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India vs England test series
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India is a funny place to play cricket isn't it?
Against Australian India were all over us when they batted first.
Now England bat first and India are in disarry.
On a sidenote Linda may make an appearance tonight seeing England have had a great day.
Still if India can get within 50 runs of England they will fancy there chances of knocking England over a wicket that is starting to take some spin.
Yuvraj Singh really has to stand up now and make a decent score because in all honestly, Englands bowling has looked quite tame.
Against Australian India were all over us when they batted first.
Now England bat first and India are in disarry.
On a sidenote Linda may make an appearance tonight seeing England have had a great day.
Still if India can get within 50 runs of England they will fancy there chances of knocking England over a wicket that is starting to take some spin.
Yuvraj Singh really has to stand up now and make a decent score because in all honestly, Englands bowling has looked quite tame.
Theres a surprise .
Also a whole page of you knowing everything about England .Not bad for someone who professes to have no interest
England always tour apart from Zim and that was a moral stance which cost us any chance of a WC something only England did
I always turn up to read the biased rubbish you post I just dont always post on the cricket site .I love the fact you are making excuses about Aus by the way
England will still lose the test sadly .Im pretty sure India will just about gain parity and then spin us out .The reverse swing that India got was tremedous.
By the way isntit funny how you are the only person claiming Englands bowling was tame .Anyone with a slight knowledge of cricket would be able to look at Flintoffs performance and see the difference between a real tame performance like the one Aus produced and a very good bowling performance
I repeat I still think India will win
Can see Harby and Dhoni putting on a few hundred.
beez
A*mazing
Where's the optimism? Have faith in your team
Cousin Jed
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England to get a 87 run 1st innings lead.
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So crucial that Dhoni gets a big score. If we can get to around 50 runs off their total that will be close enough I think.
Anyway, just got Setanta installed so I can watch it now
Anyway, just got Setanta installed so I can watch it now
Harmison > Anderson
They miss an in form Hoggard, no doubt about it.
Perhaps P@H knows his team too well...56 run partnership at the moment.
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Have England been watching the India - Australia series?
Ishant Sharma cant play the short ball to save himself.
KP should put a short leg and a leg gully in and get the paceman to come around the wicket and dig a few shorties in.
Id give sharma 3 balls, tops.
Ishant Sharma cant play the short ball to save himself.
KP should put a short leg and a leg gully in and get the paceman to come around the wicket and dig a few shorties in.
Id give sharma 3 balls, tops.
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India are gone here, this pitch is still playing very well.
The bowling is ragged, the spinners are ineffective.
On one hand i want England to get hammered (theyll probably still somehow find a way of losing this game) and on the other i want India to be smashed as well.
Id probably prefer India to win but thats the way it is.
Englang 200 in front, with 2 set batsmen and 7 wickets left. You'd think anything over 250 would be a winning score, but England will be aiming for 300 to 350+.
India just havent looked the same team that was playing us, no where near the same intensity. Whether they just thought they could rock up and beat England or whether they had a bit of a emotional letdown after beating Australia, im not sure.
Still, if India can roll these last 7 wickets with a lead of about 300 they would probably fancy their chances.
The bowling is ragged, the spinners are ineffective.
On one hand i want England to get hammered (theyll probably still somehow find a way of losing this game) and on the other i want India to be smashed as well.
Id probably prefer India to win but thats the way it is.
Englang 200 in front, with 2 set batsmen and 7 wickets left. You'd think anything over 250 would be a winning score, but England will be aiming for 300 to 350+.
India just havent looked the same team that was playing us, no where near the same intensity. Whether they just thought they could rock up and beat England or whether they had a bit of a emotional letdown after beating Australia, im not sure.
Still, if India can roll these last 7 wickets with a lead of about 300 they would probably fancy their chances.
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England well on top.
Leading by 243 runs with 7 wickets in hand.
Collingwood: 57* and Strauss: 72 runs.
Leading by 243 runs with 7 wickets in hand.
Collingwood: 57* and Strauss: 72 runs.
