India v England limited overs, 2025.

[Durhamfootman]

Carse is having fun though

[Durhamfootman]

India get home. Archer got an absolute pasting going for 60 off his 4. Wood didn't bowl out... injured?

Varma hit 5 sixes and it's entirely possible that 4 of them came off the top edge.... always a risk with short, fast bowling

[Arthur Crabtree]

Better from England, and good stats for Carse.

More spin in the middle overs?

Commie talk?

[backfootpunch]

Rehan Ahmed should be playing

No need for 4 seamers

Wood not bowling means he's injured or buttler is somehow managing to get worse as a captain

His decision to go with archer who had already got pasted with 40 required off 5 overs not rashid was baffling

It took all the pressure off india with archer going for 19

[andy]

Pretty poor that we lost the game in the end....buttler in good nick and smith and carse looked good 165 was a really good score I thought and to have them 98-5 we should have won that...some strange decisions from Jos and it clearly wasn't archers night, although Varma didn't have a clue against him at all! Rehan should be playing...don't need that many quicks playing...and duckett and salts lack of form at the top is rather worrying

[Durhamfootman]

Wood not bowling means he's injured or buttler is somehow managing to get worse as a captain

that would be quite hard

definitely too many seamers for the second match running. When your opponent is fielding 3 spinners, with 2 other spin options, there's maybe a clue there

2 matches and India have bowled 26 overs of spin and won both matches, whereas England have bowled 9 and lost both

[Arthur Crabtree]

When your opponent is fielding 3 spinners, with 2 other spin options, there's maybe a clue there

Learning experience...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Though England will be unchanged.

Maybe India will serve up a hard greentop.

[andy]

England unchanged but Smith takes the gloves as he has a calf niggle...

Shami back for India with arshdeep resting

[andy]

Salt gone! He's playing himself out of the side in this series... especially now Smith has the gloves...couple of scores for him and salt finds himself in the wilderness

[andy]

Good to see shami back and firing didn't realise it was 14 months he had been out for!

[andy]

Normal service resumed for England? 2 wickets lost in 2 overs....87-3 after 10

[Arthur Crabtree]

Buttler and Brook contributing too much stodge. Batting innings has lost momentum.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Time for Rich's collapsing building.

[andy]

England on top with the ball though...india 70-4 in the 9th over