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5 years ago sides would have been looking how to survive for a day and a bit rather than consider chasing a win

Ridiculous that chasing 371 looked fairly straightforward.That said India will be looking at their collapses in both innings as well as dropped catches

Often a correlation between how voters feel financially (normally the main issue in any election) and issues like immigration. If they're doing well, economy is doing well etc then immigration slides down the list of priorities. The opposite then immigration rises in the list of priorities -...

Don't have to do anything silly. It's under 3 per over (depending on the weather). Brook's was a silly dismissal rather than a particularly good ball.

Duckett epitomises the change in Test Cricket with a reverse sweep 6 off Jadeja on day 5 of a Test. One of the good things this "whiteball" approach to Test cricket has brought about is that teams can't just plonk a spinner on to stifle runs by bowling an unadventurous line.

Check my very first post on this thread from 5 years ago :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Given themselves a real chance here. Seen off the new ball without losing any wickets and a decent RR. As long as Jadeja doesn't start finding extra turn a win has to be possible (if no weather)

That's why politicians, media, bureaucrats etc struggle with understanding him. He literally doesn't care about the protocol etc. European PM /cabinet minister said anything like that they'd be pilloried and it would be a bigger issue than whatever topic they were referring to.

If we have to spend nearly 200 billion a year in defence (as per new NATO commitment) let's not just shipit to American companies. If this 5% is going to be a thing then develop UK defence companies.

Pretty spot-on analogy in this case.

Some generally sensible (but still comparatively positive) batting is creating a really solid platform to properly attack this 4th innings target

Argument seems to be whether this Beersheba missile hit was launched a couple of minutes before or after ceasefire was supposed to take place. Sorry someone died but is it worth undoing everything for a couple of minutes

Don't think world leaders actually respect him much. Iran, Israel, Russia, China all seem to think they can string him along without making changes Trump "asks" for. He's still the antithesis for most EU Govts. most African countries still going to lean towards Russia and/or China because those...

The battleground there is the 18-30 year olds who voted either Labour or Lib Dem in 2024. It's the ideology age bracket.

Didn't have "to find a gap". Just let the Tories self-implode. Any Govt/party is capable of that.

Ceasefire seems to have managed to last just a few hours. Israel says Iran has launched missiles and will respond.

Says he doesn't think "they'll be shooting at each other ever again". Delusional.

Palestinian Action also said they had damaged the engines with crowbars. Various news sources stating the damage could be between 30&55 million pounds. That would seem to fit the serious damage to property and arguable endangering the lives of this flying or travelling in the planes.

Bat well and this game is still winnable - gone are the days when that would just seem ludicrous. Bat silly tonight and throw a couple of wickets and it could be a grind to survive tomorrow

Don't have any bowlers that can do something when the wicket is dead - maybe Wood.