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Trundling along nicely so far. 350 - 5 by the close? Oh hang on I forgot Bopara is playing. 350 - 6 then. 🙂
150-0
Lots of cheese in the TMS box today.
Vaughan only turns up for the freebees
lead by 15 with only 1 down 😀
Bell out now. Cookie's chuntering along nicely, though.
We're in trouble now - 28/2
peterson vs leg spinner..... should be interesting
Seems in reasonable touch so far.
Just getting interesting...
becoming a bit of a massacre.
KP is filling his boots
150/3
India are being destroyed. It's no longer a contest.
We'll win this series 4-0.
to tell you the truth I am disappointed - its not a good contest.
I wanted to see something like the 2005 ashes - which is probably the best series for a long time. Instead its a disappointing capitulation from India.
Oh, FFS! I agree with TJ! 😉
India look very lacklustre, 'tis true. Which is a shame.
But then, you can only beat the team you're playing, and we're certainly doing that!
I agree TJ. Wanted a decent series not a procession.
We need to declare over night, get them in and skittle them all out by tea tomorrow
Good morning everybody 🙂
What will today bring. Give the forecast for rain tonight and overcast all day tomoz (on the beeb anyway), I reckon we'll bat all day and declare either overnight or with an hour's play left today.
3-0 by tea tomorrow!
I think a declaration may come sooner than that if the runs keep flowing at the rate they were yesterday.
don't think they'll declare before tea.
Im wondering about popping up to Edgbaston tomorrow to watch the carnage...what chance tickets you think?
46 extras on the card. nuts.
good availability for Day 5 ....HTH
Nothing on their website for tomorrow though
https://www.eticketing.co.uk/edgbaston/details/event.aspx?itemref=3122
😆good availability for Day 5
Rain stops play. 🙁
Won't be for long. Gonna be PERFECT bowling conditions tomorrow.
The way India are playing I think we would still skittle them if it was perfect batting conditions.
I'm 12 miles to the west of Edgbaston where the weather is coming from. Shall post up any reports of rain. Stopped now, brightening up, play to begin in 10 mins
*Applauds*
only another 200 to go 🙂
Im wondering about popping up to Edgbaston tomorrow to watch the carnage...what chance tickets you think?
I'd have been there yesterday or today if I'd thought there was any chance of getting in.
plenty of empty seats to be seen, but the radio described it as a sell out 😕
though its looking fuller now
Double century! Well done that man
Bravo
So when do we start swinging? We could get 700 here today dead easy then slowly and mercilessly pick them apart over the next two days*
*Well, two or three hours 🙂
Lots of talk on Sky of Cook going for Gooch's 333.
I'd like to see England start going at it reckless now to shove some quick runs on, then put India in again. Longer they have to bat the less the chance of them holding on for a draw.
edit: especially given changeable weather.
(caveat: I know next to nothing about Test cricket)
especially given changeable weather
That is the worry - anything could happen with the weather although it is looking better for tomorrow and especially Sunday at the moment - get that ball skipping down the dry track rather than being held up...
Lots of talk on Sky of Cook going for Gooch's 333.
I'd like to see England start going at it reckless now to shove some quick runs on, then put India in again. Longer they have to bat the less the chance of them holding on for a draw.
edit: especially given changeable weather.
(caveat: I know next to nothing about Test cricket)
Calm down people, this is a 5 day test lest we forget! Ok we've gone off for bad weather at the moment, but set not to last long. India struggle to bat for a day, let alone 2 and a bit! I'd like to see us go past 700, and set India 500 just to make us even have to bat again. They'll be so tired from having fielded for something like 200 overs, they won't be able to bat at all, and Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan will be banging in having had 2 days sat doing nothing! And it's swinging... And they're all 10mph faster than the Indian bowlers...
England should just bat right through today and totally demoralise India, then probably declare overnight.
then probably declare overnight.
Nah - give them an hour tonight 😈
It does not matter what they do only the weather can defeat them tbh
or a power cut! 🙂
credit to the BBC tech team keeping TMS going!
Gone dark and raining here, not too heavy at the moment
Gone dark and raining here, not too heavy at the moment