Cricket: International Discussion Thread

[Creag]

Honours belong to India. Pujara was the difference. Had they got him a little earlier, it would have been honours to the Poms. The game is still very much on a knife's edge. Innings 3 will be key to the outcome.

Go Poms!!!

 

[Dan C]

Ashwin to Stokes, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

ENG 180/6

Go Indian's !!!

 

[Dan C]

Day 4 - England lead by 233 runs with 2 wickets in hand.

*edit...

1st ball of the morning....

Shami to Broad, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

 

[Neoprod]

Alastair Cook says he will be retiring from international cricket at the ripe old age of 33.

He's already played 161 tests...I thought he'd go on to break all manner of records but I guess his heart isn't in it anymore. His form this year has been pretty bad.

 

[Agent_Smith]

I was usually the agile bloke, haha.

 

[WaxLyrical]

They should put the overweight veteran at short square leg.

Doesn't need his balls anymore.

 

[AirWolf]

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I was usually the agile bloke, haha.

Only 10 fielders on the ground.
Is Dale Steyn off the field injured again?

 

[Dan C]

England vs India, 5th Test
Venue: Kennington Oval, London

England have won the toss and have opted to bat

England
Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

India
Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

 

[Dan C]

Day 1: Lunch Break

ENG 68/1

 

[Dan C]

Day 1: Tea Break

ENG 123/1

 

[Creag]

Cook's second last innings. Good to see him get his 50. Maybe he can up it a gear now? No point having 2 batsmen in the middle dropping anchor.

 

[Dan C]

Cook's second last innings. Good to see him get his 50. Maybe he can up it a gear now? No point having 2 batsmen in the middle dropping anchor.

Slooooow run rate

 

[Dan C]

Cook's second last innings. Good to see him get his 50. Maybe he can up it a gear now? No point having 2 batsmen in the middle dropping anchor.

Only one left.... that is if they are batting again.

Bumrah to Cook, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

 

[Dan C]

And then when one wicket falls it brings another.

Bumrah to Root, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!

* edit ... oh dear

Ishant to Bairstow, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

 

[Creag]

Slooooow run rate

It's coming back to bit the Poms hard now.

 

[Dan C]

Ishant to Sam Curran, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

ENG 181/7

 

[Creag]

Poms are making a real mess of their innings (again).

 

[Creag]

England 332
India 292

After England got themselves back into the game with a great innings from Butler, they really had a good chance to get a healthy lead over the Indians. Jadeja with a superb 86* kept the Poms down to a 40 run lead. Kudos Jadeja.

Great scrap this looks like becoming.

 

[WaxLyrical]

England will have to look for a double replacement for the opening berth.

This ex-saffer is pretty bad.

 

[Dan C]

Jadeja to Cook, 5 runs, overthrows has given Cook his 33rd and final Test ton.

Well played Cook,