***Official*** India in England 2014

[LegionOfBrad]

“@BBCSport: Should Alex Hales replace Sam Robson as England's Test opener? @MichaelVaughan thinks so BBC Sport - England v India, fifth Test, The Oval, day two #bbccricket #EngvInd”

Assuming he's picked in the ODI side (he will be) and does as well as I expect him to they may well play him in the Caribbean. **** FC record or not the guy seems made for the big time.

 

[grecian]

“@BBCSport: Should Alex Hales replace Sam Robson as England's Test opener? @MichaelVaughan thinks so BBC Sport - England v India, fifth Test, The Oval, day two #bbccricket #EngvInd”

Will that be with Eoin Morgan as captain?

Look I admire what Hales has done this year, and everything, but if he leapfrogs Lyth who has been scoring runs for fun, then it's ****ing stupid in the extreme. If they decide to ditch Robson altogether, then maybe they could tour with both.

 

[GIMH]

Anyone else read between the lines of what Strauss just said and assume it meant that the England dressing room was raging about Ajmal in 2012

 

[Adders]

Whats Compos first class form been like his year? I recall he was scoring runs in the lead up to the 2013 Ashes.....has he kept it going? Is he totally out of the frame now?

 

[cnerd123]

The commentators speaking so much garbage about the doosra. What does Nasser know about the mechanics of bowling a doosra?

 

[Howe_zat]

Anyone else read between the lines of what Strauss just said and assume it meant that the England dressing room was raging about Ajmal in 2012

It was no doubt. But they would have made a much better case for it had they not got out to Rehman just as often

 

[Swingpanzee]

Played Cook.

 

[harsh.ag]

Indian women test team 9 runs away from beating the English Good for them.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Indian women test team 9 runs away from beating the English Good for them.

REVENGE

Daemon vindicated.

 

[GIMH]

MOTS?

England- Anderson or Ballance but as coach fat man gets to pick and he's a vindictive piece of **** then my money is on Ballance

India - Dhoni?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Indian women test team 9 runs away from beating the English Good for them.

Had TMS on as I was making lunch and Gavaskar let out a huge roar and send "Send them here"

Can't do any worse I guess.

 

[Howe_zat]

MOTS?

England- Anderson or Ballance but as coach fat man gets to pick and he's a vindictive piece of **** then my money is on Ballance

India - Dhoni?

India's ought to be Bhuveneshwar, or at least depend on who gets the wickets in this game. Oddly for them I think they've bowled a lot better than they've batted in this series.

 

[YorksLanka]

India's ought to be Bhuveneshwar, or at least depend on who gets the wickets in this game. Oddly for them I think they've bowled a lot better than they've batted in this series.

Deffo.tbh before the series,I was.convinced that England would edge it due to India's bowlers beg unable to bowl England out consistently whilst their batsmen filled their boots!!

 

[BoyBrumby]

India not really at it since lunch.

Don't think Ashwin's moved one off the straight yet and Kumar's dishing out the legside freebies.

 

[CWB304]

Ballance's natural tempo is really good. Already seems more capable of pushing the scoring rate up than Trott ever was. Very encouraging display against a pretty decent India attack.

 

[Howe_zat]

Runs coming very, very easily now.

 

[Howe_zat]

How differently could this series have gone if they'd caught well?

Or caught, y'know, at all?

Sitter.

 

[Swingpanzee]

**** that's such **** fielding, dreadful abysmal etc etc etc.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Dolly, wasn't it?

Killer for the bowler.

 

[zaremba]

Cricket is such a cruel mistress