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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Duckett gone for 54, caught at slip. 82-2.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    It's not an easy staying in wicket.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 3
    Pope gone for 27, 106-3. He wastes a review when he was plumb, very poor decision.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    I think reviews are the last of our worries.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Those half a dozen dropped catches and some pretty poor bowling at the end yesterday have probably cost us this test.
    We cannot buy a full test series win.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Another factor is they realistically bat to 9 whereas we bat to 7.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    A let off for Brook, caught on the boundary, but Siraj stepped on the foam after taking the catch (when there was a fielder he could have relayed it to) and so a 6 instead.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    thornburyiron said:

    Those half a dozen dropped catches and some pretty poor bowling at the end yesterday have probably cost us this test.
    We cannot buy a full test series win.

    Not to mention some top bowling from the Indians then?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    164-3 at lunch, a fairly even session.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    100 for Brook, 285-3, 89 needed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Brook out for 111, 301-4, 73 needed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 3
    After a tense finish to the F1, now there's going to be a tense finish to the cricket.

    Apart from obviously wanting England to win, were it to happen maybe it would shut up Ravi Shastri from constantly crowing about how wonderful the Indian players are; I do find he, like too many commentators from the sub-continent, is extremely biased (Dinesh Karthik being one of the better ones in that respect imo).
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 3
    Bethell gets a huge slice of luck as he toe-ends one back down the wicket with it just looping back over the bowler who couldn't quite turn and get to it.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    India burn a very optimistic review for lbw against Root, but it stuck him well outside the line of off stump.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    317-4 at tea, with Root on 98 not out. 57 runs still needed.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Without wishing to take anything away from Brook, I can't help thinking he threw his wicket away. He and Root could have been there to the end, but he seems to get a rush of blood to his head now and again.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Mind you, he actually threw his bat away. =)
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 3
    A slight delay to the post tea session because of a little bit of rain, but due to restart at 4.30.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Ton up for Root. England 325-4, 49 more needed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bethell goes for just 5, 332-5, still 42 needed. Too stressful.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    India burn another review trying to get an lbw decision against Root. 337-5, 37 needed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Root goes for 105, 337-6, still 37 needed.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited August 3
    I'm surprised WinViz still has England at 83% to win, I think it's closer to 50-50.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bad light and/or rain stops play at 339-6, with 35 still needed.
  • ValiantIronValiantIron
    buffybegood said:

    I'm surprised WinViz still has England at 83% to win, I think it's closer to 50-50.

    I suspect WinViz doesn't have a setting for we're trying to beat India with 10 men?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And that's stumps, they have to come back tomorrow.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    ValiantIron said:

    buffybegood said:

    I'm surprised WinViz still has England at 83% to win, I think it's closer to 50-50.

    I suspect WinViz doesn't have a setting for we're trying to beat India with 10 men?
    They did say at one point in the Test that WinViz factored it in somehow.

  • ValiantIronValiantIron
    buffybegood said:

    ValiantIron said:

    buffybegood said:

    I'm surprised WinViz still has England at 83% to win, I think it's closer to 50-50.

    I suspect WinViz doesn't have a setting for we're trying to beat India with 10 men?
    They did say at one point in the Test that WinViz factored it in somehow.

    That's some fancy statistical modelling, is that!
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Smith gone, 27 still needed.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Shocking batting from Smith.
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