England V India

[Yorkshire Blue]

I reckon if and when Cook beats Goochy's 333 England should declare. This India team are so rubbish they can be bowled out pretty cheaply. Besides the weather doesn't look that great so no point trying to rack up a huge total.

If Cook gets 333 England are going have somewhere around a 550 run lead - I think that classes as a huge total!

Anyway, if you let him go to 333 you might as well let him try and beat Hutton's 364 but it's academic as you've now put the kiss of death on him.

ps Poor Ravi, if he gets a bat he has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

 

[Cricko]

200 up for Cook :clap:

 

[MrB]

260no will give Cooky a Test average of 50. He'd already be there had it not been for the 4 previous innings! Pretty phenomenal when you consider that at the end of 2009 his average was 42.

 

[number11]

ps Poor Ravi, if he gets a bat he has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

I did wonder how he felt when the Indians dropped two absolute sitters to give Morgan two reprieves yesterday before he had made a decent score.......on such small things careers can be lost and made...

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

This will surely be one of the most crushing defeats- if not the most crushing defeat- in the history of cricket.
Would be nice to see Bopara get in and hit the Indians all over the park as he can do but you know he is only keeping Trotts seat warm whatever he does.

 

[canveyshrimper]

I did wonder how he felt when the Indians dropped two absolute sitters to give Morgan two reprieves yesterday before he had made a decent score.......on such small things careers can be lost and made...

Ravi will get in at around 600/4 and cop a golden duck.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Ravi will get in at around 600/4 and cop a golden duck.

Having hit the cover off one, and been given out LBW :smiles:

 

[MrB]

Here's his chance.....

Two Essex boys at the crease, nice.

 

[Pubey]

time to up the rate a little bit I reckon.

 

[Pubey]

fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[MrB]

That's Ravi's England Test career gone methinks.

 

[South Bank Hank]

Poor bugger!!!! :blush: :'(

 

[Cricko]

So are they going to let Cook bat on until he runs out of partners or are they going to declare soonish?

 

[Pubey]

So are they going to let Cook bat on until he runs out of partners or are they going to declare soonish?

I'd protect the bowlers personally. Let Bresnan have a knock and then declare

 

[MK Shrimper]

From the BBC....

From Mr Ogs, TMS inbox: "Poor Ravi Bopara, he is cricket's adaptation of a theme park ride, all that time in the queue then whosh and it's all over."

 

[MK Shrimper]

I'd protect the bowlers personally. Let Bresnan have a knock and then declare

We want 365!

 

[Cricko]

I hope they let him go on but I guess they will decide that at tea.

 

[Boreham Shrimper]

Cook now has, by scoring over 260, an average of 50 in test matches!

 

[Cricko]

BBC Test Match Special's Michael Vaughan

"Alastair Cook will be told he'll have time after tea to break Graham Gooch's 333 and then they'll look to declare, but then they might be tempted to let him beat Len Hutton's 364. He could go on and on."

 

[number11]

BBC Test Match Special's Michael Vaughan

"Alastair Cook will be told he'll have time after tea to break Graham Gooch's 333 and then they'll look to declare, but then they might be tempted to let him beat Len Hutton's 364. He could go on and on."

Don't know how to multi quote, but after YB's post earlier this morning, has he been writing Michael Vaughan's lines for him......