2021-22 England v India Tipping Competition - The Reboot

First topic message reminder :

2021 India v England Tipping Competition Rules:

1.
Pick 2 (two) batsmen and 2 (two) bowlers from both England and India whom you think will score the most runs and take the most wickets.
You get both batting and bowling points per innings so a bowler who scores runs has both batting and bowling scores added together.
e.g.
Crawley, Root, Broad, Anderson
Gill, Kohli, Jadeja, Bumrah

2.
Pick 1 (one) fielder from each team; excluding wicket keepers for most catches and run outs in the Series.
It can be a bowler (for caught & bowled or run outs from own bowling) if you want.
e.g.
Bairstow, Pujara

3.
Select which wicket keeper will take the greatest number of catches, stumpings and run outs combined for each Test.
If a wicket keeper is injured then the replacement keeper's figures shall be used.
e.g.
Billings or Pant... or "the same" amount of dismissals.

4.
Predict the Toss:
a) Who wins the toss?
e.g.
India

b) Winning captain's decision - bat or field?
e.g.
Bat

5.
a) Predict the Test match result.
e.g.
England

Selections must be posted a minimum one (1) hour before the commencement of each Test. No PM reminders shall be sent.


Scoring:

1.
1 point for every run scored by your nominated batsmen. Add together for each Test.
Bonus 25 points for 100 runs.
extra 30 points for 150 runs.
extra 45 points for 200 runs.
extra 60 points for 250 runs.
extra 125 bonus points for 300+ runs.

Note: the batting & bowling score bonuses accumulate so;

Batting: (per innings)
100 runs = 125 points. A player scores 137 runs + 25 = 162 points.
150 runs = 205 points. A player scores 177 runs + 25 + 30 = 232 points.
200 runs = 300 points. A player scores 243 runs + 25 + 30 + 45 = 343 points.
250 runs = 410 points. A player scores 282 runs + 25 + 30 + 45 + 60 = 442 points
300+ runs = 585 points. A player scores 321 runs + 25 + 30 + 45 + 60 + 125 = 606 points.

Bowling: (per innings)
25 points per wicket with a bonus 50 points for a 5-fer.
An extra 30 points for 6-fer, 45 for 7-fer, 60 for 8-fer, 75 for 9-fer.
An extra 100 bonus points for a 10-fer.

5 wickets = 125 points + 50 = 175 points
6 wickets = 150 points + 50 + 30 = 230 points.
7 wickets = 175 points + 50 + 30 + 45 = 300 points
8 wickets = 200 points + 50 + 30 + 45 + 60 = 385 points
9 wickets = 225 points + 50 + 30 + 45 + 60 + 75 = 485 points
10 wickets = 250 points + 50 + 30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 100 = 610 points

Caught and bowled = 25 points for the wicket + 25 bonus points for the catch = 50 points.

2.
Fielder catches: Your nominated fieldsman earns you 25 points per catch and 25 points for a run out.

3.
Wicket keepers: 50 points for correct selection. e.g. - Billings or Pant.
Or if you think they will take the same number of total dismissals per innings - then nominate "the same" = 50 points.
If they take the same number of catches and stumpings (combined) and you've picked either one of the keepers - then 25 points only.

4.
a) Correctly predict who wins the toss = 15 points
b) Correctly predict what the winning Captain decides to do = 15 points - only for those with part a) above correct; no points if your a) was incorrect.

5.
a) Correctly predict the winning team for each Test match = 75 points.
b) If you guess all 5 Test match outcomes correctly then there is a further 125 point bonus = 375 + 125 = 500 points.
Note: Correctly predict a "Draw" = 75 points

If one (or more) of your selected players gets injured during a match or is dropped from the Test side after a match, then you’ll have the opportunity to select replacement players – either as it happens - for the injured player or before the next Test commences (for a player who gets dropped).
It doesn’t have to be the actual substitute player – it can be somebody else already in the team. However, you don’t receive any of their previous points up until the point of the replacement of the injured player from the field – you must start accumulating points from scratch with them.

*****

August 4-8: 1st Test at Trent Bridge Drawn match (0-0)

August 12-16: 2nd Test at Lord's India won by 151 runs (0-1)

August 25-29: 3rd Test at Headingley England won by an innings and 76 runs (1-1)

September 2-6: 4th Test at The Oval India won by 157 runs (1-2)

July 1-5, 2022: 5th Test at Edgbaston England won 7 wickets (2-2)


*****

Good Luck!

