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4 down. No way England would knock these runs off without eating deep into the middle order at the very least. There's going to be carnage in India.
Textbook England chase here. No way this as going to be done the easy way.
India won’t give England the opportunity that SLs suicidal batting has in both matches.
About time Sibley came good in this series!
Enter the Buttler!
SL have got their fields badly wrong here.
Also whilst they have been unlucky with 3 Ump call LBW decisions, all 3 were good decisions by the umpire. Doubt on line & height.
well played england.... tms team can have a lie in tomorrow 😀
Good finish that was. Buttler is really developing as a test player and Sibley desperately needed runs.
We don't have Sky Sports or anything like that as Eurosport covers the bulk of my sporting viewing ie cycling. But I do fancy watching the forthcoming test series against India as opposed to (or probably as well as) my usual tuning in to TMS.
Sky seem to have a cricket channel which is advertised at £18 a month. My question is, can I get that as a standalone channel to view on my computer, or do I need to be a Sky customer (we are with Virgin for broadband, TV etc)?
Thanks.
Not yet confirmed where it will be shown. Hold onto until tomorrow before splashing the cash!
Cheers Tim, that would be perfect.
Yeah, I am hoping it is on Ch4 and that we play well, but I would settle for one of those!
@kennyp if you know anyone with a sky sports sub you can get a login from them to use Sky Go app on your laptop or whatever. I have it but c4 would be better!
^ Is what I did. Currently enjoying the WI batters swing hard in the Abu Dhabi T10.
Cheers guys, that's another possibility. Money save could go to charity as I always feel a bit guilty. Mind you Sky aren't exactly short of a few bob.
C4 would be the preference as high viewing figures might mean a more permanent return to free telly for live cricket.
I don't know when it was announced but I just noticed the test is on CH4 at 4am tomorrow. Might listen to the first session on the wireless whilst sheltering under the duvet but it'll be nice to watch it over a leisurely breakfast.
Sadly for radio it’s on talksport, not TMS
Sadly for radio it’s on talksport, not TMS
Oh FFS. Darren Gough, god no.
Oh FFS. Darren Gough, god no.
100% agree, can't stand the odious twerp.
I'm boycotting talksport since talkradio went all far-right also.
A test on terrestrial TV 🙂
A test not on TMS 🙁
When totting up test caps I think any test not on TMS should probably just count as a warm up match and not be counted.
Woke up early so tuned in. Good start - it's the hope that kills you!
typical England. Loads of hard work then chucked in with 20 mins to lunch, if Root had been run out too.......
Mancrush on Sir Alastair. Lovely lad, but tough as teak.
ROOOOOOOOOOT!
Started having a go at the bowlers. Nice.
Sibley looking a little jittery after getting his 50. An interesting phase of the game before the new ball, I reckon
India are looking tired and frustrated, excellent.
Good news, test cricket is on.
Bad news, it's on Talk Sport and not TMS.
Good news, it's on Channel 4 as well.
Bad news, I have Teams calls all morning so won't be able to watch much.
Root and Sibbers looking good so far I think.
Bad news, I have Teams calls all morning so won’t be able to watch much.
This is why you need two screens, one for the meeting, one for the cricket. (Its on All4 available on line)
This Root chappy.
He's rather good, isn't he?
100 in his 100th
Root is class at the moment.
I fear they may regret not having Bairstow in the squad, Lawrence looks the part and may be the future, but for now Bairstow is useful to have around when spin is at play.
But, being positive, it's looking good.
Just get through to close.
I too wonder why Bairstow is not in the squad, esp after Crawley's slip yesterday.
Why did I type that?
That wicket makes that close to honours even on a very flat pitch I'd say.
Interesting comparing Root’s stats to the great Viv Richards, now having played the same number of innings.
That wicket makes that close to honours even on a very flat pitch I’d say.
Hard to say until both teams have batted but I'd put England ahead still. Pitch could well still break up and be tricky to bat last on.
Hard to say until both teams have batted but I’d put England ahead still. Pitch could well still break up and be tricky to bat last on.
Sorry mistyped - should have said par score given the inherent advantage of batting first on a flat pitch that is bound to get tougher. But agree - it needs india to bat to properly tell.
Might be worth getting up at 4am tomorrow. First session will be interesting, India need to take wickets and England have the ability to be all out for 300. On the other hand a couple of hours of Root, Stokes and Buttler could see them well on the way to a big 1st innings total.
This morning was a nice long bike ride so missed it live. Tomorrow morning is all planned out now though.
Root has stated he wanted to change his style to stop getting out between 50 & 100 this year. It seems to be working!
Bairstow has been rotated due to to too much time away in bubbles, the same reason Buttler isnt playing the whole series. The IPL is seen as a priority for them this year with the T20 WC. Whilst I want to see the best England side, they've been in isolation a lot in the last 12 months so I think they need looking after.
I was at Old Trafford when Alec Stewart made a century in his 100th test - a truly special moment. What a pit there were no crowds to see Root do the same.
So why, when Sibley's wicket fell, did they just finish the day rather than playing out the rest of the over?
if a wicket falls close to an interval (lunch, tea, end of play, probably drinks nowadays) then the interval is automatically taken then. I think it's 2 minutes, but in this case it was last over of the day anyway. They'll start with a 3 ball over.
Ta, makes sense I guess. I presume that in the (unlikely) event of the scenario being the last over of the last day with the batting team needing, say, 6 to win, the final few balls would be bowled?
yes, last day goes either to the end, (England vs Aus at Cardiff a few years back for example, with England hanging on while Aus needed one wicket - so literally the last ball could have won it) or in the case where with I think an hour or less to go the captains can agree that a draw is inevitable and agree to call it there.
Also, if the game is likely to reach a conclusion at the end of a session / day (not the last one) the 'winning' team can ask for an extra half hour to force the result, but this is with the umpires' consent eg: end of day 4 you need 10 more runs to win, you can play on to get them, and in the event that the the result isn't achieved that time is reduced from the next day. It's usually accepted because who wants to come back for 10 minutes tomorrow; can be contentious if eg: weather is forecast to be bad tomorrow and surviving the day might save the match.
Cheers for the explanation. Much appreciated.
Just woke up - Root and Stokes making hay! Excellent stuff.