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***Official*** India in England 2014

Kirkut

Kirkut

International Regular
Very good bowling from England, but I must say Pujara and Kohli are in the deepest troughs when it comes to confidence.

Don't be surprised if a quick bowler from any associate nation will get both out very cheaply.
 
Kirkut

Kirkut

International Regular
I'm not too sad for Kohli but feel very sorry for Pujara. Played a brilliant innings in Johannesburg last year and would love to see if he can replicate any of his South African brilliance in the 2nd innings.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
Jassy said:
Great day for England, really seem to have turned a corner since Lords. Probably Dhoni's best test innings outside the subcontinent (his near ton vs Steyn and co in Centurion close). He has real limitations as a batsman in this format but he clearly tries his level best.

Too early to be saying game over and all that (and certainly not series because there's a match to go and it's 1-1 FFS!). If India in the next innings match whatever England get in their first innings then it'll still be a good game. England haven't horribly collapsed as yet in this series and there's always an English special at least once in a series. India have had theirs. There's rain forecast but unless 2 whole days get washed out we'll have a result (and cricinfo suggests there's a high probability of rain on days 2,4 and 5!).
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Lords was a terrible collapse.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Howe_zat said:
We haven't actually taken a lead yet and our most consistent bat of the summer has just got out. If we get less than 260 anything can happen, and that's still the best part of two sessions away. There's no doubt England are in the driving seat but the murmur of game over seems very much unwarranted
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Yup. Some of is will recall the SL game at Leeds when we didn't build the sort of lead that we should've, bowled poorly in the 2nd innings and their captain batted out of his skin to set up a win for his side. Both sets of players will certainly remember that match.
 
superkingdave

superkingdave

Hall of Fame Member
Been at work and football training so just got in - what are peoples opinions on how the pitch played? Reports seem to indicate its a bit quicker than any this summer so far, which is a good thing imo.
 
LegionOfBrad

LegionOfBrad

International Debutant
superkingdave said:
Been at work and football training so just got in - what are peoples opinions on how the pitch played? Reports seem to indicate its a bit quicker than any this summer so far, which is a good thing imo.
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It was fast with decent carry. The odd one died in the pitch and kept low. But it was the movement in the air that did for most batsman.
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

Audio File
Pretty sure the movement in the air was mostly over by the afternoon as well. It's a top cricket pitch with bounce that'll benefit good players in general afaic
 
Furball

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Highlights on now. Glorious stuff.

For Dhoni walking out I'd legitimately have stuck everyone in the cordon.
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

Audio File
Stapel said:
I'm pretty sure both their career averages have not been below 30, for the past 5 years or longer.

Edit: anyone bored enough to properly sort this out?
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Anderson's average has only been below 30 at the very start of his career (2003) or during the 2013 home Ashes. Broad's has never been.
 
Furball

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Howe_zat said:
Anderson's average has only been below 30 at the very start of his career (2003) or during the 2013 home Ashes. Broad's has never been.
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Both of them definitely dipped below 30 in 2012. It might have been in the middle of a match against the Windies where they picked up early wickets.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Furball said:
Both of them definitely dipped below 30 in 2012. It might have been in the middle of a match against the Windies where they picked up early wickets.
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Yeah probably only in the match though which doesn't really count
 
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