*Official* Second Test at Trent Bridge

[grecian]

Why doesn't MS put a man back there? Honestly. Seen way too many go down there

Disagree, clever field placing IMHO

 

[Cevno]

That's what I did, babe.

 

[Contra]

lol..

yeah I'm done watching this, will just check on Cricinfo in a few hours time or something.

 

[Contra]

Disagree, clever field placing IMHO

If your an English supporter yeah.

 

[Cevno]

Not even looking likely to get a wicket right now.

 

[Furball]

Tell you what, this boy Sreesanth can field a bit can't he?

 

[Manee]

Bye bye number one rating.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Carnage now, India look a shambles in the field.

 

[Cevno]

Bye bye number one rating.

Should have gone for that chase in West Indies.

 

[TumTum]

So good to see English batsman dominating when Cook and Trott aren't in the middle.

 

[Daemon]

Pfffffffffft

29th of June:

Fine...wonder why you didn't get called a stupid **** though. Racism imo.

EDIT:

I actually beat you by a day

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/india-england-2011/51967-my-bicycle-not-100-per-cent-error-free-18.html#post2591507

 

[Top_Cat]

I know people are highlighting that both England and India not having a 3rd man but when the ball's doing a bit, the focus is more on having catchers rather than saving runs especially when you'd usually asume scores will be lower anyway. Can't cover absolutely all possibilities and on a pitch like this, a wicket could come at any time. It'd be a bigger crime if the guy who would have been in a catching position was boundary-riding instead.

 

[Spikey]

Fine...wonder why you didn't get called a stupid **** though. Racism imo.

People love me. No surprise considering my rugged good looks and schoolboy charm imo

 

[Manee]

Should have gone for that chase in West Indies.

I'm so distraught right now. Cannot believe how poorly this series has gone. No Sehwag, no Zaheer and we've looked so bad. And now we're likely to be avoiding the whitewash from here onwards. Just so pathetic and embarrassing from India. Everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong and of course, a duff decision was in there just to stick the knife in. English fans have been vindicated in absolutely everything they've said and bloody Stuart Broad is the star of it all.

Gosh, what a nightmare.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I know people are highlighting that both England and India not having a 3rd man but when the ball's doing a bit, the focus is more on having catchers rather than saving runs especially when you'd usually asume scores will be lower anyway. Can't cover absolutely all possibilities and on a pitch like this, a wicket could come at any time. It'd be a bigger crime if the guy who would have been in a catching position was boundary-riding instead.

Could take out mid off or mid on and move him to third man, encourage them to drive through the gap with the catchers all in. It is what i'd try anyway. Yes you may leak a few runs through mid off/mid onbut you'd probably save more than you leak down at third man.

 

[miscer]

what the hell happened to this match lol?

 

[BoyBrumby]

If Trott is out next test, would England consider bringing in another keeper and plating Prior as a batsman?

I've no doubt Prior is now good enough to bat top six, but I'd actually also say he's now a also a better keeper than the three most likely candidates too, who I'd rank in descending order of likelihood as Kieswetter, Bairstow and Davies.

There might be a case for playing either Kies or Bluey jr as a specialist bat and, in fact, one of them will for the Loins v SL A. If either outscore Taylor massively there's a case.

If Trott wasn't fit I'd actually bring in a fifth bowler, tbh. Bresnan, Broad and Swann know which way to hold up a bat and Prior's a top 6 bat IMO.

I'd disagree on the grounds that runs rather than wickets have been more of an issue so far. India, admittedly shorn of Sehwag and latterly Gambhir but still with three nailed on selections for the Indian All-time XI in their ranks, haven't reached 300 in three digs yet.

It was a big mistake for Sharma to have a haircut. He looks less threatening this way!

Think it's more of a mistake to have that haircut. The Deliverance-chic mullet still steadfastly refusing to come back into fashion.

Anyway, great knock from Bello. His first at #3. Our little boy has grown up.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

what the hell happened to this match lol?

Called not taking your chance when you have it. Sign of a good side is one who comes back from adversity which England are doing incredibly well.

 

[fredfertang]

I'm enjoying this - it's a good job India didn't bat first else it'd be all over by now

.... and the Dutch have beaten France - all is well with the world - think I'll break the habit of a lifetime and go and buy a lottery ticket

 

[Manee]

what the hell happened to this match lol?

England have been vindicated in everything that they have said and done, ever.