Re: India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, 8-12 December, 2016

by Fromage Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:03

Hello taipan,

I confess I am a cricket fan and do have another rarely used Flaming Bails ID. I did post a cricket-based comment accidentally under my administrator ID. I like to keep the two personas separate, thus I deleted the short cricket comment.

Regards

Fromage

by Big Dog Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:04

Ton to Yadav. Starting to look ominous for England.

by Big Dog Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:23

Mini collapse at the end for India. England might have a sniff at a draw.

by horace Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:25

I see the England quicks have really put their shoulder to the wheel

by horace Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:29

Let alone Neph.

by Big Dog Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:47

No second innings heroics for the new boy. Chocolates to boiled lollies in a big way.

by furriner Sun 11 Dec 2016, 07:49

I'm hoping for 3 or 4 down by end of day.

by furriner Sun 11 Dec 2016, 08:39

I'm hoping for 5 or 6 down by end of day.

by Big Dog Sun 11 Dec 2016, 08:42

furriner wrote:I'm hoping for 5 or 6 down by end of day.

Your wish is Englands command.

by JGK Sun 11 Dec 2016, 08:50

Ton and golden duck on debut.

That can't be too common.

by Basil Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:00

It's going to be an achievement to take it into Day 5 Mad

by skully Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:28

JGK wrote:Ton and golden duck on debut.

That can't be too common.

I believe it is unique.

As far as I can tell, only Bannie Gunny Viswanath (0 (more than one ball but number not recorded*) & 137) v Aus in Kanpur in Nov 1969 and Wackie Mohammad Wasim (0 (4 balls) & 109*) v NZ at Lahore in Nov 1996 made a duck and a ton on debut.

Happy to be corrected.

* Match report says he was given a torrid time by Connolly and McKenzie before being dismissed for a duck.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:32

Joe Root carrying the torch for England. Their slender hopes of saving the match rely on him now.

by WideWally Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:34

skully wrote:
JGK wrote:Ton and golden duck on debut.

That can't be too common.

I believe it is unique.

As far as I can tell, only Bannie Gunny Viswanath (0 (more than one ball but number not recorded*) & 137) v Aus in Kanpur in Nov 1969 and Wackie Mohammad Wasim (0 (4 balls) & 109*) v NZ at Lahore in Nov 1996 made a duck and a ton on debut.

Happy to be corrected.

* Match report says he was given a torrid time by Connolly and McKenzie before being dismissed for a duck.

He was dropped on 0 in the first innings so it could easily have been a pair on debut.

by Basil Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:38

The gulf in class between our spinners and theirs is embarrassing.

by skully Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:39

And last time I looked at the score England seemed to be back in the match, sort of. They only trailed by 50 and needed 3 Indian wickets to bat again. Oh what a difference a day makes. The Bannie skipper & Jadav's 241 stand for 8th wicket must annoyed the hell out of the Poms.

by skully Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:42

WideWally wrote:
skully wrote:
JGK wrote:Ton and golden duck on debut.

That can't be too common.

I believe it is unique.

As far as I can tell, only Bannie Gunny Viswanath (0 (more than one ball but number not recorded*) & 137) v Aus in Kanpur in Nov 1969 and Wackie Mohammad Wasim (0 (4 balls) & 109*) v NZ at Lahore in Nov 1996 made a duck and a ton on debut.

Happy to be corrected.

* Match report says he was given a torrid time by Connolly and McKenzie before being dismissed for a duck.

He was dropped on 0 in the first innings so it could easily have been a pair on debut.

Aye, so he should be grateful he has a unique Test record. A pair on debut is not unique.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 11 Dec 2016, 09:59

Basil wrote:The gulf in class between our spinners and theirs is embarrassing.

Don't worry Bas, it could have been worse, they could have taken Gareth Batty on tour- oh wait.

by Basil Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:00

DJ_Smerk wrote:
Basil wrote:The gulf in class between our spinners and theirs is embarrassing.

Don't worry Bas, it could have been worse, they could have taken ~~Gareth Batty~~ Zafar Ansari on tour- oh wait.

Fixed

by Basil Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:08

Basil wrote:
DJ_Smerk wrote:
Basil wrote:The gulf in class between our spinners and theirs is embarrassing.

Don't worry Bas, it could have been worse, they could have taken ~~Gareth Batty~~ Zafar Ansari on tour- oh wait.

Fixed

And then to compound the error by replacing Ansari with Luke Dawson. You could not make it up.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:12

Root gone. suicide

That's it.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:15

Bairstow gone now, but an appeal.

This is the biggest fault of England's spinners/bowlers in general on this tour. Not enough quick wickets.

by furriner Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:37

That's right, appeal like lunatics for anything at all.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:46

Root and Bairstow - minus the one off by Jennings - have been the two most consistent batsmen for England.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:49

Stokes gawn.

Just when you needed him to dig in and keep the score ticking.

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