England Cricket

Sir Alistair Cook was quizzed as to why England had not declared when 'us' supporters would have done so. His reply made absolute sense and the use of technology now seeming to play a major role also. Whatever the stats say, the players need to deliver and what a performance they're turning in today, particularly the Burnley Express!

Wonderful stuff 126-6

Great 227 run victory for England. Superb Test match 

+1  x 3 or 4 !

And we start again on Saturday  plus oodles of slow play snooker to get my eyes tuned in nicely.

## Oh, Happy Days are here again,  tra la ##

50th over  India Batting  180 for 3 ~~~ Seems like a reasonable performance all round for breakfast time on a Saturday morning.

OH Bother !! { Note Brian's self control this morning !! }

131 ~ 9 chasing [  ] 329  for the First innings lead { as if }

Can't see them winning this one. We need the monsoon season t come early🤔

Just heard Countryfile Weather, Rog, think it's coming but in the wrong continent

As exciting as the first Test was, this second is so painful to watch. As I write India currently lead by 358 with 4 wickets left. Is Kohli wanting to beat us by a world record score?

I read an article yesterday which suggested the pitch was not up to Test standards and was akin to beach cricket! Well the tide is certainly coming in towards a huge loss here, but at least the spectators (remember them?) are enjoying it, especially those on the beach 😂🏏

So, England need 482. Good game to win 

Ah Well,  Struggling to think what to say, without getting the entire Forum closed down that is  !!

Heard on Ch 4 that a recent ex-England skipper decried the pitch, like playing on a road he said ! (Well Ashwin was making it look very easy)

Did " PitchesRUS "  creep in during the between innings break and do a swift refurbishment I ask myself ?

At least I won't have to fret about disturbed sleep to-night