*Official* - Road to India in England 2011

[vcs]

Yes me too. When asked how he plays swing Sehwag said he whacks the ball out of shape until it doesn't swing no more. Also said that he attacks the bowler, who then spends his time trying to keep his economy down rather than attacking him. We will just have to set Tremlett and his 6'7 height on to Sehwag.

Hope Pujara gets his debut. I would rather he plays than Dravid.

Anderson v Sehwag
2 Tests 4.3 overs 32 runs 2 wickets at 16.00 econ 7.11 s/r 13.5

v Tendulkar
6 Tests 33.2 overs 96 runs 5 wickets at 19.2 econ 2.88 s/r 40.0

Wow, Jimmy has a great record bowling to Tendulkar.

 

[Bun]

yeah got him a lot of times in 07 series.

 

[Jono]

lol. Harbhajan is **** away from home and against England

Harbhajan seems to enjoy other pitches compared to what India give him nowadays though.

 

[smash84]

Have India named the squad for the series? Is Praveen Kumar playing?

 

[hang on]

the lower order batting of england is superior to that possessed by india, singh notwithstanding, and might have an effect on the series unless the indian middleorder makes those runs moot.

 

[Shri]

the lower order batting of england is superior to that possessed by india, singh notwithstanding, and might have an effect on the series unless the indian middleorder makes those runs moot.

Thats like saying India is better in the spin bowling department Swann not withstanding.

 

[hang on]

not really. lower order runs will be important and could end up nullifying the batting advantage of the indians. swann, bresnan, broad et al are better batsmen than all the indian lower order batsmen barring singh.

 

[Spark]

Thats like saying India is better in the spin bowling department Swann not withstanding.

Tailend runs can be incredibly important between two evenly matched teams tbh.

 

[hang on]

exactly, spark.

 

[Shri]

Tailend runs can be incredibly important between two evenly matched teams tbh.

Zaheer and Ishant have saved multiple tests for India in the past and if Praveen plays, thats another player who knows how to bat. The difference is marginal in favor of England.

 

[Howe_zat]

Haha, the level of scrutiny in this thread reminds me so much of the Ashes build up. I can't wait for this series.

 

[morgieb]

Bhajji can make a game-saving innings tbh.

But yeah, England's tail is stupidly good (Broad and Swann (and Bresnan should they choose to play him) are bowling all-rounders, Tremlett averages slightly under 20 at FC cricket and Anderson is known to hang around).

 

[morgieb]

Zaheer and Ishant have saved multiple tests for India in the past and if Praveen plays, thats another player who knows how to bat. The difference is marginal in favor of England.

Ishant? Since when? Only one I can think of is Mohali, and I'm still not sure whether it was him....

Praveen won't play either.

 

[Spark]

Zaheer and Ishant have saved multiple tests for India in the past and if Praveen plays, thats another player who knows how to bat. The difference is marginal in favor of England.

Swann basically swings it in England's favour, as well as the fact that Broad is probably better Harby as a batsman. The rest are perfectly capable of holding a bat and blocking up an end for a while.

@morgie: faced 90+ balls, a pretty good effort. Has a number of other frustrating tail-end knocks to his name too.

 

[Howe_zat]

Avatar bet anyone?

Sehwag to score 400+ runs in the whole series. My only condition is that he has to play all 4 test matches (not all innings).

1 month btw.

Seriously high line for a 4-test series.

Can someone have a look on Statsguru and find the last time an opener touring England scored 400+?

 

[GIMH]

Haha, the level of scrutiny in this thread reminds me so much of the Ashes build up. I cait wait for this series.

If only there was a subforum

 

[vcs]

I think Shri's original point was that Harbhajan should not be discounted while comparing the respective lower-order batting strengths (Harbhajan's form can also be ridiculously variable even for a tailend batsman), but overall, yes England's comes out on top. Now if we had Kumble....

 

[vcs]

Seriously high line for a 4-test series.

Can someone have a look on Statsguru and find the last time an opener touring England scored 400+?

I'm sure Graeme Smith has done it on atleast a couple of occasions.

EDIT : Nah, only got 369@61.5 in 2008. Still he has an awesome record in/against England.

 

[Spark]

I think Shri's original point was that Harbhajan should not be discounted while comparing the respective lower-order batting strengths (Harbhajan's form can also be ridiculously variable even for a tailend batsman), but overall, yes England's comes out on top. Now if we had Kumble....

Haha indeed. Has been absolute rubbish ever since that series, hasn't he?

400 is not unusual to see in a 4-Test series tbh.

 

[vcs]

Haha indeed. Has been absolute rubbish ever since that series, hasn't he?

400 is not unusual to see in a 4-Test series tbh.

You mean the NZ series? There's been only one since then, TBF.. and one can't be too harsh if a tailender fails against Steyn, Morkel and co in SA.. Zaheer played a useful knock in that series at Durban though. Harbhajan also made some runs in the first innings at Cape Town IIRC, certainly hit Steyn for an awesome six.

I think Harbhajan was going through an extended bad period with the bat before the NZ series, though.