England vs India - Second Test - Lords

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Seeming as we have such a short turnaround thought I'd stick up a thread

England have added Simon Kerrigan to the squad interestingly. I'd imagine he must be in serious contention, or else what's the point of adding another body?

Duty - I would suggest our immediate target is to be still batting at lunch.

Duty continues to live in a dream world...

England won the toss on a raging green top and they couldn't the job done despite 'having the better bowlers'

Winning the toss on this pitch and then failing to get a lead of 150/200 runs shows how poor England are even on a doctored pitch.

Gerry switch over and watch the golf- you will only be disappointed when you see England take that 150 lead

Prior's gonna get fifty here scrappily, and they'll continue to play him despite not being fit and he'll continue to drop chances and not score many runs, eugh

mystiroakey wrote:Gerry switch over and watch the golf- you will only be disappointed when you see England take that 150 lead

Disappointed? I'm not English so I'll just laugh at England's failings.

what with a 150 lead.

I know you only watch to watch England Fail. We know your motivation

guildfordbat wrote:Duty - I would suggest our immediate target is to be still batting at lunch.

350 and still batting at lunch at this rate!

Olly wrote:Prior's gonna get fifty here scrappily, and they'll continue to play him despite not being fit and he'll continue to drop chances and not score many runs, eugh

I agree with this sentiment- Its annoying. On one hand we need him to stand up- On the other is it best for the long term!!

Plunks is a great no 10 batter.

come on lad..

Anderson is an even better no 11 though

mystiroakey wrote:

Olly wrote:Prior's gonna get fifty here scrappily, and they'll continue to play him despite not being fit and he'll continue to drop chances and not score many runs, eugh

I agree with this sentiment- Its annoying. On one hand we need him to stand up- On the other is it best for the long term!!

I'd rather have Stokes 7, Buttler 8 in all honesty, if this is the #newera

Plunkett throwing the bat at it, good, what a night watchman should do the morning after

Very surprised Bunny hasn't been bowled more

Olly wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:

Olly wrote:Prior's gonna get fifty here scrappily, and they'll continue to play him despite not being fit and he'll continue to drop chances and not score many runs, eugh

I agree with this sentiment- Its annoying. On one hand we need him to stand up- On the other is it best for the long term!!

I'd rather have Stokes 7, Buttler 8 in all honesty, if this is the #newera

Plunkett throwing the bat at it, good, what a night watchman should do the morning after

Very surprised Bunny hasn't been bowled more

yep and  there are many options to take bell out as well. Taylor deserves another shot for me

Shades of Starc at the SCG.   

Good on him.

A real buzz at Lord's. Just go for it! (the Australian way)

oooh... a swing and a miss.

What a catch that is

Bye bye Prior.

It's Buttler time now. It's gotta be Buttler's time.

Prior gone....

Is that Good or bad?

Only Good if he gets dropped.

Prior as a senior batter shouldn't get out like that- he should be the one controlling the game..Leave the smashing to plunks and broad etc. Just more proof he needs to go

Prior picked out the only Indian slip field who's caught everything thus far(Dhawan). I had money on Dhoni dropping that...

Go plunks great football!!

Aside from the fluke hundred in Perth, Stokes hasn't ever looked like scoring runs at Test level.

His place is under threat.

Stokes  

Stokes does look horribly out of nick with the bat, not helped by batting him so low...

Olly wrote:Stokes does look horribly out of nick with the bat, not helped by batting him so low...

And by that i mean  i think hes a player who thrives off more responsibility rather than less...

Kumar gets another, and england are in serious trouble in this test, like ive been saying. India's seamers have bowled very well

Up to the Burnley Lara

Why did they give this Moores chap another chance?

seems what was needed was a completely new start, new captain and new approach.

OMG...can't believe we might get lead
don't wanna believe it......else a 70 run last wkt stand will appear

No exepctations......not getting ahead of the game

KP_fan wrote:OMG...can't believe we might get lead
don't wanna believe it......else a 70 run last wkt stand will appear

No exepctations......not getting ahead of the game

you are ahead of the game- we would need to get to 40 plus to be even

I wouldn't be surprised at getting a lead, you might as well be playing a bloody under 10's the way this lot are going.

at this point we need to just whack it and try to get to 310

Someone is not letting him play his natural game. He was viscous when I stood behind him in the nets taking Bres' throwdowns. He's definitely got the talent but I fear he is not being given a more roving commission or is being misused or dampened down by Cook.

Weird bounce..

Bhuvi Kumar really is having a stellar series, fantastic dibbly dobbly bowler

England in the lead.

Burnley's Brian Lara, Burnley's Brian Lara, na na na!

As bad as this has been if we can get another 10 wicket partnership in(50 or so) its going to hurt the Indians mentally.

keep going lads.

vital runs here.

50 up for plunks.. 

Does Shane Warne never not moan?!

Anderson, one fluke fifty, and he thinks he's KP now.

What a naughty naughty boy, robbed Plunkett a chance of a 100.

Fluke is Gerrys word of the day.

Olly wrote:Does Shane Warne never not moan?!

He's only there to wind you up, Olly. You gotta learn to not take everything he says so seriously. He can be a real WUM.

24 ahead.....that's wht I said would be the most likely case 20 to 30 lead for Eng and Ind will be happy.

It's nearly even scores ( but Ind ahead on match situation)

whatever India score.....Eng would have to score in more uneven and slightly spinning conditions.

India badly need a support bowler for Bhuvi.....Pankaj must come in...he is a swing bowler in the same vein a bit faster

England need a wicket before the lead is taken.

That'll do me. Skittle out India for under 275 and we can all be home for tea and crumpets by Sunday evening.

Me thinks that was out

no good decsion

This umpire is so much better than the other one thats for sure.

India avoided any damage before lunch. England took a narrow lead but who know, this may prove to be vital.

From Indian point of view, I think Dhawan and Vijay should utilise the afternoon session well. With sun in the sky there will be little movement compared to morning session and there what Indian looks to pile on some runs. Pujara Vijay are showing enough valor against this English attack, so they should do the tiring of English Best bowlers and then runs can be scored off Stokes, and Plunkett.
Whatever I said are far away from the scorecard in the first innings but, it would be dangerous to go after anderson or broad. They leak runs but also give break through. Hope India to do well.

When an Indian misses a delivery that just misses the stumps athers says well judged- when its the other way round its well bowled.

These commentators are a joke. How can your home commentary team be so biased against there own. We really have turned into a PC gone mad country

on the day he did the hard work to get in, he didn't make it count Dhawan.
But india will have patience with him, he has shown enough abilities in ind and outside and this is a long series and he will do well sooner

on the day he did the hard work to get in, he didn't make it count Dhawan.
But india will have patience with him, he has shown enough abilities in ind and outside and this is a long series and he will do well sooner

Over rate is shocking today.

Firstly India bowled at 13 over per hour this morning.

Now England are 5 overs down.

Cook will be banned if they lose more than 3 overs tonight

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Cook will be banned if they lose more than 3 overs tonight [/quote]

it will be an undisguised blessing if he is banned