***Official England in India***

[pasag]

You don't chase down 250+ on this pitch, let alone 300. Absolutely will not happen.

Great call from Goughy a few pages back.

 

[Evermind]

Panesar has been club-quality. No way he should be bowling four balls every over on a 5th day pitch with lots of bounce and turn.

And for some reason, he's bowling again.

 

[Flem274*]

Just hurry up and clone Flintoff for Gods sake.

 

[Burgey]

Panesar has been club-quality. No way he should be bowling four balls every over on a 5th day pitch with lots of bounce and turn.

Good. Hope they keep him for the Ashes then.

I thought he'd go well this tour tbh, though I haven't seenmuch of him the past year. SOunds like he's plateaued or even gone backwards.

 

[biased indian]

is cricinfo working of anybody ?

 

[Burgey]

is cricinfo working of anybody ?

Had troubles accessing it too

 

[biased indian]

this inngs should induce confidence in yuvraj to be a good test batsmen

 

[biased indian]

Had troubles accessing it too

and then the infamous database error in cricketweb

 

[Burgey]

and then the famous database error in cricket we

Server couldn't cope with Yuvraj performing when it matters

 

[alternative]

Stokedddddddddddddd. Can't believe Yuvraj is still playing though.

 

[Richard]

Great call from Goughy a few pages back.

The pitch has played absolutely nothing like it was looking like playing on the second day. There's plenty of posts commenting that it was likely to fall to pieces, and it just hasn't.

Anyway, I trust we've had several of the usual
England
posts today. For once, fully worth it.

Nonetheless, I'll say what I said yesterday on several occasions: it's no real disgrace to lose this game from that position. If someone chases down the best part of 400, you shake their hand and say well played. You can say the field-placing was poor, well, no, I'd say the bowling was poor.

This is the sort of innings Tendulkar has dreamt about playing all his career, incidentally, of course, but Strauss should still get MOTM.

 

[Pratters]

Great stuff by India. Tendulkar is gun.

 

[biased indian]

This is the sort of innings Tendulkar has dreamt about playing all his career, incidentally, of course, but Strauss should still get MOTM.

No will give it to Harmison,Monty Swann and Anderson for their collective effort

 

[Athlai]

No will give it to Harmison,Monty Swann and Anderson for their collective effort

Harsh on Swann

 

[Richard]

Yeah, Swann's been OK - and should've just had Yuvraj there BTLOT. Presuming we only want one spinner at Mohali, he should be the one IMO, without question.

 

[Pratters]

Can't believe Yuvraj is still playing though.

I have always backed him as a test player. People have doubted his credentials with SJS making absurd statements like he has no defensive shot. Yuvraj has always had the makings of a very good test player where I am concerned.

 

[biased indian]

Harsh on Swann

ya thought about it but..i thought he will be more dangerous on this pitch ...

 

[Richard]

So hope Tendulkar gets this century here.

 

[biased indian]

yuvi please let sachin score the 100......

 

[silentstriker]

That was a fantastic shot.