England v India 2025- Test Match Series

When India delayed their declaration yesterday the stump mike picked up one of the England fielders saying it's going to rain at 10am tomorrow morning. Well it has arrived, meaning a delayed start. The forecast improves from midday with a clear outlook & the potential to make up time later. But if overs are lost and England are hanging on for a draw it will highlight a poor decision.
Overcast conditions will remain all day & I fully expect India will get the job done, but I'd prefer to be proven wrong.

Despite starting 1 hour & forty minutes late, only 10 overs have been lost, 80 overs is a long time for this England team to bat.

Revised Times
1st Session - 12.40 - 14.30
Lunch - 14.30 - 15.10
2nd Session - 15.10 - 17.10
Tea - 17.10 - 17.30
3rd Session 17.30 - 19.00

(05-07-2025 11:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(04-07-2025 11:26 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(03-07-2025 12:18 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(02-07-2025 07:14 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  England v India 2nd Test Edgbaston Day 5
Toss - England elected to bowl
India 587 (151 overs) Gill 269 Jadeja 89 Jaiswal 87 Washington 42 Bashir 3-167 Woakes 2-81 Tongue 2-119
England 407-5 (89.3 overs) Smith 184 Brook 158 Root 22 Akash 4-88 Siraj 6-70
India 427-7 dec (83 overs) Gill 161 Pant 65 Jadeja 69 no Rahul 55 Tongue 2-93 Bashir 2-119
England 271 (68.1 overs) Smith 88 Carse 38 Stokes 33 Duckett 25 Pope 24 Brook 23 Akash 6-99
India won by 336 runs
Target 608

If you keep inputting the opposition then eventually you'll end up batting on a turning wicket with footholes for the leg spinner to use.

This is the second test that England have put in India and they've put together a big score. They were lucky in the last test but not this one.

It's a good job that there are reviews nowadays as the umpires seem to get it wrong most of the time. Smith was given out and the ball was at least 8 inches over the top of the stups. Good job that there was still a review.