silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Only man who can work Richard the Lionheart into cricket commentary tbh.
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R_D
International Debutant
Dravid should really send a message to Laxman to step it up a bit imho.. with the unpredictable weather in England it would be wise to get many runs as possible now and have a crack at england bowlers before end of days play but the batting is pretty dire at the moment.
If Tendulkar had played like Laxman has played most of today (2 succesive maidens for Colingwood and now this, Kumbleis doing most of the scoring!!) - we'd have drawn and quartered him , figuratively speaking, by now. And this after he gets his fifty. No chance for a 100 for him (that would imply Indian score of 650 or so) so why's he playing like this?
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
His strike rate actually went down after Kumble got on. Laxman with his shoddy running really shouldn't be batting with the tail.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
*wins*And on that betting note, my $50 on Tendulkar to top score in this innings at 4.50 is looking good.
Something like 20 dot balls in a row with the lead at 250. Wont hit boundaries and cant run singles. Kumble has now struck the last 3-4 4's of the innings with the one from Laxman a distant 12 overs ago.
Should be dropped next test for Yuvi. Hope he gets out and lets Zaheer take a few whacks.(yess!! that happened as this mail was being typed)
Should be dropped next test for Yuvi. Hope he gets out and lets Zaheer take a few whacks.(yess!! that happened as this mail was being typed)
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I'm pretty fed up with Laxman too TBH. He cannot bat with the tail and does not have the right temperament for his position anymore.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Haha KP and Zaheer....
R_D
International Debutant
same here.. always thought he was over-rated for mine from start anyway.
he played that amazing innings obviously and few good knocks evry now and than but has never really been that consistent. Glad he went out and hopefully thats the end of that chapter.
yuvraj has technical defecincies in his game but time to groom him for test matches imho.. give him a go and see whether he's worked on his game or not.
R_D
International Debutant
another 23 overs according to cricinfo.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
As much as it definitely seems as if Laxman is a bit on the downhill slide, I still fail to see how Yuvraj Singh is a better batsman. If someone had really put their hand up in first class cricket for a few consecutive seasons in India with the bat, I'd have no real problem with Laxman being dropped at this stage.. but if the next best option is Yuvraj Singh, I'd be sticking with Laxman.