Champions Trophy - England and Wales 2013

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Jimmy ends up with 2 wickets for his troubles and Broad leads England with 3.

Its a funny game.

Interesting msp.  We shall soon see how it goes.

2 from the first over. Good start from Anderson.

Only 2 of the first over from Anderson

Home game for India, 80% of the crowd.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Home game for India, 80% of the crowd.

Lot of British-born people here supporting India.

Conditions reverting to Indias favor in a reduced game

Should have had two slips for Jimmy...

That fielding would be embarrassing at park cricket standard.

That's poor

Good lord Bresnan. Poor show that.

Not a good throw from Bresnan, and it goes away for 4 overthrows. India 16 without loss after 3.

Shambolic fielding fom England.  Mistakes India will not make,

Ruins the over of the best eng bowler and puts India in command.

Handy strike for Broad ! One down...

Bowled 'im! Good ball by Broad, 19/1 after 3.5 overs. Cracking start by England. No-Ball? Not a chance.

YES BROADY!!!!!!!

Nohit the ball, Broad hit the stumps

Jadeja looks very dodgy. Like a pedo pirate

it's a 140 run pitch.
90 in 15....and 50 in last 5....runs on the board and pressure on eng chasing their first trophy

6 off Bresnans over. Decent over.

6 off Bressy's first over, not bad at all. Solid first 5 overs for England.

Gonna be honest it's not swinging, a little bit of nip in the pitch, nothing too much, and the outfield is quick.

Runs to be had here

If England can keep India below 150 we should be confident.

Uh-oh, rain in the air.

Just struggling to middle it at the moment. Few inside edges.

Yep raining again

We're off and thats it

Big cover on, so realistically that'll be the end of the game.

Jonathan Agnew ‏@Aggerscricket
Hearing that decision taken to extend play till 2030 if necessary...

Gonna need it

More rain

FFS RAIN!!!!!!!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

That'll be that then. Trophy shared.

More rain...knew I was nuts trying to sit up for this...

That will be it for the day ,then ?

Maybe not as they're off for about 20 seconds

Must be a shame for eng to become the away side in their own country.  Would it happen to anyone else?

With it being windy, these showers will probably be short and sharp

it's not easy to play the typical T20 shots......on the rise...because the ball nips off the pitch.
Rohit's dismissal was a typical IPL shot on the rise....that didn't find the wood here

I'll be amazed if this game finishes to be honest

trebellbobaggins wrote:Must be a shame for eng to become the away side in their own country.  Would it happen to anyone else?

Cricket in India = Religion
Cricket in England = Posh sport like Tennis, behind Rugby and Football.

Bad one from broad and the home side hammer sixes.

So off again then? Not helpful to either side.

And for Indians here duty.

Dhawan puts Broad in the crowd.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Must be a shame for eng to become the away side in their own country.  Would it happen to anyone else?

yes I have seen games in Jammu and Lucknow where Pakistan was as supported as India if not more

That was a shocking ball by Broad, deserved that treatment

Rain back. Not off yet though

trebellbobaggins wrote:And for Indians here duty.

1.4 million Indians live in the UK. Easy to see why the majority of fans are Indian.

Off again. Interesting to see the ICC have extended the time available to get this game played, but I don't think it'll matter.

Off for rain again.

Gotta be called sooner or later really

For the crowds sake, I think its about time to give up.

Yeah I know a fair few who would might support eng sometimes but never against the land of their ancestors.  You can understand it.

More of them than english cricket fans I would guess.

Blame the umpires, too much faffing around for my liking today.

It is Birmingham. If we played at Leicester itd be a massive India home game.

I deeply suspect this is the end of the game.