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TROSaracen Aug 2021 1:22pm, 16 Aug 2021 23,740 posts	Quote Pin TROSaracen Both captains happy to avoid defeat. Awful test match cricket - not often do you get the 5th day of a crucial test poised so beautifully. But what could have been epic will fizzle out: Kohli too timid to declare against Root who would have been too timid to really go for the chase anyway. Still, we got The Hundred later….
Bazoaxe Aug 2021 1:27pm, 16 Aug 2021 20,688 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe A 5 day test ends in a draw - thats how it should be.
Cerrertonia Aug 2021 2:03pm, 16 Aug 2021 14,462 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Right, Sibley and Burns take us up to tea, then tell Buttler and Bairstow it's a T20 game, and we get 200 runs in 20 overs no problem.
ThorntonRunner Aug 2021 2:06pm, 16 Aug 2021 5,168 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Or maybe not Burns anyway
Cerrertonia Aug 2021 2:07pm, 16 Aug 2021 14,464 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia
Chrisity Aug 2021 2:15pm, 16 Aug 2021 19,276 posts	Quote Pin Chrisity or Sibley
rf_fozzy Aug 2021 2:16pm, 16 Aug 2021 15,177 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy First time in a home test both England openers have got ducks. Has happened 5 times overseas. Last time 2005 in Pakistan. Previous 1986 Zaltsstats on t'radio
Bazoaxe Aug 2021 2:22pm, 16 Aug 2021 20,689 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe OMG, this is getting desperate
Derby Tup Aug 2021 2:23pm, 16 Aug 2021 51,402 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Disappointing start
ThorntonRunner Aug 2021 2:33pm, 16 Aug 2021 5,169 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Stat from the BBC website - Sibley's duck is the 10th by an England opener in tests this year - a world record