England v India Series

[Deleted member 15344]

I cant believe that with 650 on the board Cook continued to flog his poor, knackered frontline bowlers! Ridiculous captaincy.

Put on some part time filth and give em a rest! (I was hoping Bairstow might be called on to remove his pads and turn his arm over)

It's the last test of the series and the last time they will bowl. If Cook had got some others to bowl I can just imagine the complaints from people saying he is making a mockery of it. Certainly not ridiculous captaincy

 

[Tongo]

It's the last test of the series and the last time they will bowl. If Cook had got some others to bowl I can just imagine the complaints from people saying he is making a mockery of it. Certainly not ridiculous captaincy

As opposed to the criticism being received for conceding 750. No hint of farce there at all.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

England bowlers simply not enough to get 20 wickets in a game. As simple as that and India have been way ahead in terms of their batting and bowling. I hope we can bat for a draw and a modicum of respectability but a couple of quick wickets and it'll be another back to the wall day trying to survive

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Just made a big mistake and checked the cricket score. Arrgghhhhhhhhhh. Cruising at tea, collapsed now. Alistair, leave your captain's hat behind when you leave for the airport.

 

[vkurup]

Just made a big mistake and checked the cricket score. Arrgghhhhhhhhhh. Cruising at tea, collapsed now. Alistair, leave your captain's hat behind when you leave for the airport.

Watched in the morning.. it was going all right with Moen holding fort going into tea. Drove to work, logged in to see if there was a drawn.. Computer said no.. and it was prize giving!!. Very reassuring and consistent performance..

 

[Tongo]

Galling. Nothing else to say. Especially as Ashwin didnt take a wicket.

 

[Piece]

Score 477 first inning and then lose by an innings....:mmm:

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Score 477 first inning and then lose by an innings....:mmm:

Indeed. However as I've said, I think India is the hardest place to play with their way their wickets turn. Some of the batsmen did well and scored runs and others got their technique found out. Our quicks couldn't get early wickets and the spinners weren't good enough. I hope the selectors take their time to review the performances and don't make quick knee jerk changes

 

[Tongo]

Indeed. However as I've said, I think India is the hardest place to play with their way their wickets turn. Some of the batsmen did well and scored runs and others got their technique found out. Our quicks couldn't get early wickets and the spinners weren't good enough. I hope the selectors take their time to review the performances and don't make quick knee jerk changes

India's home record since the start of 2013: played 18, won 16, drawn 2.

One of those draws was a rain effected match in which they were in charge.

Food for thought.

 

[vkurup]

Eng did well ... nothing too spectacular but got 350 on the board. Was watching and saw till India were about 50/4. Switched it off as this was going to be a cakewalk for Eng. Came back after a nap and India still in the game at 300/6!! What happened, already 600+ runs scored. now put the kettle on and watching..

 

[Tongo]

Eng did well ... nothing too spectacular but got 350 on the board. Was watching and saw till India were about 50/4. Switched it off as this was going to be a cakewalk for Eng. Came back after a nap and India still in the game at 300/6!! What happened, already 600+ runs scored. now put the kettle on and watching..

Virat Kohli and Yadav. Fair play to them, they were class.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Virat Kohli and Yadav. Fair play to them, they were class.

Same story as the tests for me. The batsmen were good but the bowlers were poor. Having taken four early wickets they needed to keep it tight and create pressure. That said both centurions were excellent

 

[vkurup]

350 not enough!!!... Morgan and team mgmt must be wondering what they would need to win in India. Kohli is indeed king of chase but credit to Kedar Jadhav as well as Pandya at the death to keep it going..

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Another tremendous effort by England. They may well lose the series but to push India so well in their own conditions in their strongest format deserves respect. 2 overs to go, go on Eoin.

 

[Norrin Radd]

a valiant attempt but just coming up short .good game to watch though 22 needed off the last over.
too many

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Looking at the comments the criticism is around our death bowling. We gave them too many. Valiant chase though and so much better than one day England of old.

 

[fundy]

So dull to watch these games, complete imbalance between bat and ball. If you insist on roads on small grounds where miss hits go for 6, just do away with bowlers and stick a bowling machine out there

 

[Deleted member 3432]

So dull to watch these games, complete imbalance between bat and ball. If you insist on roads on small grounds where miss hits go for 6, just do away with bowlers and stick a bowling machine out there

Getting to much like baseball with bowlers forced to bowl into batsmans 'hitting arc'.

Shorter the format the duller it is to watch.

Not a bit of wonder the standard of pace bowling these days is so poor with the odd exception. Does batsman no favours either as nobody seems capable of playing a well directed short ball peoperly.

Also interesting that these pitches are very different to those the tests were played on....

 

[Tongo]

So dull to watch these games, complete imbalance between bat and ball. If you insist on roads on small grounds where miss hits go for 6, just do away with bowlers and stick a bowling machine out there

Getting to much like baseball with bowlers forced to bowl into batsmans 'hitting arc'.

Shorter the format the duller it is to watch.

Not a bit of wonder the standard of pace bowling these days is so poor with the odd exception. Does batsman no favours either as nobody seems capable of playing a well directed short ball peoperly.

Also interesting that these pitches are very different to those the tests were played on....

Very much agree. Hitting a 6 used to be an achievement, hitting an ODI 100 used to be noteworthy. Now they are both just meh, chump change.

We've now reached the stage where people are watching certain people bat and that's it. (Harks a bit of that famous WG Grace quote)

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Getting to much like baseball with bowlers forced to bowl into batsmans 'hitting arc'.

Shorter the format the duller it is to watch.

Not a bit of wonder the standard of pace bowling these days is so poor with the odd exception. Does batsman no favours either as nobody seems capable of playing a well directed short ball peoperly.

Also interesting that these pitches are very different to those the tests were played on....

Slightly disagree. T20 is harmless as it is only a few hours of "slap & giggle", Chip Shop Cup cricket was what we called it at club level, and it generates decent revenue for the game.

However, 50 over ODI's and County competitions are incredibly dull with everything weighted in favour of the bat. I went to a Royal London (?) day/nighter last season and can honestly say I have never been so bored on a cricket ground.

For a match of that length to be entertaining the contest between bat and ball needs to be more even.