England v India, 2nd Test, Lord’s, 12-16 August, 2021

And Tommy gets it, to open up the rabbit hutch…

England should win from here. India might limp to 200 lead but there is so much time left.

JGK wrote:England should win from here.  India might limp to 200 lead but there is so much time left.

They’re only one wicket away from bowling us out for 150 though…

What’s happened to Wood? Is he hurt from that dive yesterday?

WTAF! Root has a deep point to Shami?!

JGK wrote:What’s happened to Wood? Is he hurt from that dive yesterday?

Presumably, though he did warm up, so hopefully no major injury given he’s our last remaining genuine pace hope for the Ashes squad.

Ok, he’s on now.

Top of off stump son.

Or just full and straight.

Jimmy will want to come on and bowl a bouncer or two when Bumrah appears…

WTF is Wood doing diving on the pitch!

Ollie gets Instant. 8-209.

Pant's early wicket was vital.

Making hard work of this.

Time for the old three-card trick… bouncer, beamer, yorker

Is Jimmeh injured??? WTF??

lol 70+ run partnership from the tailenders

Well England have somehow managed to make Mo Shami look like Jacques Kallis.

Shami and Bumrah FFS. What is England doing?

If they are not careful, they'll lose from here.

skully wrote:Shami and Bumrah FFS. What is England doing?

If they are not careful, they'll lose from here.

Pitch is dead. England not out of it in theory but they are a very timid side.

What an absolute shitshow, Root should have been sacked as captain during the lunch break.

All the good work undone in an hour. I’ll be surprised if we’re not seven down by tea.

That’s if India can be arsed to declare…

Burns shows more fight than anyone else in our top three in recent years, but still gets way too many ducks.

And Sibley nicks one and walks. Keep walking, in fact walk right across the Irish Sea and see if they’ll have you in their team (still don’t fancy your chances).

I think only Bumrah no-balls will get us to double figures here.

beamer wrote:What an absolute shitshow, Root should have been sacked as captain during the lunch break.
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It reminded me of Ponting at his worst.

I don’t know who replaces Captain COARIAB though. Would probably have to be Jimmy as he’s the only one sure of his place.

Looking down the list of county openers seeing who’s going to be next in line. Welcome back, Keaton Jennings, I suppose… on second thoughts, do you fancy a couple of months Down Under locked away in hotel rooms without your family this winter, Sir Alastair?

Rohit drops a sitter.

Ten ducks by England openers this year - an all-time record for any country.

Might be worth revisiting one of my more radical ideas, such as a nightwatchman-opener (to save wasting a place on a “specialist”), or an out-and-out pinch-hitter.

Byes are going to get England close here.