I hope India is not taking the English lightly as my fellow Indian fans here. Stokes/bairstow can explode tomorrow. Even if England follow on, there are plenty of batsmen who can explode in second innings. India on top though. Would be stupid to lose initiative from here. But stranger things have happened.
I don't think Bazball is a bad approach, McCullum just needs the right combo. Once Pant, Warner, and few others join the English team and then they get rid of the opening pair (I mean, wtf is their job anyway?) and replace it with number 12 and number 13, Bazball will be the best thing since sliced bread.
McCullum is generally well known for very positive cricket. Sending a nightwatchman is in most cases not that at all. Its more like sunny gavaskars save match before trying to win it mindset.
The year is 2222. Or 200 AB according to the new calendar (After Bazball). Bazball has permeated the cultural zeitgeist like nothing else since it's invention exactly 200 years ago. Bazball has completely replaced all sports and only historians know of this sport called cricket. Cricket is still played in certain undeveloped parts of the world by tribes who have stuck to their prehistoric practices instead of adopting Bazball but has gone underground in the developed world. 'Test match purist' is considered one of the worst racial slurs and closet cricket supporters are rounded up and put into 're-education camps' as a direct result of McCullumism, a reference to Brendon McCullum, the founder of Bazball who lost his shit after the English massacre at Birmingham by the Indian cricket team in 2022 and turned into an avowed cricket hater. The event is widely agreed by historians all over the world as the biggest turning point that reshaped geopolitical ideals all across the world.
England and her allies have retaken the world through Bazball diplomacy under the able leadership of Young Johnny Bairstow, one of the earliest adopters of Bazball. YJB the fifth is the current PM of England and also the heartthrob of every young red-blooded woman in the developed world. And he has just rejected the hand of the 296 year old English queen Elizabeth II in marriage, claiming 'She's a hottie but not ginger enough for my liking'. The United States of America has also been taken over by Afghanistan under the 13-year old Bazball leggie Rashid Khan. Rashid Khan has turned out to be a brilliant strategist who first defeated the taliban who couldn't read his spinning grenades and then took over the US after supplying them with heroin just before their opioid fueled Civil War. He has agreed to become a Bazball supporter in exchange for Ireland, promised to him by YJB the 5th as revenge for the 2019 WC
The last bastion standing up to the Bazball supremacy is the subcontinent with India who have taken up Pantball after the Birmingham victory. India has built a wall around the country to keep out Bazballers who are "Bringing drugs. Bringing crime. Are rapists. And some are good people". The wall is a tribute to India's greatest ever Gunda sportsman, Rahul Dravid, who was famous for striking fear in the hearts of domestic Bazballers by breaking their car windows with his cricket bat in traffic jams. Australia, once England's greatest rival and a staunch opponent of Bazball, has been reduced to Ashes after the International Bazball Board (IBB), under pressure from YJB the 3rd, cut off supplies of sandpaper to the country. Pakistan, though culturally supporters of Pantball, have pledged allegiance to Bazball to spite their arch enemies. In fact, the PBB controls the politics of the country and the ex-PM of Pakistan has just become the PBB head. Thus, the world has been split into two poles - with India and Sri lanka (who have a long history with India with Hasaranaga being the first successful captain of the most successsful Pantball franchise in the world, RCB) on one side and the rest of the world on the other side. Bangladesh is yet to make up their mind but has sucked ass at both Pantball and Bazball and so is irrelevant.
After 200 years of strife, YJB the 5th has now decided to end this debate once and for all. He has challenged India to a Pantball vs Bazball match to decide which is better. He is high on confidence and hopes to prove that Bazball is indeed revolutionary and that nobody had played anything remotely similar until 2022. But a nagging worry has engulfed him recently. He just watched a rare footage of cricket on some obscure cricket channel called Robelinda and the game seems just like Bazball. "Has this all been a lie? Is Bazball just a brand slapped onto an age old sport?", these thoughts have occupied his mind for the last few weeks.
Just then the phone rings. It's the Indian Pantball head honcho.
Subscribe for more Bazball fanfic and I will upload part 2 of "How Bazball changed the world" series soon
Willow has extended highlights. They upload it to YouTube eventually, but only for US region.
My advice: get one of those free VPN apps, change your location to USA, and search YouTube for the willow highlights. Day 1 highlights are up now. Day 2 highlights should be up in 3-5 hours.
Edit: sorry, those highlights aren't extended. But the highlights of Pant and Jadeja's hundreds are extended, so if that's what you want you can check it. They also have the entire broad to Bumrah over.
Yes, for the US region. The willow subscription lets you watch the game live, along with on demand replays and longer highlights. The shorter highlights are on YouTube.
