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

[Tigers1986]

1 down.

Enter the wall

 

[jargan83]

Pujara has a strike rate higher s than 100.

The world has ended.

 

[Eelectrica]

India just have to get Pant close enough.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

RoMyth Sharma.

Ditch this passenger.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

This stinks of the SCG test

 

[jim_57]

RoMyth Sharma.

Ditch this passenger.

There really are so many average openers in test cricket at the moment. Warner and Latham are probably pick of the bunch.

Not so long ago there was the likes of Hayden, Langer, Smith, Sehwag, Cook, Gibbs, Jaayasuriya, Gayle etc. Is it a case of any decent batsman wanting or being forced to bat 3-5?

 

[hineyrulz]

Pujara has a strike rate higher s than 100.

The world has ended.

When the big bash boost point is on the line even the Rock is going nuts.


Oh and lol @ England for wasting all that time for so few runs.

 

[TheParraboy]

There really are so many average openers in test cricket at the moment. Warner and Latham are probably pick of the bunch.

Not so long ago there was the likes of Hayden, Langer, Smith, Sehwag, Cook, Gibbs, Jaayasuriya, Gayle etc. Is it a case of any decent batsman wanting or being forced to bat 3-5?

lol

Id have Warner over a few of those blokes, Smith and Cook aside. Couple of others toss of a coin

Would take anyone of them over Latham though, maybe over Wade and Burns

 

[Twizzle]

 

[TheParraboy]

When the big bash boost point is on the line even the Rock is going nuts.


Oh and lol @ England for wasting all that time for so few runs.

That was dead set shit test cricket.

Root must have seen me predict a draw and agrees with me

 

[Fufu Andronez]

That was dead set shit test cricket.

Root must have seen me predict a draw and agrees with me

Was a little surprised that India pushed for the wickets when it was clear that England weren't keen on declaring.

Guess maybe they think they are a chance to chase anything down or save a game after SCG and the Gabba

 

[JJ]

lol

Id have Warner over a few of those blokes, Smith and Cook aside. Couple of others toss of a coin

Would take anyone of them over Latham though, maybe over Wade and Burns

Lol@ Warner over Hayden...

 

[edabomb]

Classic England. Playing the draw into form.

 

[jim_57]

lol

Id have Warner over a few of those blokes, Smith and Cook aside. Couple of others toss of a coin

Would take anyone of them over Latham though, maybe over Wade and Burns

An in form Warner would be middle ground of that lot for me, no other current opener I can think of would top any of them.

Gill and Pucovski look promising if they don't get bumped to the middle order.

 

[Bazal]

I still think England win but they've made it unnecessarily difficult for themselves.

Wickets to fall per day have been 3, 5, 8, 15? Allow for England not exactly digging in for the fight second innings, and you'd still say day five is likely to be a 12+ wicket pitch in theory.

I guess if anyone can do it it's India at home. That's why I Defs would have enforced the follow on, no way India survive two days.

 

[jargan83]

The Great Wall of India is gone for 15

India 2/58

 

[Eelectrica]

Pant Vs Leach 2 - Jacks revenge
Coming soon.

 

[TheParraboy]

Ind 4/104

The resistance begins..

Kholi will be not out at days end I reckon, draw or loss

 

[TheParraboy]

5/110

 

[Eelectrica]

No 4th innings heroics from Pant this day.
Looks like India are going to have England right where they want them - up 1-0