| T'2024 India Tour 12:53 - Jan 22 with 7240 views | D_Alien |
The first test gets underway on Thursday, but as things crank into gear the emphasis seems very much on things being cranky
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/68054608
Stokes looks to be fit after his knee surgery but still not fit to bowl
Brooks has returned home for personal reasons (may rejojn the squad later)
Visa issues preventing the full squad from assembling
Meanwhile. Kohli also missing the start of the series for personal reasons
India haven't lost at home since we beat them in 2012, and we've been thrashed there on both subsequent tours. No idea how things will pan out |  |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 13:04 - Jan 22 with 5462 views | EllDale |
I found it slightly strange that when Brook left the squad that Lawrence was called up rather any of the current Knights team? Bohannon for example? |  | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 23:47 - Jan 24 with 5226 views | D_Alien |
For the first time since 1962, England's attack contains a solitary pace bowler in Mark Wood with three spinners (or four, if you include Root)
1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Tom Hartley, 11 Jack Leach
Debut for Lancs' Tom Hartley | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 06:22 - Jan 25 with 5128 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 23:47 - Jan 24 by D_Alien |
For the first time since 1962, England's attack contains a solitary pace bowler in Mark Wood with three spinners (or four, if you include Root)
1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Tom Hartley, 11 Jack Leach
Debut for Lancs' Tom Hartley |
Good effort from England in that first session, a first innings score of 250 will be very competitive on this wicket. A wicket that is already turning like its the fifth day of the test match. |  | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 08:46 - Jan 25 with 5089 views | D_Alien |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:22 - Jan 25 by TalkingSutty |
Good effort from England in that first session, a first innings score of 250 will be very competitive on this wicket. A wicket that is already turning like its the fifth day of the test match. |
215-8 at tea, so not far off your target and Stokes still there
Good first knock from Hartley, in the conditions | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 10:04 - Jan 25 with 5041 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 08:46 - Jan 25 by D_Alien |
215-8 at tea, so not far off your target and Stokes still there
Good first knock from Hartley, in the conditions |
Starting with a rooky spinner on his debut, not the smartest bit of captaincy. The bowling's been atrocious, so have the field placings. [Post edited 25 Jan 10:05]
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| T'2024 India Tour on 10:08 - Jan 25 with 5019 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 08:46 - Jan 25 by D_Alien |
215-8 at tea, so not far off your target and Stokes still there
Good first knock from Hartley, in the conditions |
Starting with a rooky spinner on his debut, not the smartest bit of captaincy. The bowling been atrocious. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 10:19 - Jan 25 with 4996 views | EllDale |
I’m just glad I haven’t got a ticket for the fifth day.
Can’t see it going that far. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 16:45 - Jan 25 with 4880 views | rich_dale |
| T'2024 India Tour on 10:08 - Jan 25 by TalkingSutty |
Starting with a rooky spinner on his debut, not the smartest bit of captaincy. The bowling been atrocious. |
Seemed like a questionable decision at the time the teams were announced. Although the pitch is turning a lot already, would have thought that Leach and Ahmed supported by Root would have been a sufficient and well balanced spin attack. Was expecting the steadiness and accuracy of Robinson/Anderson to back up Wood and help to dry up the runs, particularly as Wood is injury prone and can only bowl in short bursts, and Stokes is not fit to bowl. | | | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 19:59 - Jan 25 with 4778 views | blackdogblue |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 04:57 - Jan 26 with 4626 views | D_Alien |
Better from England and Hartley, first scalp under his belt | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 06:00 - Jan 26 with 4616 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 04:57 - Jan 26 by D_Alien |
Better from England and Hartley, first scalp under his belt |
Too easy for India, England bowlers unable to put any pressure on them and conceding too many runs. Root and Leach been the most threatening but under used by Stokes. [Post edited 26 Jan 6:40]
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| T'2024 India Tour on 06:21 - Jan 26 with 4612 views | pioneer |
Meanwhile the convicts are 24-4 v Windies at the Gabbatoir! | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:40 - Jan 26 with 4602 views | D_Alien |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:00 - Jan 26 by TalkingSutty |
Too easy for India, England bowlers unable to put any pressure on them and conceding too many runs. Root and Leach been the most threatening but under used by Stokes. [Post edited 26 Jan 6:40]
