England vs India, 5th Test, 7th-11th Sept - The Oval

[Moochad]

7 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Not just by run scored but by intent...you were talking abt rahane 50....as soon as kohli got out in 4th test everyone and even rahane knew he can't do shits . Even English were overly joyed as they knew match was done there. And yes Pandya was MVP on that match which we won, guy took 5 wkt in the span on 30-35 balls and won the match was definitely an MVP.

Sure, but Kohli-Rahane is the last recognized batting pair and none of them scored runs this series except Pandya in the 3rd test. Everyone after 5 is an allrounder for us. Only this match we played a 6th batsmen.

 

If only results matter for wickets/runs to matter, then Rahane scored his 81 in the 3rd Test which we won... 

 

Anyway, nice chat, I am logging off for now. 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Moochad

[coffee_rules]

12 minutes ago, zen said:

Youngsters are coming to the party. Missing Shaw and Pandya though 

Hanuma missed a golden opportunity to score a fifty or 100 on a slow pitch.

[Adi BB]

Happy for pant and Raul,I wished the same yesterday and got my wish somewhat. Hopefully they carry on 

[Adi BB]

Root doing a afretard in bowling 

[Adi BB]

8 minutes ago, Moochad said:

The English commentators know the conditions at their home better than Indian fans(including myself) who watch their matches once every 2-3 years. None of them criticized the conditions we played in except during the 2nd test when Botham and Nasser said we were unlucky to lose the toss and that the English got the better of the conditions.

 

Otherwise the conditions were the same for both teams and none of the pitches were unplayable.  

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Kohli (INDIA)	5*	10	0	593	149	59.30	1025	57.85	2	3	1	67	1
JC Buttler (ENG)	5*	9	0	349	106	38.77	515	67.76	1	2	2	44	4
AN Cook (ENG)	5*	9	0	327	147	36.33	718	45.54	1	1	1	39	0
JE Root (ENG)	5*	9	0	319	125	35.44	608	52.46	1	1	1	34	1
KL Rahul (INDIA)	5*	10	1	282	132*	31.33	390	72.30	1	0	1	42	1
CA Pujara (INDIA)	4*	8	1	278	132*	39.71	726	38.29	1	1	1	33	0
SM Curran (ENG)	4*	7	0	272	78	38.85	436	62.38	0	2	1	32	5
AM Rahane (INDIA)	5*	10	0	257	81	25.70	639	40.21	0	2	1	27	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	5*	9	0	230	93	25.55	362	63.53	0	2	3	32	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	4*	8	0	200	62	25.00	519	38.53	0	1	0	22	1

That's everyone who scored over 200, Rahul will probably score over 300, but again Cook, Root, and Rahul all got their top scores in this 5th match. You are free to value it however you like. I don't view it as great innings by any of the 3 as I don't value runs in dead rubbers.

 

 

 

* cook and root averaged 24 and 25 and they got their average to mid thirties thanks to this thakela pitch and our thakela bowlers .Even Raul boomed his average in the thirties from 16 lol 

[Nikhil_cric]

Need to last another 44 overs. Can we draw this?

[zen]

250 up

[Nikhil_cric]

11 minutes ago, Moochad said:

The English commentators know the conditions at their home better than Indian fans(including myself) who watch their matches once every 2-3 years. None of them criticized the conditions we played in except during the 2nd test when Botham and Nasser said we were unlucky to lose the toss and that the English got the better of the conditions.

 

Otherwise the conditions were the same for both teams and none of the pitches were unplayable.  

 

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Kohli (INDIA)	5*	10	0	593	149	59.30	1025	57.85	2	3	1	67	1
JC Buttler (ENG)	5*	9	0	349	106	38.77	515	67.76	1	2	2	44	4
AN Cook (ENG)	5*	9	0	327	147	36.33	718	45.54	1	1	1	39	0
JE Root (ENG)	5*	9	0	319	125	35.44	608	52.46	1	1	1	34	1
KL Rahul (INDIA)	5*	10	1	282	132*	31.33	390	72.30	1	0	1	42	1
CA Pujara (INDIA)	4*	8	1	278	132*	39.71	726	38.29	1	1	1	33	0
SM Curran (ENG)	4*	7	0	272	78	38.85	436	62.38	0	2	1	32	5
AM Rahane (INDIA)	5*	10	0	257	81	25.70	639	40.21	0	2	1	27	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	5*	9	0	230	93	25.55	362	63.53	0	2	3	32	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	4*	8	0	200	62	25.00	519	38.53	0	1	0	22	1

That's everyone who scored over 200, Rahul will probably score over 300, but again Cook, Root, and Rahul all got their top scores in this 5th match. You are free to value it however you like. I don't view it as great innings by any of the 3 as I don't value runs in dead rubbers.

 

 

 

The conditions were the same for both teams but I think it's something to do with these dark dukes balls that have been doing a lot and the pitches have offered seam movement or some assistance throughout. Overall quite bowler friendly conditions even by English standards.

[kruiser]

if we lose now, i would blame Kohli for it! i know he is the best bat in the team, but the shot on his first ball in 2nd inning was too casual.. had he stayed, we would be favorites at this time!

Though he must be cursing himself for missing this opportunity..

[Laaloo]

1 minute ago, kruiser said:

if we lose now, i would blame Kohli for it! i know he is the best bat in the team, but the shot on his first ball in 2nd inning was too casual.. had he stayed, we would be favorites at this time!

Though he must be cursing himself for missing this opportunity..

Lol that's not how it works

[Laaloo]

Lol pant

Wonderful batting. My God. Making it look easy.

[Sachinism]

Great shots this over 

[zen]

2 minutes ago, kruiser said:

if we lose now, i would blame Kohli for it! i know he is the best bat in the team, but the shot on his first ball in 2nd inning was too casual.. had he stayed, we would be favorites at this time!

Though he must be cursing himself for missing this opportunity..

There is a thread of these kind of activities -> Link

 

[Sachinism]

Has Curran bowled today?

[Pollack]

Can we actually cause this total?

[zen]

GROUND TIME: 15:06										TEST CAREER
BATSMEN	R	B	4s	6s	SR	THIS BOWLER			LAST 10 OVS	MAT	RUNS	HS	AVE
KL Rahul*(rhb)	140	181	19	1	77.34	17(23b)			10(24b)	29	1802	199	39.17
RR Pant(lhb)	75	100	11	1	75.00	0(0b)			28(36b)	3	123	75*	24.60

[Lala]

This match come to live again. Thanks for Rahul & Pant. What a exciting match it seems to be 

[Laaloo]

1 minute ago, Sachinism said:

Has Curran bowled today?

Yeah he bowled a few overs

[RAZPOR]

Just now, Pollack said:

Can we actually cause this total?

Very difficult but more likely than a draw TBH...need 150 more from this pair and who knows.

[ssurenn]

awesome .. pant rocking. wanna change my dp soon.. bye bye dk 

Edited September 11, 2018 by ssurenn