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

[Contra]

Vijay obviously doesn't want to leave the crease, that means he can't get stumped but he will miscue some shots. Last one was awesome though.

 

[Shri]

Well, we know what Vijays orders were. Pujara the anchor and Vijay the attacker.

 

[cnerd123]

#Intent

Both India and NZ are 55/1, both lost a wicket at pretty similar times too (39 and 44)

 

[Shri]

If this attacking approach pays off, the spinner might be taken off the attack and bring the pacers in who will be easier to handle.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Vijay bound to ton up after riding his luck.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If this attacking approach pays off, the spinner might be taken off the attack and bring the pacers in who will be easier to handle.

Not necessarily true in Vijay's case

 

[honestbharani]

Man.. Botham is just a cheerleader pretending to be a commentator isn't it? Does he even know he is on air and not in the England dressing room? Making the Channel 9 cheerleaders look like better commentators at the moment.

 

[Contra]

Vijay just hit Rashid out of the attack lol.

 

[Shri]

Rahid's off. I like this.

 

[cnerd123]

mayuresh Moghe : "Last time England a "Lost" a Test after scoring 400+ runs in 1st Innings was against Australia in Adelaide,2006 (Bill lawry epic commentry of Pontings drop catch)....!!"

Okay I didn't know this was true

 

[flibbertyjibber]

First session was England's and this one belongs to India. Going to need a few wickets in the evening session or the advantage of winning the toss and a decent score will be evaporating quickly.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Man.. Botham is just a cheerleader pretending to be a commentator isn't it? Does he even know he is on air and not in the England dressing room? Making the Channel 9 cheerleaders look like better commentators at the moment.

yeah i'm really hoping the rumours that he's leaving sky are true.

complete ****.

 

[Shri]

Whats Ball's strength as a bowler to those of you who have seen him bowl a bit? Seems an up and down 140K bowler with nothing special about him so far.

 

[Contra]

Whats Ball's strength as a bowler to those of you who have seen him bowl a bit? Seems an up and down 140K bowler with nothing special about him so far.

Looks like a bowler who would do better on pitches with more bounce, although this one does have a fair bit of bounce itself. Seems a bit like in the Steven Finn mold.

 

[honestbharani]

Amazing how good Atherton is, tbh. Hussain does let the obvious bias show up now and then but he reigns himself back quickly enough and that is fair enough to be naturally biased towards your team, the Indian commentators are very much the same but Botham just seems to hate to give credit to the opposition.

 

[cnerd123]

He used uneven bounce well and got reverse in the ODIs vs BD. Fairly accurate too.

 

[honestbharani]

Whats Ball's strength as a bowler to those of you who have seen him bowl a bit? Seems an up and down 140K bowler with nothing special about him so far.

Looks like a bowler who would do better on pitches with more bounce, although this one does have a fair bit of bounce itself. Seems a bit like in the Steven Finn mold.

He is talked up as an one day bowler as well at times. Assumed he would be good to bowl cutters.

 

[Shri]

I hope Nair is good against spin. We should get 350+ easy regardless.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Whats Ball's strength as a bowler to those of you who have seen him bowl a bit? Seems an up and down 140K bowler with nothing special about him so far.

Accuracy and variations (cutters, reverse, change of pace etc). As he bowls more overs, we will get a fair judgement. All my hope about him comes from him bowling in odis vs us.

 

[harsh.ag]

Nair scoring runs would be such a bonus.