*Official* England in India

[Howe_zat]

Surely there's a bit of pride on the line about not being beaten 5-0 as well. No matter how "unimportant" a series is, no-one wants to see their team get whitewashed.

Yeah, that's my interest in this too. Plus I've been getting excited about Finn and Bairstow as one-day players.

 

[Contra]

90 off the last 10 overs? MS will have to play a blinder for that to happen. Will be okay with 250+

 

[Cevno]

6 Overs of the last 10 to be bowled by Swann, Patel and Bopara. Interesting.

 

[Jayzamann]

Swann really bowling (potentially) four of the last ten overs?

 

[Howe_zat]

Swann really bowling (potentially) four of the last ten overs?

Might as well, no-one else has done it properly this series.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

In defence of Cook what he has tried previously has failed so why not go for a different plan. Can't do much worse can they?

 

[Contra]

Jadeja really needs to get on with it now.

 

[Contra]

Dhoni! Dhoni! Dhoni!

 

[Howe_zat]

How the **** do you get this bloke?

 

[Daemon]

Wow, didn't expect Swann to do this badly in the series.

Dhoni ftw.

 

[Furball]

How the **** do you get this bloke?

He's obviously cheating by being good at this one day lark, poor form.

 

[Daemon]

Good catch

 

[Contra]

Yeah this guy doesn't really have big shots in his repertoire, they should switch the positions of Raina and Jadeja. He just can't get going in situations like these.

 

[Howe_zat]

Fantastic catch.

This is a godawful over from Patel but it's worked surprisingly well. If he can master that Yuvraj-esque art that'll be seriously handy.

 

[Cevno]

Yeah this guy doesn't really have big shots in his repertoire, they should switch the positions of Raina and Jadeja. He just can't get going in situations like these.

Yeah, he isn't much of a big hitter even though he has got better now, than what he was before.

 

[Contra]

Not bad, he's picking the gaps

 

[Howe_zat]

Knowing that India's total is going to be mostly based on how many balls Dhoni faces, do you try to starve Dhoni of the strike or try to get him out at this stage?

 

[Contra]

Please PK don't throw your bat at the very first ball u face

 

[Arjun]

If only they can get more runs out of Ashwin, who's no mug with the bat, India would field a stronger bowling lineup. Lack of practice may turn him into another Praveen Kumar- potentially good batsman laid waste.

 

[Contra]

another 40 runs from here would be really nice.