Joe Root's 22nd Test century guides England to a 27 run first innings lead over India at Lord's

[MenInG]

England in a good position but that last wicket of Burns could well have tilted the game in India's favour.

Still a long way to go for England to make this game safe for themselves.

India will hope to get Root out of the way early in the first session to make things easy for themselves.

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[Sunzi]

Set up nicely.

England closed out the Indian innings well yesterday - a few runout opportunities cost them an even better return on their day's work. India edging it though - England will need a couple of substantial contributions or contributions down the order to tip the game in their favour. Looking forward to the day's play.

 

[MenInG]

Day looks good for cricket

 

[Robert]

All up to Roooooooot again.

 

[Rajdeep]

Think today is the best day for batting with bright sunshine.
Lucky England

 

[RamLakhan]

England running away with the game

 

[fight_club]

England galloping ahead, if bairstow stays for few hours then he will eat up the lead petty soon.

 

[OMB]

Seems to be perfect batting condition for England today. Might just overtake India score today

 

[MP2011]

Shami has been pretty listless post 1st innings of TE test.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

38% pitched up by seamers? That's just poor bowling. No wonder England are scoring so easily.

 

[Raja111]

Indians have themselves to blame. When you're on 265/2 at one stage under perfect batting conditions, You should have scored 500+ and taken the game out of Eng's reach.

 

[MP2011]

There have been 14 ducks scored by England openers this year, most ever. They broke their own record of 13 ducks in 1998.

 

[MP2011]

India is yet to suffer a defeat in England after scoring 300 or more runs in test's first innings.

India won two and drew six of the 8 previous Tests in England where they scored 300+ runs in the first innings.

 

[sweep_shot]

If England can bat out the whole day, I expect a draw.

 

[OMB]

Ever reliable Root meanwhile has completed his half century and has reached 65*

 

[MP2011]

In his 5th innings, Jadeja has bowled in since the WTC final, he has taken just a solitary wicket, that of Southee.

Had our 3, 4, 5 been remotely functional, Jadeja's inclusion may not have been as straightforward as it may seem as we may have beefed up our bowling instead of trying to find bowlers who could bat.

 

[sindhiboy]

Bairstow has improved alot on the legside and is leaving more full balls.

 

[Saurav]

In his 5th innings, Jadeja has bowled in since the WTC final, he has taken just a solitary wicket, that of Southee.

Had our 3, 4, 5 been remotely functional, Jadeja's inclusion may not have been as straightforward as it may seem as we may have beefed up our bowling instead of trying to find bowlers who could bat.

Jadeja is not the problem.He's playing as a batsman.Did well even before final.His competition is Vihari

Ashwin is competing with Thakur/Ishant as no.8

 

[MP2011]

Jadeja is not the problem.He's playing as a batsman.Did well even before final.His competition is Vihari.

That reflects even poorly on team management then!

That he is playing as a batsman alone and his competition is Vihari. Both these things show that we've such a paucity of batting talent in our ranks which you and I both know isn't the case!

 

[Romali_rotti]

That wicket is flat as a cake Phatta now it looks like, bowlers practically are getting nothing out of the service.

Next match Ashwin comes in for Pujara..

 

[Robert]

Bairstow has improved alot on the legside and is leaving more full balls.

Yes he is looking like a proper test batter again, not a JAMODI banger.

 

[Saurav]

That reflects even poorly on team management then!

That he is playing as a batsman alone and his competition is Vihari. Both these things show that we've such a paucity of batting talent in our ranks which you and I both know isn't the case!

but what I mean is that even if we fix our middle order,Jadeja would stay as hes batting well.His bowling is bonus and currently helping in over rate.

We needed Ashwin here badly but fixation with 4 pacer strategy hurting us

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

There have been 14 ducks scored by England openers this year, most ever. They broke their own record of 13 ducks in 1998.

Pity we don't play enough tests, this record has Pakistan written all over it

 

[Saurav]

That wicket is flat as a cake Phatta now it looks like, bowlers practically are getting nothing out of the service.

Next match Ashwin comes in for Pujara..

batsman should replace a batsman

 

[OMB]

Steady ship for England this. India bowlers getting no help from the pitch

 

[OMB]

200 up for England

 

[Romali_rotti]

batsman should replace a batsman

Ashwin would be a better batsman than Pujara on current form, so a bat replacing a bat imo.. Extra advantage he is a strike bowler also.

