***Official*** England in India

[AndyZaltzHair]

try Treadmill

 

[Jamee999]

That's two drops in one.

 

[Contra]

Yuvraj is such a beast in limited overs cricket. I know it's tough to swallow your pride, but Yuvraj must put test cricket out of his mind and focus on limited overs cricket. We're gonna need him to be at his best come June.

 

[grecian]

Well that's made the match worthwhile, someone gif it

 

[Neil Pickup]

Look how slow Buttler is in coming in to the stumps. It's a jog at best.

He could - should - have been there and made it simple.

 

[smash84]

India winning this comfortably......

They are having their revenge

 

[Contra]

Do India really need a massive dinasaur in the field to go with the rest of them (Ashwin, Gambhir, Sehwag, unamned fast bowler who inevitably can't field)? It might get Sachin back in form but at what consequence to the ODI team as a whole?

lmao, did you just compare Sachin with those guys as fielders? Sachin is a perfectly legit fielder, and GG is fine as well. Sehwag can be casual at times, and yeah Ashwin is crap. But in no way is Sachin a "dinasaur" in the field

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

pads are important in dugout too these days

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Predictable but can't expect any more with half a side.

 

[theegyptian]

lmao, did you just compare Sachin with those guys as fielders? Sachin is a perfectly legit fielder, and GG is fine as well. Sehwag can be casual at times, and yeah Ashwin is crap. But in no way is Sachin a "dinasaur" in the field

Sachin is nigh on 40. He was off the field the last day of the test match with a sore neck and shoulder. He's slow over the ground and diving around now in the field. He was a decent fielder in his time but now he's no more than an old guy who you have to hide away in the field. His batting is not good enough to make up for his shortcomings in the field. 50 overs of throwing himself around in the field and he's gone to be knackered when it comes to his batting. His selection would be a backwards step imo for indian cricket. You just can't have 4 or 5 poor fielders in ODI cricket if you want to compete with the best.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Sachin is nigh on 40. He was off the field the last day of the test match with a sore neck and shoulder. He's slow over the ground and diving around now in the field. He was a decent fielder in his time but now he's no more than an old guy who you have to hide away in the field. His batting is not good enough to make up for his shortcomings in the field. 50 overs of throwing himself around in the field and he's gone to be knackered when it comes to his batting. His selection would be a backwards step imo for indian cricket. You just can't have 4 or 5 poor fielders in ODI cricket if you want to compete with the best.

Just look at how he was targeted in the middle of the Cook/Pietersen partnership, they just pushed it towards Tendulkar and set off for an easy single. He was a very good fielder in his youth but age has caught up with him. Still better than Zaheer and Sehwag though to be fair to him.

 

[SS1]

How poor is 20/20 cricket ?!?!?

It really is awful. I can't understand for the life of me why anybody would prefer watching a slogfest over the true test of the game in the longer format. India needs to open its eyes.

 

[Turbinator]

Well... it's 2-2 now.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Lol, standards have fallen have they Turbs?

 

[Turbinator]

Well it's only fair, considering the infamous "8-0" sig was a cumulative count.

 

[Jono]

Well... it's 2-2 now.

!!!!!!

 

[silentstriker]

Tendulkar: Wo hoo, revenge complete.

Dhoni: As this victory shows, there is nothing wrong with Indian cricket.

 

[Cevno]

Hey, look at the crowds.

 

[Contra]

Sachin is nigh on 40. He was off the field the last day of the test match with a sore neck and shoulder. He's slow over the ground and diving around now in the field. He was a decent fielder in his time but now he's no more than an old guy who you have to hide away in the field. His batting is not good enough to make up for his shortcomings in the field. 50 overs of throwing himself around in the field and he's gone to be knackered when it comes to his batting. His selection would be a backwards step imo for indian cricket. You just can't have 4 or 5 poor fielders in ODI cricket if you want to compete with the best.

You can't compare 5 days of test cricket with 50 overs, for a start he'd probably be fielding in the slips for the first 10-15 overs in any case. And he's hardly someone you have to "hide away" in the field. Also on what basis are you saying his batting is not good enough to making up on the field? He's barely played any limited overs cricket over the last few years. Can't use test match failures to judge limited overs performance. India have been ranked top 4 and above for the longest time in limited overs cricket, despite "4 or 5 poor fielders", so India can more than compete with the best (in fact they have been doing so since the last few years).

 

[sphynx]

Having a look at the big bash etc, you can't help but think Australia and the WI should be favourites for the T20 WC.


The aussie batting lineup looks lethal for T20 atm, watching the Indian game, they'd give that bowling lineup a fair flogging imo.

Finch, Warner, Watson,M. Hussey, D.Hussey, Maxwell, Wade.

I mean, good luck against that.................. every single one of them can put the ball out of the ground....

Finch, Warner, Watson and Hussey are just about all in the top 10 in the world atm.

And as for the WI, Pollard, Gayle, Samuels, Narine........ nuff said.