stannyr
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He really needed a big tonne. Hugely damaging run out that for this game and beyond. A Joe Root scoring hundreds is crucial for his captaincy and the side.
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He really needed a big tonne. Hugely damaging run out that for this game and beyond. A Joe Root scoring hundreds is crucial for his captaincy and the side.
The umpire's decision for the first wicket was a shocker.
Deulofeumygod
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How did that go through Kohli?!
He is getting closer.
He is getting closer.
Deulofeumygod
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Stokes gets another one!
...tremendous sport watching Anderson against Kohli.
Curran will get the plaudits (rightly so) but Anderson, followed by Stokes, have been tremendous
Best batsman on the planet causing all sorts of trouble here.
A genuine joy to watch.
A genuine joy to watch.
With no Test in Manchester this summer I decided to go to Edgbaston. Been a few times before and I always hear about it's great atmosphere but it was a bit disappointing today. The infamous Hollies stand was very quiet most of the day.
The day was defined by that dropped catch off Kohli when on 21. As slip catches go it was pretty straight forward and in his first innings of the series him getting caught in the slips to a Jimmy Anderson outswinger, like what happened time after time in 2014, surely would have awoke a few ghosts in Kohli's head, instead he's proved to himself he can do it in English conditions, although I do expect Jimmy to trouble him through the series like he did many times early in his knock today.
Had we got rid of him early I think we'd have a lead of around 80-100 on first innings but the game is on a knife edge now.
The day was defined by that dropped catch off Kohli when on 21. As slip catches go it was pretty straight forward and in his first innings of the series him getting caught in the slips to a Jimmy Anderson outswinger, like what happened time after time in 2014, surely would have awoke a few ghosts in Kohli's head, instead he's proved to himself he can do it in English conditions, although I do expect Jimmy to trouble him through the series like he did many times early in his knock today.
Had we got rid of him early I think we'd have a lead of around 80-100 on first innings but the game is on a knife edge now.
Chris O'Connor
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Had Malan taken a simple catch it would have been 100-6 with not much batting left and perhaps a lead of 150 plus on the cards.
A single moment that turned the match.
It was in Pandya’s company that Kohli first began to assert his authority, and England to flag as Stuart Broad did not bear his load. It might have been different if the Hollies stand had been more than half-full, but the crowd was only 16,754, down from 18,159 on day one.
Dawid Malan must be challenging Kohli and Ashwin for India's man of the game so far, next to nothing with the bat and drops a fairly routine catch with Kohli only on 20 odd only to go one better and repeat the clanger a little later, albeit much harder.
An action replay of yesterday in so many ways.
Two good sessions followed up by England relinquishing their position in alarming fashion where they're very much partly to blame.
Say what you want about Kohli but the lad has the midas touch and capitalised on Malan dropping him twice. A run out yesterday to begin our collapse and a miraculous back to the wall 149 when his side looked like giving up a big lead
It's so frustrating that it's the same old failings.
Collapses.
Dropped chances.
Inability to play spin.
Failure to mop up the tail.
Yesterday England let a dominant position turn into a weak one, today they've let a dominant position turn into a fairly even one. So it's an improvement of sorts.
They are in a better situation now than last night, and with India batting last need to build a challenging target, anything over 200 will be very tough in the fourth innings, Malan learning to catch would help too.
And Joe Root's captaincy still doesn't convince.
Why didn't he have the keeper standing up to Anderson or Curran 80mph. Or, pin him back with a short leg. It's basic when a player is batting two foot outside the crease.
At least Root won't be losing after declaring again and the TMS experts won't be recommending that he does either.
I actually think anything over 200 will be very difficult in the fourth innings and not a given at all but they'll need to catch well. A cliché but catches do win matches and never was that shown to be more true than today. Malan's first drop, I don't really count the second against him, was a big moment.
I'm still siding with the bookies favourites and think England are in the better position although I wouldn't be putting any money on at a best price of 4/5.
Ashwin is a huge danger but Cook has always been particularly susceptible throughout his career and doesn't play him at all well.
Sensible batting needed here as an England unit. Root had a moment and given his wicket away cheap. The left handers are going to have to be patient (there is 3 days left!!!!) and grind out some scores, while the right handers in Bairstow and Buttler should be more capable of attacking.
250 will be tough to beat on this pitch..
250 will be tough to beat on this pitch..
Well that's game over. Pathetic batting. Not even great bowling. Just chucking their wickets away.
..I bet the organisers aren’t happy with a game that will have little or no time tomorrow. A Wednesday starting test match was always risky. Not sure I heard one of the following tests starts on a Saturday.
Curran was brilliant and has given us a chance. A slim one, yes, but a chance nonetheless.
Rest of them need a good hard look at themselves
Rest of them need a good hard look at themselves