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***Official*** England in India 2016/17

harsh.ag

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
There is a lot to talk about without having to shitpost, guys.

#MakingAMoveForTheWeeklyAwardByDaemon
 

Blocky

Banned
What you've got to respect though is Ashwin and Jadeja just place so many balls in that zone with enough tweak on it to generate it; but until teams like England learn how to read length quick enough to either get forward and smother, or go back and flick like the best Indian, Sri Lankan and Pakistani batsmen do, it's just not going to be a fair contest in India on Day 3 onwards due to how good their bowling attack are at exploiting this, and how good their batsmen are at pounding bad spinners off their lines and lengths.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Sure; it's not like that ball skimmed off the surface and through the gate that he left open. It's not like it's doing different things each time it pitches, it's not like other people have already commented on it.

It's also not like Cricinfo pointed out that the ball did something different, either.

From Cricinfo: through the gate and smashing the stumps! Simply played the wrong line as Cook played for turn but left a gaping hole between bat and pad. Probing line from Ashwin but the seed of doubt caused by a nibble of turn was enough to unsettle England's master player of spin

Sure.. that is the same as this **** that you posted. 8-)



Oh, so that didn't shoot through compared to the previous deliveries that bounced a bit more... cool, I love impartiality.

8-)
 

harsh.ag

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Feel bad for Moeen here. Having to bat number 3 is not fair. England need to fly in some players from the domestic circuit.
 

artvandalay

State Vice-Captain
What you've got to respect though is Ashwin and Jadeja just place so many balls in that zone with enough tweak on it to generate it; but until teams like England learn how to read length quick enough to either get forward and smother, or go back and flick like the best Indian, Sri Lankan and Pakistani batsmen do, it's just not going to be a fair contest in India on Day 3 onwards due to how good their bowling attack are at exploiting this, and how good their batsmen are at pounding bad spinners off their lines and lengths.
Spin playing ability is at an all time low. Nayan mongia will make any team on batting merit in Asia currently, so too will Kalu and Moin Khan. The way even some of the Indians bat they don't have time reading it off the pitch.
 

Blocky

Banned
Sure.. that is the same as this **** that you posted. 8-)






8-)
Try not to take **** personally, you'll enjoy your forum experience so much more.

I pointed out the ball did something different to dismiss Cook, the ball did - if there was a Gif available of it, I'd show you.
 

OverratedSanity

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It's not a gift when you've worked towards that dismissal with tight bowling and pinning him in the crease.
Not saying he hasn't bowled well but that was a pure pressure release shot. He built some great pressure in this spell but that doesn't excuse that shot. Got to soak it up better than that.
 
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Blocky

Banned
Spin playing ability is at an all time low. Nayan mongia will make any team on batting merit in Asia currently, so too will Kalu and Moin Khan. The way even some of the Indians bat they don't have time reading it off the pitch.
I think people don't know how to attack without being imbeciles about it, the reality is that Jadeja in particular bowls enough balls that you can hit, but the guys are so quick onto the defensive options that they're never putting scoreboard pressure onto the spinners. The sweep shot with variable bounce for instance should only be played when the ball pitches outside leg, very few of the non sub continent guys seem to be able to play the swivel pull to spin bowlers and too many are reliant on giving themselves room to leg to try and cut it, rather than look to knock it on the head down the ground for the single.
 

Compton

International Debutant
Moeen showing why the calls for him to bat up the order are a little premature. Yeah, it lets England pick an extra bowler (or Jos Buttler) but he has too many stupid dismissals in him.
 

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