The Cricket Thread

[Tredman]

I've lost touch a little with test cricket but that bowling line up does not look great

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

 

[Tredman]

Tough start, not much going on apart from an appalling review.

 

[Squeak]

Bowling all over the place...nothing consistent. Stokes is on now and probing. Getting some movement but we're not pitching it up enough.

 

[Carrotdude]

I thought India would get a shed load against this bowling attack and looks the case so far. No idea why we wanted to bowl though tbf, looks an absolute belter of a pitch.

 

[Squeak]

I thought India would get a shed load against this bowling attack and looks the case so far. No idea why we wanted to bowl though tbf, looks an absolute belter of a pitch.

Apparently yesterday there was a moisture rate of 80% in the pitch. It was expected to drop to around 20% today so I'm guessing they thought they could make use of that before it dries out completely. Not looking a great decision at the moment....and as I write that England get Rahul for 42. Poor shot.

 

[Tredman]

Looks a lot different now. Class from Stokes.

 

[Squeak]

Looks a lot different now. Class from Stokes.

Crucial session coming up that will set the tone for the rest of the test.

 

[jd1981]

just getting in from work, why the fucking he’ll did we choose to bowl first?

 

[Stan Hullis]

I don't think it is the decision, it is the bowling attack.

 

[jd1981]

If the bowling attack is that bad then surely you bat first to try and apply scoreboard pressure.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Bowling first was the correct call, probably just a bad toss to win.

 

[jd1981]

Nah looking at this pitch and weather I can’t agree on that

 

[Stan Hullis]

Hindsight is great though.

 

[jd1981]

Hindsight is great though.

No I would’ve said it at ball 1 if I was by a tv

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Going back to 2008, the side batting second at Headingley has won 11 times out of 14 Tests (Eng vs SA was a draw in 2012, England beat Sri Lanka batting first in 2016 and West Indies beat England batting first in 2017).

 

[Tredman]

Going to be a long summer if this bowling is the best we’ve got.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Atkinson probably back for the next one and they're hinting that Archer will be too.

 

[Tredman]

Can tell it’s coming up to the ashes when we are pinning everything on the return of a broken player.