UPDATE: England vs India Manchester Test cancelled

[TheWall]

32 minutes ago, DeepSpace said:

was there free alcohol at the event? Because once a Bewda, always a Bewda.

But alcohol is supposed to cleanse the virus....

[Gollum]

Espncricinfo predicts a weird XI

 

Will Ashwin finally get a game? Does Ajinkya Rahane have any more lives left? Is Rohit Sharma fit? Questions aplenty for India, and that's before you consider their final training session was cancelled amid concerns about a potential Covid outbreak. Mayank Agarwal is on standby to open if Rohit can't overcome the knee issue that kept him off the field for day five at The Oval, while Hanuma Vihari lurks in the shadows should the management hand Rahane his papers. Ravindra Jadeja is also nursing knee problems, with - wait for it - Axar Patel in line for his first appearance of the tour. Where does that leave Ashwin? Well, he could be still involved, despite the "template", as Bumrah seems set to be rested and Mohammed Siraj is also carrying a niggle.

 

India (probable): 1 KL Rahul, 2 Rohit Sharma/Mayank Agarwal, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5 Ajinkya Rahane/Hanuma Vihari, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja/Axar Patel, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Mohammed Shami/Mohammad Siraj, 11 Umesh Yadav

[Vivek92]

3 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Yes agree...I meant Eng only. Not sure about Scotland but good to hear masks are still mandatory.

Hmm disagree, stats does not correlate with the above statement. Scotland currently has the 14 highest Covid rates in UK, source attached below.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19569196.uk-covid-hotspots-scottish-areas-14-highest-rates-uk--/

[jalebi_bhai]

 

Btw, here is a video from the infamous book launch. Guess what? It's not just Kohli-Shastri, but a good chunk of the squad that was present at this event. Sky commentator Michael Holding was also present.

 

Yea, I'm calling BS on the cricket boards not being aware of this event. How can BCCI not know that so many of it's contracted players were attending?

[coffee_rules]

This looks bad, BCCI relenting in matters of player safety and ECB arm twisting.facking angrez 

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The BCCI also put out the option of cancelling the final Test, but the ECB is understood to have made it clear that it would interpret any refusal to play as forfeiture.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-ind-5th-test-2021-manchester-test-to-go-ahead-as-entire-india-squad-tests-negative-1277117

[asterix]

8 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

This looks bad, BCCI relenting in matters of player safety and ECB arm twisting.facking angrez 

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The BCCI also put out the option of cancelling the final Test, but the ECB is understood to have made it clear that it would interpret any refusal to play as forfeiture.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-ind-5th-test-2021-manchester-test-to-go-ahead-as-entire-india-squad-tests-negative-1277117

All this because of that MoFo Shastri forcing players to attend his own book launches. Sala Haramkhor should be sacked with immediate affect if he’s not informed BCCI about organising his own book launch events and forcing players to attend it.

[asterix]

I’m extremely doubtful of the match going ahead. I cannot believe that not a single player is infected even after interacting with now infected support staff and also attending all those Shastri book launches crowded events. 
 

Something might happen before the match starts.  

[Gollum]

 

[Gollum]

 

[rollingstoned]

Just now, Gollum said:

 

Pakki khabar? just 1 day postponement?

[mishra]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

 

Rain? Not postponed?

Edited September 10, 2021 by mishra

[New guy]

5 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

This looks bad, BCCI relenting in matters of player safety and ECB arm twisting.facking angrez 

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The BCCI also put out the option of cancelling the final Test, but the ECB is understood to have made it clear that it would interpret any refusal to play as forfeiture.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-ind-5th-test-2021-manchester-test-to-go-ahead-as-entire-india-squad-tests-negative-1277117

Why would they give up WTC test points and also series win to india? No team in the world including india would agree

[New guy]

3 minutes ago, mishra said:

Rain. Not postponed.

How can they take rain decision so soon to cancel an entire days play? 

 

Its not raining now either 

Edited September 10, 2021 by New guy

[rkt.india]

1 minute ago, New guy said:

Why would they give up WTC test points and also series win to india? No team in the world including india would agree

They won't lose WTC points. It's now percentage based, not points based. 

[Gollum]

4 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Pakki khabar? just 1 day postponement?

Dunno. SM mein sab yahi keh rahe hai. DK must be in contact with Sky panel. 

[New guy]

Just now, rkt.india said:

They won't lose WTC points. It's now percentage based, not points based. 

Yes but its still potential points, if they think they have a good chance of winning at home and their other series are tougher away

[New guy]

 

 

 

[express bowling]

No news of postponement of day 1

 

[Gollum]

Changed thread title. Shall wait for confirmation from a more reliable handle. 

[LordPrabhzy]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

No news of postponement of day 1

 

Social media rumours- nothing reported like this Atleast on the BBC