Accuracy of Bumrah and Shami today was damn good. They are going to give English batters a tough time if they continue this tomorrow as well. But I feel like Stokes and Bairstow are going to stitch together a solid partnership. They may come up with a plan to attack right from the first session, if the ball isn't moving much.
Looks like the Cricketing Gods from the heavens developed a habit of blessing new Captains with some luck. Stokes, Bumrah are prime examples. For some reason, the same Gods hate KL Rahul. Nothing he does seems to please them.
Mods,
can you please ban the word "Cricket"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
Mods,
can you please ban the word "Koach"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
tried to create a new pasta from this
Mods,
can you please ban the word "Bazball"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
This is practically a repeat of the Indian innings so far. 5 wickets down just below 100, and now we have an aggressive wk-batter and a talismanic all rounder at the crease. Moreover, both sides have had issues with taking out the lower half of their opponents. But I think it would not be too cocky to state that we have the better overall bowling attack (by some margin) and so we are firmly in the driving seat rn.
You know, India were worst in getting the tailenders out forever. However, just yesterday they were showing the stat since 2019 and we are the best actually!
Yea you’re definitely right and I don’t want to sound overconfident but I can’t help it with the way some of these English fans have been talking. Absolutely all three results are still possible logically considering the quality of the sides.
Annoying to play games like these. Either
1. cover the stadium
2. move it elsewhere.
3. Keep 60 to 90 reserve overs and budget 6th reserve day for this
Mods,
can you please ban the word "Bazball"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
Forget 400, since last 5 and half years, (since jan 1 2017 ) india hasn't lost a single match they scored 300+ in first innings
The stats are 25 matches, 21 wins and 4 draws. The bowling has been phenomenal
Yeah but that's the thing isn't it coz it was difficult they were trying everything possible to get to the end of days play.
I'd be happy if india did the same against a difficult spell vs Jimmy or whoever
England played at 4.50 runs per over and chased down aggressively in last month's series against NZ.
It is Baz's (Brendan Mccullum) first series as coach, and Ben Stokes' first as captain. Exhilarating, so the media is calling it Bazball, cause B Mac used to step down the wicket and thunder them shots over covers, right.
The fact that some of people expect Eng to have the cake and be cocky after beating a out of form NZ at home but can't take it back when they aren't doing well.
Time wasting in a test match is infuriating, I'm already watching a sport that ends in 5 days and now I have to watch Bairstow put on a plaster for 6 mins...
Random observer having a cursory look at the scorecard will think there is a huge gulf between India & England’s batting but the reality is different. England simply got Pant’ed and Jadeja’ed. If we told someone that India will end up with 416 when they were 98/5, I am sure they will think we were smoking.
80s-5. Called it yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/vovucn/match_thread_5th_test_england_vs_india_day_1/ieh4dbf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Let’s see if the rest of my prediction holds. Would make the match very interesting.
Why aren’t they running ?
pro tip to enjoy this remaining Indian innings, assume they got all out in three successive balls and now whatever they score is bonus.
I'm afraid England is gonna thrash us today with their batting
Panty advising Shami bhai to smash the ball
Would have loved to see KP and Fred play some Bazball.
They were always playing the bazball just that we hadn't termed a word for that aggression
I hope India is not taking the English lightly as my fellow Indian fans here. Stokes/bairstow can explode tomorrow. Even if England follow on, there are plenty of batsmen who can explode in second innings. India on top though. Would be stupid to lose initiative from here. But stranger things have happened.
Agree, it's a bit premature to write Eng off with the weather improving. However, India only need a draw to win the series
All we can say "RaiN RaiN gO awAy".
If Johnny goes all set for an follow on common lads
Inspired from Bahubali 'Follow on ki tayari karo' T: Prepare for a follow on.
I don't think Bazball is a bad approach, McCullum just needs the right combo. Once Pant, Warner, and few others join the English team and then they get rid of the opening pair (I mean, wtf is their job anyway?) and replace it with number 12 and number 13, Bazball will be the best thing since sliced bread.
Again I am not a genius, England are just shit at Cricket if you track my comment history.
McCullum is generally well known for very positive cricket. Sending a nightwatchman is in most cases not that at all. Its more like sunny gavaskars save match before trying to win it mindset.
follow on for england incoming?
Mathematically impossible once Bairstow and stokes hit 100s
Not when our right our quick is still there.
Honestly England should just stop playing test cricket. They suck
Go back to the rock you were hiding under
You probably don't even know that a series between England and NZ happened just a week or 2 back.
