***Official*** England in India

[Jono]

If you have bad bowlers you don't have much of an option... still, not complaining, last thing we need right now is more men around the bat.

All of 4 of India's bowlers aren't bad in these conditions by any stretch. Dhoni is just being his usual defensive self because he's not defending 400+

 

[smash84]

It wasn't bad, sometimes it is just a good shot. After all these guys can play a bit. They just do it automatically as soon as a boundary is hit so often.

exactly, this is the impulse that I am talking about that he should be controlling

 

[flibbertyjibber]

exactly, this is the impulse that I am talking about that he should be controlling

As I said, sadly he isn't the only one. All of them go defensive too quickly.

 

[Jono]

Kohli won't when he's captain

 

[smash84]

I do feel that Kohli will probably be a much more defensive captain than Dhoni and much less imaginative too

 

[Jono]

Baseless

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Will be interesting to see which Harbhajan turns up. Will he be the same as the guy who looked ineffective for much of the last few years or will he have some of his old zip back? if it is the latter he may not get many more chances with Ashwin and Ohja around.

 

[smash84]

^about as baseless as your statement

 

[smash84]

nice shot for maximum there (ugh...I hate the word maximum for 6)

 

[Jono]

^about as baseless as your statement

Nothing defensive about this man

 

[Jono]

Cook hitting a big six =

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What is going on? Cook hitting a 6.

 

[benchmark00]

nice shot for maximum there (ugh...I hate the word maximum for 6)

Not sure if there's anyone forcing you to use it then...

 

[smash84]

Nothing defensive about this man

oh God....you seem to have an endless repertoire of his photos.

 

[smash84]

Not sure if there's anyone forcing you to use it then...

I know...but sometimes it is an interesting change to use Mark Nicholas's vocabulary

 

[Jono]

Kohli will lead his team like he leads his life - loose and aggressive.

 

[Flametree]

nice shot for maximum there (ugh...I hate the word maximum for 6)

It's not even accurate. Perfectly possible to run 3 or 4 then get four overthrows....

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Kohli will lead his team like he leads his life - loose and aggressive.

That makes him sound like a ***ual predator.

 

[GIMH]

Harby might be effective here - moreso than the others.

I wonder when the pressure to drop KP gets to be too much? Surely he doesnt have a large leash given his past transgressions? Dropped after the series if he doesn't perform.

Is this a joke post? Look at the rest of the line-up; on batting alone there's only Cook and maybe Prior who stand up to KP on recent times.

 

[smash84]

That makes him sound like a ***ual predator.