Yes, you are both right. I missed Shami and Bumrah's last wickets.

So you'll see now that the table has been adjusted. Everyone got either 20 or 40 extra points.
And Alfie... you got 20 points yesterday. Phew!

Thanks for pointing it out Duty. On the ball as usual. You too KP_fan.

Haha... thanks Duty and KP_fan - and PJ

I missed it myself : had persuaded myself that it must have been Siraj or Ishant that took the wicket...

Don't think it is going to rocket launch me up the table though

Points Table
3rd Test, Headingley, Day 4:

2827 JDizzle [208]
2707 KP_Fan [233]
2677 King Carlos [308] # *
2629 Duty [318] # *
2603 James [216]
2547 Guildfordbat [216]
2354 Olly [202]
2265 Pal Joey [227] *
2167 Wadey [197] # *
2157 Soul Requiem [321] # *
2156 Alfie [217] # *
1971 Tino [241] #
1885 Lowlandbrit [141] #

Average score: 2373 [234]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

# England win = 75 points
* Buttler most dismissals = 50 points
(Buttler: 8 caught behinds; Pant: 1 caught behind)


Overall Team Scores after the Third Test at Headingley are as follows:
[Scores for 3rd Test in brackets]

England:
2810 [1001] - average player score 255.50 [91.00]

India:
2575 [555] - average player score 234.10 [50.50]


Top 10 Individual Player Scores: First figure - accumulative score over the series.
[Scores for 3rd Test in brackets]

662 Root [166]
410 Robinson [175]
368 Bumrah [41]
305 Shami [86]
297 Rahul [8]
296 Anderson [80]
290 Siraj [43]
252 Buttler [87]
240 Rohit [78]
217 Pant [13]

Followed by: Jadeja 193 [74], Bairstow 177 [39], Kohli 174 [72], Overton 162 [162], Pujara 162 [92], Burns 148 [71]


Notes:
Congratulations to our esteemed leader, JDizzle, who maintains a 120-point lead over KP_Fan; with King Carlos only 30 points behind him.  
Soul Requiem [321], Duty [318] and King Carlos [308] all scored very well on the final day of the Test.      
The above trio correctly picked the England win and Buttler taking the most dismissals, so earned 125 bonus points along with Alfie and Wadey.    
Quite a few of us collected the 50 bonus points for Robinson's 5-fer.
I'm really looking forward to the 4th Test commencing at the Oval on Thursday with the Series level at 1-1.

Looks quite interesting at the top with some of the leaders backing the wrong horse this week...

And some of us near the other end might need to think about sacking some of our non-performers...Pant and Curran , I'm looking at you

alfie wrote:Looks quite interesting at the top with some of the leaders backing the wrong horse this week...

And some of us near the other end might need to think about sacking some of our non-performers...Pant and Curran , I'm looking at you

And was 'my' Pujara's 91 the arrival of summer or a swallow?

guildfordbat wrote:

alfie wrote:Looks quite interesting at the top with some of the leaders backing the wrong horse this week...

And some of us near the other end might need to think about sacking some of our non-performers...Pant and Curran , I'm looking at you

And was 'my' Pujara's 91 the arrival of summer or a swallow?

Definitely a (late) Indian summer for Pujara. It was good to see him score a few runs; and to see you swallow some handy points, Guildford.  

Looking at the main discussion thread there's still a few question marks on the final team selection I see.

I sort of agree with Duty's team although I'd support the necessary changes (Bairstow to keep instead of Buttler on paternity leave) and bring Pope in for another chance. Not sure about Curran but does he have a good record at his home ground, Guildford? Otherwise I've always rated Woakes.

I'd play Jimmy again. With the series level the selectors shouldn't get too fancy with rotations at this stage, especially with the two changes above. There's a slight risk of overworking him but in some respects - it's a boom-boom-boom... or bust scenario. Say India win this one; then you don't want added selection pressure for the 5th Test. Try and get the job done now... and then keep pushing on with the best you've got for Old Trafford.

So fielding the best team available/possible, I'd go for something like:

Burns, Hameed, Malan, Root, Bairstow, Pope, Moeen, Woakes, Robinson, Overton, Anderson.

