***Official*** England in India

[Contra]

hundred for the taking for Raina, come on boi this is your chance, get a big one!

 

[Cevno]

Bring on the seamers from one end Cook.

Jadeja was struggling against them and then he brought on the spinners.

 

[Contra]

I'll take 250 from here.

 

[stumpski]

I'll take 250 from here.

Looks likely now tbh. And India would have been delighted with that at 79-5.

 

[Contra]

Jadeja has to be the one to go big first, Raina needs to play right throughout the 50 overs.

 

[stumpski]

Gawd, we needed that. Good old Tredders.

Before that ball these two were averaging 130 and 128 in the series!

 

[stumpski]

Not looking forward to another three overs of Patel/Root.

Raina has plenty of time to ton up here.

 

[Contra]

threw it away, but I suppose another way of looking at it is that he was playing for the team's interest. Well played Raina, haven't got enough to win unless England screw up big time.

 

[stumpski]

While Ashwin's there 220 is still a possibility. But yeah it looks like England's game for the taking atm. Even Patel has got away with a cheap over.

 

[stumpski]

Kumar looks like a proper batsman - 200 up.

 

[Contra]

wow dude can play a bit eh

 

[Cevno]

Samit

 

[Cevno]

Good knock by Bhuvneshwar.

Has potential to be a handy bowler who can bat.

 

[stumpski]

Not had the best of games has he Sammy. And series figures of 22-0-131-1 - hard to believe that KP would have done any worse.

Kumar gone, but he's done some damage there.

 

[ganeshran]

Another day, another top order collapse

 

[BoyBrumby]

Think we've witnessed the end of Sammy's international career here.

Bit daft of Cook to let the 5th bowler have an 11th over too.

Given Bres is fit enough to bowl here, has he just been dropped for NZ? Hardly a ringed endorsement of Meaker in any event.

 

[stumpski]

I think Meaker is still seen as more of a Test option, though he's surely at least three injuries away from a debut. Patel probably will play again, he's more of a batsman than bowler and he does tend to get runs when no-one else can.

 

[shankar]

Don't know why Ahmed shifted from around to over the wicket to the left-hander. Hardly threatening now.

 

[Cevno]

Bloody tough decision that.

 

[Cevno]

So many inside and Outside edges.

BK has been too short today.