England v India 2nd Test

[bill40]

And Deep goes 9 down now.

 

[bill40]

Bit of a collapse going on. Must have been thinking for well over 650.

India's tail is very long so they've batted well. Hari Krishna is a proper rabbit.

 

[bill40]

All out 587 thank God, now let some fun commence.

 

[bill40]

Crawley off to a flier 11 off the first over + extra.

 

[Macseasider]

Oh dear. This is going well. 13/2

 

[bill40]

Duckett duck Pope duck 13-2 now about not batting first...

 

[fcblackpool]

Need Root gone. If only to stop the idiots in the crowd .

 

[bill40]

No need to panic get that ball 10 overs old and it'll be back to a run feast.

 

[bill40]

Need Root gone. If only to stop the idiots in the crowd .

That's Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooottttttttttttttttttt to you.

 

[fcblackpool]

That's Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooottttttttttttttttttt to you.

Exactly. I think idiots must get reduced prices. Has to be a reason.

 

[Chunkylad]

Wish I had taken evens now

Need the northern boys to dig deep now.

 

[bill40]

Wicket. Crawley gone for 19!

 

[bill40]

My comms have gone so I have no idea what's going on, turned to the BBC and theirs is broken as well. Just the live feed working.

 

[bill40]

Harry Brookk survives an LBW on review umpires call again.

 

[fcblackpool]

Good for the series (and cricket) if India win.

Fingers crossed smiley.

 

[bill40]

Brook is in T20 mode now 10 overs is all it takes to make the pitch a road again.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Well that's us done for.

 

[bill40]

I reckon we'll aim for 350-400 then declare.

 

[bill40]

Batting for the close now, I've lost count of how many overs remain. @Chunkylad is right I'm getting tardy in my old age.

 

[bill40]

Close 77-3 this could get interesting tomorrow.

 

[Sooty59]

Will we avoid a follow on. At this rate I doubt it.

 

[bill40]

Oh well here we go again both Root and Brook to pass 100 before lunch. remember you heard it here first. If it doesn't happen then forget I said it. Agash Deep will open the bowling with a no ball.

 

[fcblackpool]

Roooooooooooottttttttttt

 

[fcblackpool]

Stttttttoooooookkkkkkeeeeeesssss

 

[bill40]

Err... Ooops Wicket. Root c Pant b Siraj 22 (Eng 84-4) What I meant to say was Brook and Stokes will make centuries before lunch.

 

[bill40]

Double Ooops Wicket. Stokes c Pant b Siraj 0 (Eng 84-5). Obviously I meant Smith and Brook to... oh never mind.

 

[fcblackpool]

Will we avoid a follow on. At this rate I doubt it.

I think your doubts will be justified.

 

[bill40]

On the bright side no hatrick and the lead is down to below 500, we got this.

 

[Chunkylad]

Glad I skipped out on that expensive corporate ticket option now.

 

[bill40]

Glad I skipped out on that expensive corporate ticket option now.

And miss one of the greatest comebacks of all time? 50 for Brook.

 

[bill40]

50 up for Smith, well on track to fufil my prediction.

 

[Macseasider]

If Smith and Brook carry on like this we'll have a 100 lead by close of play!

 

[bill40]

Smith overtakes Brook with two fours this is great fun.

 

[bill40]

Smith up to 90 and has 3 balls left to score the fasrest test century in history. Bah a single I don't think he knows.

 

[bill40]

Bah not happening he just wants his ton.

 

[bill40]

150 partnership up as Chunky regrets his lack of faith in Bazball.

 

[bill40]

101 off 81 balls take a bow Mr Smith! Joint 3rd fastest for England.

 

[Wizaard]

100 before lunch takes some doing. Our session despite losing 2 wickets.

 

[Chunkylad]

150 partnership up as Chunky regrets his lack of faith in Bazball.

Hahaha yes. I'm getting pelters off my mate who is there. Photos of a bar, food and scoreboard and a few choice expletives coming my way.....

I think I posted in the last test thread how I loved Jamie Smiths approach to it. Like a non-convict Gillchrist

 

[bill40]

Lunch 247-5 Brook only made 91 before lunch so my prediction wasn't far off.

 

[bill40]

100 before lunch takes some doing. Our session despite losing 2 wickets.

we scored 172 in that session.

 

[Macseasider]

It's a remarkable partnership this. How enjoyable has this morning been? A shame lunch has come along to get in the way of the onslaught.

 

[bill40]

100 for Harry Brook he doesn't get to take a bow because he didn't manage it before lunch. 273-5

 

[bill40]

200 partnership up at more than a run a ball, amazing stuff.

 

[Tower Power]

Lancashire Lightning squad to face Northamptonshire Steelbacks:​

Keaton Jennings (c), James Anderson, Jack Blatherwick, Jos Buttler, Chris Green, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst, Michael Jones, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Ashton Turner, Luke Wells, Luke Wood

Some team if all the "superstars" play and are in form!

Leave the rest to Bill and Missing Link

 

[Macseasider]

Lancashire Lightning squad to face Northamptonshire Steelbacks:​

Keaton Jennings (c), James Anderson, Jack Blatherwick, Jos Buttler, Chris Green, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst, Michael Jones, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Ashton Turner, Luke Wells, Luke Wood

Some team if all the "superstars" play and are in form!

Leave the rest to Bill and Missing Link

Wow. Some squad that. Rare as rocking horse pooh we get all of them together. Scary batting line up.

 

[Sooty59]

Perhaps the players read my post about not saving the follow on & are set to prove me wrong & actually catch India up

 

[Mark_GT]

I was there yesterday with Poultonbus and two other staunch Seasiders after a false start the day before. The less said about that the better..... Not a lot to cheer about cricketwise, but the crowd was in in form including a great mash up from the Barmy and Bharat Army musicians, we had about 10 pints of Praha each, and thanks to PB, a generous portion of Uncle Dave's Sausage. A cracking time had all round despite PB's scandalous lack of respect for the red ball game. You can't beat a test match for a grand day out.

 

[Matesrates]

Steadied up now but great batting from these two

 

[bill40]

Whoops, I nodded off as ever I think it's tea. A very boring session as both should have a double century by now. The stand is now worth 271. They'll have to get a jog on if they want their double centuries Stokes could declare at any time at all including now!