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

[Adders]

Depends on what you mean by tail.. Bairstow, Woakes, Rashid are surely not. Maybe the #10 and 11 could be termed as tail, in which case, you may well end up being right.

Depending on who's playing Rashid is potentialy the No 10.

 

[Burgey]

Unlikely. Their third best batsman is apparently Stokes and ours is Kohli.

Who's better than Kohli in the Indian team? Please don't say La Bomba Tomba Rahane.

 

[honestbharani]

Depending on who's playing Rashid is potentialy the No 10.

Oh ****. That's even worse for us.

 

[Shri]

I wouldn't worry too much. If they are getting out so quickly to an eighteen year old offie, I don't think they'll last too long against three experienced and talented ones.

 

[honestbharani]

shut up and let me gambhir in peace..


EDIT: But seriously, the issue is how it will impact any team mentally, once u get a side 6 or 7 down and then u still have to contend with actually good talented batsmen there. In a way, I think batting as low as they are doing is actually helping blokes like Bairstow and Woakes get good runs. If they were batting 5 and 6, for instance, it may not be the same.

 

[Shri]

Depends on how it all goes in the first test. One bad collapse and they will all go into their shells and become easy pickings because of the psychological effect.

 

[Grumpy]

Not looking forward to this anymore

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Not looking forward to this anymore

I wasn't anyway. Going to be very grim.

 

[cnerd123]

Ashwin is going to eat you all alive and it will be amazing.

 

[harsh.ag]

Ashwin is at home right now, celebrating Diwali with an evil, knowing chuckle.

 

[cnerd123]

Mirage has softened England up for Ashwin; he should be sending him a box of mithai or smth.

 

[listento_me]

No KP, no Swann and no idea about spin...oh India will hammer this England side me thinks.

 

[Shri]

Mirage has softened England up for Ashwin; he should be sending him a box of mithai or smth.

He's just butchered the meat. Ash will tenderize it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Ashwin is going to eat you all alive and it will be amazing.

It's kind of win-win for you now.

If Ashwin dominates you'll be happy because you're supporting India.
If he's meh you'll feel even better about how successful Miraz was against the same lineup.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Ashwin will be easy to face after that series by Miraz.

 

[Howe_zat]

It's kind of win-win for you now.

If Ashwin dominates you'll be happy because you're supporting India.
If he's meh you'll feel even better about how successful Miraz was against the same lineup.

***** has gotten a lot of this lately, even as far as not minding if Bangladesh lose because he gets another go at beating England by supporting India.

It seems awfully useful to support two teams. I might have to expand from 'whoever's playing Australia'

 

[Howe_zat]

Ashwin will be easy to face after that series by Miraz.

You joke but it's hard to see him bowling any better than Miraz has here.

 

[cnerd123]

***** has gotten a lot of this lately, even as far as not minding if Bangladesh lose because he gets another go at beating England by supporting India.

It seems awfully useful to support two teams. I might have to expand from 'whoever's playing Australia'

I would have minded if BD lost, but i did have a chance to watch India take revenge and that would make me feel good again.

Ive been supporting both teams since ive begun watching cricket tho.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

You joke but it's hard to see him bowling any better than Miraz has here.

Well he won't bowl better as nobody could.

Anyway we played Ashwin with a stick of rhubarb last time so it will be interesting to see how it pans out this time.

 

[Kirkut]

Very competitive series, England will go 2 gears above in their performance compared to what they displayed against Banglas, and Ashwin is at his prime.