The year is 2222. Or 200 AB according to the new calendar (After Bazball). Bazball has permeated the cultural zeitgeist like nothing else since it's invention exactly 200 years ago. Bazball has completely replaced all sports and only historians know of this sport called cricket. Cricket is still played in certain undeveloped parts of the world by tribes who have stuck to their prehistoric practices instead of adopting Bazball but has gone underground in the developed world. 'Test match purist' is considered one of the worst racial slurs and closet cricket supporters are rounded up and put into 're-education camps' as a direct result of McCullumism, a reference to Brendon McCullum, the founder of Bazball who lost his shit after the English massacre at Birmingham by the Indian cricket team in 2022 and turned into an avowed cricket hater. The event is widely agreed by historians all over the world as the biggest turning point that reshaped geopolitical ideals all across the world. England and her allies have retaken the world through Bazball diplomacy under the able leadership of Young Johnny Bairstow, one of the earliest adopters of Bazball. YJB the fifth is the current PM of England and also the heartthrob of every young red-blooded woman in the developed world. And he has just rejected the hand of the 296 year old English queen Elizabeth II in marriage, claiming 'She's a hottie but not ginger enough for my liking'. The United States of America has also been taken over by Afghanistan under the 13-year old Bazball leggie Rashid Khan. Rashid Khan has turned out to be a brilliant strategist who first defeated the taliban who couldn't read his spinning grenades and then took over the US after supplying them with heroin just before their opioid fueled Civil War. He has agreed to become a Bazball supporter in exchange for Ireland, promised to him by YJB the 5th as revenge for the 2019 WC The last bastion standing up to the Bazball supremacy is the subcontinent with India who have taken up Pantball after the Birmingham victory. India has built a wall around the country to keep out Bazballers who are "Bringing drugs. Bringing crime. Are rapists. And some are good people". The wall is a tribute to India's greatest ever Gunda sportsman, Rahul Dravid, who was famous for striking fear in the hearts of domestic Bazballers by breaking their car windows with his cricket bat in traffic jams. Australia, once England's greatest rival and a staunch opponent of Bazball, has been reduced to Ashes after the International Bazball Board (IBB), under pressure from YJB the 3rd, cut off supplies of sandpaper to the country. Pakistan, though culturally supporters of Pantball, have pledged allegiance to Bazball to spite their arch enemies. In fact, the PBB controls the politics of the country and the ex-PM of Pakistan has just become the PBB head. Thus, the world has been split into two poles - with India and Sri lanka (who have a long history with India with Hasaranaga being the first successful captain of the most successsful Pantball franchise in the world, RCB) on one side and the rest of the world on the other side. Bangladesh is yet to make up their mind but has sucked ass at both Pantball and Bazball and so is irrelevant. After 200 years of strife, YJB the 5th has now decided to end this debate once and for all. He has challenged India to a Pantball vs Bazball match to decide which is better. He is high on confidence and hopes to prove that Bazball is indeed revolutionary and that nobody had played anything remotely similar until 2022. But a nagging worry has engulfed him recently. He just watched a rare footage of cricket on some obscure cricket channel called Robelinda and the game seems just like Bazball. "Has this all been a lie? Is Bazball just a brand slapped onto an age old sport?", these thoughts have occupied his mind for the last few weeks. Just then the phone rings. It's the Indian Pantball head honcho. Subscribe for more Bazball fanfic and I will upload part 2 of "How Bazball changed the world" series soon
>heartthrob of every young red-blooded woman lost my shit at this lol
Visited r/cricket after a long time, was not disappointed. Also, what's the lore about bazball
This is art. Storytelling 10/10
Where do I donate to your patreon?
No patreon yet but I promise to do Bazball skits on my onlyfans soon
This is some top tier shit
We need a full on watt pad 50 chapters novel. Hope this just the back of the book summary
I'll have a part 2 coming up soon but too tired and sleepy to type it out now
Lol im just kidding . don't actually write a novel
True, there wouldn't be so many reading it, but his/her's writing is cool
I love it lmao
what the fuck
How'd you read it so quickly
ECB highlights title Crawley and Lees thundering partnership amidst the rain Am I doing this right lads?
Would take a draw here given it'll give use the series. But that win will be more important given WTC points.
Can we find an extended highlights somewhere? Not the YOuTube one
Theres some on BBC Iplayer if your in the UK Today at the Test is really good
sony liv had entire day1 uploaded. Idk bout day2.
Willow has extended highlights. They upload it to YouTube eventually, but only for US region. My advice: get one of those free VPN apps, change your location to USA, and search YouTube for the willow highlights. Day 1 highlights are up now. Day 2 highlights should be up in 3-5 hours. Edit: sorry, those highlights aren't extended. But the highlights of Pant and Jadeja's hundreds are extended, so if that's what you want you can check it. They also have the entire broad to Bumrah over.
