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[leicsmac]

India at least made a fist of this. Anything over 150 in these conditions might make a chase tricky for NZ.

[Tommy Fresh]

Was a legit live stream on YouTube of Bangladesh and South Africa but it's vanished

Edited 22 October 2024 by Tommy Fresh

[Super_horns]

3 spinners in and Atkinson back for Potts and Carse.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cpdqd686753o

[Sir Steve Howard]

Rehan in, gu on son

[Corky]

Harsh on Carse.

[STEVIE B]

19 hours ago, Corky said:

Harsh on Carse.

He's purely being rested, not dropped for performances.

England are very aware of workload & player recovery etc.

Carse has put in a decent shift on this trip. 

[chrishlcfc]

Yeah to be fair the way seam bowlers are treated nowadays it’s no surprise. Bowled well in the 1st two tests but got through a fair amount of overs and looked knackered towards the end of last test

[leicsmac]

Zimbabwe score 344 in a T20 qualifying match

[Tommy Fresh]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Zimbabwe score 344 in a T20 qualifying match

Raza hit 15 sixes

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Raza hit 15 sixes

Man was out there playing Stick Cricket.

 

Still didn't get the record for fastest ton though, had to settle for equal second.

[RowlattsFox]

Switched on 10 minutes ago and it looks like Ben Duckett is trying to get out. 

[PhillippaT]

Repeat after me: I shouldn't have checked the score...  

[RowlattsFox]

2 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Switched on 10 minutes ago and it looks like Ben Duckett is trying to get out. 

And there he goes. Although to be fair he got a ridiculously low bounce, that shouldn't be happening on a first morning pitch. 

Going to sound a bit bitter but not a fan of these pitches, more so than the run fest of a first match. Spinners shouldn't be bowling every over on the first morning of a test match 

[RonnieTodger]

Urgh 

[leicsmac]

267. Difficult to judge, but for me...

 

[leicsmac]

Leach turning it round corners on day 1.

 

Fun times.

[Super_horns]

Turning into a good day for England after a very dodgy start 

[leicsmac]

Think it's roughly even, if England had taken one more it may have been broadly their day.

[STEVIE B]

Pretty even so far.

This is never going into day 5, maybe not even the 4th.

 

I know home advantage is important, but to manufacture such conditions so completely,  doesn't seem right to me. 

[ealingfox]

Regardless of the conditions, a spinner opening the bowling in a Test match innings is utter woke nonsense I'm afraid.

[leicsmac]

11 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

Pretty even so far.

This is never going into day 5, maybe not even the 4th.

 

I know home advantage is important, but to manufacture such conditions so completely,  doesn't seem right to me. 

Agreed, but then that's why winning series away (especially in India, Oz or indeed England) is prized so highly - there's so many factors not in your favour.

 

Just now, ealingfox said:

Regardless of the conditions, a spinner opening the bowling in a Test match innings is utter woke nonsense I'm afraid.

Isn't opening with a spinner rather par for the course in South Asia?

[ealingfox]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Isn't opening with a spinner rather par for the course in South Asia?

 

It's not - first time against England by any opponent since 1964 and first time ever in Pakistan. But even if it was it'd still be up there with the Hundred, names and numbers on shirts in Test matches and Jasprit Bumrah's bowling action in the woke nonsense stakes.

Edited 24 October 2024 by ealingfox

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

It's not - first time against England by any opponent since 1964 and first time ever in Pakistan. But even if it was it'd still be up there with the Hundred, names and numbers on shirts in Test matches and Lasith Malinga's bowling action in the woke nonsense stakes.

FTFY but fair to say.

 

Interesting that on pitches so conducive to spin it's that much of a rarity.

[Tommy Fresh]

23 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

It's not - first time against England by any opponent since 1964 and first time ever in Pakistan. But even if it was it'd still be up there with the Hundred, names and numbers on shirts in Test matches and Jasprit Bumrah's bowling action in the woke nonsense stakes.

Are you saying a spinner hasn't opened the bowling against England in any innings since 1964?

[ealingfox]

Just now, Tommy Fresh said:

Are you saying a spinner hasn't opened the bowling against England in any innings since 1964?

 

On reflection I think the statto that posted that on the bbc live feed this morning was only referring to the first innings.