England vs India Test series

[Mike]

Doing better now and only 6 runs behind, currently 185-6 at the drinks interval.

[Gary]

End of the inning, England lead by 99. Let's hope the Indians have tricky last session like England did last night

[slogen51]

India batting well but the second new ball strikes for England

Anderson vs Kohli again

[Gary]

Favourite words from this series Kohli gone India 312 for 6. Leading by 213

[plmc135]

India 466 all out, lead of 367. Oh dear

[Gary]

England end 77-0 end of day 4, 291 to win. On that pitch it's possible.

[plmc135]

And the death knell starts to chime. Two wickets down already after lunch!!

[Mike]

The end isn't far away, 147-6.

[plmc135]

Perhaps we should play the women's team in the 5th Test; they cannot be any worse

[slogen51]

Obviously, over night I thought England might do it

Still a long way to go in this game we might be derailed but the wheels are not fully off.

Is it being played at the Chennai oval! - the boos when Root survived a third umpires review were louder than the Dutch F1 fans booing of Hamilton!

[slogen51]

I was literally just about to say England are up with the run rate when Root is bowled as I type

Seven down Root bowled by Thakur

( Naughty boy Aggers at the start of the series pronounced the surname Fuukur )

[slogen51]

15:40 Eight down at Tea

The writing is on the wall along with other clichés

[Gary]

Shane Warne said be for the start it’ll be a draw England won’t lose 10 wickets in a day. Has he never seen on of England’s infamous collapses be for

[Philly1971]

Cracking series though. India always struggled in England because traditionally they never bred good fast bowlers, as there just not needed on sub-continent spinning wickets, but these days they have a superb seam attack, to match the fantastic batting line up. Bumrah would be in my top team whether it’s test or limited over cricket.

[Gary]

5th Test has just been canceled, due to a COVID outbreak in the Indian camp. India have forfeited the game so series ends 2-2

[Gary]

ECB have now updated the statement saying India haven't forfeited the Test has just been canceled

[plmc135]

That saves England from another humiliation. Time to pick a team on form and not reputation.

[adderman]

Shane Warne said be for the start it’ll be a draw England won’t lose 10 wickets in a day. Has he never seen on of England’s infamous collapses be for

Sure he's been responsible for a few of them himself!

On another topic I think the ECB are trying not to accuse India of cancelling the Test for Covid reasons(players are all negative), when we know they're itching to head to UAE for the resumption of the IPL!

[slogen51]

The Times are reporting that the ECB are not insured if the cancellation is as a direct result of Covid so they are emphasising the mental health concerns of the Indian team even though none of the players returned a negative test result.

[Gary]

Just seen this on the Barny Arny Facebook oage

BREAKING NEWS

The cancelled 5th Test vs India has been rearranged for 1st to 5th July 2022 at @Edgbaston