***Official*** England in India

[alternative]

Its the start of the 20th over and extras mount to 10..

 

[alternative]

Pathan smashed a SIX to blackie..

that was apperently a direct hit to the sight screen.. woohoo

 

[pug]

Dravid's going strong. Dunno if anyone else has contributed to Indian cricket as much as this guy in recent times.

 

[silentstriker]

Dravid gone! England back in it (they need another one).

 

[pug]

Dravid's going strong. Dunno if anyone else has contributed to Indian cricket as much as this guy in recent times.

Gosh. No. I jinxed another player.

 

[silentstriker]

Dravid's going strong. Dunno if anyone else has contributed to Indian cricket as much as this guy in recent times.

Yea, Kumble and Dravid are the two true matchwinners of the last couple years.

 

[silentstriker]

Gosh. No. I jinxed another player.

You had to say it, didn't you?

 

[Sanz]

Dravid's going strong. Dunno if anyone else has contributed to Indian cricket as much as this guy in recent times.

 

[pug]

Hmm... Do you think I'm a mutant like The Scarlet Witch?

 

[pug]

Hmm... Was expecting Kaif before Yuvraj.

 

[Sanz]

Hmm... Was expecting Kaif before Yuvraj.

Kaif would have come If Rahul was out early in the innings. This is good time for Yuvraj to come and up the scoring rate, something he can do better than Kaif.

 

[pug]

Kaif would have come If Rahul was out early in the innings. This is good time for Yuvraj to come and up the scoring rate, something he can do better than Kaif.

True. But supposing these two stick in for a while, then it becomes even harder for Kaif to do anything useful as a batsman. Coming in now and steadying things would have been a task more suited to him than coming in say 10 overs from now.

 

[RolledOver]

Pathan seems to be the most dangerous AR in ODI.Explosive with the bat and good with ball too.

 

[silentstriker]

True. But supposing these two stick in for a while, then it becomes even harder for Kaif to do anything useful as a batsman. Coming in now and steadying things would have been a task more suited to him than coming in say 10 overs from now.

Well if these two stay till about the 35th over, then Dhoni might come in next..and Kaif might just come in to give the strike back to Dhoni. He does rotate the strike very well.

 

[pug]

Pathan seems to be the most dangerous AR in ODI.Explosive with the bat and good with ball too.

Consistency is the key.

 

[pug]

Well if these two stay till about the 35th over, then Dhoni might come in next..and Kaif might just come in to give the strike back to Dhoni. He does rotate the strike very well.

Well.. there are many ways to shuffle the batting order with this side. That's good.

 

[RolledOver]

Eng are neighter taking wkts, or slowing down the RR, in the end England will be chasing a target that will be too big for them to chase successfully.

 

[silentstriker]

Eng are neighter taking wkts, or slowing down the RR, in the end England will be chasing a target that will be too big for them to chase successfully.

We an AA in our team. There is an immutable law in cricket, that if AA in on the other side, you have a chance to win.

And lets not get ahead of ourselves here. Indian cricket history isn't exactly empty of sudden batting collapses, or snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.

 

[PakPowered]

I'm surprised to see this English OD team, all bowlers appear to be new chaps, what happened to Hoggard,Harmison (Jones i know is injured) and Giles????

 

[Jono]

I reckon over the past 3-4 months, Yuvraj has very rarely looked like being beaten by the bowler. Its often that he's in such good form, he's the only one that can get himself out. In both forms, but in particular ODIs.