Tour Matches

[Cevno]

Yeah, while the ground for the u19 matches seems completely empty. They would have gotten viewership in India too as ESPNSTAR are the same network basically.

 

[Rush]

Rahul Dravid has a strike rate of 68!?!?! Wow the pitch must be flat

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Dravid out. 72-3

 

[MW1304]

Wow not sure what India are doing here.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Amazingly, there were about 6000 people there yesterday. At this rate, county cricket may survive another season.

3-4000 maybe. 6000 is pushing it a little. 600 may have been closer by close.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Wow not sure what India are doing here.

This is the problem with writing a pitch off as flat and dead until both sides have bowled on it. You wind up looking a little foolish at 4/76.

Anyway, I'm looking forwards to the explanations - "overhead conditions" is not valid.

 

[vcs]

**** off Yuvraj. Willoughby is running through us.

 

[MW1304]

So Anku, you still optimistic about Yuvraj's Test place?

 

[Anku31]

OMG.Yuvi gone for duck!!! What's happening here??

 

[Anku31]

So Anku, you still optimistic about Yuvraj's Test place?

I am not sure buddy.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Lets face it tour matches were often a joke under Fletcher in his time as England coach and the team didn't have too bad a record when the tests started so this is nothing unusual to all England fans.

Having said that if India are 77-4 before lunch on Thursday then there will be some serious questions raised by both sets of fans.

 

[grecian]

Not such a "road" anymore is it

 

[MW1304]

Exactly. Like the bowling performance, it will likely have no impact on the series at all, and I will be expecting India to play much better than this come Lord's. Doesn't mean the management/players should dismiss it, though, they should be annoyed.

 

[Jacknife]

Lets face it tour matches were often a joke under Fletcher in his time as England coach and the team didn't have too bad a record when the tests started so this is nothing unusual to all England fans.

Having said that if India are 77-4 before lunch on Thursday then there will be some serious questions raised by both sets of fans.

I'm not sure England fans, would have serious question.

 

[The_roc]

Whats the follow on rule in tour matches?

 

[Anku31]

GOD will save us.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I'm not sure England fans, would have serious question.

Well we would question how India are number 1 i reckon.

 

[Anku31]

Well we would question how India are number 1 i reckon.

Get defeated 4-0.You will get the answer.

 

[vcs]

Well we would question how India are number 1 i reckon.

...and that would be a very knee-jerk thing to do. India are notoriously poor starters on their travels.

 

[Furball]

Why the hell are Sky broadcasting the Eng - u19 Vs Sa - u19 but not this match?

I would have thought there would be more interest in this tour match ahead of a big series.

You thought wrong.