***Official*** India in England 2014

[hendrix]

Leave him to bat and pick someone qualified to bowl

Ummm that's pretty much exactly what they've done. Hard to see why you're complaining.


And who exactly is more qualified to bowl? The best spinner in county cricket over the last few seasons has been Jeetan Patel. I heart the guy but that's not exactly a high bar to set. There's simply noone better.

 

[Riggins]

Ballance has a lot of Strauss about him in defence. Almost as boring also.

 

[Daemon]

Jads gonna **** englands **** up

 

[cricmahanty]

Blimey, India don't look like picking five wickets over the course of the match.

Our only hope is if RJ pitches it on those rough patches outside the left-hander's offstump.

 

[smash84]

the game is moving sooo slowl

 

[Daemon]

Ishant's actually bowling as well as he can imo. Bowling in good areas and making the batsmen play.

...aaand just as I type this he's bowled a couple of pies

 

[Daemon]

**** YOU KOHLI z

 

[Viscount Tom]

Blowers on TMS getting Indian listeners hopes up when he says Ishant's been sacked.

 

[King Pietersen]

Bangladesh must have been ****ing terrible to have been skittled by this bloke.

 

[Spark]

Stuart Binny: why?

 

[Daemon]

Some quality test class bowling here from Binny.

 

[Cevno]

Binny doing worse in this test that what pretty much all of Indian fans predicted.

Weirdest of selections.

Don't get the love Star commentators have for him.

 

[Cevno]

Seriously, hoping atleast his father excused himself from selection meeting selecting him. Sigh.

 

[Daemon]

Don't get the love Star commentators have for him.

They do? Ganguly's just spent the last 10 minutes essentially saying he's not good enough for Tests.

 

[Cevno]

They do? Ganguly's just spent the last 10 minutes essentially saying he's not good enough for Tests.

Hmm.. they were all saying before the test that they would pick him in the team definitely including Ganguly who said he would be excellent for balance.

I just turned up my volume this over and it seemed to me they were bit making excuses for him as in this aren't good conditions for him ,he is adapting and also talking about how great a guy he was etc..

 

[karan316]

Lets just not get too impatient, it's his first game, he's clearly nervous out there, he is bowling at an average of around 125k which isn't that bad. The wicket is extremely flat, the ball is 40 overs old already, not the ideal condition for a swing bowler.

 

[91Jmay]

Normally I'm one of the first to winge about run rates, but in this scenario GB and Robson doing what they need to do. Can only really lose or draw from here and it doens't seem like a pitch you can score freely on unless you are a naturally scorer off spin (don't think either of these guys are). Bat slowly and fill your boots if need be,

 

[Riggins]

Lets just not get too impatient, it's his first game, he's clearly nervous out there, he is bowling at an average of around 125k which isn't that bad. The wicket is extremely flat, the ball is 40 overs old already, not the ideal condition for a swing bowler.

que?

 

[Cevno]

Lets just not get too impatient, it's his first game, he's clearly nervous out there, he is bowling at an average of around 125k which isn't that bad. The wicket is extremely flat, the ball is 40 overs old already, not the ideal condition for a swing bowler.

Fair point But it's hard not too when we have seen him before and know already how good/bad he is. His dismissal was bad too with the bat.

Don't get the basis of this selection to begin with. I'd rather even have a Rishi Dhawan over him for that sort of role.

 

[91Jmay]

Ball is turning fairly big on day 2 We've prepared a slow, low turner for India.

Brilliant.