India v England, 3rd Test, Rajkot, 15-19 February, 2024

Should I laugh or cry for Duckett

Creepy ...looked plumber than DRS

looked like he said something to Kumar on the way past

A heap England are falling in.

A jolly return of 0 & 4 for the Ginger Whinger.

England 4-28.

You can't be on the plane yet, there's still 2 Tests to go.

Does anyone else feel that the honeymoon period for England playing T20 in test matches ended some time ago? The only surprise for me is that anyone is surprised with the way things are going, playing in the hardest test conditions any touring team faces. This talk of ''we will make however many we need batting last, even 500 is ludicrous''. I said this would be 4-1 after the first test and it really looks that way.

skully wrote:A jolly return of 0 & 4 for the Ginger Whinger.

England 4-28.

You can't be on the plane yet, there's still 2 Tests to go.

a shame that Siraj misfielded

and that Root didnt let him burn a review

The Pom commentator has been saying Root has improved under Bazball ( Swann or Knight)

Root averages 49.53 in Tests

52.8 when Cook was the skipper

46.44 when he was the captain

He averages 51.67 under Stokes (21 Tests) and his scoring rate is 20 runs per 100 balls quicker.

However ...his last 9 Tests from the start of the last Pomgolian summer he is averaging 38.85 . Lot of Bazball dismissals in those tests

Maybe time for Joe to go back to 'proper Test battin'

Root gone

Stokes gone

Rehan gone

England rapidly heading to their 2nd worst ever loss by runs (currently by 425 runs v WI at OT in 1976).

Their worst was to Aus by 562 runs at The Oval in 1934.

furriner wrote:I think this Bazball attitude thing is doing weird things to some England players.  Here’s Duckett in what he thinks India can get, when we’re already 322 runs ahead going into day 4, 8 wickets in hand:

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Asked about a realistic target in the fourth innings, Duckett replied: “The more the better. This team is all about doing special things and creating history. They can have as many as they want and we’ll go and get them.”

You fxuking what?

And this should make Horrie ecstatic:

This was the first of two wickets in the space of 10 balls as Jonny Bairstow suffered a record eighth duck in India, overtaking a string of tailenders in the process.

England 9-91. Nuff said.

Wood having some fun at the death. 23 off that Jadeja over.

Jizzball > Bazball

All over. Jadeja gets his 5th as Wood slaps deep to Jaiswal at long off.

England's 2nd worst loss by runs and India's biggest ever win by runs.

Just love it.

Well done India.

So Duckwit was right … this team IS creating history.

embee wrote:mind games and positive spin bullshit

I don’t want to come across all biased / angry fan. I mean England has quality players, not the least Duckett.

But that quite was unbelievable. There’s positive soon and then there wtf did he just say?Less mind games than losing his damn mind. As I said, this is cult level thinking. I’m expecting England to start singing and clapping in a circle in their next press conference.

The more the better when chasing in India batting last? Did Duckett really believe what he said? I'd have said the correct comment should have been something like ''anything over 300 will really take some getting but if 3 or 4 of our top order turn up it's possible''.

Feels like 3-0 England and credit to them for teaching players with FC SRs of 80 to attack, but got to respect that they're not a patch on the pitch whinging that the Australians are.

tricycle wrote:Feels like 3-0 England and credit to them for teaching players with FC SRs of 80 to attack, but got to respect that they're not a patch on the pitch whinging  that the Australians are.

Lol…. That is because they also dial in pitches.

Bazzball seems to be the cricket version of always playing out from the back in football. When it comes off everyone says how skillful the team is and when you present the opposition with gift-wrapped presents you look total tools. But I can't see how a game played over 5 days can be planned as if it's meant to last 4 hours or so.