 

[Saurav]

Ashwin would be a better batsman than Pujara on current form, so a bat replacing a bat imo.. Extra advantage he is a strike bowler also.

but Ashwin won't be better than Agarwal,Shaw etc. And won't bat up

Ashwin should come in but as no.8

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

Ashwin would be a better batsman than Pujara on current form, so a bat replacing a bat imo.. Extra advantage he is a strike bowler also.

Ashwin has that Warnesque ability make things happen.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Ashwin has that Warnesque ability make things happen.

Perfect Pooja replacement

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

BREAKING NEWS that just came out:

Kohli is going to go with a NEW template.

5 pacers next game.

Jaddu to play as a batsman.

Pujara dropped for Shardul.

Rahane dropped for Mayank.

Pommies will have no respite against our pace battery.

We will crush them.

 

[Protea Fan]

Another classical ROOT innings

Came when two down for nothing on the board and now his team is in firm control

And he's doing this consistently for past year or so, not bad

 

[MenInG]

Lunch

Over 73 - England 216-3 (Bairstow 51, Root 89) - TRAIL BY 148

 

[OMB]

Bairstow has really earned his 50 at a crunch moment. It is his support (ofcourse no need to mention Root) which has propped England to such a strong position today.
tbh Pitch is lifeless but India too didn't bowl at right places. Jaddu failed to make a difference with the bowl.

My Wish list -
1) Conditions change and aid our seamers
2) Kohli steps out of field for injury and Rahane takes over
3) Bumrah works on the slope and gets root out.
4) Root gets into nervous nineties and one of them gets run out

No. 2 is easy one

 

[MP2011]

but what I mean is that even if we fix our middle order,Jadeja would stay as hes batting well.His bowling is bonus and currently helping in over rate.

We needed Ashwin here badly but fixation with 4 pacer strategy hurting us

It'll be even more idiotic to play Jadeja for his non existent bowling abilities in overseas conditions if we can sort out our middle order.

However knowing Kohli well, he isn't prone to do even this.

 

[Saurav]

It'll be even more idiotic to play Jadeja for his non existent bowling abilities in overseas conditions if we can sort out our middle order.

However knowing Kohli well, he isn't prone to do even this.

it wont be for his bowling abilities,for his batting

You are ignoring his batting well at 7.Infact there are calls for him to promoted to 6

 

[MP2011]

it wont be for his bowling abilities,for his batting

You are ignoring his batting well at 7.Infact there are calls for him to promoted to 6

Try playing him as a specialist batsman and then see his results.

He is getting his runs as he is still primarily a bowler who is fancying himself as a batsman as he isn't contributing as a bowler these days in alien conditions for his type of bowling.

 

[MP2011]

Siraj gets Bairstow.

 

[MP2011]

England are still 134 runs behind us. If we can get a lead of around 50-60 runs and score minimum 250 in our second dig, things won't be easy for England while chasing 300-odd in 4th innings.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Just tuned in
Azadi ke hardik shubh kamnayein ....to our gracious hosts...

....and wicket !!! well played Bairstow

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Root is one of the most consistent guys I have ever seen. Gets to double digits far quickly than others and keeps accumulating. A bit like Hussey but better.

 

[MP2011]

Another test ton for Root, 5th this year in 10 tests, 3rd against us this year.

 

[Saurav]

Try playing him as a specialist batsman and then see his results.

He is getting his runs as he is still primarily a bowler who is fancying himself as a batsman as he isn't contributing as a bowler these days in alien conditions for his type of bowling.

That's whats happening. His bowling is a bonus.Doesnt even bowl much unless required to pick up over rate.

On the other hand,looks solid as a batsman except batting with tail.

A bowler wont get runs just because he fancies himself as batsman.

 

[TamiL_GarvaM!]

When this stand ends, we will have Ali bhai and the Curran chokra who are duds against everyone else but a combination of sobers and bradman against us.
Am sure they've taken 75 percent + of their runs and wickets against us.

 

[MP2011]

That's whats happening. His bowling is a bonus. Doesnt even bowl much unless required to pick up over rate.

Isn't as easy as you're making it sound. Just because he is batting well, doesn't mean he has become a specialist bat.

