purpleronnie Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 Was another great knock by Clarke yesterday, a double ton to add to his triple ton earlier in the year. Just averaging a lazy 113 this year. It was brilliant to watch, the Aussies still can destroy anyone when they're in the mood.
Voll Blau Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/picturegalleries/9680093/India-v-England-first-Test-in-the-only-pictures-available.html?frame=2399389 lol
marko Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 http://www.telegraph...l?frame=2399389 lol That's brilliant! I like the 'spin options' cartoon.
I am Rod Hull Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 Bresnan ahead of monty. Baffling. Idiocy.
FoxyPV Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/picturegalleries/9680093/India-v-England-first-Test-in-the-only-pictures-available.html?frame=2399389 lol . Beefy's field.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 Was very impressed from the limited footage I saw of you lot, Pattinson looks a hell of a player. Ashes might not be the walkover I though, big stuff for us tonight, have to bat well and put some pressure on the Indians. Massive blow losing the Finnster. Will all come down to how we play the spinners, should handle the pace fairly comfortably on these pitches. Yeah the best thing about Patto is he is still young and hasn't played a lot of cricket and he has a bit of Mongrel about him which is needed if you want to take the new pill. Only seen a bit of the England v India game, looked as if the first session really killed you. Will be intresting to watch how the Indian spinners go on that deck.
Corky Posted 15 November 2012 Posted 15 November 2012 That's brilliant! I like the 'spin options' cartoon. The Samit one
Alexikokopops Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 I'm loathe to start slagging off selection policy when we haven't seen both sides bat. It doesn't look like a spinners pitch, just a dead one. Also, the past two tests here (Sri Lanka and New Zealand I think) have been high scoring draws. Perversely, as of start of play yesterday, England seamers in India averaged 32 per wicket compared to 45 per wicket by English spinners. It's a shame we haven't got the reverse swing we were hoping for with the first ball (although I did like Nasser suggesting the groundsmen had prepared a lush outfield to stop the ball scuffing) I realise this is a bit of a ridiculous argument with Swann getting five and the only other wicket coming from some utter Samit filth but there we go For what it's worth I reckon Bresnan has been picked because Broad's not 100%. If it had been Finn instead of Bresnan then I reckon it would have been a different story, but obviously he's injured. Oh, and one final thing, we have the perfect three at the top of the order for some exquisite time batting. It's going to be one for the purists
cambridgefox Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 I'm loathe to start slagging off selection policy when we haven't seen both sides bat. It doesn't look like a spinners pitch, just a dead one. Also, the past two tests here (Sri Lanka and New Zealand I think) have been high scoring draws. Perversely, as of start of play yesterday, England seamers in India averaged 32 per wicket compared to 45 per wicket by English spinners. It's a shame we haven't got the reverse swing we were hoping for with the first ball (although I did like Nasser suggesting the groundsmen had prepared a lush outfield to stop the ball scuffing) I realise this is a bit of a ridiculous argument with Swann getting five and the only other wicket coming from some utter Samit filth but there we go For what it's worth I reckon Bresnan has been picked because Broad's not 100%. If it had been Finn instead of Bresnan then I reckon it would have been a different story, but obviously he's injured. Oh, and one final thing, we have the perfect three at the top of the order for some exquisite time batting. It's going to be one for the purists Get warmed up pal,you can have a few overs to see if we can keep them below a 1000!Looks a dead wicket as you say,if we bat to our abilities it has draw written all over it
Alexikokopops Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 I'm loathe to start slagging off selection policy when we haven't seen both sides bat. It doesn't look like a spinners pitch, just a dead one. Also, the past two tests here (Sri Lanka and New Zealand I think) have been high scoring draws. Perversely, as of start of play yesterday, England seamers in India averaged 32 per wicket compared to 45 per wicket by English spinners. It's a shame we haven't got the reverse swing we were hoping for with the first ball (although I did like Nasser suggesting the groundsmen had prepared a lush outfield to stop the ball scuffing) I realise this is a bit of a ridiculous argument with Swann getting five and the only other wicket coming from some utter Samit filth but there we go For what it's worth I reckon Bresnan has been picked because Broad's not 100%. If it had been Finn instead of Bresnan then I reckon it would have been a different story, but obviously he's injured. Oh, and one final thing, we have the perfect three at the top of the order for some exquisite time batting. It's going to be one for the purists Get warmed up pal,you can have a few overs to see if we can keep them below a 1000! Looks a dead wicket as you say,if we bat to our abilities it has draw written all over it Trott you ass hat.
scottthefox Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 Oh dear. Once again, the night watchman appears to have wasted 2 batsmen rather than save one.
purpleronnie Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 Oh dear. Once again, the night watchman appears to have wasted 2 batsmen rather than save one. such an outdated 'tactic' its amazing we still use it.
