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***Official*** England in India
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Viscount Tom
International Debutant
In fairness you've only got 2 young batsmen in the line up. And one of them is Kohli.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
adelaide is one of the best highways in the world tbf.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I don't remember saying I'm not worried about him overseas. I thought I quite cleary implied by the bolded statement that he's unproven overseas. If I said something else in another post (I might have at some point if I got too excited, in which case I agree it's a stupid statement and I stand corrected.
Viscount Tom
International Debutant
I rest my case that your a stalker.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
Kohli will do well outside the subcontinent.
The fact that he could play well at Perth is quite instructive IMO - was a way more significant innings than the one at Adelaide.
Pujara too will do well oustide the subcontinent - he was pretty impressive on some juicy tracks in the West Indies for India A earlier this year. He also has a very good game - a technique suited to dealing with seam movement and higher bounce.
If India can get something out of Rohit Sharma (still think he's a phenomenal talent), that's a pretty decent middle order they have there.
The fact that he could play well at Perth is quite instructive IMO - was a way more significant innings than the one at Adelaide.
Pujara too will do well oustide the subcontinent - he was pretty impressive on some juicy tracks in the West Indies for India A earlier this year. He also has a very good game - a technique suited to dealing with seam movement and higher bounce.
If India can get something out of Rohit Sharma (still think he's a phenomenal talent), that's a pretty decent middle order they have there.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Someone help me out here, what is Arjun saying here? The spinners were unconvincing bit then you say the surface didn't help them. Then you're saying they're not as good as the top three Indian spinners?
Am I misreading this post?
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
I am finding it hard to comprehend people's obsession and reasoning behind having a strong tail even at expense of leaving out better bowlers... 
(if the the top and middle order struggles against spin, then in all likelihood so will the tail)
I keep hearing people (experts too) say that playing both Finn (if fit) and Monty in the next game would gravely weaken their batting unit. Do they, however, realize how much of a difference this move could make to their bowling. For example, although they'd likely lose 30-40 runs playing the former two, they may manage to restrict India for 100+ fewer runs than with Broad and Bresnan instead. The positive impacts of the bowling performance may even carry into the batting. Hence, the potential gains from bowling clearly outweigh the additional runs that Broad and Bresnan would probably add to the tally. (It's not like they are in a good batting form either tbf)
If I were in charge, I'd play the 4 best bowlers for the conditions given, and not compromise bowling to strengthen the tail-end batting, especially considering that they are now 1-0 behind and they must take 20 wickets to win.
Play the best bowlers and play the best batsmen to give yourself the best shot at a competetitive performance, easy. Take out Patel too if he's not a better batting alternative to Morgan and co..
(if the the top and middle order struggles against spin, then in all likelihood so will the tail)I keep hearing people (experts too) say that playing both Finn (if fit) and Monty in the next game would gravely weaken their batting unit. Do they, however, realize how much of a difference this move could make to their bowling. For example, although they'd likely lose 30-40 runs playing the former two, they may manage to restrict India for 100+ fewer runs than with Broad and Bresnan instead. The positive impacts of the bowling performance may even carry into the batting. Hence, the potential gains from bowling clearly outweigh the additional runs that Broad and Bresnan would probably add to the tally. (It's not like they are in a good batting form either tbf)
If I were in charge, I'd play the 4 best bowlers for the conditions given, and not compromise bowling to strengthen the tail-end batting, especially considering that they are now 1-0 behind and they must take 20 wickets to win.
Play the best bowlers and play the best batsmen to give yourself the best shot at a competetitive performance, easy. Take out Patel too if he's not a better batting alternative to Morgan and co..
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
who's the other guy?
benchmark00
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lol playing a soccer game.
MacGill used to only play Super International Cricket when on tour.
Agreed, it is exactly what I was saying before the first test.I am finding it hard to comprehend people's obsession and reasoning behind having a strong tail even at expense of leaving out better bowlers...
I keep hearing people (experts too) say that playing both Finn (if fit) and Monty in the next game would gravely weaken their batting unit. Do they, however, realize how much of a difference this move could make to their bowling. For example, although they'd likely lose 30-40 runs playing the former two, they may manage to restrict India for 100+ fewer runs than with Broad and Bresnan instead. The positive impacts of the bowling performance may even carry into the batting. Hence, the potential gains from bowling clearly outweigh the additional runs that Broad and Bresnan would probably add to the tally. (It's not like they are in a good batting form either tbf)
If I were in charge, I'd play the 4 best bowlers for the conditions given, and not compromise bowling to strengthen the tail-end batting, especially considering that they are now 1-0 behind and they must take 20 wickets to win.
Play the best bowlers and play the best batsmen to give yourself the best shot at a competetitive performance, easy. Take out Patel too if he's not a better batting alternative to Morgan and co..