It seems straightforward to me with this. The 3rd umpire watches the bowling closely and repeatedly and if he spots any bowler or even a fielder getting onto the red zone then give them a warning etc. Its tactical and its cynical to cause further wear to the pitch.

Dealing with crafty batsman running on the pitch appears to me less easy to punish.

We'll probably lose tomorrow but at least we haven't collapsed like we did in Dhaka. I never expected anything less than a 4 or 5-0 Indian series victory so it is a nice surprise to see us performing better than expected.

Whoooaaaa steady on. You are almost bordering on being complimentary about England

It's just cheating and should be dealt with according to law 42


How do games get played without a 3rd umpire ???. The Bowlers end Umpire can easily see this.

Not really. You just do it.

I'm feeling more positive now it looks like we have a found a long-term opening batsman. I'm not sure about Duckett in Asian conditions but I would give him the series and let him play in the home series next year.

I just pray that I don't wake up tomorrow to find out that we have collapsed to 150 all out

Not sure who first suggested it but Aggers has been banging on about it for years.

Ducket not ready for Test cricket.

The Elite Umpire guesses wrongly again.

Not the start we hoped for with Duckett out with what will probably be his last innings for a while
Root successfully reviews a caught behind from another poor decision as well as being dropped by Kohli

The umpires are getting a break after this game as well which they'll probobly be thankful for as well

The procession continues with Moeen gone for 2

75/0 to 101/4

Put them back in normal cricket.

I would have put my mortgage on him being out for a duck this morning.

Put him away until next summer and replace him in the next test with Butler.

The expected collapse has happened 158 all out

Jimmy Anderson gets a king pair as well

Disappointing end especially after how well we batted yesterday

Guess there will have to be changes

Duckett and Ansari look the obvious casualties with Buttler and Woakes replacing them ?

3 changes likely to happen.
Ansari, duckett and Broad out.
Batty, Finn, Ball, Butter all in consideration.
Suspect England might go with 4 fast bowlers in mohali but that might mean a long tail and them picking an attack on ground reputation and not what it is now.

I'd bring them all home now and take a 1-0 series loss. They clearly lack the skills to compete effectively in these conditions and are bringing shame on Queen and country.

Batting well yesterday is totally irrelevant, if we collapse as we did once again.

No one comes out of this with any positives whatsoever.

Would you not have Woakes back in the team , Bhav ?

No changes for India I guess with Rahul getting another chance ?

Let's not panic, though there surely will be changes. I'm guessing Broad will be unfit/rested so Woakes will come in there. Could be similar with Ansari with Batty or Ball coming in, depending on the pitch. Finally, it would be against the management's usual policy to drop Duckett though they might make an exception, even though there's no straightforward replacement.

Going from the high of seeing Murray win, to the low seeing us capitulate here, some turnaround for British sport, in a relatively short time frame!

Im not against teams losing reviews for umpires calls as the DRS was brought in to eliminate howlers and not very marginal decisions.

lol forgot about him.
but yeah he comes back in, think they still going for 4 pace men so it is batty or another pace men playing which is why I included Finn or ball name.

That a bit harsh considering two test in india reached 5 days.

England are so predictable. It's a shame I didn't have a bet on them collapsing AGAIN!

Have to disagree.


There is no straightforward replacement because they took the wrong people.

What does James Hildrith have to do to get a chance for England ?

Butler is not the answer for Englands No 4. Neither is Ali ( who is not the answer for number 5 either )

We took 20 wickets in this game. The problem was the batting

You could have had a treble on them losing the series 5-0 which you very confidently predicted or them losing 4 wickets by close of play yesterday which you assumed would happen.

Why do you never ever post anything positive or constructive ? All your posts are so demoralising. I know you are a half glass empty man, you have told us that before, but surely the fact they didn't lose the first test and they have taken India, in India, to a 5th day isn't cause for doom and gloom is it ? Nobody expects them to win this series but to read some posts on here its like we have performed shockingly bad, we haven't. India in India are BLOODY GOOD and not easy to beat.

I will ask you a question and ask you, nicely, to answer it please - Who would be your England XI then ? Seeing as we obviously don't have the right team.