***Official*** England in India

[Scaly piscine]

Don't see why Flintoff waited til the ball was replaced (with a harder, whiter one) to bring Blackwell back on.

Any chance of not seeing any more cannon fodder Kabir? Ever?

 

[Barney Rubble]

Dhoni and Raina doing such a nice job, looks like India seems to have mastered the art of chasing, which is good since WC is not much far now!

Couple of quick wickets and you'll have mastered the age-old English art of buggering it up.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Couple of quick wickets and you'll have mastered the age-old English art of buggering it up.

More like five quick wickets.

 

[Barney Rubble]

More like five quick wickets.

So they'd be favourites even with say, 40 needed off 35, with only 3 wickets left? I don't think so.

 

[silentstriker]

That was a very nice six.

 

[silentstriker]

100 run partnership.

 

[Scaly piscine]

So they'd be favourites even with say, 40 needed off 35, with only 3 wickets left? I don't think so.

You don't bugger the chase up until you lose.

Yet again, why did Flintoff wait til the ball got replaced to bring back Blackwell?

Was it correct when someone on the radio said England didn't get the ball changed when they batted?

 

[adharcric]

Lets go Raina!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Oh joy, more Kabir.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Kabir on, game over (quicker).

 

[adharcric]

That was cheeky, beautiful and absolutely magnificent!

 

[silentstriker]

What the hell kind of shot was that, Raina?

Two successive fours though, but that shot was not necessary. Slow down.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Watch England pick Hoggard now on a total road...

 

[SJS]

So they'd be favourites even with say, 40 needed off 35, with only 3 wickets left? I don't think so.

Pathan and Powar CAN bat you know. Not that you can ever be certain of anything

 

[silentstriker]

Why Are You Swinging At That, You Idiot.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Heh @ commentator saying this could be going down as an over from hell for Kabir

I reckon it wouldn't even make Kabir's 'worst 10'.

 

[Timewell]

Why play Kabir Ali?

He's hopeless - he's not good enough, can't bowl at the death and bowls some awful balls. He might be a decent County player but he's not good enough for England.

 

[Nate]

He took 4-for last game and no-one was complaining.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Pathan and Powar CAN bat you know. Not that you can ever be certain of anything

I forgot Powar - I was thinking RP Singh was there.

Either way, game's over now.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

44.4 Ali to Raina, wide, again outside off, they are appealing for a caught behind, but it is wide

Was it really that bad?