England in India

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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    IronHerb said:

    Ben Foakes will be keeping wicket for England in the forthcoming Test in India. Hurrah!

    Shame it's too late for us to win the Ashes.

  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    T.T.Th. Thats all Foakes!
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Odd selection for the 1st Test imo, the only option other than spin is Mark Wood who isn't really going to put in long spells. All eggs very definitely in one rotating basket, with spinners Jack Leach, Rehan Ahmed and debutant Tom Hartley all selected as bowlers possibly supplemented by Root as well.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    England win the toss and bat first.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    First wicket down, 55-1, Duckett gone for 35, umpire's call LBW, but given on field.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    58-2, Pope goes for 1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    60-3, Crawley gone for 20.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    108-3 at lunch.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    121-4, Bairstow gone for 37.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    125-4, Root gone for 29.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    137-6, Foakes gone for 4.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    155-7, Rehan Ahmed gone for 13.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    193-8, debutant Tom Hartley gone for a brisk 23.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    215-8 at tea.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited January 25
    234-9, Wood gone for 11. Leach comes out to join Stokes who is on 58 not out.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Stokes bowled for 70, England all out for 246.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited January 25
    Disappointing that 5 of our top 6 batsmen got in (20 or more), but only one made more than 37. Commentators are suggesting it's not a bad score given the surface, likening it to a 3rd or 4th day pitch; time will tell I guess 🤞🤞🤞.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Tom Hartley's first delivery in Test Cricket gets despatched for 6, not what he was dreaming of I'm guessing.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    buffybegood said:

    Tom Hartley's first delivery in Test Cricket gets despatched for 6, not what he was dreaming of I'm guessing.

    Nor is going for 25 in his first 2 overs, it's the stuff of nightmares so far.

  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    His third over was better, only 9 off it. Trouble is our spinners barely get it to turn so for batters who are brought up on spin it’s easy for them to pick what it’s doing.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Stokes has given him a 4th over, but the first ball goes for 4. Unless he gets a wicket he surely gets a rest after this one.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited January 25
    Hartley must think he’s playing in a T20 game not a test the way he’s going around the ground. Desperation kicking in as we are appealing any time they don’t hit it. Running out of reviews.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Finally we get a wicket, Leach gets Rohit for 24, 80-1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    All 3 reviews burned inside the first 14 overs, very poor.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    119-1, close of play. Time for bed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited January 26
    Day 2 about to start, so important to take some early wickets.

    Looks like Root is going to open the bowling this morning.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Root takes a wicket caught and bowled in his first over, India 123-2 😊
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Foakes puts down a tough chance off the last ball of Root's over, but it might not have counted for anything anyway; the umpire missed the edge and gave a bye, and we've no reviews left.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Hartley gets his first wicket, 159-3.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    No more wickets before lunch, 222-3.
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