***Official England in India***

[honestbharani]

is cricinfo working now?

 

[Richard]

Seems to be.

 

[IndGunner]

is cricinfo working now?

yea its back up now.

 

[Richard]

For those who know Indore, it doesn't normally rain there at this time of year does it?

 

[duffer]

Cricinfo has this as a poor pitch, is it really because these two are making it look hilariously easy since I got home (half an hour ago)?

 

[Richard]

Half-century for Gambhir, superb knock as fifties go. Really waited for the ball and taken great care to play it along the turf, which is essential on pitches like this.

Can barely recall him hitting it in the air more than once, one that he hit over square-leg with no fielder deep anywhere on the leg-side.

 

[IndGunner]

Gambhir 46 off 50 with 6 fours; Yuvraj Singh 45 off 57 with 5 fours and 2 sixes.

Proof that the ability to be multidimensional is usually more important in one-day batting than hitting boundaries.

Well that and the strange defensive field kp has laid out its so easy to get the ones and two's we must remember that yuvi had a back problem last match. more pressure please.

 

[duffer]

Gambhir has to be classified as a world class batsman at this point in time no?

 

[Richard]

Cricinfo has this as a poor pitch, is it really because these two are making it look hilariously easy since I got home (half an hour ago)?

Certainly is. It's England's bowlers who're making it look easy-ish, added to some wholly uninspired captaincy, but it was looking diabolical (as it is) earlier.

India should knock England over for 120-140 if they bowl well here.

 

[biased indian]

the third power play is still not taken rite .....

 

[IndGunner]

Nice 50 by yuv i think his was better than gambhirs due to the mini collaspe he walked into.

 

[Richard]

the third power play is still not taken rite .....

No, I wasn't sure whether waiting was a wise decision (thought they might've done better to grab the Powerplay overs early while they still had a few wickets left) but Dhoni's batsmen have repaid his faith in them.

 

[biased indian]

For those who know Indore, it doesn't normally rain there at this time of year does it?

No chance as far as i know..all the rainy seasons in india are over

 

[Richard]

I see. Just seems to have clouded over.

On another note, I might now go back to bed as our Sky has packed-up in the rain.

 

[biased indian]

how good a bowler is bopara why he has not come into action yet..saw a interview in neo cricket in the morning with him he was saying this pitch was more suited to his kind of bowling

 

[honestbharani]

To Richard:


follow it on the net, Richard...




U r such a "fair weather" fan...

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha, that rough spot on the pitch Collingwood is turning it out of looks deadly - it's in a really bad spot for a left-handed bat too.

You can't tell me Swann wouldn't be more value than a specialist #8 batsman in India.

 

[Prince EWS]

how good a bowler is bopara why he has not come into action yet..saw a interview in neo cricket in the morning with him he was saying this pitch was more suited to his kind of bowling

He's a batsman who bowls very occasionally. Similar bowler to Collingwood, but with less accuracy and no swing.

 

[Richard]

To Richard:


follow it on the net, Richard...




U r such a "fair weather" fan...

Only really worth being up at this time in the morn to actually watch TBH. Though once you're actually up it's tricky to head back to bed. Might just bung the radio on, I've got one right next to me here now I think about it.

And Bopara's bowling is woeful, such a good job he hardly seems to get thrown the ball in ODIs any more.

 

[LJMJ]

Is there a better batsman to watch in world cricket today than an in-form Yuvraj?