***Official*** India in England 2014

[flibbertyjibber]

Can't remember the last time I got to day 2 of a test and couldn't be bothered to watch it as I know it will be boring. I even sat through most of both 5-0 ashes gubbings all the way through. The pitches we are producing in England of late just don't give you anything exciting to watch.

 

[Adders]

Hard to blame Prior for that.......what do you expect when he's got to come up so close.

 

[hendrix]

Hard to blame Prior for that.......what do you expect when he's got to come up so close.

still should've taken it. Poor footwork.

 

[harsh.ag]

And right in the middle of this test comes the excellent article by Martin regaling us with tales of the great English pitches from 1947. Makes me sad

 

[harsh.ag]

Cricinfo commentary

Oohs and aahs from the keeper, who should have held on to the catch earlier

 

[harsh.ag]

There is just one slip? Fo' shizzles?

 

[wpdavid]

Can't remember the last time I got to day 2 of a test and couldn't be bothered to watch it as I know it will be boring. I even sat through most of both 5-0 ashes gubbings all the way through. The pitches we are producing in England of late just don't give you anything exciting to watch.

I can only admire your willingness to watch the 5-0s.

But I'm with you. I just find England unwatchable nowadays. Those involved in the test game just seem intent on killing it off. Crap pitches, dullard captaincy and incompetence from too many of the participants.

 

[Spark]

TB was incredible last year mind you

True but I'm busy reminiscing over the 2011 deck

 

[Teja.]

It isn't a great pitch but it's been so long since watching India play that I'm really enjoying it anyway.

 

[Stapel]

Now that the WC is over (for me it is), I can return back to business as usual: Proper Test Cricket!

I haven't seen a single ball yesterday. Yet, it didn't take too much time to find out the pitch was really nice to bat on. So, how come only 259 runs were scored in the day?

 

[Spark]

Now that the WC is over (for me it is), I can return back to business as usual: Proper Test Cricket!

I haven't seen a single ball yesterday. Yet, it didn't take too much time to find out the pitch was really nice to bat on. So, how come only 259 runs were scored in the day?

Hard to get out on =/= good to bat on

 

[Pothas]

Can't remember the last time I got to day 2 of a test and couldn't be bothered to watch it as I know it will be boring. I even sat through most of both 5-0 ashes gubbings all the way through. The pitches we are producing in England of late just don't give you anything exciting to watch.

Yeah this is the only day I can watch nearly all the play but already feel like I am watching it out of obligation.

We did have two great tests against Sri Lanka though.

 

[Adders]

Now that the WC is over (for me it is), I can return back to business as usual: Proper Test Cricket!

I haven't seen a single ball yesterday. Yet, it didn't take too much time to find out the pitch was really nice to bat on. So, how come only 259 runs were scored in the day?

It's not so much that this is a nice wicket to bat on.......more that it is a ****ing horrible one to bowl on.

 

[Adders]

Balls now 29 overs old, we got it reversing straight after lunch yesterday at 30 overs.

Lets hope it starts to go shortly.

 

[harsh.ag]

Now that the WC is over (for me it is), I can return back to business as usual: Proper Test Cricket!

I haven't seen a single ball yesterday. Yet, it didn't take too much time to find out the pitch was really nice to bat on. So, how come only 259 runs were scored in the day?

You have a match with Brazil coming up.

 

[harsh.ag]

The commentators keep comparing the stats of this match with the 2011 tour like it means something. Dumb****s.

 

[Spark]

Sympathy wicket?

Quality knock, just incidentally

 

[OverratedSanity]

We did have two great tests against Sri Lanka though.

Why are people saying this? The first test was absolutely awful bar the final two sessions. Second test though, was genuinely great all the way through.

Anyway, I concur that this pitch is awful. If Dhoni gets a hundred here, I hope cricinfo classify it as a hundred in Asia. Hardly even qualifies as overseas conditions.

 

[Teja.]

Harsh on Vijay. Copping a bad one when on 146 is tragic.

 

[Adders]

Yessss. Thank **** for that.

Good knock but.