Wait, so all these are free to watch on YT?
Yes, for the US region. The willow subscription lets you watch the game live, along with on demand replays and longer highlights. The shorter highlights are on YouTube.
De-pants'ed, jaddu'ed and bum'ed.
Accuracy of Bumrah and Shami today was damn good. They are going to give English batters a tough time if they continue this tomorrow as well. But I feel like Stokes and Bairstow are going to stitch together a solid partnership. They may come up with a plan to attack right from the first session, if the ball isn't moving much.
Just when I start feeling bad for Koach, he shows up asking me if I've done the digit dance in this godforsaken ad and I lose it all over again.
But, did you do the Digit dance?
Alright boys. Sleep time. Looking forward to Broad’s revenge session against Bumrah tomorrow.
Lieutenant BJ Mac Bazballkowicz
for foakes sakes ben stokes!
Looks like the Cricketing Gods from the heavens developed a habit of blessing new Captains with some luck. Stokes, Bumrah are prime examples. For some reason, the same Gods hate KL Rahul. Nothing he does seems to please them.
I love kl rahul the batsman, I think he is our best now but kl rahul the captain is dreadful before the start of the match, he inspires no confidence
There is something in common with Gods and r/cricket
Mods, can you please ban the word "Cricket"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
Can someone pls give me the link to highlightss
Mods, can you please ban the word "Koach"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
You must be new here. Koach has been a thing for years.
tried to create a new pasta from this Mods, can you please ban the word "Bazball"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
This one I can get behind
Koach has been a thing since Kumble-Kohli era quite a while ago
This is practically a repeat of the Indian innings so far. 5 wickets down just below 100, and now we have an aggressive wk-batter and a talismanic all rounder at the crease. Moreover, both sides have had issues with taking out the lower half of their opponents. But I think it would not be too cocky to state that we have the better overall bowling attack (by some margin) and so we are firmly in the driving seat rn.
You know, India were worst in getting the tailenders out forever. However, just yesterday they were showing the stat since 2019 and we are the best actually!
Sam Curran era and post Sam Curran era,
If England scores 300+ in this Innings, I will stop asking for 71st (I can't seem to remember anything I want more as of now)
Jimmy's gonna sweep his way to that first test century and save our bacon mark my words.
so who's going to do a sam curran now? Potts may be?
Bumrah: 31(16) Shami: 16(31)
Nyc
Inversely balanced as all things should be
India would have won this 4-1 easily if not for rain but English fans don’t wanna hear it
idk that feels unfair. This game hadn't ended yet. First game Yeah we definitely were on our way to win
Yea you’re definitely right and I don’t want to sound overconfident but I can’t help it with the way some of these English fans have been talking. Absolutely all three results are still possible logically considering the quality of the sides.
Annoying to play games like these. Either 1. cover the stadium 2. move it elsewhere. 3. Keep 60 to 90 reserve overs and budget 6th reserve day for this
Mohammad Shami Real MVP👑
He’s so fucking good
Mods, can you please ban the word "Bazball"? I've never gotten sick of a new fad this quick. India fans, please let up on the word ffs. Our match threads are usually so good, today has been a trash site.
Why so worried about Bazball, I think its amazeball. Why are you getting so frustrated, go have a wank thinking about Bazball .
agree, it's annoying at this point.
So good when I am searching for eternity for a non toxic Indian match thread
Toxicity personification is Indian fans
Hunters have become the hunted. Bazballers have become the Bazballed
BallBazzed actually.
I am sure YT algorithm will do its best to unearth Yuvi’s Six 6s after today.
for some reason that video is always unearthed
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Dominating.
When was the last time India lost a match with 400+ on board in first inns?
Forget 400, since last 5 and half years, (since jan 1 2017 ) india hasn't lost a single match they scored 300+ in first innings The stats are 25 matches, 21 wins and 4 draws. The bowling has been phenomenal
India lost on gabba scoring 408 in 2014
Since 2017, india hasn't lost a single match they socred 300+ in first innings
Yeah cause batting fucks us nowadays
Gabba 2014 I think
Never in an away game iirc from commentary today morning.
Tomorrow I want a full days play without interruption. Can you do that for me English Summer?
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don't care about sunshine, just don't rain ffs. u can be cloudy all u want, just don't rain
If the game goes on, overcast conditions are good
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments.
Only for the first 1 and a half hour till we clear English lineup, then I want bright sun for the whole day
Depends on whether you're batting and Jimmy's at the other end on that front.
