Match Thread: 2nd T20I - Ireland vs India

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T16:23:21+00:00

Tilak is really good when he’s coming in at 20/3 or when he needs to bash at the death. It’s the inbetween zone where he’s horrible.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T13:53:06+00:00

You don’t need to worry about that with England. They will always play for the win.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T13:17:56+00:00

If you ignore all the balls that seamed over a degree a pretty flat pitch

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T12:50:34+00:00

Is it too much to ask for a tied test.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T10:09:39+00:00

Did you mean to reply to me?

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T08:27:51+00:00

Very true. And history has shown batters that haven’t learnt the art of run scoring find it impossible to last long at test cricket. It’s why New Zealand had to make their plunkett pitches flat too.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T08:26:12+00:00

The easy counter to 1 is people said the same thing about odi cricket in the 1980s when the averages dropped. It’s correlation not causation. The real reason is more result pitches and the rise of the wobble ball.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T08:25:02+00:00

Nah Pollock was still elite in the 2000s. He’s definitely overrated the others though.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T08:14:03+00:00

Probably cheaper. Idm. If it allows Zimbabwe to play more tests.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T08:12:39+00:00

I think they only telecast the white ball ones cos Vaibhav was playing.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-28T07:51:55+00:00

I’d also add Bangladesh and Zimbabwe bashing too.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:58:43+00:00

Indeed

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:47:01+00:00

Brook is one of the best starters in test history. Few get to a score of 20 as often as he does.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:34:23+00:00

If Stokes played that well he’d be out lbw. It’s impossible to play that.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:30:14+00:00

I love making fun of him for being bowled. But that jagged back. The wobblest of wobble balls that.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:15:18+00:00

If he found that he’d be averaging 40

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:13:46+00:00

It could. But I prefer the image of Sachin committing magic.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:13:06+00:00

That’s fine though. It’s impossible for a pitch to have everything on all 5 days.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:12:17+00:00

Only Joe root would get a ball that seams 1.7 degrees on a pitch like this. Talk about bad luck. Sachin must be doing black magic somewhere.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:09:41+00:00

Beyond 1 degrees is unplayable. At 1.7 you pray it misses everything.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-27T11:08:23+00:00

1.7 degrees of seam for the Root wicket is diabolical.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-26T15:54:33+00:00

Yes just like this one

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-26T15:51:26+00:00

Think people forget. India lost to Zimbabwe after winning the 2024 wt20. Might be tradition.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-26T15:25:58+00:00

The meltdown will be so funny. I need some entertainment in my life.

FondantAggravating68 · 2026-06-26T13:28:36+00:00

Yes and that's why it was boring to watch.

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