England's tour of India - 2021

[wasteyouryouth]

Just woke up. Nice to see Sibbo in the runs.

Did England miss the trick by not including Moeen? He has a decent record against us, especially as a spinner.

Mo averages about with the 65 in India. Given he has no form in any format I don't think we missed a trick.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

What a poor test match wicket!

 

[zimrahil]

Don't push me

Series over now surely?

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Missing Shami big time here! Bumrah is very good at bringing it in and challenging the pads and stumps but because he doesn't have the other one when it reverses, it gets predictable.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Seems like a big bonus for England that they spent two test matches facing Off Spin and Slow Left Arm - that's what they'll get the most in the nets.

 

[DJNicks87]

Decent start for England.

Not sure what Burns was thinking when he played that shot though?

 

[blockerdave]

I just saw this on Reddit. It's the worst and best thing all at once.

wow

 

[asprin]

Mo averages about with the 65 in India

I assume you meant the bowling average. That's piss poor! Not sure why I had the notion that he generally does well against us. Probably his home stats against us would be gold.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Such poor captaincy! In Out fields at such an early stage in the test match against Sibley who has shown no intent to attack whatsoever.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I assume you meant the bowling average. That's piss poor! Not sure why I had the notion that he generally does well against us. Probably his home stats against us would be gold.

Yep, with the ball. He somehow has 31 wickets @ 22 v India in England from 7 matches.

His batting record in India isn't bad so coming in at 8 instead of Bess might be a possibility.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Good luck trying to get Rohit Sharma out twice on this track!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Good luck trying to get Rohit Sharma out twice on this track!

Dom Sibley hasn't been dismissed in 340 balls.

Gotta get him out first.

 

[blockerdave]

this is proper test cricket, and it's on channel 4.

worth missing Frasier IMO.

Brilliant.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Dom Sibley hasn't been dismissed in 340 balls.

Gotta get him out first.

India getting a sound dose of the Pujara medicine in the form of Sibley. Loved his grit and determination so far.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

This is a Typical Indian test match wicket (Similar to wickets we had against England last time in 2016 not like the rank turners we saw in 2015 Season) - flat & slow will see the spinners get into the act on the 4th & 5th day.

England If I remember correctly batted first 4 times in that 2016 series and score 400 runs each time they played but still ended up losing those matches.