Cricket

I did consider editing my post to "highly predictable", but trying to stay positive...

Shame Burns missed out on a half century but he did hang around.

Is some contemptible cunt firing champagne corks at Rahul in the field?

I mean, the outfield is always littered with them

Nice to watch us bat sensibly for once

Nice to watch us bat sensibly for once

And then predictably…

Siraj bullying Bairstow with all those short ones was good watch though.

Rooooooooooot!

He is a fucking God

Incredible stuff from Root. Awesome.

For those who missed this

https://twitter.com/CricketMate_/status/1426534049607294987?s=20

For those who have expressed anti-bairstow-in-tests sentiment, what was the reason and are his performances now changing your minds? At this stage in their relative careers, and considering the current and next test series he always felt like a better option than Lawrence/Crawley and maybe Pope too...

Not me, I like him. The bullying thing is just appreciation of aggressive bowling.

Jimmy’s going to take Bumrah’s head off next innings.

Anderson getting worked over here. Bumrah will get a few sharp ones but probably from Wood not Jimmy.

That 'over' was as childish as it gets

Top shithousery I reckon, loving it.

Yeah - definitely some needle between India and England these days. It’s on the right side of gamesmanship and makes it a better spectacle in my opinion.

I love this india side. They play with such great spirit.

Jimmy looked genuinely fearful, they’ve made camp in his head now, I hope it doesn’t affect his bowling tomorrow, not to mention his bruises. The way Siraj set about Bairstow too. That and Pant’s constant chirping, he must be a fucking nightmare. I think England are going to need to match the fury tomorrow, they’ve certainly been given all the motivation they need.

Beauty!

Moeen is one of those cricketers that just seems to be involved, isn’t he?

Rohit, you silly boy.

put the hook away rohit.

india 0-2 effectively

virat under huggggeee pressure.

What was Rohit thinking? Can only assume someone has got in his head.

Pujara probably feeling it more, right out of sorts isn’t he. Feels like the bowling attack is getting nastier already. It’s a corker this.

Bad review but you can understand the desperation to get rid of Kohli.