***Official*** India in England

[Turbinator]

Um, there is a slight difference between Sreesanth-fast and Brett Lee-fast.

 

[Manee]

Um, there is a slight difference between Sreesanth-fast and Brett Lee-fast.

On this occasion, I agree with ss.

 

[Arjun]

Um, there is a slight difference between Sreesanth-fast and Brett Lee-fast.

There's a difference between spraying the ball all around and bombarding the bloke in the middle with it, forcefully. Sreesanth's far from medium-pace and can bowl in that style for good effect, as we've seen of him in the past.

 

[Turbinator]

The faster you bowl crap, the faster the ball goes to the boundary. Srinath used to bowl pretty fast but he wasn't very effective abroad till he got his length right. We haven't had many fast bowlers in out attack traditionally. You have to go down 75 years to find the Amar Singhs, Md. Nissars. Just getting a fast bowler who is crap for the sake of it will not do any good. That said, I am sure we have better bowlers than Ishant Sharma is at the age of 18 to select for a tour abroad!

By fast I obviously meant a good decent fast bowler like Akhtar, Malinga, Lee who can atleast, like Manee said, unsettle the batsmen.

 

[Pratters]

Haha. Such a huge turn on the off spinner last bowl of the over by Tendulkar.

 

[Turbinator]

Man this is Vaughan and Strauss that are doing this to us. Imagine... Peitersen, Collingwood, Bell are yet to come.

 

[Pratters]

By fast I obviously meant a good decent fast bowler like Akhtar, Malinga, Lee who can atleast, like Manee said, unsettle the batsmen.

Can't get cheese burgers in an uddipee restaurant, at least that is how it has been in most parts of our cricket history.

 

[silentstriker]

By fast I obviously meant a good decent fast bowler like Akhtar, Malinga, Lee who can atleast, like Manee said, unsettle the batsmen.

But that doesn't happen as often as you'd think. Lee is known for being crap a lot, and then when he gets it right (ie accuracy), he becomes almost unplayable. Pace by itself means nothing at this level, even Brett Lee pace.

 

[silentstriker]

There's a difference between spraying the ball all around and bombarding the bloke in the middle with it, forcefully. Sreesanth's far from medium-pace and can bowl in that style for good effect, as we've seen of him in the past.

He is already bowling in the mid eighties, and he can barely keep that under control. If he bowls maximum, which I assume is 4-5 mph higher, what makes you think it will be any more useful?

 

[Pratters]

Why didn't you dive Wasim Jaffer. Fielding has been dire.

 

[silentstriker]

Why didn't you dive Wasim Jaffer. Fielding has been dire.

I am sure scoring all those runs in the warmup games has made him quite tired.

 

[silentstriker]

Predictions for this test and the series?

This test: draw.
Series: 1-1.

1-0 England. I don't know if we'll see two results in three tests due to A) weather, and B) the bowling. Not only is the bowling bad on both sides, but the batting is decent. Couple that with the weather, and you're just asking for draws.

1-0 India.

We might all be wrong....2-0 England?

 

[steds]

0-0 imo. Both bowling attacks are weak and so is our puny weather.

 

[Pratters]

I stand by that I think it might be 1-1. It is not as if we have been shown any thing we didn't know in the first two sessions. The only thing which has been really unexpected for me has been the fielding effort we have shown.

 

[wpdavid]

We might all be wrong....2-0 England?

I take it you haven't seen England's attack then? Today's events to date haven't made them any better, I'm sad to say.

 

[Stapel]

Man this is Vaughan and Strauss that are doing this to us. Imagine... Peitersen, Collingwood, Bell are yet to come.

This might sound cynical, but with the way India is currently bowling, we have to wait a long long time before those three come in to bat.

We all knew that both and England (must be said: due to injuries) and India don't have the best attacks. But what India is showing now is even disappointing, knowing it wouldn't be much good.

Only one wicket at tea. Howmany times does that happen at Lord's, on a first day without any rain delays?

 

[pasag]

0-0 imo. Both bowling attacks are weak and so is our puny weather.

Yeah, wouldn't be at all suprised by that tbh.

 

[GIMH]

you called that back in May tbh

 

[Pratters]

How many times have test series gone 0-0 in recent times? The nature of cricket today means that it is very unlikely despite dire attacks. Do think this match will be a draw though as I said before the game.

 

[Turbinator]

I stand by my 1-0 India. This one will be a draw. India will come out strong (I hope) in the next game.