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tisza · Tuesday at 3:49 PM

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.

SkyBlueSoul · Tuesday at 4:02 PM

Such a shame but what a knock that is, can only applaud him

CCFCSteve · Tuesday at 4:03 PM

Oh dear. Nervy now

mmttww · Tuesday at 4:03 PM

Looks like England's gonna England, then...

SkyBlueSoul · Tuesday at 4:04 PM

For fucks sake

chiefdave · Tuesday at 4:22 PM

wouldn't be England without making it hard work

CCFCSteve · Tuesday at 4:32 PM

chiefdave said:
wouldn't be England without making it hard work

Like watching City

JohnWH · Tuesday at 4:33 PM

Should be an exciting final session.

I've been educating my work colleague from Florida about the merits of Test cricket, even if 4 or 5 day games boggles his mind. By the end of the year we should have a convert.

tisza · Tuesday at 4:45 PM

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.

CCFCSteve · Tuesday at 6:40 PM

What an amazing win. Looked out of it on several occasions over the five days but hung in there. Stokes/McCullum have changed the face of test cricket, as much on the mentality side as anything Still by far the best format

tisza · Tuesday at 6:41 PM

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

tisza · Tuesday at 6:42 PM

CCFCSteve said:
What an amazing win. Looked out of it on several occasions over the five days but hung in there. Stokes/McCullum have changed the face of test cricket, as much on the mentality side as anything Still by far the best format

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

CCFCSteve · Tuesday at 6:50 PM

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

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

There is no doubt India would’ve been caught a bit in two minds in the second innings because of Stokes/Mccullum. It must fuck with oppositions heads knowing what we’ve been able to chase, do they go for runs on the board or take time out the game. As you say, under former management we’d have tried to grind out a draw and brought additional pressure on ourselves and lost.

I just hope we can get a fit bowling unit for at least some of this series and then the ashes, if so, could be exciting times

tisza · Tuesday at 6:57 PM

CCFCSteve said:
There is no doubt India would’ve been caught a bit in two minds in the second innings because of Stokes/Mccullum. It must fuck with oppositions heads knowing what we’ve been able to chase, do they go for runs on the board or take time out the game. As you say, under former management we’d have tried to grind out a draw and brought additional pressure on ourselves and lost.

I just hope we can get a fit bowling unit for at least some of this series and then the ashes, if so, could be exciting times

Not just us I think all Test sides wold have tried to grind a draw. Key concern is still how we bowled to their top order.

David O'Day · Tuesday at 7:57 PM

As has been said elsewhere but is there another test team where the gap between the best bowler and the 2nd best bowler is so large as there is with india?

chiefdave · Tuesday at 8:40 PM

got in to see the last few balls. great win, I think we were all expecting a collapse.

sets the series up nicely, India will know they should have been out of sight with the start they had to their first innings.

Bertola · 2025-06-25T15:36:00+0100

India were the true epitomy of flat-track bullies in this test, as soon as they were put under pressure they crumbled.

Collapses in both innings, the pouting and whinging about the ball in our second innings, and then Bumrah doing his best Bukayo Saka impression when it was clear they were losing.

thekidfromstrettoncamp · 2025-06-25T19:54:48+0100

Lose end watching West Indies v Australia. Windies got the upper hand at tea Australia 138-6.It could have been worse they were a fingertip away from getting Head just before tea.They look a different side at home

chiefdave · 2025-06-25T20:30:45+0100

thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Lose end watching West Indies v Australia. Windies got the upper hand at tea Australia 138-6.It could have been worse they were a fingertip away from getting Head just before tea.They look a different side at home

Sad how many empty seats there are. The locals just don't seem interested anymore. Whole of WI cricket seems reliant on Australian and English tourists. Not sure how sustainable that is.

thekidfromstrettoncamp · 2025-06-25T21:43:32+0100

chiefdave said:
Sad how many empty seats there are. The locals just don't seem interested anymore. Whole of WI cricket seems reliant on Australian and English tourists. Not sure how sustainable that is.

Agree all of cricket need to do serious thinking about the amount of international cricket that's played everywhere too much IMO.We used to get 1 nation touring each season now its 2 and sometimes 3 side visit for test matches or limited over game.

chiefdave · 2025-06-25T22:25:36+0100

thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Agree all of cricket need to do serious thinking about the amount of international cricket that's played everywhere too much IMO.We used to get 1 nation touring each season now its 2 and sometimes 3 side visit for test matches or limited over game.

Sunday 21st September is the last England game of the summer, it's insane. Started on 29th May and we all know it would have been earlier if it wasn't for the IPL.

Thats 21 games, and that includes nothing in August because the world has to stop for the Hundred. Remember when they claimed last summers lack of England games was just a quirk of the fixtures. Bit of a coincidence its happened 2 years in a row.

Then there's only a month off before the Ashes start. It's non stop and that means nothing is really an event anymore. I remember listening to a podcast a few years back talking about T20 and how it had become background noise. A never ending parade of games nobody is really paying attention to. Even at international level now there's a World Cup of some sort every year.

They've taken that over saturation model and applied it to everything but they only want the big 3 involved. Everyone else is left to feast on scraps.

West Indies are fading away before our eyes, South Africa are world test champions with no home test matches scheduled because they can't afford to stage them. The 'lesser' nations are going backwards because nobody wants to play them. Complete mess.

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