just read mccallum is new red ball coach, appointed by 'cricket chief' rob key who appointed captain stokes

now, i get that i must be asleep and never see a paper, but fucking hell, ive missed all this happening

2 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Struggled to think of words. There aren’t any.

😊 Really chuffed for Tom Hartley. Took a lot of character to come back from that difficult start. 

Helluva win that. Big crowd in for India’s procession made it even sweeter.

2 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

😊 Really chuffed for Tom Hartley. Took a lot of character to come back from that difficult start. 

And takes 20 wickets!

17 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

And takes 20 wickets!

Of course.

Debate this morning with my lad in Oz. whilst watching the last half hour. Pope or Hartley for man of the match?

If Pope hadn’t hit his 196, Hartley wouldn’t have had his chance to do what he did. (He went for Pope, I went for Hartley) A case of head over heart.  I’m too much of a romantic.😊

 

24 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Of course.

Debate this morning with my lad in Oz. whilst watching the last half hour. Pope or Hartley for man of the match?

If Pope hadn’t hit his 196, Hartley wouldn’t have had his chance to do what he did. (He went for Pope, I went for Hartley) A case of head over heart.  I’m too much of a romantic.😊

 

First thing I asked myself as it finished.

Reluctantly, I went for the batsman, for that reason.

Stokes is a magician. 

Wikipedia says Hartley is an Everton fan.

Perhaps Pope was man of the match.

 

Believe at one point England were 20-1 to win the game, probably when we were 5 down in our second innings. Today was pure theatre. I actually stated to a few mates that even if we lost I wouldn’t be too fussed as we’d shown some bottle and backbone. In the past we’d have lost by an innings and had our bellies tickled in our second innings. And to some point, we did until Pope came to the crease.

It does annoy me how the Indian crowds go wild even when they’ve only hit a single.

I saw the win percentage thing earlier, even as England were fighting back, it wasn't high to say the least!

Even when they were 7 down, England were favourites but India still had a surprisingly high chance.

12 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I saw the win percentage thing earlier, even as England were fighting back, it wasn't high to say the least!

Even when they were 7 down, England were favourites but India still had a surprisingly high chance.

Ashwin, I expect. Such a solid person, but his bottle went in the heat of the battle.

Interesting to see the Windies pace attack rip through the Aussies. Joseph with 7 wickets. 
A bit different down under from the India tour.

Test caps for the Bowlers in the 2nd test 

Hartley 1

Rehan 2

Bashir 0

Anderson 183

Mental that really. Two of them wasn't even born when Jimmy made his Test Debut and Hartley was only 4  

 

 

34 minutes ago, Piemon said:

Test caps for the Bowlers in the 2nd test 

Hartley 1

Rehan 2

Bashir 0

Anderson 183

Mental that really. Two of them wasn't even born when Jimmy made his Test Debut and Hartley was only 4  

 

 

Didn't one of them interview Princess Di?

Good luck to them.

Jimmy 

Bowling really well

In for a bit of scoreboard pressure

Need a couple of quick wickets before the close here if possible 

51 minutes ago, Piemon said:

Need a couple of quick wickets before the close here if possible 

As requested

Pity they’re the wrong ones, but door opening

Just now, globaldiver said:

As requested

Pity they’re the wrong ones, but door opening

Get Jaiswal here and its even/our day

3-45

Economy rate of 1.88. 👏 from 25 overs 

 

The man can bowl 

 

21 minutes ago, Piemon said:

Economy rate of 1.88. 👏 from 25 overs 

 

The man can bowl 

 

Genius

That ball from Bumrah!

Best around isnt he Bumrah.

we've lost 3 wickets for nothing since I got up . Might go back to bed 

3 minutes ago, Piemon said:

Best around isnt he Bumrah.

we've lost 3 wickets for nothing since I got up . Might go back to bed 

🤣😂🤣

If they can get out of this I’ll plait sawdust

On 03/02/2024 at 10:50, globaldiver said:

If they can get out of this I’ll plait sawdust

What’s your thoughts now?

332 with 9 wickets in hand. I think psychologically we wanted to be around 330 with all 10 wickets intact. That would have been a slight moral victory on the day.

Still a long way to go, but that's a reasonable start.

Need another big innings from someone again I reckon, but a chance.