As for India. I also wouldn't chop and change too much either. Replace Ishant and Jadeja. Bring in Ashwin and either Shadur or Yadav.

Burns, Root, Ali, Anderson (Woakes)
Pujara (Sharma), Kohli, Jadeja, Shami (Ashwin if either miss out, Siraj if both do)

Burns, Kohli

Pant

India, bat

Draw

Fourth Test

Root and Bairstow; Anderson and Woakes.
Kohli and Pant; Ashwin and Bumrah.

England's keeper to take most catches.

Root and Kohli in the field.

England win the toss and bowl.

England win.

Thanks again.

(Have to keep picking Pant because the moment I don't he'll score a century!)

Root, Burns, Anderson, Robinson
Kohli, Rohit, Ashwin, Bumrah (Jadeja if Ashwin doesn't play)

Pant

Rahane, Root

England win the toss and bat

India win

Thanks again PJ

Root, Pope, Anderson, Robinson
Rohit, Rahane, Bumrah, Siraj (Ashwin if either don't play)

Bairstow

Rohit, Root

England win toss and bat

England win (my optimism paid dividends in T3!)

Cheers as always Peej!

Cheers once more, Joey.

Here goes -

Malan & Root
Pujara & Kohli

Moeen & Robinson
Ashwin & Bumrah (Jadeja if still no Ashwin)

Bairstow

Root
Kohli

England win toss and bat

Draw.

Thanks everyone.

Malan Root Woakes Overton (Robinson then Anderson)
Rohit Kohli Ashwin Thakur (Jadeja / Bumrah)

Root, Rahane

Pant

India, bat

India

Root Bairstow Woakes Moeen
Kohli Rohit Ashwin Siraj (subs Jadeja , Thakur)

Pope Kohli

Bairstow

England win toss and bat

England win

Root, Burns, Woakes, Robinson (subs would be Curran and Overton)
Rahane, Kohli, Ashwin, Bumrah (subs for the two bowlers, Jadeja and Siraj)

Root, Rahane

Pant

England win the toss and bowl

India win

Root, Hameed, Anderson, Robinson (Woakes for Anderson)
Rohit, Kohli, Siraj, Ashwin (Shami for Ashwin)

Overton, Rahane

Bairstow

India bat

England win

Ind
Rohit, Jadeja
Ashwin, Thakur
Krishna if either of them is missing
Siraj if both of them are missing or Kirshna is missing

Eng
Moeen, Root
Robinson, Overton

WK
Pant

Catcher : Vihari, Burns

Ind wins the toss bats first and wins the test

Root, Bairstow, Woakes, Robinson (Overton is Woakes doesn’t play)
Kohli, Rohit, Ashwin, Bumrah (Shami in reserve)

Bairstow

Root, Kohli

India win the toss and bat

India win

Will take Yadav over Ashwin, thanks.

KP_fan wrote:Ind
Rohit, Jadeja
Ashwin, Thakur
Krishna if either of them is missing
Siraj if both of them are missing or Kirshna is missing

Eng
Moeen, Root
Robinson, Overton

WK
Pant

Catcher : Vihari, Burns

Ind wins the toss bats first and wins the test

Amended to following based on actual

Ind
Rohit, Jadeja
Siraj, Thakur


Eng
Moeen, Root
Robinson, Overton

WK
Pant

Catcher : Rahane, Burns

Ind wins the toss bats first and wins the test

Thanks everyone... so teams confirmed.
Pope and Woakes in
Still no Ashwin, Shardul and Umesh in.

England
Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (capt), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (wk),
Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson

India
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk),
Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj


Joe won the toss and will have a bowl. Well done Duty and Olly!  

OK Duty and KP_Fan.

Confirming my final selections...

Eng: Malan, Root, Woakes, Overton
Ind: Rohit, Kohli, Jadeja, Thakur

Soul Requiem wrote:Root, Hameed, Anderson, Robinson (Woakes for Anderson)
Rohit, Kohli, Siraj, Ashwin (Shami for Ashwin)

Overton, Rahane

Bairstow

India bat

England win

I'll have Bumrah instead of Ashwin

From Mind the windows Tino. To Pal Joey, Today at 19:53

Poopie!

Forget to get my picks in!

I'll go Root and Pope & Anderson and Robinson

Kohli and Pant & Thakur and Siraj

Root and Rahul for catches

Bairstow for keeping

Not sure what to do about the toss as I missed it. Could I split it and say England win toss but chose to bat rather than bowl?

