England Winter Test cricket thread

[spud_gun]

Watching Australia vs India at the moment. Australia are currently 191 - 8. They're utter muck. Ashes this summer is going to be a damp squib in terms of a contest. Great though if you're English and enjoy watching your team steamroller the Aussies 4 - 0 / 5 - 0.

[Shaggy]

Yep. They will lose this series 4-0. Could wind up 14-0 after the two Ashes series.

[Pedenj]

Didn't manage to see any. Sounds like they've put on a pitch for the draw though basically. Great stuff

[Shaggy]

It was piss poor. First hour was incredibly boring. Simply nothing happened. IMO groundsmen should be employed by the ICC, and rewarded for result pitches. No wonder Test match cricket is often played in front of next to no one

[Pedenj]

Yeah - that's not a bad shout actually.

Test match cricket is the best form of the game for me, and still the most excited generally. But this flat pitches where nothing happens can be a struggle to sit and watch through 5 days of it.

[Shaggy]

Yep. Test cricket is all I'm bothered about but they seem intent on making it as dull as possible.

[Neil Young]

Except Australia. They're an endless source of entertainment.

[Chazza]

Wicket

[RichC]

Just about to post that

Anderson gets in early, still can't see anything other than a draw

[Chazza]

Would take a NZ collapse for it to be anything else.

[little dave hedgehog]

[Le Chef]

This is becoming a borefest. NZ offering next to nothing

[RichC]

3 down now, well done Monty c&b

[captainfog]

Monty

Very difficult to force a result from here. To stand any chance we need to start skittling them and reduce them to 380 all by mid afternoon. Unlikely on this pitch.

[Chazza]

62-3 session.