England's new era of cricket

[Bernie Bernbaum]

The lead should have been less if England had employed better and more obvious tactics at the end of India's innings.
As for Ben 'slog it' Stokes batting......

 

[Ottawa Green]

ITYM India lead by 132 runs
Let's home that the England team can actually perform in the next two innings.

That is what Cricinfo had now they say India lead by 163

 

[Emu]

Crawley continues recent form. Out for 9.
Time to give another batsman a chance to stake a claim.

45 tests innings for Crawley now. Been caught out in 34 of them. That suggests a problem alone.

 

[Ottawa Green]

STUMPS
5th Test, Birmingham, July 01 - 05, 2022, India tour of England

India
(45 ov) 416 & 125/3

England
284
Day 3 - India lead by 257 runs.

 

[Ottawa Green]

WOW a good opening partnership from Crawley and Lees

90/0

Lees 53 no
Crawley 36 no

LIVE
5th Test, Birmingham, July 01 - 05, 2022, India tour of England

India
416 & 245

England
(18.1 ov, T:378) 284 & 90/0
Day 4 - Session 2: England need 288 runs.

 

[Nick McFarlane]

100 opening partnership. When was the last time we managed that.

 

[Nick McFarlane]

Jinxed that. Crawley just gone.

 

[Ottawa Green]

Zak Crawley b Bumrah 46

107/1

 

[Ottawa Green]

TEA
5th Test, Birmingham, July 01 - 05, 2022, India tour of England

India
416 & 245

England
(23 ov, T:378) 284 & 107/1
Day 4 - Session 2: England need 271 runs.

 

[Ottawa Green]

Ollie Pope c †Pant b Bumrah 0
Pope goes first ball.
108/2

 

[Ottawa Green]

England throwing it away

Alex Lees run out (Mohammed Shami/Jadeja) 56

3 wickets in 3 overs

 

[Ottawa Green]

England need 200 runs.

Bairstow 24 no
Root 46 no

 

[Ottawa Green]

200 up for England need 177 to win

 

[Bryan Tregunna]

Are this summer's games the nail in the coffin for the idea of making test matches a 4-day game? I bleddy hope so.

 

[Ottawa Green]

Root 71 no
Bairstow 55 no