I'll go England to win.

JDizzle wrote:Root, Bairstow, Woakes, Robinson (Overton is Woakes doesn’t play)
Kohli, Rohit, Ashwin, Bumrah (Shami in reserve)

JD, so Woakes it is.
Who is your 2nd bowler for India...?

Also confirming...

Alfie: Jadeja for Ashwin
Duty: Yadav for Ashwin
James: Jadeja for Ashwin
KC: Bumrah and Siraj (no Ashwin)
Guildford: Jadeja for Ashwin
Lowland: Jadeja and Siraj (no Shami); So Burns/Root/Ali/Anderson - Pujara/Kohli/Jadeja/Siraj... yes?
Soul: your other Indian bowler besides Siraj? (no Ashwin or Shami)
Olly: Jadeja for Ashwin and Bumrah (no Siraj)

Wadey... if you're around... fire in some selections!

Pal Joey wrote:

JDizzle wrote:Root, Bairstow, Woakes, Robinson (Overton is Woakes doesn’t play)
Kohli, Rohit, Ashwin, Bumrah (Shami in reserve)

JD, so Woakes it is.
Who is your 2nd bowler for India...?

Also confirming...

Alfie: Jadeja for Ashwin
Duty: Yadav for Ashwin
James: Jadeja for Ashwin
KC: Bumrah and Siraj (no Ashwin)
Guildford: Jadeja for Ashwin
Lowland: Jadeja and Siraj (no Shami); So Burns/Root/Ali/Anderson - Pujara/Kohli/Jadeja/Siraj... yes?
Soul: your other Indian bowler besides Siraj? (no Ashwin or Shami)
Olly: Jadeja for Ashwin and Bumrah (no Siraj)

Wadey... if you're around... fire in some selections!  

I’ll take Jadeja please! Cheers.

Points Table
4th Test, The Oval, Day 1:

3124 JDizzle [297]
2934 Duty [305] *#
2913 KP_Fan [206]
2884 King Carlos [207] *
2860 James [257] *
2708 Guildfordbat [251] *
2689 Olly [335] *#
2566 Pal Joey [301]
2448 Wadey [281]
2360 Soul Requiem [203]
2344 Alfie [188] *
2214 Tino [243]
2021 Lowlandbrit [136]

* denotes correct pick England win toss
# denotes correct pick England elected to bowl/field

Average score: 2620 [247]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Notes:
Well done Olly [335] and Duty [305]. Great scoring day for you both and the only ones getting the toss and decision right.
Wadey's score is 'where the cells landed' from T3. Other selections based on T3 too. Still need to confirm when I hear back from him.

I need to write 100 "thou shalt not leave out Chris Woakes" lines.

king_carlos wrote:I need to write 100 "thou shalt not leave out Chris Woakes" lines.

Points Table
4th Test, The Oval, Day 2:

3301 JDizzle [177]
3087 Duty [153]
3061 King Carlos [177]
3053 KP_Fan [140]
2926 James [66]
2818 Guildfordbat [110]
2784 Olly [95]
2701 Pal Joey [135]
2620 Wadey [172]
2571 Alfie [227]
2406 Soul Requiem [46]
2341 Tino [127]
2142 Lowlandbrit [121]

Average score: 2755 [134]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Points Table
4th Test, The Oval, Day 3:

3499 JDizzle [198]
3248 King Carlos [187]
3229 KP_Fan [176]
3144 James [218]
3129 Duty [42]
2950 Guildfordbat [142]
2859 Pal Joey [158]
2855 Olly [71]
2729 Alfie [158]
2666 Wadey [46]
2615 Soul Requiem [209]
2423 Tino [82]
2254 Lowlandbrit [112]

Average score: 2892 [138]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Points Table
4th Test, The Oval, Day 4:

3633 JDizzle [134]
3380 KP_Fan [151]
3330 Duty [201]
3295 King Carlos [47]
3249 James [105]
3064 Guildfordbat [114]
3049 Pal Joey [190]
3020 Olly [165]
2893 Wadey [227]
2882 Alfie [153]
2777 Soul Requiem [162]
2578 Tino [155]
2378 Lowlandbrit [124]

Average score: 3041 [148]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Ouch. It was going so well.

king_carlos wrote:Ouch. It was going so well.

