Off Topic England cricket 2021

Summary @ lunch.

1. Lunch: Ind 229-7 (Pujara 66, Pant 57; Potts 2-50) - lead by 361
2. England take four wickets in morning session but India add 104 runs
3. Anderson takes 100th catch in Tests to remove Shreyas off Potts
4. Rearranged fifth Test, day four, Edgbaston

 

378 needed to win in just under 5 sessions

 

Easy, no sweat

 

Summary

1. Pope caught behind off Bumrah to first ball after tea; Lees run out for 56 after mix-up with Root
2. Crawley bowled leaving ball from Bumrah for 46
3. Lees & Crawley bring up 100 opening stand off 19.5 overs - fastest in England Test history
4. England need 378 runs to win and draw the series

 

Root and Bairstow have put on 150 so far. Just 119 needed Tuesday for England to complete their highest successful run chase. These are the same players that have been disastrous in the last 17 test before this season. Mind set matters.

 

Summary at Victory

1. Bairstow brings up 12th Test ton and fourth in five innings
2. Root reaches 28th Test ton off 136 balls
3. Hosts complete their highest run chase in Tests
4. England win means the rearranged series ends in a 2-2 draw
5. England win by 7 wkts
6. Root not out 142 off 173
   Bairstow not out 114 off 145
   

Great game and Test Cricket is alive and well.

 

So easy, no chances given, 119 runs in 90 m1nutes playing orthodox cricket, except a couple by Route66.

 

So easy, no chances given, 119 runs in 90 m1nutes playing orthodox cricket, except a couple by Route66.

 

Is there an echo in here?

 

Yeah, my screen froze so not sure if it had posted.

 

Local boy makes good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/62037856

 

That was very impressive. Bairstow must have been on his last chance before this run

 

Not sure of that. The only century in the ashes and another in the Carribean was better than all but Root.

 

A lot of people wanted Harry Brook in ahead of Bairstow at the start of the NZ series.

 

I think possibly because Jonny had not played red hall since the Carribean, just IPL.

 

India 170 after 20 overs.

Poor start by England.
Roy out 1st ball.
Going to be difficult

Update.
11-2 after 2.3 overs
Buttler gone again for very little

 

A real tonking today.

Red ball team would probably do better

 

Summary from Oval

1. England crash to 110 all out after India win toss
2. Bumrah takes 6-19; three catches by Pant
3. Hosts narrowly scrape past their lowest ODI total - 86 v Aus, Old Trafford, 2001
4. First of three ODIs; The Oval

What's going on here?
Our White ball team are crap.

 

Four ducks in the top six. The only 6 hit in the innings was by the #11, Topley.?

 

Slightly harsh! Crap day, but they are not crap!