Corky Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 These are top class batsmen, they are going to face the bowling at some point, so just send them in at their natural position. Hell of a task on to save this, need Pietersen to play a blinder.
purpleronnie Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 These are top class batsmen, they are going to face the bowling at some point, so just send them in at their natural position. Hell of a task on to save this, need Pietersen to play a blinder. exactly.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 Agree don't like the night watchmen mentality in this day and age, except when Jason Gillespie got a double century in Bangladesh. Seeing you guys struggle a bit and we played reasonably well against Saffas, is really getting me excited for the Ashes.
Voll Blau Posted 16 November 2012 Posted 16 November 2012 Nightwatchmen still have a place in the game, such as when they do something like this... Agree don't like the night watchmen mentality in this day and age, except when Jason Gillespie got a double century in Bangladesh. It's just hilarious when one goes in the morning after and just takes the piss. Nowt better in Test cricket than seeing a complete rabbit cover drive some foaming fast bowler to the boundary. But seriously. It's ridiculous that a top order batsman can't defend his wicket for half an hour max just because it's after half five in the evening.
Mack Posted 17 November 2012 Posted 17 November 2012 I'd be bothered if we weren't the south Africa B team.
Guest ttfn Posted 17 November 2012 Posted 17 November 2012 Why do the commentators keep referring to Compton as a "young" batsman. He's 29 for goodness sake! Could really do with these two being in at the end of the day.
Alexikokopops Posted 17 November 2012 Posted 17 November 2012 Been up since half 6 watching this. It's the 1990s cricket fan in me. Ian Ronald Bell you are a complete and utter shambles. Andy Bull, who's one of my favourite cricket writers and usually a very measured and thoughtful man, had this to say about Bell's wicket, which I think summed it up perfectly: WICKET! Bell 0 c Tendulkar b Ojha (England 69-5) l cannot not believe this. I mean really, really, that may be the single most idiotic, pathetic, embarrassing, humiliating, disgraceful, desultory, excruciatingly awful dismissal I have seen from an English batsman in five years of writing over-by-over cricket coverage. Really, that's not a joke, or an exaggeration. It is a good thing Ian Bell is about to fly home to be there for the birth of his child, because if he wasn't - barring a hundred in the second innings - I would really suggest that he should have been dropped from the team on the strength of that shot alone. Mercy me. To recap: Ian Bell walked out to the middle, in the most jaunty, cocksure fashion, marked his guard, took a step down the wicket and chipped a catch straight - and I mean straight - to mid-off. It was, truly, the shot of a moron. He's gone for a golden duck.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 17 November 2012 Posted 17 November 2012 Even the way he ran down the wicket looking up at the ball annoyed me. I'm not sure what else he could have done by that stage but it still annoyed me.
surrifox Posted 17 November 2012 Posted 17 November 2012 Been up since half 6 watching this. It's the 1990s cricket fan in me. Ian Ronald Bell you are a complete and utter shambles. Andy Bull, who's one of my favourite cricket writers and usually a very measured and thoughtful man, had this to say about Bell's wicket, which I think summed it up perfectly: WICKET! Bell 0 c Tendulkar b Ojha (England 69-5) l cannot not believe this. I mean really, really, that may be the single most idiotic, pathetic, embarrassing, humiliating, disgraceful, desultory, excruciatingly awful dismissal I have seen from an English batsman in five years of writing over-by-over cricket coverage. Really, that's not a joke, or an exaggeration. It is a good thing Ian Bell is about to fly home to be there for the birth of his child, because if he wasn't - barring a hundred in the second innings - I would really suggest that he should have been dropped from the team on the strength of that shot alone. Mercy me. To recap: Ian Bell walked out to the middle, in the most jaunty, cocksure fashion, marked his guard, took a step down the wicket and chipped a catch straight - and I mean straight - to mid-off. It was, truly, the shot of a moron. He's gone for a golden duck. this (has he ever made decent runs under pressure in adverse conditions battling England's cause?- give my regards to the wife and baby dont hurry back)
marko Posted 17 November 2012 Posted 17 November 2012 I'd be bothered if we weren't the south Africa B team. Just because we have Trott and KP we're hardly South Africa B.
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