1st Test: India v England at Rajkot, Nov 9-13, 2016

[TheParraboy]

Starts today at 3.30pm

abouts or soon after the time we know who the next USA president is

Broads 100th test

DRS being used by india first time since 2011

 

[Timbo]

England also having their youngest ever debut opening batsman.

 

[Pennies]

19-year-old Haseeb Hameed will become Cook's 10th opening partner since Strauss retirement.
Still no Anderson for the poms.

 

[Bazal]

India by an innings inside three days. Ashwin to take 17 wickets

 

[JJ]

Normally England (like RSA) are better on the sub-continent than the likes of Aust and NZ - but they look pretty fragile

 

[AlwaysGreen]

England win the toss and elect to bat. Both teams with 3 spinners and 2 quicks.

Stuart Broad in his 100th test batting at 11. I know his batting has gone downhill but it's not everyday you see a bloke with a test hundred at 11, long batting line up.

 

[JJ]

Winning the toss won't hurt, something Williamson couldn't manage

 

[JJ]

25/0 India dropped a couple already

 

[Bazal]

3/102 at lunch. No surprises Ashwin and Jadeja the wicket takers

 

[TheParraboy]

Yadav looks to have pulled a hammie, gone off the field, good for the poms

Poms 3/204
Root 91* (high highest score in asia, i thought he had a couple of tons over there)

 

[TheParraboy]

the wicket looks green, very green, surprised the pacemen haven't got a few wickets here

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Cook did a reverse watto and declined a DRS. He was out lbw but the ball was way down leg side. Then the new kid was told to do a watto by root to an lbw that was plumber than a plum pie At a plumbers convention.

 

[TheParraboy]

indias drs for the lbw was close

1 review each left

 

[JJ]

216/3
Root 97*
Ali 51*

Cook's just a likeable character imo

Think it's Shami that's hurt, not Yadav?

 

[JJ]

another 100 for Root - he's a fine player, no mistake

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Should be a good test match if England put up a big score here. Although apparently 21 out of the 22 players have a first class hundred so it could be a runfest.

Roots 11th hundred, 3rd away from home.

 

[TheParraboy]

Root is a top player, thought his overseas record was a lot better, failed miserably down under ashes though

3/239, Be interesting if they get well over 400

Ali doing well, averages like 22 in asia from 7 tests, now batting in the top 5

 

[Bazal]

Kohli is really letting this drift IMO. Spent too much time with MS in the one dayers

 

[TheParraboy]

that was a dodgy catch to get out root, well he dropped it

did he have full control of it before hand?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I can't believe that was given out. If he had control over the ball why did he try to catch it again?