England vs India 2nd Test debate

by Liam_Main Thu 28 Jul 2011, 2:49 pm

First topic message reminder :

Sides

England:

1) Andrew Strauss (C)
2) Alistair Cook
3) Jonathan Trott
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Ian Bell
6) Eoin Morgan
7) Matt Prior (WK)
8) Tim Bresnan
9) Stuart Broad
10) Graeme Swann
11) James Anderson

India:

1) Abhinav Makund
2) Rahul Dravid
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) VVS Laxman
5) Yuvraj Singh
6) Suresh Raina
7) MS Dhoni (WK)
8) Harbhajan Singh
9) Praveen Kumar
10) Sreesanth
11) Ishant Sharma

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:36 pm

Shut up Botham!

Great Shot from Sachin there

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:37 pm

Ian Bothams not commentating till Trotts taken out of the attack laughing

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:38 pm

I got my wish!

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:40 pm

England can't let Tendulkar settle in. If they do there could be another big score coming his way.

by activereactive Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:41 pm

Liam_Main wrote:
trebellbobaggins wrote:Bresnan showing the way there to the "senior" bowlers.

They need to David now Goliath is gone.

Please stay Liam.

Don't worry I will be

This is a wake for you, can go back to bed on Tuesday night. Whistle

by **Pal Joey** Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:44 pm

Gotta love those optimistic Indian fans: "100th 100 Sachin.... and may you play for another 1000 years!!!"

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:45 pm

activereactive wrote:
Liam_Main wrote:
trebellbobaggins wrote:Bresnan showing the way there to the "senior" bowlers.

They need to David now Goliath is gone.

Please stay Liam.

Don't worry I will be

This is a wake for you, can go back to bed on Tuesday night.

After Englands victory? Whistle

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:46 pm

Linebreaker wrote:Gotta love those optimistic Indian fans: "100th 100 Sachin.... and may you play for another 1000 years!!!"

Imagine how many hundreds he would have got by then!

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:55 pm

they're so close to our score. i think we'd be lucky to be less than 150 behind come the second innings.

are any of our top order in the form to cope with that?

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 12:57 pm

Anderson to bowl the last over before lunch, still no Swann

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:02 pm

Lunch.

India will be very happy with there start.

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:02 pm

India's session.

by alfie Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:03 pm

Only one wicket for the session...pitch generally playing a bit better...all adds up to India's morning and England have work to do after lunch.

Not gone yet but slipping away...big next hour : time for Broad to nip in with some quick wickets

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:20 pm

Big session up next. If we dont get an early wicket then I could see Dravid and Sachin still being there at tea

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:34 pm

Or possibly even longer

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:43 pm

Little Masters gone!

by **Pal Joey** Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:44 pm

Sach back in the batch!

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:45 pm

Just what England would of wanted

by Stellar Key Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:50 pm

Good start for Broad and I hope he's going to have a good session ahead of him. The same for Bresnan who should be bowling now .

Glad that Strauss was awake and his lunch did not cause him to drop one , catch that is !

by robbo277 Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:55 pm

Broad really is bowling well, Raina shouldering one over the slips for 4. I definitely had him dropped for the first test, glad I've been proved wrong! Could do with getting the Wall, but if not we need to keep taking wickets at the other end. Yuvraj isn't a great test batsman and we had the tail cheaply twice at Lords. Still a chance of bowling them out for 250-300 if we go well from here.

by Stellar Key Sat 30 Jul 2011, 1:59 pm

Broad looks a different bowler from the SL series. He looks a different bowler from this morning !

Raina has a lot of luck early on doesn't he ! Whistle

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:02 pm

Smashing tenders gone but David still the Golliath against England.

by eirebilly Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:03 pm

I am really happy for Broad here. He was under alot of pressure to perform and he has done.
Good to seen him get Tendulkar.

When oh when is that 100th 100 coming, i really want to see Tendulkar get it.

by robbo277 Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:04 pm

Raina is not enjoying batting against Broad at the moment. Dravid looks set for a long knock though.

by **Pal Joey** Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:05 pm

Will somebody please fix that blind... it annoys me too when they keep showing it!