It was a strange scoring day. Think you were on 0 for a while then had a late surge. Lots of low/high scores on alternate days. You'll be back!
It should also be an interesting final day tomorrow. Lots at stake in the real world and on here.

Good work again, Joey. Thought you would be too busy reading through the Surrey v Northants thread!

guildfordbat wrote:Good work again, Joey. Thought you would be too busy reading through the Surrey v Northants thread!

I do often have a read of it (not every day though) but I'll have a look and see if there's any breaking news, Guildford.



Just read. So our man Jamie Smith has come to the rescue for Surrey. He can bat, he can keep, he can save a team in a precarious position and he's an all-round top fella. He's still quite young though but I guess his ears will grow and turn outwards with time... as in the mould of Adam Gilchrist's.

Points Table
4th Test, The Oval, Day 5:

3877 JDizzle [244] #
3616 KP_Fan [236] #
3511 Duty [181]
3496 James [247] #
3410 King Carlos [115]  
3298 Pal Joey [249] #
3283 Olly [263] #
3220 Guildfordbat [156]
3052 Wadey [159]
3001 Alfie [119]
2910 Soul Requiem [133]
2693 Tino [115]
2500 Lowlandbrit [122]

Average score: 3221 [180]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

# India win = 75 points
* Most dismissals = 25 points (shared)
(Buttler: 5 caught behinds; Pant: 3 caught behinds, 2 run outs)


Overall Team Scores after the Fourth Test at The Oval are as follows:
[Scores for 4th Test in brackets]

England:
3788 [978] - average player score 344.40 [88.90]

India:
3820 [1165] - average player score 347.30 [105.90]


Top 11 Individual Player Scores: First figure - accumulative score over the series.
[Scores for 4th Test in brackets]

749 Root [87]
525 Robinson [115]
472 Bumrah [104]
423 Rohit [183]
370 Rahul [73]
339 Anderson [43]
326 Pant [109]
314 Siraj [24]
305 Shami [--]
300 Jadeja [107]
282 Thakur [202]

Followed by: Kohli 278 [104], Ali 273 [135], Bairstow 264 [87], Overton 233 [71], Pujara 227 [65], Woakes 218 [218], Burns 213 [65]


Notes:

JDizzle has extended his lead out to 261 points.    

It's not unassailable for KP_fan... depending on the upcoming OT picks of course. The pressure is well and truly on!  
I also wouldn't write off Duty, James and King Carlos either. Well, not yet anyway. Strange things can happen in this game!
(You can PM me your selections if you want... secret ballot style and I'll acknowledge receipt without posting any details on here)  

JD, KP_Fan, James, Olly and myself all collected the 75-point bonus for picking the India win.

Everyone got 25 points for wicket keeper dismissals. Some may probably query YJB's 5 caught behinds versus Pant's 3... but Rishabh was also involved in the 2 run outs. So it's Even Stephen's for us all in the wicket keeper dismissals department. I hope everybody's OK with that.

It's interesting looking at the Overall Team Scores and the Individual Scores for this Test in particular. It was a major claw-back from India after their heavy innings defeat at Headingley and they are now 32 points in front. A very close series indeed despite what some are saying on the other thread.

As for individual players; Thakur's spectacular performances (in both innings) earned him some decent points, along with the official player of the match, Rohit Sharma. But (soon to be) Sir Christopher Woakes Kt OBE also had a great match too and should give more hope for England fans at OT.

I still haven't heard from Wadey so his points are provisional at this stage. So Alfie... you could be nipping at Guildford's heels shortly.
If we don't see him soon; then please note that the average score will be affected since we'll be back to the Dirty Dozen.

Quick turnaround again - so rest up for a day or two and then get your selections in by Thursday. Thanks again everyone!

Pal Joey wrote:

...

I still haven't heard from Wadey so his points are provisional at this stage. So Alfie... you could be nipping at Guildford's heels shortly.
If we don't see him soon; then please note that the average score will be affected since we'll be back to the Dirty Dozen.

...

Joey - Well, yes, but you don't appear to have given me any points for my carefully assessed forecast of a draw. Surely, I don't have to suffer the despair of yesterday's defeat without you punishing me further just because we batted in brain dead fashion too much of the afternoon?

Come to think of it, I suppose you do. Oh well, onwards and upwards ... or downwards! Thanks again.

guildfordbat wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:

...

