I reiterate this Test is the best I have ever seen Ashwin bowl, if he bowls like this he will destroy us in all five Tests.
I'm watching the Debate (sigh) and just saw the ball that sent Cook on his way. Some delivery, that.
Did you watch this, Jim? Trott talking up Curran. Your Kleenex material.
Curran's spell to the not-Kohli Indians earlier reminded me for some reason of this scene.
I don't think I've ever known a team that can turn a winning position into a losing one better than this England iteration. They're going to lose in three days having been 200-3 on the first, which is some going, particularly when the other lot were 180-8.
I spent a lot of time on the "Ashwin is actually a very, very good bowler" hill. He's legit.
The other side of that coin - I notice that India didn't even bother pretending that Jadeja would accomplish anything here.
He's a lot better in this game than I have ever seen him before. He is bowling proper clever overs and our mongs have no clue against it.
I wish we would pick people who can bat.
We're such a shambles.
It’s bad today but we really lost the game on first innings again. Threw away a position of dominance with the bat and dropped catches in the field.
Feast or famine arrogant no fight wankers, I'm still fuming at bairstow wafting around to stuff lobbed down leg by Ashwin, just leave it u cunts
The giveaway with Ashwin is if you look at the side of his trousers, it's all red - you wouldn't see that in the subcontinent. He's almost bowling like a swing bowler and trying to pull the batsmen this way and that before spiking them the other side. Then against the left handers he has the added weapon of the one that turns sharply away from the bat. It's some of the best slow bowling I've ever seen in this country.
Give me a Buttler COUNTER ATTACK. It’s surely one of the prime reasons he’s been picked. To turn a game on it’s head with his vast array of strokes.
Or not lol
That counter attack went well.
Christ. Brainless again.
Gotta say tho this has been a wonderful spectacle of a test. Pleased that the start of my holiday was day one of this.
Yeah I’ve managed to watch most of it and it’s been fascinating. Second session yesterday especially was cracking stuff.
Still think it may be tight. England to squeeze out a lead of 160/170 and a couple of early wickets to set the tone.
Making Buttler vice captain was absolute fucking shite.
Come on Sammy, we could do with another 80 here.
Stupidly talked myself into £20 on England @ 4/1
4/1? You've been had.
Was hoping for 6s or 7s, but was the best I could find. As low as 10/3 with Skybet.
It's happening anyway. Curran and Rashid 200 partnership with a Joe Root fivefer.
If they give the new ball to Broad here there should be executions.
Awesome test
Why is this idiot still in the slips?
Probably some analytics saying he pouches them.
Root is such a bad captain.
Sorry Broady, I shan't doubt you again.
What a match this is. India at 2.3 value imo, we ain’t getting Kohli and he’s gonna start farming soon.
Only person who's getting Virat is Curran with an inswinging yorker.
Looks nice and sunny. Think they cruise this five down sadly.
Praise the Lord he’s caught one. Here we go boys
Stokes you absolute champion. Can we not have some government interference to squash his upcoming court date?
Just when you think it's won Ishant Sharma leads a ten run over.
I honestly can't remember a test match I've enjoyed that much since Ashes 2005. That was outstanding.
We aren’t a good enough team to drive home this advantage so can easily see India coming back and a real classic topsy turvy series.
Ollie Pope called up to replace Malan and Woakes in for Stokes.
Wonder what the balance of the team will be. Feel that a couple of people will be batting too high.
Pope will be one of them. Lovely kid but batting him 4 in a Lord's Test is on the bold side.
Ben Stokes is going to come out of this looking like a massive twat.
News reports definitely don't paint him in a positive light. He always seemed like a dick, but now he appears to be barely house-trained.
He sounds comes across as a wanker of the highest order but that's no huge surprise.
This is the prosecution's side of the story though, which, you know, in our system isn't necessarily geared towards being the truth.
Some guy came at him with a bottle and the other with a street sign. In the absence of him going all Tony Martin/American History X on them I'm inclined to think beating the shit out of them in response is arguably a proportionate response.
Isn't that pretty close to what got Mellin sent down?
Aye, but he's a normal, and I don't recall whether someone started on him with a street sign.
So this shot clock idea?
Seems sensible enough to me, although there are undoubtedly complications that I haven't considered.