Cricket (None Leicestershire County Cricket Club)

[Tommy Fresh]

29 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Crawley needs to be dropped he's been terrible for some time. Give Dom Sibley a recall I think.

I don't rate Crawley at all, but there's absolutely no way this current England set up picks Dom Sibley over him. Crawley was borderline undroppable before 'Bazball' it's even harder to see him being dropped now.

[trabuch]

56 minutes ago, Lionator said:

The problem is, players like Duckett and Brook cannot play defensively, it’s not in their repertoire. We will have to attack. And we can win but I doubt it now.

I think gill was quite wise to take any chance for an England win completely out of the equation. Gives the bowling side complete freedom to try anything.

[Tommy Fresh]

Desperate review that 

[Lionator]

That’s a ridiculous ball.

 

Why did Deep not play the first test?

[leicsmac]

The Indian seam attack has been so much more controlled than the English one. Who would have thought that even ten years ago?

[trabuch]

Be a bloody miracle if England don't lose this. Madder things have happened though. Slim chance of rain tomorrow.

[leicsmac]

Teams have managed to survive a full day with seven wickets before. Perhaps a bit of rain will help there, too.

 

Should be an interesting finale.

[st albans fox]

3 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Teams have managed to survive a full day with seven wickets before. Perhaps a bit of rain will help there, too.

 

Should be an interesting finale.

Not this England team 

[leicsmac]

Just now, st albans fox said:

Not this England team 

Current evidence suggests that's true, but we'll only know by this time tomorrow (latest).

[st albans fox]

41 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Current evidence suggests that's true, but we'll only know by this time tomorrow (latest).

Well there’s no chance of getting the runs so they’re left having to bat out the day 

 

that’s a huge mind shift for this team

 

without root it’s beyond them. He’s our only player who could stick around for most of the day. 

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Well there’s no chance of getting the runs so they’re left having to bat out the day 

 

that’s a huge mind shift for this team

 

without root it’s beyond them. He’s our only player who could stick around for most of the day. 

Smith and Brook have both showed that kind of capacity. They'll need to show it again tomorrow. 

[Super_horns]

Well played Gill and India .

 

Difference is India haven’t collapsed unlike the first test or relied on one bowler .

 

Read some say Root was out to a no ball but wasn’t picked up .

 

Probably wouldn’t matter anyway 

[sm1]

13 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Well played Gill and India .

 

Difference is India haven’t collapsed unlike the first test or relied on one bowler .

 

Read some say Root was out to a no ball but wasn’t picked up .

 

Probably wouldn’t matter anyway 

It wasn't a no ball. The heal of his back foot was outside the tramline, but his foot was in, so it was ok. It's going to be a dull, wet day tomorrow, so i expect the ball to swing and India to equalise.

[Izzy]

India have been brilliant this test and fully deserve their win.

 

Sometimes you just get outplayed.

 

It's been a cracking series so far and set up nicely as we go to Lords.

[leicsmac]

Why are people talking like this one is already done?

 

There's still one more day to go and seven wickets to take. 

[st albans fox]

11 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Why are people talking like this one is already done?

 

There's still one more day to go and seven wickets to take. 

Mac - without a huge weather intervention it’s done 

[leicsmac]

Just now, st albans fox said:

Mac - without a huge weather intervention it’s done 

I beg to differ because there are so many possibles, but we'll only know tomorrow. 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

I beg to differ because there are so many possibles, but we'll only know tomorrow. 

Of course anything is possible 

 

but since the advent of bazball, this England team don’t do batting through a day for a draw !

[leicsmac]

6 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Of course anything is possible 

 

but since the advent of bazball, this England team don’t do batting through a day for a draw !

I guess we'll find out. 

[purpleronnie]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Why are people talking like this one is already done?

 

There's still one more day to go and seven wickets to take. 

Only rain can save us.

[STEVIE B]

17 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Why are people talking like this one is already done?

 

There's still one more day to go and seven wickets to take. 

......Because we don't do draws, we aren't chasing 600 & India are good. I Admire your optimism, but we rarely do Bazball & read a match situation together. If we win l will get back to you. 

Edited 6 July 2025 by STEVIE B

[leicsmac]

19 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

......Because we don't do draws, we aren't chasing 600 & India are good. I Admire your optimism, but we rarely do Bazball & read a match situation. If we win l will get back to you. 

Well, the prevailing feeling may well be correct, goodness knows the odds are that way. But it isn't an inevitability until the last wicket falls tomorrow, so I would not seek to treat it as such.

[MaidstoneFox]

Just been up there today, great atmosphere as usual in Birmingham. England looked out on their feet, tired shots and bowling lacked zip and preparation. Could have done with Jimmy this morning. Great comeback from India after the first test, though the pitch and lack of sideways movement is suiting them perhaps more than us. Seems a bit like we are removing our home advantage by having such flat pitches.

[deejdeej]

Surely Bazball goes out the window when chasing 600 plus, just go for the draw surely!

[StanSP]

With England looking a tad tired does anyone reckon Wood and/or Archer come back for Lords? 

Bumrah likely to come back for us, and you'd expect Deep to keep his place instead of Krishna. 

 

I doubt we'll see such high scoring on a Lords pitch unless they've completed flattened that too