***Official*** England in India

[Burgey]

India want some wickets quick smart or this is going to get ugly.

 

[Howe_zat]

These guys can't buy a wicket. Why Indian bowling sucks so bad?

They have had a chance go down, in fairness.

But really this is a wicket where bowlers can be expected to toil. Before the reverse swing came in England just tried to keep it tight and waited for mistakes, and the Indian top order obliged with that stupid run out and Pujara playing around a straight one.

 

[biased indian]

while watching the highlights yesterday confirmed that this is anothet test we are not going to win wether we can save it is the only doubt in mind now..and the way we batted yesterday dont have good feeling on that.. england to score minmum 500+ here

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So if you are more elegant as a left hander god knows what Gambhir and Chanderpaul would be like as right handers.

What a lovely dropped catch, as simple a chance as you ever get at slip.

Compton needs a get out shot to rotate the strike, gets bogged down too easily.

 

[NasserFan207]

Geez Compton is pretty dour isn't he

Has he even hit a scoring shot of the frontfoot yet

 

[Jamee999]

Cook is a machine.

 

[Howe_zat]

What a lovely dropped catch, as simple a chance as you ever get at slip.

Not really, it got to him no more than a few cm off the ground. Swann's drop this morning was much simpler.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Just imagine what Cook would look like if he weren't left-handed

I think being cack-handed seems to exaggerate the aesthetics of a batsman's play, one way or the other.

You get sumptuous batters like Lara and Gower, but also front-foot biffers like Hayden and bottom-hand stranglers like Fat Gray, whose batting has just been drained of all colour and joy.

Cook far closer to the latter two in terms of a batting beauty contest.

 

[Cabinet96]

Just imagine what Cook would look like if he weren't left-handed

And Graeme Smith

 

[Stapel]

Wow, 42 of Cook's 50 are from boundaries!

 

[social]

Imagine how bad things would be for India if they hadnt doctored the the pitch to suit their side

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

So if you are more elegant as a left hander god knows what Gambhir and Chanderpaul would be like as right handers.

Smith the best right hander ever

 

[NasserFan207]

Geez Compton is pretty dour isn't he

Has he even hit a scoring shot of the frontfoot yet

Well he has now

 

[Spark]

Well that's an interesting shot

 

[Daemon]

Imagine how bad things would be for India if they hadnt doctored the the pitch to suit their side

They didn't get what they asked for in this wicket tbh

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Wow, 42 of Cook's 50 are from boundaries!

Outfield is ridiculously fast, beat the inner ring and it usually a boundary.

Wow what is Compton doing?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Wow. Random.

Bit of Kieswetter in that shot, IMHO.

 

[Howe_zat]

I think being cack-handed seems to exaggerate the aesthetics of a batsman's play, one way or the other.

You get sumptuous batters like Lara and Gower, but also front-foot biffers like Hayden and bottom-hand stranglers like Fat Gray, whose batting has just been drained of all colour and joy.

Cook far closer to the latter two in terms of a batting beauty contest.

Yeah, good call.

Wow, 42 of Cook's 50 are from boundaries!

Shows how little the spinners have been bowled more than owt else, I think.

 

[Prince EWS]

Geez Compton is pretty dour isn't he

Has he even hit a scoring shot of the frontfoot yet

There you go.

Flibberty is right; he actually plays some beautiful shots but there are just so many dots in between. Needs to get himself off strike.

 

[Spark]

Sort of a mow over long-on. Weird, thought he'd completely miscued at first because he was shaping up to go extra cover.