England tour of India (5 Tests)

[Bigby Wolf]

Brilliant fightback from England.

 

[asprin]

England wrestling back control of the match. And because of the pace of scoring, there's bound to be pressure on the bowlers.

 

[Neo 7]

England batsmen showing mirror to those who say "Match finishes in 2-3 days in India"

 

[Aislabie]

Really great innings from Pope. Had my doubts, particularly after his first innings but he's been excellent.

I would like it noted that I personally never doubted him. Imagine how silly I would look if I had a bunch of posts in here saying I'd drop him!

 

[Bigby Wolf]

This was bound to happen England will come out the bazball and they did.

This is the reason why I am particularly cribbing on Jadeja since yesterday he went to his shell and started playing extremely defensive and lot of freebies were on offer which he just defended.

India maintained a RR of 4.5 till 2nd session yesterday and the kind of shit spinners England have with the freebies they offered have India should have scored atleast 500 easily.

There were some soft dismissal too Iyer, Rahul and Rohit throwing it away lofting shots.

With more wear and tear coming up , England just need to land the bowl in the rough spot to extract good enough turn against a team that does not have players who plays sweep shots to good effects.

 

[Supreme General]

Ollie Pope is him

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Out of Context - Reference to an Indian cult movie (Hyderabadi) movie back in 2006.

 

[Bevab]

Fair play to Pope, didn’t think he had it in him to be doing this against quality spin in conditions assisting them.

 

[asprin]

Sets up a nice smd dare I say final day of this Test. England still not safe yet but if they set a 190+ target, I've a feeling jt would go down the wire.

 

[icyman]

This is where. England will miss a stronger bowling line up. Experience and pace still matters in Indian conditions.

Also, credit is due to the Hyderabad Cricket Association for putting out a nice, sporting wickets here. Hope the other smaller centers follow suit in the remainder of the series.

 

[blockerdave]

Honestly would never have thought Pope had an inns like that in him against top-class spin.

 

[icyman]

Honestly would never have thought Pope had an inns like that in him against top-class spin.

Lol, top-class spin?
Barring Ashwin, sorry, it's a spin attack that can only function on spin friendly wickets...Not top-class by any stretch of imagination.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

 

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[blockerdave]

Lol, top-class spin?
Barring Ashwin, sorry, it's a spin attack that can only function on spin friendly wickets...Not top-class by any stretch of imagination.

It’s easily the best spin attack Pope is likely to face.