Sport India v England Test Series 🏏

[Northstandboy]

Scorecards and fixtures

1st Test, Hyderabad, January 25 - 28, 2024 - Eng won by 28 runs
2nd Test, Visakhapatnam, February 02 - 05, 2024 - Ind won by 106 runs
3rd Test, Rajkot, February 15 - 19, 2024 - Ind won by 434 runs
4th Test, Ranchi, February 23 - 27, 2024 - Ind won by 5 wickets
5th Test, Dharamsala, March 07 - 11, 2024 - Ind won by innings and 64 runs

India: 4
England: 1​

 

[SteMerritt]

England given a bonus 5 runs for India running down.the pitch earlier.

I did wonder what was going on there. I can only follow via CricInfo, they said of the first ball '1nb - England are 6/0 off 0.0', but didn't explain why.

Edit: Ah, I see, they have updated to say it was an incident from earlier. Odd, never seen that before.

 

[Leysboy]

I think it was Jadeja yesterday, running into the danger area.

 

[Leysboy]

That will be Tea on Day 2

England 31/0 good start, but these two need to stay as long as possible.

 

[SteMerritt]

I think it was Jadeja yesterday, running into the danger area.

Cricinfo say Jadeja was warned yesterday. Only 1 warning is given to a team for this offence, then we had Ashwin do the same this morning which triggered the penalty.

 

[Leysboy]

Cricinfo say Jadeja was warned yesterday. Only 1 warning is given to a team for this offence, then we had Ashwin do the same this morning which triggered the penalty.

Ahh that explains it.

I didn’t see any action this morning. I’m busy grafting at work.

 

[Leysboy]

I think Ben Duckett is trying to get 445 today the way he’s playing.

I don’t think he has a defensive shot in his locker.

 

[Leysboy]

Duckett 50 off 39 balls.

England 63/0 great start need to keep this going.

 

[SteMerritt]

I think Ben Duckett is trying to get 445 today the way he’s playing.

I don’t think he has a defensive shot in his locker.

Wasn't there a stat at the end of the Ashes last year that said Duckett had only left 2 balls in the entire series?

 

[Leysboy]

Wasn't there a stat at the end of the Ashes last year that said Duckett had only left 2 balls in the entire series?

I think your right.

I think his defensive shots are the sweep, and reverse sweep. Along with an occasional ramp shot.

 

[SteMerritt]

Crawley goes, 89/1. Another solid opening partnership.

 

[Leysboy]

Crawley out.

Next in Pope?

 

[Leysboy]

No doubt Ashwin is aiming for that patch he ran on earlier in the day then.

 

[SteMerritt]

What the hell, a maiden over? Stokes OUT!

 

[Leysboy]

What the hell, a maiden over? Stokes OUT!

Duckett needs to convert this in to a big score 150+ hopefully.

 

[SteMerritt]

Duckett needs to convert this in to a big score 150+ hopefully.

If he keeps going he'll be there by stumps today...

 

[Foley]

Duckett needs to convert this in to a big score 150+ hopefully.

Yep we need a couple of players scoring big.
He has 79 now, so if he can get 150 hopefully England will be in the game.

 

[holdsteady]

At this rate we could get play on the fifth day, was starting to forget that is a thing.

 

[Leysboy]

Drinks break England 137/1

Duckett 97
Pope 18

Both stay until the end we are right in this match. Great counter attacking performance from Duckett. Sharma looks a little lost, and no quite sure How to combat this Bazball performance.

 

[Foley]

It is such a shame that the crowds are so small.
This could end up being a fantastic Test series, but hardly anybody can be bothered to watch...

 

[Berliner]

Cricinfo say Jadeja was warned yesterday. Only 1 warning is given to a team for this offence, then we had Ashwin do the same this morning which triggered the penalty.

Not to mention a fair few subtle and not-so-subtle friendly unofficial warnings from the umpires throughout, I hasten to add. The umpires won't have tagged them straight away.