Liverpool Beachball
Striker
2 day test incoming?
India 🇮🇳 v England 🏴 4th test Ranchi
- Thread starter Liverpool Beachball
- Start date
2 day test incoming?
Durham-Mackem41
Midfield
Supposedly cracked all over and bits can been so it had to be win the toss bar first but we know our spinners are not up to it.
Plus Root & Bairstow have been woeful in this series.
Plus Root & Bairstow have been woeful in this series.
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
Sounds like Robinson and Bashir in for Anderson and Wood with Stokes bowling again
Silly Point
Winger
Surprised its taken this long
rentaghost
Striker
I think if the pitch is an absolute farce it narrows the gap between the spinners. Must win the toss though.
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
Yeah Hyderabad pitch turned the most so far this tour albeit took an all time great knock from pope to turn the game on its head
mackembhoy
Striker
Surprised Jimmy able to play after that slog in Rajkot.
Thought they keep him fresh for Dharamsala as seeing mixed forecasts despite the met office predicting snowy and cold for 2 weeks.
A lot of of overs on Root again if it actually spins. Maybe they are unsure on the wicket as they say it looks green from the dressing room.
Thought they keep him fresh for Dharamsala as seeing mixed forecasts despite the met office predicting snowy and cold for 2 weeks.
A lot of of overs on Root again if it actually spins. Maybe they are unsure on the wicket as they say it looks green from the dressing room.
Last edited:
Liverpool Beachball
Striker
forever changes
Midfield
Is that sna ??
Durham-Mackem41
Midfield
Worried about the bowling 2 novice spinners and 2 80mph bowlers plus a bit of Root and maybe Stokes.
mackembhoy
Striker
Mixed forecasts this says be mid teens in March
Then this from same website says 20 odd degrees
Last edited:
scotch
Striker
Surprised Jimmy is playing as he looked spent in that 2nd innings and not sure how many overs he will actually bowl in the match.
Dropping Ahmed is a surprise too given the pitch has cracks down one side of the pitch, plus he's a better bat than Jimmy.
Genuinely would have stuck Lawrence in over Jimmy
Dropping Ahmed is a surprise too given the pitch has cracks down one side of the pitch, plus he's a better bat than Jimmy.
Genuinely would have stuck Lawrence in over Jimmy
mackembhoy
Striker
Based off what Stokes said, I'm guessing they don't have a clue how it will play so hedging their bets with a balanced bowling lineup.
In fact, if you give it a minute’s thought the pitch doesn’t really make sense as a piece of gamesmanship if it’s as bad as suggested.
The classical Indian approach was to go one up and then provide pitches that wouldn’t produce a result if you played for a month. That at least made sense. Cynical as anything, but it made sense. Waiting till you go one up to provide a pitch that looks a lottery makes no sense at all.
The classical Indian approach was to go one up and then provide pitches that wouldn’t produce a result if you played for a month. That at least made sense. Cynical as anything, but it made sense. Waiting till you go one up to provide a pitch that looks a lottery makes no sense at all.
hudson88
Striker
Aye that’s my thought process too, I was honestly expecting utter roads where it was scores of 600+
mackembhoy
Striker
Nasser Butt-Head
Full Back
If anything it gives us more of a chance to square the series. We can't bat as bad as we have again surely, and if one of our spinners can have a purple patch and run through their batters. Anything is possible.
