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Knife edge. Finely poised. Beautifully balanced. Or, if you prefer, bloody brilliant. This Test match could go either way, as we enter day four with nobody really able to make a convincing argument that either team have a stranglehold on it. And, as a couple of the games earlier in this series have shown, even if they did then that wouldn’t necessarily mean they would win. Man, Test cricket is great.
I have India ahead by a hair, as things stand. But if Sam Curran continues his outstanding summer and scores another 40-odd runs, England will probably nose ahead. But what if England only get 20 more? What does that mean? I don’t know! And friends, ‘I don’t know’ is the very best position to be in when we’re talking Test cricket. Or sport in general really. That’s probably how you know which pundits to listen to: the ones who sound absolutely sure of what they say are probably the ones you should be suspicious of.
Written by Nick Miller (now) and Rob Smyth (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/sep/02/england-v-india-fourth-test-day-four-live under the title “England v India: fourth Test, day four – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
