1st Test India v England at Chennai, Feb 5-9 2021

[Bazal]

England couldn’t handle a player with Stoinis-esqe lever capabilities.

They discard their levers. Justice for Hales!!!

 

[mozza91]

They discard their levers. Justice for Hales!!!

Discrimination against big rigs must stop
#metoo

 

[JJ]

Root not having much trouble converting 50s atm

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Root out 218, England 6/481

 

[Bazal]

Well left dickhead

And he's on a hatrick now! And 299 wickets....that'd be a fairly remarkable way to do it, come on Frankenstein

 

[Bazal]

Booooo

Good ball too

 

[TheParraboy]

Thought poms might have declared last night

Try and get 1-2 wickets. But also the set batsman need to reset again in the morning

In any case, works out well for the Aussies, if poms keep batting

They put up a chart during the coverage and apparently if it is a drawn series, or either India or England win 1-0, then we make the Test Championship

So here's to roads the next 3 tests , winning the toss, and trying to bat long into day 3

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms to resume 8/555

Leach 6
Bess 28

 

[TheParraboy]

Roots 1st innings scores of his last 3 tests

218
186
228

 

[hineyrulz]

Roots 1st innings scores of his last 3 tests

218
186
228

Ellen dancing up a storm.

 

[TheParraboy]

Roots 1st innings scores of his last 3 tests

218
186
228

There is a 50 run period where he loses concentration 180-230 mark

Hope we are taking notes..

 

[Twizzle]

 

[TheParraboy]

 

[JJ]

Tie is a big prediction, only ever been a couple of them... I’d lean towards a draw, England winning second... India somehow winning seems more likely than a tie

 

[Bazal]

Boring. Someone call Ashwin a dickhead already or something

Also is Jack Leach wearing a chest guard on his stomach?

 

[Bazal]

Hahaha XXL Pants is a worse keeper than Wadey

 

[AlwaysGreen]

England must be very confident of bowling India out twice

 

[Bazal]

England must be very confident of bowling India out twice

Whether they're confident or not it's likely to be the only way they win this match you'd reckon.

If they'd declared earlier and had to bat tomorrow to set a lead I think India would be where they wanted to be, having lost the toss. They would have been wanting a chance to get England out there as this clay comes through more with the game in the balance.

 

[Twizzle]

This is the tactics of the England of old.

Plan A: Get your team in the position where it cannot lose the test match.

Plan B: try and win.

Its not an attacking mindset.

 

[Bazal]

This is the tactics of the England of old.

Plan A: Get your team in the position where it cannot lose the test match.

Plan B: try and win.

Its not an attacking mindset.

Disagree. For one, it's a successful approach in the subcontinent, knowing that the pitches will usually be flat as the Hume for the first day or two and then fall apart later on. Get all the runs you need early. In that sense it is quite attacking; make the opposition field for three days and then know they have to bat the rest of the test, while the pitch is falling apart, to salvage anything at all.

The Australian mindset values "attacking" cricket over all else, right down through the grades, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with more circumspect tactics under the right circumstances. What does it matter how aggressive you were if you still win the match?