luckyeddie
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Perhaps it wasn't you.aussie said:
I couldn't be bothered checking - apologies.
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I couldn't be bothered checking - apologies.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Probably because he reckoned that England's quicks would be far more of a handful in conditions on the 1st morning on this wicket that their spinners are likely to be on Day 5. By the time India get to bat, all the juice will have been sucked from the pitch, and they should have no problem saving the game, or even setting up a win if England collapse tomorrow morning. If India needed to win, he would probably have batted first. As they don't, he probably thought there was less chance of India losing batting second.Anil said:india need to take quick wickets on the second day or this test match could slip away real fast.....why did dravid have to insert the opposition in the one time he won the toss?
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Or he could have just bollixed it up.wpdavid said:
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Well yes, there is always that possibility. I think that his thinking was probably along the lines I suggested, but I think that he never thought we'd pass 200 for only one wicket. So whilst I think I understand his thought process, I think he did in fact get it wrong.luckyeddie said:
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If RMcD's thought processes were owt like as convoluted as that, there's every chance he confused the pants off himself.wpdavid said:
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
By a slim margin no doubt, it doesn't alter the fact Collingwood averages 42.91 against Test opposition and when you remove Bell's freebies against Bangladesh he averages 30.77. It's a no-brainer unless you're a rabid Warwicks fan - especially if you've seen Bell bat for England.marc71178 said:
Scaly piscine
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Heh @ match odds on cricinfo (bet365)... they've got India 12/5, England 13/5... ridiculous. How the hell can India be favourites (ignoring the draw)?
There's 4 whole days to go. 
IndianByHeart
U19 Vice-Captain
They can't be fav's but they can still win the match.If they can bowl out England for a score of say 350, and then go on and take a 75-100 run lead then i would back India to win the match .Scaly piscine said:
Right now though England are in a very safe position.
marc71178 said:
Ahh that was one KP wkt and till that time KP himself had been riding great luck being reprieved by umpires, even the third umpire, and being dropped by the players in this series.
Coming back to Harbhajan over the past three series (including SLK) he has been bowling tripe. Even if he ends up getting 5 wkts in an innings here I think the Indian think tank needs to evaluate his position in the team imo.
IndianByHeart
U19 Vice-Captain
Never under estimate your opponents, thats the rule in cricket.Dravid probably did that when he won the toss and asked England to bat, how costly this mistake will be remains to be seen.If India manages to bowl out Eng for 350-375, then its fine, anything above that would be troublesome.
adharcric
International Coach
Uhh yeah, but you do make plans based upon expectations of your own team and the other team. Dravid's decision wouldn't look so bad if Pathan didn't bowl tripe with the new ball. Frankly, the English top-order (Strauss) exceeded the expectations they had set through this series and the Indian new-ball attack didn't live up to the expectations that have been built thus far in this series (after the impressive showings from Sreesanth and Munaf).IndianByHeart said:
Still, 4 days to go ... should be interesting to watch.
scriptkidd
Cricket Spectator
never count India out, they are going to get Eng all out today (2nd day). I am sure they are pumped up after a dismal performance yesterday. visit my blog if u want streams to watch the match. http://www.cricketstreams.blogspot.com