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True. I keep trying to look for positives but then we shoot ourselves in the foot | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 06:55 - Jan 26 with 4595 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:21 - Jan 26 by pioneer |
Meanwhile the convicts are 24-4 v Windies at the Gabbatoir! |
They have some good young cricketers the Windies but they soon start to prioritise the short game in order to make big bucks and their Test team suffer.. Michael Vaughan came up with a interesting concept last week that might be worthy of further consideration. Set a window of three or four months of the year aside purely to play Test Match cricket, all International teams involved. Not sure how the logistics of that would work when you factor in the different time zones, weather patterns etc, but it would put the focus entirely on Test Match cricket. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:56 - Jan 26 with 4590 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:40 - Jan 26 by D_Alien |
True. I keep trying to look for positives but then we shoot ourselves in the foot |
I'm the same...just got the fourth wicket😀 | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 11:56 - Jan 26 with 4504 views | pioneer |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:55 - Jan 26 by TalkingSutty |
They have some good young cricketers the Windies but they soon start to prioritise the short game in order to make big bucks and their Test team suffer.. Michael Vaughan came up with a interesting concept last week that might be worthy of further consideration. Set a window of three or four months of the year aside purely to play Test Match cricket, all International teams involved. Not sure how the logistics of that would work when you factor in the different time zones, weather patterns etc, but it would put the focus entirely on Test Match cricket. |
lucky to find two months given the increasing number of T20s. And you would need one in northern hemisphere and another in south but it could work. Until India decide they want to encroach on that. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 12:10 - Jan 26 with 4490 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 11:56 - Jan 26 by pioneer |
lucky to find two months given the increasing number of T20s. And you would need one in northern hemisphere and another in south but it could work. Until India decide they want to encroach on that. |
Good point about India. As with everything, money talks unfortunately. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 05:25 - Jan 28 with 4242 views | D_Alien |
Whatever happens now, magnificent fightback from England
Pope's knock potentially career-defining, already the highest second innings score by an Englishman in India
Lead stretching beyond 200 | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 06:20 - Jan 28 with 4207 views | TalkingSutty |
| T'2024 India Tour on 05:25 - Jan 28 by D_Alien |
Whatever happens now, magnificent fightback from England
Pope's knock potentially career-defining, already the highest second innings score by an Englishman in India
Lead stretching beyond 200 |
Great effort by England. It's a pity we have a weakened bowling attack but if we can get a couple of early wickets you never know. Open the bowling with Wood and Root would be my preference, hopefully Hartleys batting heroics will give him confidence with the ball and he can put up a better show. In the meantime the Windies are on the brink of beating the Aussies. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 07:39 - Jan 28 with 4178 views | D_Alien |
| T'2024 India Tour on 06:20 - Jan 28 by TalkingSutty |
Great effort by England. It's a pity we have a weakened bowling attack but if we can get a couple of early wickets you never know. Open the bowling with Wood and Root would be my preference, hopefully Hartleys batting heroics will give him confidence with the ball and he can put up a better show. In the meantime the Windies are on the brink of beating the Aussies. |
Hartley's doing the business this time round
Pleased for the W Indies | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 12:01 - Jan 28 with 4068 views | Rodingdale |
Comfortable win for England. | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 12:06 - Jan 28 with 4056 views | D_Alien |
Two sensational test matches which overturn the odds
Short format cricket is in repetitive overkill, but these games remind us of the beauty of the purest form of the game
And... the curse of the Lancashire spinning debut is lifted! | |
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| T'2024 India Tour on 12:06 - Jan 28 with 4056 views | EllDale |
I think it’s pretty safe to say that Tom Hartley will never forget his England debut in Test cricket! | | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 12:07 - Jan 28 with 4054 views | isitme |
What a turnaround. After looking out of it after day two, two excellent days. A statement innings by Pope and Hartley from his first ball in test cricket going for 6 to getting 7 wickets and two valuable contributions with the bat. Isn't test cricket great. |  | | |
| T'2024 India Tour on 19:45 - Feb 1 with 3733 views | D_Alien |
1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Tom Hartley, 10 Shoaib Bashir, 11 James Anderson.
Jimmy Anderson and Shoaib Bashir replace Leach (injured) and Wood for the second test starting tomorrow | |
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