***Official*** India in England 2014

[Daemon]

This is so ****ing devastating. After all the fight they showed in the 6 overseas tests they've just been completely blown away and shown absolutely zero spine in the last two.

 

[GIMH]

Reckon its the best situation for you tbh. Hanging about hoping the rain will stop is such a waste of a day - it usually happens every time I go to Headingley

Yeah if it rains all day tomorrow then I'll be glad of this. And as an England fan it's great to see but still ugh

 

[flibbertyjibber]

That's a great nut. We've found our spinner for sure, maybe he bats 8 but he is our spinner.

Wouldn't disagree. Maybe Woakes can bat 6 and be 4th seamer. Use Plunkett or Finn as 3rd one to be shock bowler.

 

[Daemon]

That was about as brutal a bit of commentary about a player I have heard.

Not wrong though.

He's still going at it

 

[cnerd123]

What is/did Ganguly say? I switched off my 'TV'

 

[grecian]

That's a great nut. We've found our spinner for sure, maybe he bats 8 but he is our spinner.

Nah haven't you read this thread properly, it's embarrassing whenever he takes a wicket, Warney and other eminent commentators reckon he's a part-timer. He'll be dropped within a year, England are desperately awful to have him in as first spinner.

 

[smash84]

Ashwin and Jadeja, you two can just **** off with your rubbish. Good night.

What's wrong with ashwin's batting?

 

[LegionOfBrad]

What is/did Ganguly say? I switched off my 'TV'

"For God's sake, you're playing test cricket" and lots more. He's seething.

 

[Spark]

Man, Ganguly's open disgust is kind of breathtaking

 

[NasserFan207]

Wouldn't disagree. Maybe Woakes can bat 6 and be 4th seamer. Use Plunkett or Finn as 3rd one to be shock bowler.

Is Woakes really your 4th best seamer? Don't think you need his batting

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nah haven't you read this thread properly, it's embarrassing whenever he takes a wicket, Warney and other eminent commentators reckon he's a part-timer. He'll be dropped within a year, England are desperately awful to have him in as first spinner.

Oh *** off with this rubbish. No one is saying Moeen doesn't deserve his wickets. But it's really bad batting. Saying that the batsmen are rubbish doesn't mean Moeen hasn't bowled well. This us pretty much what Blocky was doing in the NZ tour thread.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Is Woakes really your 4th best seamer? Don't think you need his batting

Possibly not but Ali isn't the 6th best bat either so how do you juggle it?

Could be a 90's SA type line up with 6-10 all being all rounders to make you bat deep.

Guess Woakes can do the Bresnan type job, Stokes could if fit but he needs to learn how to bat again and get fit and stay fit.

 

[CricAddict]

Wouldn't disagree. Maybe Woakes can bat 6 and be 4th seamer. Use Plunkett or Finn as 3rd one to be shock bowler.

If Stokes too can come in for Jordan, it would be awesome batting depth. Woakes and Moeen as batting allrounders, Stokes and Broad as bowling allrounders

 

[OverratedSanity]

What's wrong with ashwin's batting?

Nothing. But when Moeen is able to get purchase from the wicket and is making things tough for our batsmen when Jadeja and Ashwin barely created a chance for 2 days, it just shows how rubbish they are away from India.

 

[grecian]

Oh *** off with this rubbish. No one is saying Moeen doesn't deserve his wickets. But it's really bad batting. Saying that the batsmen are rubbish doesn't mean Moeen hasn't bowled well. This us pretty much what Blocky was doing in the NZ tour thread.

Really are you honestly saying no-one has said that he's rubbish, part-timer, or doesn't deserve wickets. No-one well that seems ****ing surprising, as I'm certain I've read it again and again. Not sure if any of your last comments have mentioned the beards good bowling in them, if so I apologize.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Is Woakes really your 4th best seamer? Don't think you need his batting

Jimmy, Broad, Plunkett, and eventually Finn would be my 4. Perhaps lacking a bit of variety there though.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

That was a really terrible over from Woakes there.

 

[Daemon]

If it helps Grecian, Nasser just said it's "absolutely ridiculous" that Moeen has the best strike rate of any bowler in this series.

 

[Viscount Tom]

WE WILL HAVE REVENGE

This is how Daemon opened the thread.

 

[NasserFan207]

If Stokes too can come in for Jordan, it would be awesome batting depth. Woakes and Moeen as batting allrounders, Stokes and Broad as bowling allrounders

Jordans probably as good a batter as Stokes right now