England v India Series

[Lord Tyrion]

How good is Joe Root? For me the best English batsman I have seen. The consistency of scoring and how he scores, keeping the scoreboard ticking over constantly, is phenomenal. Genuinely world class.

I didn't see how Hameed actually played this morning but it is good to see him get a solid score. That will do his confidence the world of good.

 

[patricks148]

How good is Joe Root? For me the best English batsman I have seen. The consistency of scoring and how he scores, keeping the scoreboard ticking over constantly, is phenomenal. Genuinely world class.

I didn't see how Hameed actually played this morning but it is good to see him get a solid score. That will do his confidence the world of good.

Root just looks head a shoulders above anyone else.... its always a surprise though when he gets out......

Mo's doing a good job as well looks solid

 

[Norrin Radd]

great start for Root and Mo is on 99 ,hopefully at least 500 for us and then all out attack when we field .
the pitch will only get worse and we will definitely have had the best of it.

 

[IM01]

Good start from England, never believed the nonsense of a 5-0 whipping India aren't that good...should still win

Young lad didn't look out of his depth....similar to Cook & Root on debut!!
Here's hoping:thup:

 

[Tongo]

Good start from England, never believed the nonsense of a 5-0 whipping India aren't that good...should still win

Young lad didn't look out of his depth....similar to Cook & Root on debut!!
Here's hoping:thup:

Yeah, that silenced all the doom and gloom merchants! Joe Root is just class, although i'm sure Boycott will find a way to downgrade his performance. I listened to TMS early on and Hameed sounded like he was playing well and suited to test match cricket. Shame it took the England selectors two tests to realise he is a better option than Duckett to open.

 

[drewster]

Yeah, that silenced all the doom and gloom merchants! Joe Root is just class, although i'm sure Boycott will find a way to downgrade his performance. I listened to TMS early on and Hameed sounded like he was playing well and suited to test match cricket. Shame it took the England selectors two tests to realise he is a better option than Duckett to open.

Strange comment about Boycott. He loves Joe Root and sings his praises from the rooftops at every opportunity. It's going to be an interesting series especially with the world's top two batsmen on show. Notwithstanding that Mo Ali will be the difference between us winning and losing , if he bowls as well as he did last time then we're in with a decent squeak.

 

[pendodave]

Strange comment about Boycott. He loves Joe Root and sings his praises from the rooftops at every opportunity.

I thought the same. Boycott is a surprisingly generous and open minded pundit on the end of day show. Well, surprising to me growing up watching his rather one-eyed performances.

However many we get, I worry about the quality of our slow bowling and the fragility of our batting once root and cook are out. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Solid start and hope Moeen can get his single tomorrow. We need to kick on and then hope the bowlers can find a way to put an early marker down although I think it's going to be a long game for them and a lot of overs to be bowled

 

[fundy]

Solid start and hope Moeen can get his single tomorrow. We need to kick on and then hope the bowlers can find a way to put an early marker down although I think it's going to be a long game for them and a lot of overs to be bowled

not sure about kick on, just need to bat and bat and bat

 

[Junior]

I'd have preferred Ball to Ansari. Other than that, a great start to the test. Rode our luck a bit when India shelled a few early on though !!!

What does everyone think about Roots wicket ??? Not out for me. Ball was never really in the palm of his hands.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

I'd have preferred Ball to Ansari. Other than that, a great start to the test. Rode our luck a bit when India shelled a few early on though !!!

What does everyone think about Roots wicket ??? Not out for me. Ball was never really in the palm of his hands.

Out! After all it was in his hands long enough for him to toss it into the air. Also I understand that the rules no longer state that the catcher has to "be in control of the ball". It's left entirely to the umpire's interpretation.

 

[Norrin Radd]

it looked like it wasnt in the palm of the hand at all ,more between his wrists,i think the slo mo gave him out as at full speed it never looked like any sort of control was had .

 

[Tongo]

Great work Ben Stokes! Looks like it could be a big winter for him.

 

[Paperboy]

Great work Ben Stokes! Looks like it could be a big winter for him.

He walked off quite gingerly after getting out by all accounts.

 

[fundy]

He walked off quite gingerly after getting out by all accounts.

sounds like was only cramp albeit quite bad, should be ok to bowl in the morning

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Need some wickets in the first session. If so we've a great chance

 

[Piece]

Nice Brucey bonus of the late wickets for Eng. Bit of luck in the morning and we could have a lead.

 

[Dan2501]

Hameed has looked superb this morning. Composed, confident and completely at ease.

 

[fundy]

Hameed has looked superb this morning. Composed, confident and completely at ease.

not seen much of him but i know a couple of good judges rate him highly, plenty to like for sure, albeit hes going to find harder pitches to bat on ahead! Nice to see the right peg in the right hole too, Duckett opening in Bangladesh to accomodate Ballance at 4 looks even stranger than it did at the time now!

 

[louise_a]

Great test debut from Hameed, good to see a Lancashire player doing well, the only down side is he looks set for a long test career which means he wont be playing for the county very much.