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Rishabh Pant is just in Fuck You mode. He drove the first ball of the new ball back down to long off; a little later he put a reverse sweep to the boundary on Jimmy Anderson. As I'm typing this with Pant on 94, he smashed a six for the century. India were 80-4 earlier, Kohli with his second duck of the series, England thinking that maybe they could sneak into the turn ahead, but here comes Pant. EDIT: then he smashes it down Joe Root's throat at mid-wicket. Sat down for 101; 259-7 when they finally got rid of him.

This is the correct response to ratings talk. Possibly awards talk, too.

That flashing you see is the light reflecting off my teeth, such is my grin. Wales win the Triple Crown, despite looking like they've been going nowhere for the last year or so.

This is about half of the Circle of Art, followed by [SOMEONE ELSE] starting off as a third rate imitator, but then finding their own style and then becoming a legit great [THING WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT]

Yeah, I watched it, and I don't know how it happened. Joe Root took five. That's a damning indictment of someone, I'm not sure if it's the Big Brain who left Dom Bess in the hotel, or the Big Brain who decided to play on the Sand Pit pitch. Axar Patel's first over in the second innings clowned Zack Crawley, and then made Johnny Bairstow look like a prat twice. Absolutely incredible stuff.

Axar Patel made Crawley and Bairstow look silly. And @The Natural, if you want to claim credit for Root, you've also got to take the blame for Michael Vaughn. EDIT: On closer inspection, Vaughn was born in Eccles put played for Yorkshire, Root is from Sheffield. Partial Demerit there, I think.

With the exception of Zack Crawley, England not looking good in Ahmedabad. I say that, here comes Ben Stokes, clubbing a four. EDIT: 81-4 at "tea."

I'm no expert but "get the fuck out of here" is not how I would de-escalate anything, so good luck with that one.

Go back to 2008 and Matt Ryan ruins it.

He is though. Mohammed Siraj was getting bigger cheers for seeing off a few dot balls with Ashwin on 90-odd than he did for a six after Ashwin hit his hundred. Shame they didn't survive until my breakfast the next day.

There were three really swish catches taken there, so it wasn't all England being terrible. Unless you're talking about all the former England captains carping about the pitch as the current team collapse, that kind of nonsense I can do without. Although, having said that, watching Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill and ignore all that stuff about patience and building an innings and launching every remotely bad ball to the seats. India are on 35 already.

Business as usual for the White Sith against Italy and those Handsome Devils in Red needed another red card to go overcome Scotland.

Watching on TV, it seems like Kohli's only now calming down about it. I don't think I've ever seen anyone less happy for a team mate when Rahane hit his 50.

Solar goes Full RUDO with that whole thing, it's actually quite spectular.

I had heard James Anderson was pretty good, because he wasn't too bad the last time he was on terrestrial TV either.

I tell you what, after Pope went, it didn't feel like England were speed running owt in that second innings. Put me in the "declare, you cowards" camp, though. 420 would be the record test run chase, and after that, I'm kind of hoping India pull it off, or at least bat out the draw.

The Forces of Evil defeated in their own lair~!

It did not. Day Three was even less good again. It's only now Rishabh Pant has come out to bat that even something like "avoiding the follow on" is looking possible for India. At the time of writing, India are 192-4, having been 73-4, with the openers and even Kohli gone. England were finally bowled out for 578 in their first innings. EDIT: And there goes Pujara, pulled one off Ollie Pope's shoulder, caught by Rory Burns.

Sibley was looking good too until that last ball of the day. 263-2 would have been a disastrous first day for India, 263-3 is merely bad for them; although Ben Stokes is apparently up next, so we'll see how that goes.

What a time to be alive. Drat that infernal Sky, keeping Test Cricket away from me so long.

Why are they only getting the test results after he started cutting?

Oh, to be sure, but that post was in particular reply to my esteemed colleague who was asking about the molten takes regarding the Jets. I wouldn't want to be traded to the Jets either, and I don't think that trading the Everything to get Watson is going to turn them into contenders, which seems to be what Watson wants, but who wants to read measured takes like that?

Who can give Houston what they want, and who can give Watson what he wants are two different questions; the Jets are a great answer to one question, and really who cares about the other?

Patti Hearst must have finally bought him out.

I'M TWENTY NINE! (seeing as no one followed it up properly earlier,)