And if he is used just to pick up the over rate these days then this speaks poorly about his captain rather than him.

 

[MP2011]

Questions need to be asked about Ishant's future as well as he seems to be totally ineffective. As it is, he can't bat and field.

 

[Saurav]

Isn't as easy as you're making it sound. Just because he is batting well, doesn't mean he has become a specialist bat.

And if he is used just to pick up the over rate these days then this speaks poorly about his captain rather than him.

He's batting better than the specialist bat options we have,so I don't care what category you put him in.

I said hes bowling because of that because we picked 4 pacers.If Ashwin was there,he wouldn't be bowling unless there was turn

 

[Ab Fan]

What a player Joe Root! Back to back hundreds.

 

[King_Kohli]

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Questions need to be asked about Ishant's future as well as he seems to be totally ineffective. As it is, he can't bat and field.

To be fair, he’s out scored Rahane with 1 innings less.

 

[sweep_shot]

Butler is gone.

Game is on balance again.

 

[Ab Fan]

Ishant gets a wicket. Expect Moeen and Curran to play cameos. Robinson and Wood can bat too.

 

[Protea Fan]

Pathetic from butler

That was a half volley to smoke

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

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Sachin and Ponting two legends with a Sir and a future legend?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

If England manages to get a lead of 100 here and get both openers quickly then that will tilt the match in their favour.

 

[MP2011]

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Pity we played so few tests in '90s.

 

[Fazzy321]

Root needs to stay till the end if England wants to get a decent lead.

 

[Ozeirk]

This turning out to be a classic test innings. If root can get them to a lead of 80+ it will be hard for india

 

[Ahmed216]

Pathetic from butler

That was a half volley to smoke

Buttler is a real FTB. Defensive technique is non existent

 

[Robert]

Great to see Moeen stroke it about again.

Need more than a cameo from him though. England need to get a lead to be able to force a win here.

 

[King_Kohli]

Tea on Day 3 - England trailing by 50 runs with 5 wickets in hand in the first innings with Root 132* and Moeen 20* batting in the middle. Vital session coming up in the context of the match.

 

[King_Kohli]

 

[IMMY69]

So happy to see Moeen playing.
I honestly think he should be in every England side that's how much I rate him.

Plus he's now one of the senior players and has a great cricketing brain.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Where are all the fans for the 4 pacer template?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Yes Indian batsman threw away the advantage.

But how come Eng is 330/5 on this pitch?

 

[Justcrazy]

England still trailing by 32 runs , India not out of game.

 

[Justcrazy]

If England manages to get a lead of 100 here and get both openers quickly then that will tilt the match in their favour.

Better said than done , Indian openers are in great form , not easy for England

 

[Ab Fan]

But how come Eng is 330/5 on this pitch?

It is because of this :

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

We are now struggling against England with their weakest top 3.

 

[MP2011]

Where are all the fans for the 4 pacer template?

For that template to succeed, we gotta have pacers who are consistent in their wicket-taking abilities. Like Jimmy does even after playing for close to 2 decades now, day in and day out. While we've following,

1) Bumrah - Except for TB test, he has been pedestrian for some time now.
2) Shami - Blows hot and cold and is hardly consistent.
3) Ishant - May not play for too long and his best days seem to be way past him.
4) Siraj - Still a newbie, however is an out and out wicket-taker. Got to persevere with him.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

It is because of this :

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Yes he is insane.

But what about the other bats?

Rory Burns, Bairstow were owning us.

Smith was like this in Sydney 2021 game.

Yet we bundled them out for 350 odd on that patta cos we got the rest.

 

[Fazzy321]

Joe Root has scored 200 or more in 1/4 of his total 100s can he score another 200 here?

 

[MP2011]

Ishant gets Moeen.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

India get sixth wicket here

 

[MP2011]

Sam Curran gone first ball, Ishant on a hattrick.

 

[James]

This has been one of the England team’s best batting performances as a collective in a very, very long time. Underpinned by the fantastic Joe Root of course. Usually they struggle to reach 250 as a unit.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Curran out first ball

 

[Last Monetarist]

Vital breakthrough for India, now need to wrap up the last few wickets quickly. As long as the England lead is under 50, India should be confident of forcing a result on the fifth day.

 

[Justcrazy]

England would be lucky if they add another 50 runs here