Eng vs India - First Test - 20th-24th June

[scotch]

50 partnership, follow on avoided, another 1.75 hours of play till we hit the halfway point of the test.
Plenty of time to bat lads, Smith, Woakes, Carse to come

Should be a 3/5 run penalty if you try and get the ball changed and fail. Maybe give them one free try before applying it

Maybe a time penalty and over rate penalty should also just be added as a fixed run penalty end of innings.
Better than fines
Ah stokes man, been a while since he got a big score

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

Oh for fucks sake.

 

[Voice of fair play]

I hope that first session of the first day is not the defining moment of this game ( it could be) thought we could have made better inroads in that period

 

[Durham-Mackem41]

What a crap scratchy innings by Stokes he had totally lost his mojo with the bat.

 

[mackembhoy]

Stokes bad run with the bat continues.

Looked very rusty and a very poor dismissal.

Krishna and Siraj have been cannon fodder and we've handed them freebies.

 

[Boo]

Oh for fucks sake.

Quite. There was little danger and he’s played away from his body. Fair ball though.

 

[JackL]

Barring a couple freak innings that we're all aware of, stokes generally flatters to deceive with the bat. Can't blame him given he bowls and also captains the side, but it's a fact

 

[Hulkenburger]

What a crap scratchy innings by Stokes he had totally lost his mojo with the bat.

I feel like he always starts off overly cautious nowadays, takes him 20 balls to score 2 runs and it just never gets him settled.

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

Quite. There was little danger and he’s played away from his body. Fair ball though.

He did the hard work for me. Circumspect and resolute, got to 20 and the then his brain had a fart.

 

[scotch]

What a crap scratchy innings by Stokes he had totally lost his mojo with the bat.

Got 5 50+ scores in his last 25 knocks, plus a 49*. Top score of 80
So not as bad as I thought he'd been of late.
But not scored a 100 since that 155 in 2023

 

[Peterlee James]

hopefully smith can put a few on here

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

Barring a couple freak innings that we're all aware of, stokes generally flatters to deceive with the bat. Can't blame him given he bowls and also captains the side, but it's a fact

He needed a fifty today at least.

Hopefully these 2 can get somewhere near parity. Not much left in the hutch.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Stokes hasn’t played enough cricket, it’s not a shock he looks rusty

 

[Durham-Mackem41]

hopefully smith can put a few on here

Hope so but yet to be convinced by him at this level

 

[Parkside]

My therapist says im paranoid.

he would say that, he's always had it in for me.

Infamy,Infamy.

 

[BIG BAZ]

Gannin down leg?

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

Hope so but yet to be convinced by him at this level

How do you miss a full toss playing across the line man FFS!

Going down leg for me. Wasn't even close. Hopefully that focuses Smith. I've actually liked him coming down the order in Tests. Thought he's looked really good. I might be blind though lol

 

[chopsfc007]

Hope so but yet to be convinced by him at this level

Decent record

 

[Ghfd]

Same as yesterday Gaffney. Not good at all his judgement twice

 

[DieselBert]

How the fuck the Umpire has given that out onfield. It wouldn't have hit a fourth stump ffs