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England vs India | 5th Test | The Oval | September 7-11, 2018 | Day 3 Thread

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Jennings now has the worst home average of any opening batsman EVER! (18+ innings).
 
England will need to find two openers who can play spin well for SL series
 
England middle order is there only chance of getting decent scores in Sri Lanka. Doubt they will find 2 openers who can score in Sri Lanka in a few weeks time.
 
Bad stuff from India again. It's a ground which should favour them more, they had England in peril, and yet have let England back in the game again who now are ahead and will probably win.

India just haven't won the crucial moments, they've messed them up. If India do lose this, will probably feel like the closest 4-1 ever. But then it's also kind of embarrassing to have played good cricket for large parts of this series only to walk away 4-1. We were largely rubbish in 2010, no batting to speak of, only really Amir and Asif looked good and of course three players fixing. And yet we still walked away with 3-1, and won oval convincingly. And this England team at present does not feel strong at all, they were vulnerable. Though have to say as the series (and the Pak one) has gone on, England look to have realised how to improve, bringing in guys like Curran, Woakes, Butler, bringing back Moeen.
 
Ideally, ENG would like to bat till an hour after Tea on Day 4 and set a target of 370+ with 110 overs to bowl. Normally Oval track is best for batting on Day 3 and early part of Day 4 and ENG is lucky to bat in that period 2nd time, but need to increase scoring rate, otherwise couple of quick wickets, IND is back in the game.
 
Is Shami bowling good without luck or bowling poor to not get wicket? The no of time his balls have gone pass through edge he should have had fifer i felt.
 
Damn I can't believe this is Cook's final innings. Farewell modern Sachin.
 
Why is Cook batting like Cook, and not like Sehwag?

May as well stick to what you know. Make the match safe first, then think about winning it. Plenty of time left in the match.
 
My god yet another drop in this series in the slips.

Rahul's taken some decent catches but that one should've been gobbled up.
 
Who was it that was arguing that Cook was averaging 15 this series but 39 against Pakistan? And that was a sizable difference? Up to 25.50 now, so no longer a "sizable" difference
 
For once a 50 for Root maybe an acceptable innings as it should get England over 200.
 
My god yet another drop in this series in the slips.

Rahul's taken some decent catches but that one should've been gobbled up.

Worst series for slippers that I can remember. It's like it's a lost art.
 
May as well stick to what you know. Make the match safe first, then think about winning it. Plenty of time left in the match.

Ofcourse! I was just hoping Cook to enjoy his final inning but yes, a win matters more than that for Chef.
 
Root has played over 70 tests and still doesn't give authority and assurance a player of his ability should with that much experience.
 
Cook in this form is still England's best opener. They have struggled to replace Struass. Going to be a difficult task to replace Cook.
 
Ed Smith and James Taylor looking like MI5 agents.

Watching these two suited up and sitting side by side throughout this series has been comedy gold. They could get a role in the Kingsman series.
 
Will Cook change his mind and play another year ? England selectors may request him to do so.
 
England has to get a lead of at least 300 here , anything below India would fancy themselves chasing that
 
England doing their best to make this a grand farewell for Cook.
 
Cook said he has lost the edge . How can a player continue after that? He won't be coming back and as much as England do still need him, you can't really afford to have a player like that in your team.
 
The much-vaunted “best partnership” for England, Cook and Root, is finally starting to perform - and it is Cook’s last match ever, in a dead rubber also. LOL
 
Watching these two suited up and sitting side by side throughout this series has been comedy gold. They could get a role in the Kingsman series.

All they need is a white cat in their laps to stroke.
 
150 lead with 8 wickets in hand.

If the lead gets past 250 it will be difficult to chase down. Anything over 300 England will be very strong favourites to take the series 4-1.
 
I think Indian bowlers have ran out of steam here. Pretty understandable tbh. Have bowled brilliantly all series but this is the second innings of the 5th test with only 4 bowlers this test this was bound to happen.
 
First session will be critical. Indian bowlers will have to come with a big effort , they need to go all out and try to get minimum of 3 wickets.
 
I really want Kohli to give his wicket to Anderson in second inning so PPers can call Kohli as Anderson’s bunny otherwise it will look bad as being bunny he has not got out to Anderson once in 9 innings.
 
I really want Kohli to give his wicket to Anderson in second inning so PPers can call Kohli as Anderson’s bunny otherwise it will look bad as being bunny he has not got out to Anderson once in 9 innings.

England are on the verge of smashing the number 1 side 4-1 without Anderson having dismissed Kohli even once. Says alot about your pateechar side.
 
England are on the verge of smashing the number 1 side 4-1 without Anderson having dismissed Kohli even once. Says alot about your pateechar side.

And Pakistan is ranked 7 despite winning in England.

Says a lot about how rubbish your pateechar side is everywhere else in the world.
 
And Pakistan is ranked 7 despite winning in England.

Says a lot about how rubbish your pateechar side is everywhere else in the world.

Sure.... we were also ranked 7th before a certain other match. That didn't seem to have zero bearing on our performance on the day.
 
Sure.... we were also ranked 7th before a certain other match. That didn't seem to have zero bearing on our performance on the day.

And you wonder why every body calls it a fluke. :))

And if Pakistan fails to win the Asia Cup at home this year, it will only further prove the fluke.

So you better hope your teams wins this time. So much is on the line...
 
England are on the verge of smashing the number 1 side 4-1 without Anderson having dismissed Kohli even once. Says alot about your pateechar side.

Don't forget Kohli's dominance in this series or his dominance during India's previous series defeat.
 
And you wonder why every body calls it a fluke. :))

And if Pakistan fails to win the Asia Cup at home this year, it will only further prove the fluke.

So you better hope your teams wins this time. So much is on the line...

Yes, you will get the CT shipped over with a "We're sorry" note if India manage to beat us in the Asia Cup. :))
 
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