***Official*** England in India

[silentstriker]

Average score at this ground batting first: 226
England score: 226

 

[silentstriker]

England-India are about 50-50 now, we will see. If our batting line up was in form, I'd give India a 60-65% chance, but as they are batting now, its 50-50.

 

[wpdavid]

England all out 226 with one ball left.

Last 7 wickets again contributing not a lot. You can only dread to think what would have happened if Strauss & KP hadn't been dropped.

 

[IndianByHeart]

Don't count your chickens - England still have a shot.

Indeed they have, in a onedayer anything is possible , but i just think that India have a upper hand.

 

[marc71178]

To be fair, he was on a bit of a hiding today, coming in with only a handful of overs to go.

Yes, but if he's named at 8, then he must be suitable for that sort of situation surely?

 

[Sanz]

Don't count your chickens - England still have a shot.

I agree, this is a good competitive score @ this ground. If England can get couple of early wickets, it will be huge for them and they will be favorites to win. Right now I would say 50:50.

 

[IndianByHeart]

England-India are about 50-50 now, we will see. If our batting line up was in form, I'd give India a 60-65% chance, but as they are batting now, its 50-50.

I think its 60-40.

Indian bowlers did a good job, hopefully the batters would do well too.

BTW, POWAR was really good

 

[marc71178]

Yes, but you only need 1/5 of one of them to match his keeping.

You're seriously over-rating their glovework!

 

[marc71178]

which one , KP batting well or throwing his wicket away?

Both!

 

[wpdavid]

Yes, but if he's named at 8, then he must be suitable for that sort of situation surely?

Yes, but you have to accept that people will fail as often as they succeed in that particular situation, which is why you really want 2 or 3 in the low middle order who can swing the bat. Of course, there's plenty of evidence before today that IB's batting isn't up to it anyway.

 

[marc71178]

Overs bowled by Indian spinners - 36.

So, Blackwell 10 and erm...

Never thought I'd say this, but we need Solanki (!)

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Average score at this ground batting first: 226
England score: 226

Average score batting second: 205.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Overs bowled by Indian spinners - 36.

So, Blackwell 10 and erm...

Never thought I'd say this, but we need Solanki (!)

KP bowls spin, doesn't he? Had figures of 1.3-1-0-1 in the CC last season...

 

[wpdavid]

Average score batting second: 205.

How many games are we talking about here?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

How many games are we talking about here?

Seven.

Admittedly skewed by a match where the ball must have swung miles (NZ 97 ao, Williams 4-22 (9w), Bichel 1-29 (7w))

 

[wpdavid]

Seven.

Admittedly skewed by a match where the ball must have swung miles (NZ 97 ao, Williams 4-22 (9w), Bichel 1-29 (7w))

Thanks. In the NZ/Aus game you mentioned, Aus finished at 101 for 2 batting 2nd, which artificially brings down the average. In the 2 other games this century, SA chased down 250 and, Zim of all people successfully chased 277. I think I know who my money's on today.

 

[wpdavid]

Overs bowled by Indian spinners - 36.

So, Blackwell 10 and erm...

Never thought I'd say this, but we need Solanki (!)

Blimey. Vaughan would have been useful, too. May even have contributed more runs than Shah.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Blimey. Vaughan would have been useful, too. May even have contributed more runs than Shah.

Maybe.

And I reckon KP and/or Shah might get the odd over in this innings. Fred seems like he'd be open to experimentation.

 

[Jono]

I haven't seen KP's dismissal, but it seems like he threw it away again, but that being said when almost no one else is getting any runs its a bit hard to lay any blame on him. The man is an absolute machine in this form of the game, but it seems we dropped him and Strauss who both went on to score runs. Could prove costly but hopefully not.

 

[adharcric]

Thank you Kabir.