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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Play about to resume after that break for rain.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Brilliant fielding by Atkinson, collecting the ball in his followthrough as Gill set off on a suicidal run before slipping as he turned; Gill was miles out, and probably would have been even without the slip. 83-3.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And rain stops play again.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Play resumes, let's hope we get a bit more play before the close 🀞🀞🀞. India 85-3.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Tongue, who has been struggling with his direction, strikes to dismiss Sudharsan, 101-4.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Tongue strikes again, 123-5.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Having had an lbw decision given onfield but reversed on review, Atkinson strikes the very next ball with a catch to Brook. 153-6.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Pope persuaded into an lbw review, mainly by Root, but it was a poor one akin to all those failed ones last summer. A review wasted.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    204-6 at the close.

    By far the best we've done in the field on the first day after putting them in so far this series, but we probably should have doen better; we really didn't bowl particularly well a lot of the time. Another issue is that Woakes went down heavily on his shoulder as he chased a ball to the boundary; will he be able to take further part in the match?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    As feared, Woakes is out for the remainder of the match, so down to 3 seamers and the part-time spin of Root and Bethell, and down a batsman in each innings too.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 1
    Tongue strikes, 218-7.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    As Atkinson does in the next over. Both overnight batsmen out, 220-8.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Another wicket for Atkinson, 224-9.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And Atkinson gets his 5th, 224 all out. A great performance this morning.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    20 runs scored this morning, only 5 off the bat. πŸ€”
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    IronHerb said:

    20 runs scored this morning, only 5 off the bat. πŸ€”

    I'll take that for the 4 wickets we took 😊😊😊.

    But yeah, way too many extras (38) in the innings, was India's joint second highest score. Also, the 12 byes against Smith feels very harsh; little he could do about most of them.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Duckett goes for 43 off just 38 balls, 92-1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    109-1 at lunch, a very good morning for England.
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    buffybegood said:

    109-1 at lunch, a very good morning for England.

    They almost halved their deficit in less than one session. If they can keep going then I guess they will have lots of time to bowl India out again.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Pope gets a life as he flashes at one, offering a toughish chance to gulley.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Crawley goes for 64 after having been bogged down a bit the last few overs. 129-2.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Pope gone as India review an lbw decision; Pope was too far back and the ball was hitting the stumps. 142-3.
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Will Harry Brook perform, he’s due a score?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    I wouldn't fancy standing up to the wicket with Siraj bowling at 85mph.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Root goes lbw for 29, 175-4, and he wastes a review on it as well.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bethell goes lbw as well, for just 6. England throwing away their good start to an extent, 195-5.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Are they forgetting to take their bats out with them.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 1
    Smith goes for just 8, 6 down (out of 9) and we're still behind. 215-6.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Gonna be pretty level after first innings.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    India burn a review as Overton leaves his first ball; he gets away with it, but a bit more turn and it woulda been close.
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