Knightonian Posted 28 February 2006 Posted 28 February 2006 Despite the injuries and the odds clearly stacked against us, will anyone be watching this. I'm hoping to catch what I can. I have nothing to do tomorrow so I might try to watch it from the start tonight. We can't rely on the weather or a Glen Mcgrath injury this time , but any improvement from the Pakistan tour would be welcome. I heard on SSN earlier India are 13/8 to win, we are 6/1, but it might be worth watching anyway .
Shum Posted 28 February 2006 Posted 28 February 2006 I will watch a couple of hours before work, and depending on allocation of World Cup 2006 tickets I may be at the 7th ODI in Indore.
Sparky Posted 28 February 2006 Posted 28 February 2006 cook debut and flintoff skipper . come on the boys
john_lcfc Posted 28 February 2006 Posted 28 February 2006 come on england we can still do it.. will watch an hour or so tomoz morning
marko Posted 1 March 2006 Posted 1 March 2006 No at great start 246-7, But an impressive debut from Cook with a knock of 60.
Shum Posted 1 March 2006 Posted 1 March 2006 England need to learn to bat patiently. It wouldn't surprise me if the Indians batted for 2 full days and posted a hefty score.
Nationwider Posted 1 March 2006 Posted 1 March 2006 England need to learn to bat patiently. It wouldn't surprise me if the Indians batted for 2 full days and posted a hefty score. Good to see another promising England batsman coming through. I'm slightly nervous about our bowling, but they've proved us wrong before in India.
Northants Fox Posted 3 March 2006 Posted 3 March 2006 India are 322-9 at close of play on the third day, England's other debutant Monty Panesar had a good day with 2 Wickets including the prize Wicket of Tendulker. India were 190-7 But recovered thanks to a 128 run stand between Kaif and Kumble.
Sparky Posted 3 March 2006 Posted 3 March 2006 hoggard bowled like his bloody live depended on it . monty p looks a absolute star . bye bye giles
Foxes_Wizard_Striker Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 Pietrsen just caughted out for 80-when will the boy learn to be patient
Milky Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 Pietrsen just caughted out for 80-when will the boy learn to be patient that's a very harsh comment. patients isn't kevin's game, he needs to play the way that is natural to him, he's been doing well with it so far in his short career. you can't have a go at a bloke who's just hit 87!
loz Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 i know he has only played 1 test that im aware of, but could Cook take Strauss place in the england team? Cook playing very well and i cant remember strauss playing well recently
Nationwider Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 i know he has only played 1 test that im aware of, but could Cook take Strauss place in the england team? Cook playing very well and i cant remember strauss playing well recently Or Bell's place? The performances of Cook and Collingwood are certainly going to give the selectors some headaches for the summer if they continue in this vein.
Milky Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 Or Bell's place? The performances of Cook and Collingwood are certainly going to give the selectors some headaches for the summer if they continue in this vein. cook will keep his place, that is surely a certainty. i think you have to look at bell being under threat, though i do believe that bell will develop into a real top class player. strauss, trescothik, vaughan and pieterson won't be left out as they have done enough to keep their places for the forseeable future.
Sparky Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 move strauss to 3 and let cook open with trescothick , drop bell.
loz Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 move strauss to 3 and let cook open with trescothick , drop bell. sounds good. is monty going to be englands new spinner or will the selecters stick with giles?
marko Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 Pietrsen just caughted out for 80-when will the boy learn to be patient I we had a batter who just pinched singles and 2's we may not have been in a position to declare, in that session he took Indias chance of winning away. I think Fred should have come in after K.P that way we may have been able to have a few overs at them before stumps.
Milky Posted 4 March 2006 Posted 4 March 2006 sounds good. is monty going to be englands new spinner or will the selecters stick with giles? well, giles and vaughan are very good mates, so that may have a baring on things. it will be interesting for sure, giles is getting on a bit, and he is a "spinner" of the loosest sense.
Milky Posted 5 March 2006 Posted 5 March 2006 India need 132 to win off the last 15 overs and they have been smacking the ball round the park. this is getting a bit to tense it's a draw, india lost wickets whilst attacking and it's too dark to play on. good performance england.
loz Posted 5 March 2006 Posted 5 March 2006 hopefully we can build on this and win the second test. the only reason i think giles has played so many tests is because most english spinners arent very good. for example blackwell is doing pretty rubbish. but with monty playing quite well giles might up his own game aswell
HacBet Posted 22 March 2006 Posted 22 March 2006 I'm slightly nervous about our bowling, but they've proved us wrong before in India. How can you be nervous about the bowling. England have one of the best, if not the best, bowling attack in the world with plenty of world class bowlers to fall back on if injury strikes. Anderson, Plunket, Tremlett, Panesar, Blackwell and the list can go on. I think the main thing England could do with improving is the patience when they are batting!
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