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

[Aidan11]

Duckett MoM for me

 

[Ghfd]

Crawley and Duckett really set up the win last night and most of today

After that imo England would really need to return to the 80s to lose

Top class patience they showed in this game to win

India over confident and got one right up their khyber pass

 

[Kumbuka]

Great test match, great win and great advert for the game.

Can’t wait for the ICC to deduct us some points for a slow over rate though!

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

It's amazing how easy we make these chases look. I remember the days when needing to score 300+ on the last day of a Test would be seen as almost impossible.

 

[scotch]

What a brilliant effort, India were 430 for 3 in the first innings I will repeat 430 for 3!

To avoid defeat from that position would have been good,to actually win from that position simply awesome!

Get the fuck in!!!

Hope you enjoy your golf lads

Chuck in 350 ahead with 5 wickets left in the 2nd innings and 110 overs left in the match

 

[Ghfd]

I think you need 500 to really make this England step back a bit

 

[Temp0101]

People on Friday evening saying it would be done by Sunday and a series whitewash

 

[Voice of fair play]

Chuck in 350 ahead with 5 wickets left in the 2nd innings and 110 overs left in the match

Aye just simply brilliant mate

 

[scotch]

371 sounded like a tough total but in the end it wasn't that hard

Creepy and Ben set the tone, that was a superb opening stand in a huge chase

 

[Hyltons finest]

Absolutely mental how used to seeing these massive chases we’re getting. Tremendous stuff

 

[Ghfd]

Spot on big Dinesh

I could sense the over confidence when tons were being made but England hung on and cleaned them up both innings

 

[Thunder Road]

Well said my good man

Thank you sir!

Seriously though, cricket is meant to be fun and I'd rather watch us collapse trying to win games than trying to just not lose.
Obviously each situation is different and you need to change tactics from time to time but this regime have done enough for us to trust them and to forgive a bad performance

 

[Aidan11]

10th highest successful run chase in tests

 

[Ghfd]

Highlights BBC 2 at 7pm. Or Sky Cricket channel 8pm

Been recording the hourly highlights from day 2 on

Be handy on a cold night looking back

 

[Voice of fair play]

Great test match simple as that, don’t know the stats but would be amazed if there is many where 1600 runs have been scored in a match where anything other than a draw would have been the result.

 

[scotch]

Root now 1 50+ score in the 4th innings from being tied 1st in test cricket.
1 more catch for the outright fielder record.
Another 80+ runs closer to Sachin.

Really hope Root gets that elusive century in Australia, that the series goes well and he targets the home Ashes as a fairwell.

 

[Voice of fair play]

Thank you sir!

Seriously though, cricket is meant to be fun and I'd rather watch us collapse trying to win games than trying to just not lose.
Obviously each situation is different and you need to change tactics from time to time but this regime have done enough for us to trust them and to forgive a bad performance

Never agreed as much with a post than this one.

Agree with every word

 

[Ghfd]

Re stats could that be up there in reverse sweep attempts ?

 

[Darlo1973]

Great test match simple as that, don’t know the stats but would be amazed if there is many where 1600 runs have been scored in a match where anything other than a draw would have been the result.

This has the highest match totals but not the results

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This match is at #10 thanks to the final 6.

 

[Ghfd]

The little Stanley motm is ?