***Official*** England in India

[Jono]

Well thank you sir - and I respect yours What did you make of Munaf Patel's bowling ?

Very very promising. He and Sreesanth have showed a lot so far, and I hope they can improve and become mainstays of the Indian attack with Irfan. From his 2nd spell onwards he troubled the English batsman on a flat wicket which was good to see.

 

[RolledOver]

Dude, No one wants him to quit cricket, He should just take a break and goto some place where he gets no cricket for few months and then comeback fresh. He is only 32, even if he comes after 6 months break, he will have a fresh start.

Seems to be a good idea, and it might even work.

 

[wpdavid]

Bhajji finally out to freddie .

Bhajji's innings was very entertaining!!!!

About time too! But well done the Indian bowlers. Psychologically, England may well be shot, and you really don't fancy them batting for 3 and a half sessions, which is probably what they need to do to be safe.

 

[JustTool]

Srinath is EASILy the WORST. Rock bottom. His english is really bad and his comments worse. Just want to reach out and slap him over the tube ...

I generally like Kapil's commentry, I wish his English/Hindi was little better. He doesn't utter nonsense stuff like Srikanth, Shastri, Waqar and Srinath etc do. He doesn't get very emotional either(atleast when he is doing commentry).

 

[Jono]

You're always so angry, and you always use this smilie. Why don't you try to chill out for once?

 

[Sanz]

I think India want to bat here as long as possible, every run scored here will add pressure on England and I would be glad If India can get a lead of 75 runs even if it means at scoring @ 3 for next 15-20 overs. There are about 160 overs left in the game.

 

[Jono]

Its quite comforting when a player like Chawla comes out to bat at number 10.

Interesting to see he bats left handed.

 

[Sanz]

Interesting to see he bats left handed.

Cricinfo says he is a Rught Hand Batsman.

 

[Jono]

Lol, well he's a lefty, unless my eyes are deceiving me

Edit: Damn Chawla's just fallen. Patel in now.

 

[Dasa]

Dude, No one wants him to quit cricket, He should just take a break and goto some place where he gets no cricket for few months and then comeback fresh. He is only 32, even if he comes after 6 months break, he will have a fresh start.

I would like to see that....in Tests these days, when he comes out to bat you can see the pressure (he's putting on himself) in his demeanour. A self-imposed break would do him a lot of good.

 

[andyc]

It'll be interesting to see what England does when they get a chance to bat. They've gotta go for the win, but when do you guys reckon they'll declare? I guess they could hope to bat out the rest of these 50 overs like a one dayer, and get a lead somewhere around 300, but that does seem a bit unlikely, even with Flintoff and Pietersen. The declaration will probably come sometime before lunch tomorrow, but it'd be a bit too hard to dismiss India then, especially given how much their tail has wagged today.

 

[Neil Pickup]

LOL @ Munaf's batting and the reactions after that giant six. Somewhere, Arjun is getting very very excited.

 

[RolledOver]

Munaf going wild, a four and a big six...greaaaaaaat job!!

 

[Jono]

LOL @ Munaf's batting and the reactions after that giant six. Somewhere, Arjun is getting very very excited.

LOL! I was about to say Arjun is going to go crazy here if Patel scores a quickfire 30-odd or something.

 

[RolledOver]

India takes a 38 runs lead, not a bad effort by tailenders!!

 

[PY]

C'mon Straussy.

When we need it son, when we need it.

 

[IqbalJaved]

India hopefully will strike with the new ball.

 

[RolledOver]

India hopefully will strike with the new ball.

Yeah but there is no way that they can win it now.

 

[alternative]

Munaf Strikes.. cook is gone...

 

[Neil Pickup]

Cack shot.