrict scoring.

I would love to see a one day game played with no fielding restrictions.

Today with the bigger boundaries there would be a lot of non-boundaries on offer so allowing and easy 5/6 an over

With current one day rules about wides on the leg side/bouncers or test rules?

Pross

At the start of the innings I was thinking getting to 100 without loss would be a good start which was just about achieved.

surrey_commuter

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

There's always chat about it, but one day restrictions make it much harder to restrict scoring.

I would love to see a one day game played with no fielding restrictions.

Today with the bigger boundaries there would be a lot of non-boundaries on offer so allowing and easy 5/6 an over

With current one day rules about wides on the leg side/bouncers or test rules?

bouncers are not an issue on ths pitch. Leg side wides I just think players are far more adept at scoring. Hopefully we will get to find out.

I think slow over rate will have more of an impact

Pross

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

There's always chat about it, but one day restrictions make it much harder to restrict scoring.

I would love to see a one day game played with no fielding restrictions.

Today with the bigger boundaries there would be a lot of non-boundaries on offer so allowing and easy 5/6 an over

With current one day rules about wides on the leg side/bouncers or test rules?

bouncers are not an issue on ths pitch. Leg side wides I just think players are far more adept at scoring. Hopefully we will get to find out.

I think slow over rate will have more of an impact

It's situations like this where the penalties for slow over rate need sorting out. The current penalties are no deterrent. Surely there could be a Duckworth Lewis type formula where the batting side gets awarded extra runs for every over not bowled? I reckon it would solve the problem overnight.

kingstongraham

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

If anybody is interested it was misty first thing but now the sun is out and it is heating up already

Yep, going to be clear as a bell, no wind and forecast 23 degrees by midday. Could be a great day's cricket with every result still possible.

Agreed - can’t see India winning without the pitch breaking up and Jadeja bowling better.

History is against us on the chase but I think the Test chase records will get smashed in the coming years as one day experience kicks in.

We just need to tick over, keep wickets and then knock off 100-120 in the last 20 overs. Just need a proper batsman at one end and then Bairstow, Ali and Woakes doing a quick 30.

There's always chat about it, but one day restrictions make it much harder to restrict scoring.

I would love to see a one day game played with no fielding restrictions.

Today with the bigger boundaries there would be a lot of non-boundaries on offer so allowing and easy 5/6 an over

With current one day rules about wides on the leg side/bouncers or test rules?

bouncers are not an issue on ths pitch. Leg side wides I just think players are far more adept at scoring. Hopefully we will get to find out.

I think slow over rate will have more of an impact

I meant your theoretical one dayer - would you allow bowling down the leg side with no fielding restrictions?

Pross

Hameed dropped, about time one went England's way.

kingstongraham

That was an absolutely straightforward catch put down there.

Pross

Getting run out in this situation is unforgiveable.