3rd Test: England v India at Southampton Jul 27-31, 2014

[Buzzard Breath]

Good knock by Ballance his 3rd ton of the summer.

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms 2/247 (90 overs) stumps day 1

Alastair a well compiled 95
Ballance 104*
Ian Ronald Bell 16*

 

[TheParraboy]

poms 2/312


Bell 50*
Balance 135*

Wonder if Alastair will declare 30-45min before stumps tonight if they are still batting? They should have 500 plus on the board

 

[TheParraboy]

Lunch 3/358

Balance out for 158
Bell 68*

 

[Twizzle]

poms 7/560 dec,

Butler 85 off 83, see ya Prior

 

[JJ]

Buttler could be a terrific, aggressive option at 7-8

Bell, finally... is he turning into England's Shane Watson?

 

[Twizzle]

only if he breaks a nail

 

[JJ]

good point, he is much more robust - but in fairness, doesn't bowl.

Really like the way he plays, but he's been sooo frustrating, maybe a little like Mark Waugh - in the sense that he looks and plays great, but just gets out so innocuously at times - just a product of being a batsman that looks to have so much time, I guess

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Good cameo by Buttler.
I will be interested to see how India bat today and how effective England's bowlers are. It should tell us if this is a dead pitch or if England have turned up to play.

 

[TheParraboy]

India 3/108 lunch day3

poms in the box seat

 

[Twizzle]

India 8/328 @ stumps

 

[vvvrulz]

Law of averages catching up with Kohli

 

[TheParraboy]

Lots of starts for India, no one going on with it
8/323, trail by 246

Wonder if Cooky will send them in again if they have over 200 run lead?

This 4th day will tell us if a result or draw will happen

 

[AlwaysGreen]

England lead by 239 and not enforcing the follow on.

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms should be declaring sometime later today, maybe when they hit a 400 plus lead around 45 min after tea would be about right?? Give the Indians a good hour before stumps for his bowlers to take 1 or two wickets at least

India will be going for a draw if they need to chase 300 plus on the last day

 

[lockyno1]

India lose 2 wickets to the worst spinner in Moen Ali, get a runout and gift a wicket to Joe Root! Go India lol

 

[TheParraboy]

India 4/112

need 333 to win on the last day lol

Poms should square the series, top 4 india batsman all out
kholi having a poor series

biggest lol if its a draw

 

[TheParraboy]

India lose 2 wickets to the worst spinner in Moen Ali, get a runout and gift a wicket to Joe Root! Go India lol

run out in test cricket = criminal offence

 

[Twizzle]

draw coming up

Cooky will have everyone on the fence

 

[jargan83]

run out in test cricket = criminal offence

I second that motion.