England Test Match Tour of India 2024

The Ben Stokes flick back throw to run out Jadeja was just obscene quite frankly . Absolute filth .

England XI
2nd Test - Visakhapatnam 2-6 Feb
1. Crawley, 2. Duckett, 3. Pope (vc), 4. Root, 5. Bairstow, 6. Stokes ©, 7. Foakes (w), 8. Ahmed, 9. Hartley, 10. Bashir, 11. Anderson

England stick with the same balance with just 2 changes, one enforced, with Leach deemed unfit after he badly bruised his knee in the 1st Test, his place gives his Somerset teammate Bashir a Test debut. The control of Anderson is preferred to the pace of Wood who went wicketless in the 1st Test.

India v England 3rd Test - Visakhapatnam - Day 1 Close
India elected to bat
IND 336-6 (91 overs) Jaiswal 179 no Gill 34 Patidar 32 Shreyas 27 Axar 27 Ahmed 2-61 Bashir 2-100

India make 3 changes, Rahur, Jadeja & Siraj are replaced by Rajit Patidar, Kuldeep Yadav & Mukesh Kumar.
A good toss to win, on what looks like a flat wicket.

It appears to be a good total by India, but they will be looking to bat into the afternoon on day 2. Both teams will be happy, England have pulled themselves back into the game by taking 6 wickets. Much will depend on Jaiswal who has made a masterful century.
Anderson has been probing away, at his economical best. Root has been below par, although he has been attacked more on a wicket taking less turn. The innings scoring rate has been a healthy 3.6.

I only saw Jaiswal from 140 N.o onwards! Man that was some innings. I look forward to the highlights shortly! The thing that tells you just how good this knock (so far) was is the numbers! Not just the individual number, but the fact he faced almost exactly half the innings overs, dealt with the threat of J Anderson (somewhere close to his best), and totalled almost half the team score with pegs falling down around him!

Ok off to get a bit of context! Shame it is just the highlights, but maybe this young mans innings WILL BE the highlights!

^^ Jaiswal is another in a long line of talented India batters, the competition is fierce. I'm not surprised, different format but having seen a lot of him in the IPL opening with Buttler he compares well in terms of class. Usually you only have to see a few shots & you can tell a class player in the making.

(02-02-2024 18:11 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  ^^ Jaiswal is another in a long line of talented India batters, the competition is fierce. I'm not surprised, different format but having seen a lot of him in the IPL opening with Buttler he compares well in terms of class. Usually you only have to see a few shots & you can tell a class player in the making.

That is True! There are sadly exceptions, and one that I am both surprised, and a little disappointed didn't ultimately make it, is Ambati Rayudu. I saw him play a single shot, thought he would be the next big thing! Graham Smith is one that showed the same promise from a single shot, but he fulfilled it!

(02-02-2024 18:16 )hornball Wrote:  

(02-02-2024 18:11 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  ^^ Jaiswal is another in a long line of talented India batters, the competition is fierce. I'm not surprised, different format but having seen a lot of him in the IPL opening with Buttler he compares well in terms of class. Usually you only have to see a few shots & you can tell a class player in the making.

That is True! There are sadly exceptions, and one that I am both surprised, and a little disappointed didn't ultimately make it, is Ambati Rayudu. I saw him play a single shot, thought he would be the next big thing! Graham Smith is one that showed the same promise from a single shot, but he fulfilled it!

Good call with Rayudu, can't believe he's 38, time flies. Played 55 ODI's with a decent record, but didn't really push for a Test place.