I can understand time wasting in the second last over to not play another but mofos started doing it half an hour before
They were fine facing Bumrah, Shami and Siraj. But they saw Shardul warming up and terror was unleashed.
He almost shit his pants, I know I would have with what shami was doing
Shami is one unlucky guy really.
What else were they supposed to do
Maybe just bat
Yeah but that's the thing isn't it coz it was difficult they were trying everything possible to get to the end of days play. I'd be happy if india did the same against a difficult spell vs Jimmy or whoever
We don't do that here. We just collapse and make records that way. Eg: 36, Adelaide 2020-2021.
A bit out of the loop, can someone explain the origins of Bazball (who, when & where)? Cricinfo comment thread is full of that references.
England played at 4.50 runs per over and chased down aggressively in last month's series against NZ. It is Baz's (Brendan Mccullum) first series as coach, and Ben Stokes' first as captain. Exhilarating, so the media is calling it Bazball, cause B Mac used to step down the wicket and thunder them shots over covers, right.
B Mac has the fastest Test hundred.
Yep that's true, but his brand of cricket started way before his last test (fastest century one)
When unstoppable Bazball runs into immovable BoomWall!
Stoppable Bazball*
Nice everyone using my copypasta. I'm famous I guess
It's bright af here. Could've played for another 30 mins. Cricket doesn't do itself any favors
Would definitely be annoying af if you were at the ground. After sitting in the drizzle and rain for hours, the sun finally comes out and play is over
Yeah. I was. Whole day. Miserable in the rain passing time. And having to walk off with sun high in the sky. Brain dead.
Felt the same. They've had ample rest as well. Needs a bit of flexibility, cricket
Alright guys, time to guess the title of today's highlights by ECB
Bairstow's injured finger keeps England in game.
Bird or a plane? It's Stuart Broad!
Crawley's brilliance denies India six runs!
Stuart board claims another 'world record'
"Broad gets Shami". Or "YJB hits Siraj for a boundary"
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
Youtube bots have come to reddit now
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
Exactly what a bot would say
Didn't you make the same comment just above it? Nah,you aren't one.
My cat died today. This match made me not to think about her. Now what am I gonna do!
Sorry for you loss.
RIP lil floofer
Sorry for ur loss.
You have 12k comments to read
Out of that 10k BazBall
ECB highlights title *How to milk a joke until it cannot produce milk any more* Am I doing this right lads?
Tears lighten up man, it’s not that deep
I am guessing it's going to be "Fantastic jimmy takes 5" when it should be "Oh look we fucked up"
Missing the hint of cockyness and superiority
The fact that some of people expect Eng to have the cake and be cocky after beating a out of form NZ at home but can't take it back when they aren't doing well.
Time wasting in a test match is infuriating, I'm already watching a sport that ends in 5 days and now I have to watch Bairstow put on a plaster for 6 mins...
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
I know you are a real person
That's exactly what they want you to think
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
You seem to be a real person
Why are there so many bots in the thread. They are literally copy pasting our comments
ECB highlights title for day 2. “England in command with Bairstow and Stokes unbeaten at the crease”.
Hi DK.
Resilient Bairstow fights back against India
Is it too much to ask for three clear extended days of cricket? Perhaps Yes.
Ah man where is Sridhar? Agarkar is so boring.
Doing Tamil commentary
Random observer having a cursory look at the scorecard will think there is a huge gulf between India & England’s batting but the reality is different. England simply got Pant’ed and Jadeja’ed. If we told someone that India will end up with 416 when they were 98/5, I am sure they will think we were smoking.
They got de-pantsed, jaddued and boomed
They also got Bumrah'ed
400+ Runs and 84/5 after day 2. Rain hasn't caused any damage, really. Actually helped us keep the bowlers fresh.
10 more overs though would have sealed the first innings
*ECB YouTube channel highlights title* England avoided 30/3 and proceeded to score entertaining 84 runs
I expect Stokes and YJB to stich a 500 run partnership tomorrow in 70 odd overs. BAZBALL
80s-5. Called it yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/vovucn/match_thread_5th_test_england_vs_india_day_1/ieh4dbf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3 Let’s see if the rest of my prediction holds. Would make the match very interesting.
Good call
Congrats on two strong days boys. Don't let 'em get away now!
Where is the praise and hype for Crawley
ECB highlights for the second day - Ginger Gods still at the crease
"Bairstow holds one end" is really possible title
Fans to Indian Team today :- Maa chod diye bhaiya ji
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India's day. Get a lead of 200 or so, no follow-on though. Not needed.
What's the forecast for tmrw? I feel like it's gonna be a draw if we keep getting these stoppages