England v India
Tense viewing as England openers try to survive the Indian bowling onslaught.
“Bumble” announced a few minutes ago that the weather looked promising as there was only high cloud. I’ve just spotted a developing cumulonimbus - cloud base about 2,500 ft !
If ever rain would be welcome, now is the time !
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Afraid I wasn’t given the option of specifying ‘not football’.
Cloud is a long way from Trent Bridge. Hang onto your hat Mr Micra, Sibley won’t last long. He is not a test batsman.
Are you there?
The cloud I saw was within a couple of miles of Trent Bridge.
Extras top scoring after five overs.
Will it be one of the vehicles in the Wycombe Park and Ride system?
Sundries surely?
It certainly does @floyd but apparently not quickly enough to resume England’s sparkling innings. Having said that, I actually enjoyed watching two batsmen playing like Test openers.
When a cumulonimbus cloud (not the one I’d observed earlier) brought the day’s proceedings to a premature end, Sky switched to some multi-coloured nonsense where they don’t even have overs and the screen scoreboard graphics are virtually indecipherable. @EddieMonsoon must be incandescent.
I’m there tomorrow, fingers crossed as forecast looks horrible! Intriguing days play ahead.
Openers done well this evening and I think young Master Lawrence is going to show his credentials tomorrow l!
Engrossing.
Been watching all morning (perfect Sunday morning) a couple of quick wickets after lunch and it's our game I reckon
Fingers crossed (but not in the slips).
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From engrossing to frustrating unfortunately. I’ve been fast forwarding for about ten minutes, focussing on the bottom left corner for that wretched 3 to change. Have to admire the stubbornness of the Indian batsmen as well as the superhuman efforts of James Anderson, described by a mate of mine earlier this summer as geriatric.
66 runs from 40 overs. Test cricket, eh?
Engrossingly attritional. What a mouthwatering final day in prospect.
Think I’ll indulge my masochistic streak for a few minutes and watch England’s attritional efforts!
The hour before lunch was classic England!
I gather they lost the plot, with weird field placings early on, ignoring the basics and overdoing the short balls at Bumrah in retaliation for his bombardment of James Anderson yesterday.
It was a very strange passage of play.
A few more balls aimed at the stumps would have been a better bet.
@micra "Ignoring the basics" - Exactly that!!
And they allowed their frustration to spill over into some ugly sledging from Butler and others, forcing the umpire to intervene on a couple of occasions.
No team overthinks situations quite like England.
I fear this one will just peter out as a draw like it did against New Zealand in a similar situation. Perhaps I should say I hope it will!
4.75 an over is a lot to ask.
The Ruth Strauss Foundation VT gets me every single time. Heartbreaking to watch, but what a wonderful charity.
Just announced that over £1 million has been raised during this test which is absolutely fantastic.
Didn’t realise that amount was raised during this Test alone. Remarkable.
Root out. Game over.
Absolutely @eric_plant, and I couldn't agree more with what an incredible charity it is.
As for the cricket... oh dear oh dear.
Any chance of rain @micra?
No rain and we lost. But, wow, what a comeback today. Just in time to run the rule over our opponents in the Carabao Cup on my birthday! 2-0 up after 20 minutes. They’ll be tough opposition.
Fantastic this morning, what a find Ollie Robinson is ! I can't imagine him out of the team now