I think and hope it was because India especially Harba didnt bowl very well .They seemed to be on the wrong lengths especially to Strauss .The general thought is though the ball is doing more spin wise when newer .If you notice towards the end it was starting to reverse again
I would be very surprised if England dont collapse and still fully expect India to win
By the way someone should be in trouble for these over rates .Englands wasnt brill but India were taking the mickey especially the last hour or so .Im pretty sure the last drinks break was longer than ten minutes
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Linda why is your posting so sporadic?
Id really enjoy a few more english supporters on here to discuss the game and fill me in on the England setup.
Grimwood, Mr P@h are alright but we need more.
Id really enjoy a few more english supporters on here to discuss the game and fill me in on the England setup.
Grimwood, Mr P@h are alright but we need more.
I have three children so its not always easy to post .I f I do post on forums it tends to be about the sport of the moment and just recently I have been spreading my boxing Knowledge (obviously Im an expert
) .I was their live to see Carl Froch last week .I have said before I tend to forget about bigfooty unless Aus are playing and then something will remind me and I will log in .I didnt like to post much during the Ind Aus series because I dont like people thinking I was gloating
I had to laugh when you predicted I would post yesterday .Brilliant call .
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So you dont think most of India's dismissals were a tad soft?
IF James Anderson is opening the bowling in next years Ashes series id feel very confident of victory. I have never rated his bowling and i distinctly remember Stuey Clark taking the long handle to his bowling to his bowling at the Gabba in 2006.
Look England have done well, they defintely exceeded my expectations. Will they win the test? They are in the box seat defintely. However, i have been watching and reading about test cricket for long enough to know that in India a lot of wickets can fall very quickly.
India will feel confident of chasing anything up to 350, whether they do it is another question, however, id be surprised if they dont put up a better fight then they did in the first innings. Where you had batsmen lobbing back easy return catchs, you had one batsmen trying to cut a ball going straight for the stumps and you had another batsmen shouldering arms to a straight ball.
England have done well no doubt, but i think there bowlers will find it a lot harder in the second innings.
Im not sure whether India had a bit of a letdown after beating Australia (a bit like England V Pakistan in 2005, and everything after it where every loss was wall papered over by the "we hold the ashes", and the perennial ruling of ODI's as not "proper cricket" to excuse a piss poor record in that format) or whether they just thought it would be a matter of turning up and beating England.
Fact is they lost a crucial toss in India which always puts you behind the 8 ball. India aren't the superpower they were claiming to be and i have been saying it all along.
I enjoy watching England play though and they have performed amazingly well aided by winning a good toss. You still have to perform though and England have done that very well to this point. In saying that theyll probably come out tomorrow and lose 7 for 50.
On a side note, Simon Jones?
Where is his progress and future career aspirations. Any chance of a return next year?
Jones, the Rugger player? Nah he's kind of ok maybe to start playing for Worcs, chances of playing for England again are doubtful, he didn't have a good record injury wise before 2005 it was just at that time he got it together and managed to stay on the field for the Ashes. Don't rate Anderson but with the lack of the injured SiBo and Broad then he's just doing an ok filling in job.
Flip a coin.
He's definitely not lost his spark - I'd say he bowled as quickly as he's ever bowled at times last season, but it's doubtful as to whether he can stand up to the grind of test cricket.
Looking at the wider picture, I'd say England still look a bit lost when it comes to building a team for the future, although it has been a pleasant surprise to seem them playing solidly and free of the psychosis that infects them all too regularly. They could do with the pitch misbehaving a bit more though. I don't fancy watching Sehwag leathering Jimmy to all parts tomorrow morning...
Make it monday and i'll feel better about it.
I think now it's time to give Ian Bell a break from the test team, it's clear he can't bat in the top order and there is not really room further down the order. In the top 3 since this date in 2006 he's averaged just 29 which is not good enough whereas down the order he's batting 43 1/2. Either he plays at 5 or doesn't play at all. Give Shah a chance at least at 3.
