flibbertyjibber
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Doesn't matter, you shouldn't react like that.
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***Official*** England in India
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Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Where ?
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
He should be banned and India disqualified
What do you think the phrase 'not necessary regardless' means?
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Sky just showed a replay of his first innings dismissal; that gate was very Prioresque.
Satyanash89
Banned
Poor stuff from Dhoni... hope he does that more frequently and loses that undeserved Captain Cool moniker.
Should get fined for this and probably will. Gavaskar to then accuse the officials of racism... im calling it now
Should get fined for this and probably will. Gavaskar to then accuse the officials of racism... im calling it now
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I'd back Thorpe to score more than most of the current side even now.
Possibly Gooch too, even if he is mid-60's.
Throw in Flower and we have the making of a batting line-up.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Ha, well the options to replace Bell for the second are Morgan, Bairstow and Root.
Reckon I'd be taking Flower as well.
British citizen now and he must've done his four year qualification...
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Oddly enough someone on Cricinfo is making the same point even as we speak. Apparently he was playing when Zim saved a game after conceding a 200+ run deficit in India.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Compton's first Test boundary; wouldn't have been betting on it being a reverse sweep, myself, but it was a good shot all the same. I really think he needs to be more assertive against Yadav though; if he'd got that full toss in a county fixture he'd have put it away 999 times out of 1000, which just shows where his head is.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
However this innings turns out for him, and however bad he looks right now, I've more sympathy for Compton. First test, batting out of position and all that. And he is the only one in the top six who has never played a test in the SC. For all the talk of how inexperienced we are in these conditions, the rest of them have actually played quite a few times in the SC or UAE.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
His grandfather would have approved. Not that Dennis played too many reverse sweeps, but spirit of the shot and all that.
flibbertyjibber
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Totally agree wpdavid. The thing is we all know that Compton will be the one dropped when we inevitably get hammered. I am not convinced by him but I do think he has been given a very short straw by making him open when he isn't an opener. Trouble is you would be throwing in Root who probably is 12 months short of being ready anyway.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Yeah, truth in that, no doubt.
Don't want to knock a tyro on debut, but I think we can probably say Nick is no Denis Compton.
You can only piss with the **** you have and all that.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Denis' exact words, weren't they?