I still haven't heard from Wadey so his points are provisional at this stage. So Alfie... you could be nipping at Guildford's heels shortly.
If we don't see him soon; then please note that the average score will be affected since we'll be back to the Dirty Dozen.

...

Joey - Well, yes, but you don't appear to have given me any points for my carefully assessed forecast of a draw. Surely, I don't have to suffer the despair of yesterday's defeat without you punishing me further just because we batted in brain dead fashion too much of the afternoon?

Come to think of it, I suppose you do. Oh well, onwards and upwards ... or downwards! Thanks again.

Sorry Guildford.  

Nice try; but I ought to give you a special bonus for your excellent character assassination of that complete pillock, Jarvo. That woke me up!

Were you sitting in the Mickey Stewart Members' Pavilion or the new Galadari Stand? Some great shots of the ground during the broadcast. At one time I thought I could almost see Bat Towers in the distant yonder (looking south-west from atop of the Gasholder) behind the new developments around Battersea Park.

Cheers, Joey.

No, we were in the OCS Stand, I think it's called these days. Opposite the Mickey Stewart Members' Pavilion. Good spot, close to behind the bowlers' arm and next to where the press boys were grouped. I had a word with George Dobell who came across well.

I've watched Surrey from the top of the new Galadari Stand and smuggled my friends up there for the experience as play ended on Saturday. Spectacular views of the ground and across the City although I couldn't quite make out Bat Towers!

Top work Joey - thanks again, one more test to go!

Hoping everything works out; I'll take Buttler back for Root (so he can go back to scoring runs) and England to win, rest same as last time please.

MY selections
India wins the toss bat first

remaining after the toss pls....too much uncertainty

Thanks for running this PJ.

I'll have one last go at willing Ashwin into the XI
Root, Pope, Woakes, Anderson (Robinson if no Anderson, Moeen if no Robinson either)
Kohli, Rohit, Ashwin, Bumrah (Jadeja if no Ashwin, Shami if no Bumrah)

Root, Rahane (Kohli if Rahane is dropped)

Pant

India win the toss and bat

India win

Thanks again, Joey.

Here goes:

Bairstow & Root (Malan if no Bairstow)
Pujara & Kohli (Rohit if no Pujara)

Woakes & Anderson (Robinson as first reserve for either, Wood second reserve)
Ashwin & Bumrah (Jadeja if no Ashwin, Shami if no Bumrah)

Pant

Root
Kohli

India win toss and bat

India win.

Lowlandbrit wrote:Hoping everything works out; I'll take Buttler back for Root (so he can go back to scoring runs) and England to win, rest same as last time please.

Thanks Lowland. So... I've got you down for:
Burns / Buttler / Ali / Anderson - Pujara / Kohli / Jadeja / Siraj (Ashwin / Shami? reserves) - Burns / Kohli - Pant - India, bat  - England win.

KP_fan wrote:MY selections
India wins the toss bat first

remaining after the toss pls....too much uncertainty

No worries, KP. You can send me a PM if you decide anytime beforehand. I've already received JD's picks that way.

* * * * *

Cheers James and Guildford.

KP_fan wrote:MY selections
India wins the toss bat first

remaining after the toss pls....too much uncertainty

As much as it doesn’t really matter, it feels like a competitive advantage to know who is batting/bowling fourth innings when picking your bowlers?

JDizzle wrote:

KP_fan wrote:MY selections
India wins the toss bat first

remaining after the toss pls....too much uncertainty

As much as it doesn’t really matter, it feels like a competitive advantage to know who is batting/bowling fourth innings when picking your bowlers?

OK if you say so then i will do my best to ensure you, don't feel disadvantaged  
here goes my selections based on CI hearsay & known squads

India

Kohli, Shardul
Ashwin & Akshar Patel

Eng

Moeen, Root
Woakes, Leach


WK
Butler

Catcher
Kohli, Root

India win the toss and Bat first

India wins

Since I am gunning for last in this it matters not who I curse...no clue who is playing either...

Root Pope Woakes Anderson (reserves bat Burns ball Wood)
Kohli Rahul Jadeja Thakur (reserves bat Pujara ball Bumrah)

Root Kohli

Pant

India win toss and bat

And India win

I'll have the same picks as last test, Pee Jay.

I'll just change the result from England win to 'No result'.