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Overton and Robinson look very similar action wise. No doubt Overton has earned a place, but does his "face" fit?!
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Overton and Robinson look very similar action wise. No doubt Overton has earned a place, but does his "face" fit?!
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He plays for the wrong county so his face will never fit - he is a better bowler than Curran
Him and Robinson are very similar
Mudball
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And he has failed
Kohli keeps getting out playing expansive drives… about time he learnt from the Master
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When does the match start??? l think i am watching a T20 highlights package..
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some superb bowling - but bet those Indian bowlers will be rubbing their hands though
AmandaJR
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Well that was fun...might hide behind the settee when we start batting though!
GB72
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Were the conditions that bad for batting? Only getting text updates at work.
AmandaJR
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I don't think so - looked a bit of a meltdown by the batsmen but we'll see. Not often you see two hat-trick balls from two different bowlers within a couple of overs of each other!
Mudball
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Okay, I'll be the one to hex this. The England openers look very comfortable right now. I don't know what caused the Indian collapse today but the balance between bat and ball couldn't be more different in our innings.
AmandaJR
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The fabulous thing is that there is no question of him being in the side out of sentiment. 1st on the sheet is Root, 2nd is Jimmy. To be world class still at his age is phenomenal.Jimmy
And he has failed
BCCI will lodge a complaint
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BBC headline... England toil to reach 120 Ok, even they wouldn't stoop that low!!
Pitch was always fine, but the ball was swinging like crazy this morning.
Massive session in the morning, probably the pivotal one in the match.
Ok, even they wouldn't stoop that low!!Pitch was always fine, but the ball was swinging like crazy this morning.
Massive session in the morning, probably the pivotal one in the match.
AmandaJR
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Main question now is how do England manage to lose from this position?
Trust me - still waiting for the bubble to burst!
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He really is like a fine wine...
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Andersons opening spell against the top 4 was sublime , he kept setting them up and they took the bait every single time. Kohli was shocking , I don’t why he has started to play the ball so far away from his body - it looked like white ball batting all day long.
A lot of credit has to be given to the other three seamers as well - Robinson was probing with every ball , Overtons extra pace and bounce was superb and Curran was bowling on a great length. All four were excellent
Then Hamed and Burns showed the type of grit needed against the good balls and just cashed in on the rubbish that Ishant and Sami was throwing down
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This is very smart cricket from India. They are luring England into a false sense of security, just waiting for England to believe they are in a winning position... and then fall apart and hand it to India.
ColchesterFC
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Surely the tactic from England now has got to be that we are going to bat for the next two days. It doesn't matter about scoring runs, if we bat all of tomorrow and all of Friday we'll score at least another 400 runs minimum without trying anything stupid. That will give us a lead of over 400 with two days left to bowl them out. And if we do actually manage to bat for the next two days then I would back us to score a lot more than 400. Don't do anything stupid and put up a score of 550+. It's an opportunity to make a real statement and grind India into the dust for two days. Keep their players out in the field for as long as possible, tiring them out, and then set some attacking fields while they're trying to bat for at least a day and a half to save the test.
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