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[SD]

absolute brain fade!

another question though, are both teams starting to take the pi55 with all the ball changes? seems as soon as the swing stops they cry until the umpires get bored of hearing about it and give them one that does. cant say that Crawley would have been bowled by the ball they had swapped out

This year's batch of Dukes balls is getting very poor feedback across the range. Going soft and not holding their shape.  Of course it is a tactic to try and get the ball changed if it isn't moving, but they only succeed in that if the ball has actually lost shape which is happening

One issue given the way the ball is being flayed around this summer is that the replacements are in better condition than the balls they replace when they should be like for like

[Bungle]

I, at least, held out hope.

At the end of the day everyone here is hopeful that the England test side do well.  Yes, everyone has their favourites and it's fair enough to not be a fan of certain players but this team under Silverwood was not performing even close to the level they are currently at.

[rickjames]

Witnessing greatness...AGAIN

[jonny77]

Obscene! This hasn't been slogging in anyway. Sensible batting, just putting away the bad ball and creating opportunities to score. India haven't bowled well and some dubious field placings, but that's taking nothing away from England. Pure class!

[KettonJake]

Bet India wish they'd just conceded this game now rather than crying until they got their way.

[Bungle]

So good and a true pleasure to watch, thank you England.

[mo_town]

Bet India wish they'd just conceded this game now rather than crying until they got their way.

Not sure this comment was needed to be honest. We got to witness a great match and we should be happy about that.

[Warneymonster]

Bet India wish they'd just conceded this game now rather than crying until they got their way.

wonder if the indian players thought it was worth running away to the ipl money now, prob would have won if they had stayed

[KettonJake]

Not sure this comment was needed to be honest. We got to witness a great match and we should be happy about that.

A great match yes, but the series should have been done and dusted last year.

[alba caerulea]

A great match yes, but the series should have been done and dusted last year.

England SHOULD have toured Pakistan last year but withdrew last minute due to fictional security concerns. Don't think they are in any position to sling mud at the Indians on this occasion.

[ppccopener]

Whatever the rights and wrongs of India cutting short of series already being played to play in the IPL there were two good teams competing and at least the result will shut Kholi up for a while

The bloke is an absolute bell end

[alba caerulea]

Whatever the rights and wrongs of India cutting short of series already being played to play in the IPL there were two good teams competing and at least the result will shut Kholi up for a while

The bloke is an absolute bell end

They withdrew from the final Test due to having 7 members of the touring party in isolation with Covid-19. Fair grounds not to play in my opinion.

Agree on Virat though and you can throw Siraj and Bumrah in that category aswell after some in-the-batsmans face send offs in this match (although not in the 2nd innings, well bowled Siraj)

If you want a real conspiracy theory - how about Foakes positive covid Test whilst already suffering from a back injury which allowed England to bring in Billings for the remainder of the match rather than give Bairstow the gloves and bat with 10. A very handy coincidence indeed.

[Buzz]

You have seen 1 plus 1 and made 12 there.

Stokes has been clear Foakes is the number 1, plus he has batted brilliantly this summer so far.

[alba caerulea]

You have seen 1 plus 1 and made 12 there.

Stokes has been clear Foakes is the number 1, plus he has batted brilliantly this summer so far.

I think you have severely misunderstood my point.

[potzy248]

How are those Stokes/Baz pessimists going?

Amazing England. Such a good team to watch now.

Will be interesting what they do when they bat first.

Fantastic for test cricket.