Dexter
Striker
Haven’t watched all day but Carse bowled okay from what I saw. A couple of boundaries down to third man and the four overthrows from Pope came off his bowling as well.
Woakes and Tongue have been appalling.
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Eng vs India - First Test - 20th-24th June
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Woakes and Tongue have been appalling.
Whoops. We won in New Zealand and at home to ZimbabweAye. In 2022. As stated
What do you want
Voice of fair play
Striker
They have won 22 out of 35 tests under Stokes so think they have been at the very least reasonable in test cricket even by they worst critic.
‘ Utter shite’ in test cricket is just plain wrong
Shite in other two formats and above average in test cricket would be a fairer statement in that period?
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So the way I see it. 2023 they decided to throw away a win in NZ. THAT declaration. We were unbelievably fortunate not to lose the 2023 Ashes at home. 2024 we played against the whipping boys, and still conspired to lose to Sri Lanka and we got belted all over in India. The NZ series win was a good achievement. But for me, that’s nothing to shout about since 2022.
chopsfc007
Striker
Utter shite is 1 in 17 before them funnily enough they get more criticism now
Which occurred in the post 2019 period I refer to
chopsfc007
Striker
Im just saying obviously we can do better but it's not as bad as it's been the childish jokes about golf and stokes fancying himself are ridiculousWhich occurred in the post 2019 period I refer to
Voice of fair play
Striker
We would have won the ashes but for two solid days of rain never mind ‘unbelievablely’ fortunate not to lose.
We were knackered before we went to India our spin attack was men against boys.
In fact would go as far as saying the only series we really struggled were in alien Asian conditions were the spinners of the opposition were far superior to ours.
So in no way can that be described as utter shit and whichever way you look at it 22 wins out of 35 is a massive improvement from 1 win in 17.
The facts speak for themselves.
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The FACT is England are 6th out of 9 in the URL test rankings above only WIndies,Pakistan and Bangladesh. Nothing to get euphoric about. Asides about golf are clearly tongue in cheek but prompted by England's leaderships constant reference to golf.
dangermows
Striker
Very odd question after one day of a test match.
Good Teeth Keith
Central Defender
This was always looking likely with Broad and Anderson nearing the end of their international careers. No one remotely good enough to replace them.
Toothless today really. Bashir always going to struggle against India, don’t think he did anything wrong in particular.
India looked great, mind.
Toothless today really. Bashir always going to struggle against India, don’t think he did anything wrong in particular.
India looked great, mind.
I think he's questioning whether England have any chance of taking 20 wickets required to win the game on the evidence of today's bowling.
Inside Forward
Winger
Just have to hope that their bowlers struggle as much as ours have.
Bumrah?
Inside Forward
Winger
Well Cummins, Starc and Hazelwood looked unthreatening at Lord’s last weekend in the second innings so hopefully it’s just an incredibly flat pitch here.
Is it still too early?
Yeh but if overhead conditions change,as forecast suggests,it becomes entirely different. Makes me wonder if England take this into account at the toss.