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:05 pm

Get the feeling India would not get away with a top and middle order fold that Eng produced so will play much better here in the middle order/

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:06 pm

robbo277 wrote:Raina is not enjoying batting against Broad at the moment. Dravid looks set for a long knock though.

like a rock of ages he cannot fail.

by **Pal Joey** Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:06 pm

trebellbobaggins wrote:
robbo277 wrote:Raina is not enjoying batting against Broad at the moment. Dravid looks set for a long knock though.

like a rock of ages he cannot fail.

He's there for the long haul it seems...

by robbo277 Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:07 pm

Linebreaker wrote:Will somebody please fix that blind... it annoys me too when they keep showing it!

They've shut all the blinds now. They're just showing highlights of when the blind was flapped open. Erm

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:09 pm

Linebreaker wrote:
trebellbobaggins wrote:
robbo277 wrote:Raina is not enjoying batting against Broad at the moment. Dravid looks set for a long knock though.

like a rock of ages he cannot fail.

He's there for the long haul it seems...

impossible to dismiss. best in the universe at what he does. best ever probably.

by Stellar Key Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:10 pm

Linebreaker wrote:
trebellbobaggins wrote:
robbo277 wrote:Raina is not enjoying batting against Broad at the moment. Dravid looks set for a long knock though.

like a rock of ages he cannot fail.

He's there for the long haul it seems...

Well england will joost have to bowl out the others and do it cheaply.

by **Pal Joey** Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:10 pm

robbo277 wrote:
Linebreaker wrote:Will somebody please fix that blind... it annoys me too when they keep showing it!

They've shut all the blinds now. They're just showing highlights of when the blind was flapped open.

Oh, well that's even more annoying - playing replays of it. Erm

I'd rather see shots of people canoeing on the river... Smile

by eirebilly Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:14 pm

Dravid is immense isnt he. I cant help but admire him

by robbo277 Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:15 pm

Short and wide from Jimmy, Raina smashes to Morgan at backward point and gone. 139-4.

by Stellar Key Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:15 pm

I can't believe it , I've seen Morgan on the field and he took a catch !! Shocked

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:16 pm

Raina gone! Soft dismissal.

Dravid batted over 5 weeks of test action!

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:17 pm

another falls but the god of cricket just stands there untroubled, looking out over his subjects with a graceful sneer.

by eirebilly Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:17 pm

Starting to look up lads

by robbo277 Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:18 pm

Gregers wrote:Raina gone! Soft dismissal.

Dravid batted over 5 weeks of test action!

To be fair, I wouldn't mind doing just 5 weeks work in 15 years Wink

by robbo277 Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:21 pm

Yuvraj dropped by KP in the gully off Broad. Absolute dolly. Sierra Hotel India Tango.

by **Pal Joey** Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:22 pm

robbo277 wrote:
Gregers wrote:Raina gone! Soft dismissal.

Dravid batted over 5 weeks of test action!

To be fair, I wouldn't mind doing just 5 weeks work in 15 years

plus all the training over those 15 years... Wink

by Liam_Main Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:22 pm

Pietersen drops a sitter

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:22 pm

nah not close Billy. needed them 6 down already.

The difference is they have less of a tail but we've let them get too many i fear. They can't lose.

one thing is for sure. this match ain't going 5 days.. 3 more likely.

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:22 pm

What a drop! Very easy chance. Kp should be gutted!

by trebellbobaggins Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:23 pm

with his dravesty out there i don't see them getting less then 400.

by activereactive Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:24 pm

trebellbobaggins wrote:
robbo277 wrote:Raina is not enjoying batting against Broad at the moment. Dravid looks set for a long knock though.

like a rock of ages he cannot fail.

A 3rd rock.

by activereactive Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:26 pm

Yuvi Let us a have 20/20 style clobbering of Broady Kiddo.
(We still remember what he did yesterday.) randy

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:37 pm

Is Swann going to bowl at all?

And Trott off the field, that's not good

by Gregers Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:38 pm

Speak of the devil!

by alfie Sat 30 Jul 2011, 2:39 pm

If they don't get Yuvraj soon KP is going to have to make a lorry-load of runs to make up for that drop.

With Swann not bowling it is going to be hard to keep this after-lunch pressure up for much longer.

Still feel England are only a wicket or two away from being right back in it ... and as I type here comes Swann Smile

Not his type of wicket but he has a knack of striking early...

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