# India v England - 5th Test (16th to 20th December 2015) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cricket\ **Created:** [16 December 2016 09:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103 "2016-12-16T09:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 10:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/21 "2016-12-19T10:48:56Z")
732-6 India’s highest score in test cricket. England out on their feet, Karun Nair going for 300 runs which he’ll get soon. I’m sure as soon as he does Kohli will declare and we’ll be 4 down by stumps. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 10:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/22 "2016-12-19T10:59:53Z")
750 up, Jadeja 50 up ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 11:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/23 "2016-12-19T11:01:03Z")
Jadeja out, 51, 754-7, batsmen crossed Karun on strike on 299\* ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 11:07 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/24 "2016-12-19T11:07:13Z")
303\* for Karun Nair India declare 759-7 England players all congratulate Nair, they now have to navigate 6 overs this evening! ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 11:18 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/25 "2016-12-19T11:18:02Z")
Apparently Cook dropped Nair when he was on 32, bet he feels a right tit now. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 11:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/26 "2016-12-19T11:32:18Z")
Stumps, 5 overs bowled at England, 12-0 Trail by 270 runs, where’s Atherton when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 11:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/27 "2016-12-19T11:40:59Z")
Seven hundred? Ouch! That’s gotta hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Lets-B-Drinking](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lets-b-drinking/32/1041_2.png) [@Lets-B-Drinking](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Lets-B-Drinking)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2016 21:18 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/28 "2016-12-19T21:18:43Z")
Yeah. They got sunburnt. ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 09:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/29 "2016-12-20T09:40:25Z")
Two quick wickets, there goes Dawson for 0 - and there goes another test in the next hour… #dominoes ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 09:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/30 "2016-12-20T09:41:08Z")
Not pizza. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 09:57 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/31 "2016-12-20T09:57:37Z")
FFFS ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:15 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/32 "2016-12-20T10:15:53Z")
[**Test Match Special** ‏ ~~@~~ **bbctms**](https://twitter.com/bbctms) [4m4 minutes ago](https://twitter.com/bbctms/status/811152052562890752 "2:11 AM - 20 Dec 2016") The countdown is on ![⏱](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/f/bf9f54e56e37ac6fe928a4c058a6a8a9fc818d6e.png "Stopwatch") India need two wickets. England need to bat. 53 minutes remaining. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:26 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/33 "2016-12-20T10:26:22Z")
Broad out, 207-9, 40 mins remaining. Fair play to Braod he walked but he may not have survived a review. ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/34 "2016-12-20T10:28:32Z")
Less than an hour… 😲 ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/35 "2016-12-20T10:28:39Z")
All over, 207 all out. Fucking pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/36 "2016-12-20T10:32:08Z")
Lol ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:49 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/37 "2016-12-20T10:49:27Z")
This is the issue with sub continent and cricket really as a whole, you are supposed to make a playable wiccket to all and not solely the home nation, the best way to resolve this is to have a groundsman from the England camp in the Indian one and vice versa for tests. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:52 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/38 "2016-12-20T10:52:01Z")
But isn’t that what home advantage is all about, producing wickets that suit your talents? Vaughan says we lost the series because of the lack of a world class spinner, he seems to ignore the fact that our batsmen kept playing stupid shots and got themselves out. Yes the spinners put the pressure on but we gave our wickets away cheaply. ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 10:54 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/39 "2016-12-20T10:54:42Z")
No as far I understand the wicket has to be prepapred for both sides, of course that never happens, we water pitches for green for seam and Indians bake theirs to a dust bowl for spin and turn, you could argue thats fair but as a spectacle its boring. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2016 11:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103/40 "2016-12-20T11:01:44Z")
The only ground where I’ve seen this done is Lords which is why the Australians (almost) always beat us there. I get your point about spectacle, TBF the Indians are a good team but the reason they are number 1 in the world is their home form, 5-0 whitewahes at home, close defeats away from home! [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103.md?page=1) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/india-v-england-5th-test-16th-to-20th-december-2015/2103.md?page=3)