Cricket

Innings defeat incoming?

Salvage a draw

Bowlers look absolutely fucked

Draw written all over it

Can see England fucking up the first innings, following on, then batting out the remainder of the game.

^ this

They will be knackered after a couple of days in the field & a few lapses in concentration and they will be a few down tonight.

a few lapses in concentration

as Smith has just demonstrated...

Oh dear

I feel sick looking at Duckett's thumb

Duckett out injured, Stokes comes in as a batsman?

Is that even allowed?

Nah, concussion or COVID

No. Bat one short, and you get a sub fielder.

(Maybe for concussions now…?)

Ouch. Horrible.

Innings defeat incoming?

yes

What an awful shot. Great catch. But it shouldn't have been anywhere near him.

Pope has had an absolute stinker of a year since that big hundred he scored. Not sure he really deserves his place in the side at the moment.

Fuck!

And I got so taken by cricket I just missed my stop on the train.

Bollocks

Shambles of a start to this tour. Big, big loss incoming.

Pope

Seems to do an Ian Bell. Big score and then innings upon innings of poor play and then right when he's about to get dropped he'll come up with another ton+ to stave off the execution.

Yeah, I was thinking that. See also, latterly, Johnny Bairstow. Thankfully I think he's scored his last 'last-chance saloon' innings.

Not a bad recovery from England after Pope's aberration.

Nothing to suggest at all that this pitch is anything but a road and will stay that way...

Wish I could relax when watching Duckett bat.

I just can't enjoy his swashbuckling style as I always assume he is imminently to be dismissed.

Road is road

Root overtakes Cook on the runs board with the most glorious on drive

Did a double-take - Root batting left handed?