*Official* Second Test at Trent Bridge

[Howe_zat]

Cricinfo:

At least when the cricket is on, jingoism from the followers of either side can be set aside.

Haha, no it won't.

 

[Stapel]

What's the news on Trott, if there is any?

 

[Burgey]

They're still on about India's slip cordon, but didn't Raina(?) take a Speccie at third in the first dig?

I imagine he's there for the one that won't carry to second, and tbf there's been a few of them in the series thus far.

 

[superkingdave]

So Trott will bat, but probably at 9/10. Wouldn't expect he will last long

 

[MW1304]

Ponting would have batted

Clarke wouldn't though.

 

[wpdavid]

So Trott will bat, but probably at 9/10. Wouldn't expect he will last long

I know I'm probably jinxing him, but given Broad's form in his last two innings, he really has to bat ahead of Bresnan: it would be madness to risk leaving him stranded, especially with Swann's hand injury probably being an issue.

 

[Stapel]

So Trott will bat, but probably at 9/10. Wouldn't expect he will last long

Got a source?

 

[Uppercut]

England mirroring Dravid and Laxman yesterday by looking much tighter this morning than they did last night.

 

[Burgey]

This is precisely where Zaheer is really missed by India. Not so much when it's hooping everywhere, but when it isn't.

 

[miscer]

we need a wicket before they can eliminate the deficit

 

[wpdavid]

England mirroring Dravid and Laxman yesterday by looking much tighter this morning than they did last night.

I was thinking the same - Broad was saying that the heavy roller at the start of the day calmed the wicket down significantly.

 

[Uppercut]

I was thinking the same - Broad was saying that the heavy roller at the start of the day calmed the wicket down significantly.

Don't they use the heavy roller before the innings starts too though?

 

[Howe_zat]

Good to see them playing their shots. Looks like the roller does give a big help to batting in the morning, so they need to take advantage.

 

[Spark]

That's a great shot.

 

[Daemon]

Ball coming on the bat really nicely. Ominous signs

 

[wpdavid]

Don't they use the heavy roller before the innings starts too though?

No idea. If so, I have no explanation

 

[Howe_zat]

The better Bell looks, the more you start to worry he'll do something daft. Odd that I still can't shake that after the last couple of years he's had, but he's got a lot to prove today. Crucial runs and all that.

 

[superkingdave]

Got a source?

They mentioned it on Sky, they said they had been advised by England that Trott would bat but they weren't told where

 

[Spark]

How on earth can Strauss be allowed to stand that far out of his crease and Dhoni not come up?

 

[Stapel]

They mentioned it on Sky, they said they had been advised by England that Trott would bat but they weren't told where

So, that could go any way!