***Official*** England in India

[Furball]

yes i think we have 3 good odi bowlers.

Finn, Broad and Swann

Then you have the ok list

Anderson, Bresnan, Dernbach, Tredwell

and then the rest

wtf, Anderson's much better than everyone else in his group.

 

[Howe_zat]

Announcing the OD squads for the NZ tour before this mini-tour even started was probably enough of a broadcast that no-one cares about it.

 

[NasserFan207]

England should be using this series to test out young spinners, so picking Joe Root actually does make sense

 

[theegyptian]

wtf, Anderson's much better than everyone else in his group.

he is better than them but he isn't a good odi bowler imo. Trash bowling from 30 overs +, terrible in asia. helpfully missed the last two odi series in india. decent in home conditions. ok not good imo.


next two world cups in Aus/NZ then England so planning is geared towards that somewhat but it amazes me that they don't seem to adjust their tactics in the slightest for india.

 

[centurymaker]

so who's playing and who isn't?

trott?
kp?
anderson?
swann?
broad?
finn?

 

[Daemon]

Dinda vs Dernbach?

 

[grecian]

Dinda vs Dernbach?

 

[Cabinet96]

so who's playing and who isn't?

trott?
kp?
anderson?
swann?
broad?
finn?

No
Yes
No
No
Probably not
Yes

 

[theegyptian]

Not much to look forward to tomorrow for England fans. Doesn't even look like Buttler will play. Team looks doomed to fail even with india's problems. Bowling lacks both penetration and accuracy. Batting is mainly pedestrian.

 

[Cabinet96]

Jade Dernbach, with his variations, is an important option in India, while Stuart Meaker's extra speed could push him in front of Chris Woakes.

Please don't let it be true

 

[Scaly piscine]

They're Slurry bowlers, of course they're good. Been skittling counties out for under 50 consistently that lot.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Woakes will go the distance on these tracks, surely. Better off seeing the Surrey Boys Club haemorrhage runs than have Woakes blacklisted from the test team for this...

6.30am seems a reasonable start time tomorrow, actually... I don't think I'd get up any earlier but I'll manage the first hour, I reckon.

 

[NasserFan207]

Those three are all equally awful bowlers tbh

Shouldn't be near the England side

 

[Cabinet96]

They should definitely play Briggs IMO. Even if it's just for the fact that he's better than the seam bowling alternatives.

 

[Daemon]

Dinda in for Shami.

Kill me.

 

[Daemon]

This outfield is madness. Absolutely ridiculous. Fielding will make a huge difference today.

 

[shankar]

Ishant's wrist action seems to finally be back to what it was at the beginning of his career with the stock ball consistently coming into the batsman.

 

[Daemon]

Aka we've forgotten how crap he used to be?

 

[theegyptian]

match has england score 310-320 and india knock it off for 4 or 5 with 3 overs to go. Need 350+ imo- not happening tho.

 

[shankar]

Aka we've forgotten how crap he used to be?

He was crap at the start of his career? Harsh. I was talking about this period. Regardless of whether he was good or not at least he was moving the ball. For ages now, he's just been praying for the odd random ball hitting the seam and doing something!