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***Official*** England in India 2016/17
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
india is selecting Patel for his sledging just like Australia is with Wade
Forget The Chump Vs Kaptain Kohli or Starc Vs Ashwin or Warner Vs Vijay... PP Vs Wade is the contest to wait for come February.
OverratedSanity
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Awta. Got shafted by the selectors imo. Was one of the least embarrassing ones on that ashes tour.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Retired, I think. Remember reading he's dealing with some kind of cancer or something serious.
Zinzan
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Jeez that's a slimy cheap shot from Anderson, couldn't agree more, such sour grapes & poor sportsmanship.
Especially from a bowler who averages 25 at home and 35 away. Just seems really disingenuous given it's obvious that Kohli is one of the best 3 Test bats going around, & it's just a matter of time before he scores runs in England.
Does anyone with any cricket knowledge really question his technique not being good enough to succeed in England, given what he's done in both New Zealand and Australia in his last tours here. NZ in particular were green tracks.
Especially from a bowler who averages 25 at home and 35 away. Just seems really disingenuous given it's obvious that Kohli is one of the best 3 Test bats going around, & it's just a matter of time before he scores runs in England.
Does anyone with any cricket knowledge really question his technique not being good enough to succeed in England, given what he's done in both New Zealand and Australia in his last tours here. NZ in particular were green tracks.
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Burgey
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Oh yeah, I do remember something about him being quite ill a while back. It slipped my mind. Wonder how he's getting on.
OverratedSanity
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Not sure I qualify as someone with cricket knowledge, but I think there are a few definite issues with him when the ball moves, especially in the air. It's not just the England tour I base this on. I thought the same as you after that NZ tour that he'd ironed out that defect, but then he played Mathews' outswinger really badly in Sri Lanka a couple of times on helpful decks. Kept fishing for it on fifth stump with an angled bat. It's tough to say how much he's improved on that and there's really no way to tell for sure unless he gets to bat in those conditions again.
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Compton
International Debutant
Major burn on one of KW, JR, and TPC.
indiaholic
International Captain
Think he rates Kohli above KW.
Zinzan
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Pffft, 3-4 then if it will keep you happy.
I personally believe KW has fallen a little behind the other 3 since taking over the captaincy, but certainly not by much. He was embarrassed pretty badly my Ashwin if we're honest about it.
indiaholic
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Ashwin has been brilliant against Sanga and DeVilliers too. I wouldn't worry too much.
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Fair enough, you obviously have reservations and doubts, whereas I believe he's good enough, Regardless of that, it was incredibly poor taste for Jimmy to say that after such a wonderful innings,
He'll regret those comments if he has any dignity. Such poor timing.
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KW played Ashwin superbly in that 70 odd in the first innings. Took a brutal delivery to get him out. Didn't get many runs after that but he was ill. Wouldn't be that harsh on him for that tour, he showed just about enough that he has the game to play Ashwin well.Pffft, 3-4 then if it will keep you happy.
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Let's just agree Root looked considerably better against the same attack just weeks afterwards. No comparison.
indiaholic
International Captain
Root looked better on easier pitches and even then I am just not convinced he has his defense sorted out.
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He wasn't ill for the 3rd test at all. And so what if he scored one innings of 70 in 4 innings? Nobody's saying KW isn't an excellent batsman, but we're talking about the very best going around atm & regardless of how you want to spin in (pun intended), Ashwin appeared to have him on toast in the other 3 innings following that one. He got him 4 from 4 for the series and I'd suggest another couple of tests would be much the same. He just had his measure, I'm not sure I can honestly say the same about Root.
ImpatientLime
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read a number of journos on twitter saying that the anderson comments were taken completely out of context and that the original article came from a bloke who wasn't even in the presser and working on second hand info.
still comes off as a piss weak moron.
still comes off as a piss weak moron.
Burgey
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Actually the Ashwin-TPC battle will be one of the few intriguing things to come out of Australia's tour of India IMO. Principally because he's the best player in our line up. I think he'll do pretty well, but doing pretty well given the way Australia bats at the moment probably means being stranded on 40 odd not out a la Hobart vs SA.
Expecting Warner to get schooled, fwiw.
Expecting Warner to get schooled, fwiw.