India Vs England 1st Test

[Leisure]

4 for Hartley.

[Quickenthetempo]

108 for 5 Root joined the party

[claret wizard]

Great effort CW .

Thankfully watching at EOT is less hassle - plenty of beer
water on tap and sunscreen never required.

Are you out there for the whole series?

No, just this test.

[claret wizard]

Burnley shirt spotted in the crowd this morning with a blue hat on.
Maybe the lad that has been posting on here?

That was us, my lad wearing his Zaroury shirt today.

[ClaretDiver]

What a wicket!!!

[kentonclaret]

Reading through page 1 of this thread it was pretty obvious that Pope and Hartley would be vying for the MOTM award.

[RVclaret]

Outstanding from Stokes

[jrgbfc]

India are great when everything going their way but can't cope under any kind of pressure.

[Quickenthetempo]

7 down now

[DAVETHEVICAR]

7 down now
Brilliant day for England
Hartley has been sensational and will be a massive problem for India if they provide more turning wickets
Big shout to our sensational captain Stokes who persisted with Hartley in the first innings when he began with some nerves ( absolutely expected) and encouraged him and had confidence in Hartley.

[MDWat]

7 down now
Brilliant day for England
Hartley has been sensational and will be a massive problem for India if they provide more turning wickets
Big shout to our sensational captain Stokes who persisted with Hartley in the first innings when he began with some nerves ( absolutely expected) and encouraged him and had confidence in Hartley.

This is Stokes’s greatest trait as a captain I think. He’s loyal and it has paid off time and time again.

[jdrobbo]

Agree

Pope has dug us out big time but it shows what a good stand can give you. All this without Brook too.

[dandeclaret]

Moving post count on from Nelson….get David shepherd off 1 leg

[onewillieirvine]

That drop by Axar is proving very costly.

[Aclaret]

India now putting up a fight.....we need a wicket before end of play.

[ecc]

Ind 164-7

Need 67 runs to win

Ashwin, hopping onto the back foot, uses the middle of his bat again.

Most of the ground is in shadow now. An England fan in a Burnley shirt fiddles nervously with his bucket hat.

[expoultryboy]

You just got a mention on bbc cricket ." A Burnley fan nervously twiddling with his bucket hat " haha

[expoultryboy]

Beat me to it eec

[Quickenthetempo]

India gone back favourites.

Some poor bowling has let them back in.

[Bosscat]

Got him Bharat goes

[RVclaret]

Brilliant 5fer for Hartley

[Quickenthetempo]

And changes next ball.

Hartley with a ripper for a 5 fer

[ecc]

Beat me to it eec

Not often I'm quick to the draw.

These damn Burnley fans get everywhere.

[Bosscat]

Ashwin Stumped come on England

[claretburns]

England win by 28 runs, so a fan celebrating in the crowd in a Burnley shirt.

[ClaretTony]

That’s a remarkable result - didn’t think we had a chance at the end of the third day

[Clive 1960]

Well done Mr Hartley and to those who said he's out of is depth , and great game of cricket..

[Bosscat]

Missed the finish having my lunch ... bloody typical

[CoolClaret]

Hey multiple spin options in India, who'd have thought it?!

Long time coming that, congratulations to everyone involved.

So pleased to see us play multiple spinners in the sub-continent - baffled me for years why we'd go there with four seamers in the attack.

Superb

[ChrisG]

What a debut for lad who prior to this test had only taken 40 first class wickets. Tremendous test match that, surely one of the best of Stokes reign.

[RVclaret]

What a win. Pope and Hartley take a bow.

[Aclaret]

....and some people think Test Cricket is boring, that was Cricket at its best.

[FCBurnley]

Cricket is an amazing game !!

[ClaretTony]

SSN reported that Hartley has become only the sixth player in test history to score more than 20 in both innings and take two or more wickets in each innings of his debut

[FCBurnley]

Good catch Stokes.

Hartley is absolutely nowhere near Test level, not even Lancashire’s best spinner.

[Milltown1882]

Always happy to be proved emphatically wrong! One of the great test victories that!

[Milltown1882]

The best figures by an England spin bowler on Test debut in 91 years in that second innings.

I don’t think many would have called that after the first innings!

Also India have been 100+ runs ahead in the first innings at home 106 times - that’s the first one they’ve lost.

[TopCat]

Are there any highlights on tv?

[Milltown1882]

Are there any highlights on tv?

Only about 8 minutes but highlights on the tnt sport YouTube channel https://youtu.be/udxY2JtmwXE?si=x50CDSSblzGnMMgU

[Andreshotboots]

Got to say fair play to Stokes and the management team too. A massive call just to pick one quick in Woody, but they called the conditions perfectly..

[kentonclaret]

Good catch Stokes.

Hartley is absolutely nowhere near Test level, not even Lancashire’s best spinner.

Ooops

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Fair play to Hartley that was some performance after the first innings and a fantastic test win.

[ClaretTony]

I’ve not seen anything of this test but have just watched the few mins highlights of the fourth day while waiting for things to calm down at West Brom.

It has to be noted that the partnership between Pope & Hartley proved to be key.

I know the conditions were favourable for spin but how well did he bowl? Superb performance from him.

[Jamesy]

Really enjoyed the cricket. It was worth getting up early for.

[corporal jones]

What’s peoples thoughts on Ollie pope?

I know he’s got great technique but I’m just not sure he’s got the mentality for it. Just seems to consistently fail

Time to get your coat?

[corporal jones]

This is a three day test at best.

Inexperienced spinners, no warm up games and a team that is generally poor in terms of batting against spin. Up against a side that is none of the above and haven’t lost a series for ten years at home.
Tells you a lot about what we are thinking regarding test cricket.

Poor all round.

Hmm. You were saying?

[claretonthecoast1882]

Can't think of a more impressive win after one innings each.

Shame it is on BT which means I only see a wicket or 2 now and again elsewhere but what a win.

[Ric_C]

Can anyone explain why the Australia v Windies game seemed to be played in an empty stadium?

[jrgbfc]

KL Rahul and Jadeja out of the 2nd Test. Jadeja in particular is a massive loss for them.