India England 2nd Test

[Taffy on the wing]

Anderson bowled a masterful spell to keep them under 400...i went to bed at lunch thinking we'd do well
all a bit disappointing.......no way back from here.

[Suratclaret]

Big lead for India despite a mini batting collapse 210-4 to 228-8. Three more wickets for Hartley.

[AlargeClaret]

India win by 106 runs . Pretty poor show from Eng attempting to get a last innings total of almost 400 in a test in India by playing Bazball

[Bordeauxclaret]

Almost every batter got a start in both innings yet none managed to go on to get the big score to change the game.

[IanMcL]

It becomes luck if you swish away. Occasionally it comes off big time. More often not.

[dandeclaret]

India win by 106 runs . Pretty poor show from Eng attempting to get a last innings total of almost 400 in a test in India by playing Bazball

Or - a pretty amazing effort to get relatively close to a target that nobody realistically expected them to achieve.

2 tests in, both effectively decided by a couple of individuals producing stuff that differs from the norm. Pope and Hartley first test, Jaiswal and Bumrah in this test. Good players on both sides have underperformed so far - but normally in India we get walloped - 2 tests in, and the majority has been competitive stuff.

[AlargeClaret]

Or - a pretty amazing effort to get relatively close to a target that nobody realistically expected them to achieve.

2 tests in, both effectively decided by a couple of individuals producing stuff that differs from the norm. Pope and Hartley first test, Jaiswal and Bumrah in this test. Good players on both sides have underperformed so far - but normally in India we get walloped - 2 tests in, and the majority has been competitive stuff.

Indeed it’s close stuff with very few batsmen properly getting in ,which is a suprise and Jimmy Anderson still looking good it’s all to play for . My previous point being the actual run chase itself where you had the likes of Foakes , Pope , Bairstow etc making almost no attempt to build an innings which I find disappointing when time was on our side and a relatively flat track . That aside we look very competitive.

[CoolClaret]

Boring blaming the new approach after every defeat.

Oh no we dropped one test in India, tear it all down

[Taffy on the wing]

We had them sweating up to the point of Crawley's dismissal.
Pope looked really good until he was well caught.....India took their catches but we were in with a chance.
Great series so far!

[Blue Skies]

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Is this Dave (Ted) Whitehead? Looks like he's changed allegiances to me