England v India: third Test - day three live
England's Jos Buttler (L) acknowledges the crowd after reaching a half century.
11.05am BST
Peter Harmer has a game for us:
"The success of the Bs yesterday reminds me of a pub debate I’ve had several times in the past," he begins. "Which letter of the alphabet you’d pick if you could only eat/drink things beginning with the same letter. B was always my choice - with beer, bacon, beef and biscuits, it seemed the obvious, if perhaps not the most vitamin-heavy, choice."
Any advances from the OBO-ers?
11.04am BST
15th over: India 27-1 (Vijay 11, Pujara 6)
The first ball of the day is a beaut - tailing in and seaming away, just past the outside edge of the forward-lunging Pujara. The first runs of the day follow as Pujara tucks off his pads for two.
Meanwhile, Chris Fowler is sticking to the tried and tested "copy & paste" method of putting *that* in your e-mail boxes. Tim Jones on the other hand is just straight clicking. The maverick
10.58am BST
Ravi Nair has some pre-play predictions - galling ones at that:
"So are we hoping for India all out for 86. Follow on and all out for 48. Or do we want to see three more days of cricket and England, inevitably, losing this series. The difference between the England fan and the Trufan of Test Cricket."
10.53am BST
Simon McMahon in with the second e-mail of the day. He's seen this all before...
"You can always rely on the OBO. The Simpsons, international politics, somebody counting the number of characters in an email address. And play hasn't even started."
10.47am BST
"Morning Vish" - morning, Michael Sones
"How many OBOers will be put off by the typing needed to get an email to you (44 characters)?!" Too many, I fear.
"Perhaps Moeen can get a nice tattoo before play begins tomorrow. How would the ICC deal with that?" He'd have to cover the offending area with a flap of Giles Clarke's skin. I think.
Updated at 10.47am BST
10.43am BST
Oh yes, of course - there was cricket yesterday. Lots of it. And England weren't rubbish.
England declared gloriously on 569-7 and ended the day with India 25-1 (Shikhar Dhawan the man to go). That England found them in this position of great strength is thanks to runs from Ballance, Bell and Buttler on debut.
Peter Harmer has a game for us:
"The success of the Bs yesterday reminds me of a pub debate I’ve had several times in the past," he begins. "Which letter of the alphabet you’d pick if you could only eat/drink things beginning with the same letter. B was always my choice - with beer, bacon, beef and biscuits, it seemed the obvious, if perhaps not the most vitamin-heavy, choice."
Any advances from the OBO-ers?
11.04am BST
15th over: India 27-1 (Vijay 11, Pujara 6)
The first ball of the day is a beaut - tailing in and seaming away, just past the outside edge of the forward-lunging Pujara. The first runs of the day follow as Pujara tucks off his pads for two.
Meanwhile, Chris Fowler is sticking to the tried and tested "copy & paste" method of putting *that* in your e-mail boxes. Tim Jones on the other hand is just straight clicking. The maverick
10.58am BST
Ravi Nair has some pre-play predictions - galling ones at that:
"So are we hoping for India all out for 86. Follow on and all out for 48. Or do we want to see three more days of cricket and England, inevitably, losing this series. The difference between the England fan and the Trufan of Test Cricket."
10.53am BST
Simon McMahon in with the second e-mail of the day. He's seen this all before...
"You can always rely on the OBO. The Simpsons, international politics, somebody counting the number of characters in an email address. And play hasn't even started."
10.47am BST
"Morning Vish" - morning, Michael Sones
"How many OBOers will be put off by the typing needed to get an email to you (44 characters)?!" Too many, I fear.
"Perhaps Moeen can get a nice tattoo before play begins tomorrow. How would the ICC deal with that?" He'd have to cover the offending area with a flap of Giles Clarke's skin. I think.
Updated at 10.47am BST
10.43am BST
Oh yes, of course - there was cricket yesterday. Lots of it. And England weren't rubbish.
England declared gloriously on 569-7 and ended the day with India 25-1 (Shikhar Dhawan the man to go). That England found them in this position of great strength is thanks to runs from Ballance, Bell and Buttler on debut.
Morning all,
As some of you have probably already heard, Moeen Ali has been banned from wearing his "Save Gaza" wristbands while playing for England. In the interest of not banging our heads on our respective walls, whichever side of this particular debate we're on, I think it's best we leave this topic be.
In other news, England will be sporting "Help For Heroes" logos on their collars today. The Ageas Bowl will also observe a minute's silence before the start of play.
Updated at 10.36am BST
10.25am BST
Vish will be here shortly. Meanwhile, have a read about how Moeen Ali might have made some people cross for expressing an opinion held by lots of people on a political matter.
The ICC’s code of conduct for players does not contain any specific guidelines regarding political statements, but they are forbidden from displaying any logos other than for their bat and other approved commercial backers.
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