pasag
RTDAS
Too risky imo, anything could happen and I could see a middle order collapse just as much as I can see India going on to make 500 from here.
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***Official*** India in England
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Couldn't watch the cricket yesterday as my Dish connection played up. Will watch it later some day as I do want to see the day's play. BTW, just saw Tendulkar being hit on the helmet. Seconds 36-40 seem to show that it might have hurt. http://youtube.com/watch?v=tF3kHZN1V_o
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
good couple of days for India. Let us if we can build on this. And I think Nufan, myself, Pratyush and a few others can lay claim to the best prediction, me thinks... With our predictions on Sachin. Absolute champion, he is. 
pasag
RTDAS
I've got a few India to win the series posts knocking about which you can guarantee I'll be parading about should it happengood couple of days for India. Let us if we can build on this. And I think Nufan, myself, Pratyush and a few others can lay claim to the best prediction, me thinks... With our predictions on Sachin. Absolute champion, he is.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Yes I agree.good couple of days for India. Let us if we can build on this. And I think Nufan, myself, Pratyush and a few others can lay claim to the best prediction, me thinks... With our predictions on Sachin. Absolute champion, he is.
Would love it if Sachin goes on to reach triple figures today, the other day I said he'd make 151..
garypleavin
Cricket Spectator
Well, I have to say today is a crucial day in the outcome of the match and the series. England need something like 70-7 today to stay in the contest but with Tendulkar and Ganguly in and Laxman and Dangerous Dhoni to come I can see India getting a 250 Run Lead. For Englands Innings it is time for Strauss to perform again and save the Test Match which I know he an England can do with the quality of our batting lineup.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Great to see Manju having a proper CC argument.
For me, if Ganguly wanted to go out yesterday evening he should have - if he'd wanted a nightwatchman they should have sent one out.
Having a nightwatchman wouldn't have helped England at all if Laxman, Dhoni etc. had played well. It doesn't matter whether they're at six, seven or eight, they're still the same calibre of player.
Days of Grace
International Captain
I hope Ganguly has a great innings today. He's done so well to fight back into the side. But, I still think his average of 41 is fairly low for someone of his calibre. Hopefully he can improve it before the end of his career.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Do you think Ganguly is better then Mark Waugh? Awesome player with a similar average.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Amazing, first two overs back and it's still England getting done over by umpires and bad luck - everything possible that can go against England has.
It's absolutely surreal.
It's absolutely surreal.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
There've been two lbws against India that were hitting and turned down and two against England that weren't hitting but were given.
Throw in who the batsmen were and that's a big difference.
Days of Grace
International Captain
If we are talking about tests, no. Waugh was better. Scored more runs and more centuries, I think. Looked better at the crease too.
But Ganguly is a battler, that's for sure.
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I certainly agree, both Waugh and Ganguly had the potential to be two of the finest middle order batsmen of the modern era, certainly two of the easiest to watch.
Mark Waugh had a wonderful record for both Essex and New South Wales, averaging 59 and 53 respectively but was never really able to produce the same amount of runs at Test cricket, and an average of 41 shows how much he underacheived.
Sourav Ganguly on the other hand struggled in County Cricket, apart from a 5 match stint with Glamorgan, his efforts with Lancashire and and Northamptonshire were poor. His record for Bengal is pretty good, averaging 55, but an overally First Class record of 43 highlights that he did indeed have weaknesses, weaknesses that weren't generally exploited on the low pitches of India.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
Ganguly isn't an underachiever Dicko - he has very rarely made runs against a top class pace attack at test level.
Overrated I say
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Overrated in a sense, but I don't think you can deny that he has underacheived. The guy has huge potential and hasn't always been able to convert that into runs.Ganguly isn't an underachiever Dicko - he has very rarely made runs against a top class pace attack at test level.
Overrated I say
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I disagree really. Given his technical difficulties which every man and his dog knows about, I think he's done very well to achieve what he has.