That was needed. Just continue to bowl the same way. Instead we get a barrage of needless short bowls, defensive field setting, Sreesanth losing control.
Cricket:India's tour of England 2011
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
Unless weathers intervenes I definitely see a result on this pitch. We too will really struggle against England's pacers. Going to be a close one, this.
Something to read between the innings, about India struggling against lower order batsmen...
The Numbers Game: India's tussles against lower-order batsmen | Regulars | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
The Numbers Game: India's tussles against lower-order batsmen | Regulars | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
That's why all the Indians are frustrated here. We just can't finish off the tail ever since Kumble has retired.
Was a bit typical of us though. Been an age old problem.
Come on, less than 250 please!
Just watch Jimmy Anderson survive for the next hour. Will be so fecking typical of us.
Easy to do with
Tendulkar
Dravid
Laxman
Sehwag
and a whole host of others to sort you out.
Bit like Australia with Ponting, given the captaincy, did great, but as soon as the stalwarts retired, the team and his captaincy fell apart. I'd like to see Dhoni in the post dream team era, to get a true measure of his captaincy.
-England make it to 200, a 130-140ish score would have meant India completely on top.
*My prediction for the series was 1-1 btw, but I had Lords down as a draw
All true but tactically he's a wanker. I've seen him do this an infinite number of times.. annoying shit
People have said similar sort of things about Strauss, about his tactics etc, but look where the team have come to under his captaincy...
Depending on the weather I might take 30 runs less for more time this evening to get some quick wickets.
Tomorrows forecast is bright & sunny I hear, so every run we can get tonight may be vital...
Broad is playing very well
When the runs are so short, 30 is a massive amount to simply give away. Completely hypothetically though, obvzzzz.
What is dhoni doing? wtf?
Retarded captaincy. I think I'm going to meltdown.
Yes but would you take 30 runs less and maybe two or three cheap wickets tonight?
About feckin time!
Dhoni
Dhoni
I'll go for 3 wickets before stumps.
Well yeah, but those wickets are far from guaranteed. I'd take 30 runs over an extra 20-30 mins tonight.
edit: all out. Let's see what damage we can do now. Brilliant knock by Broad there, proved critics wrong with bat and ball so far this series.
221 all out
221 is not bad given where we were. Let's get some quick wickets now.
Harbhajan took a wicket?
He really has proven people wrong. I thought he should have been dropped for the first test tbh.
Same, the way he's played so far has certainly proved me wrong.
I still disagree. We've been a strong side but he's made us mentally really tough. He has the same effect wherever he goes. He has already achieved the following as captain:
T20 World Cup
ICC Cricket World Cup
Test no.1 ranking
Back to back IPLs'
While I detest 20 overs cricket, his success in every format just goes to show how he seems to bring the best out of his teams. And lets be honest here, we're nowhere near that Australian team that almost ran in autopilot mode and bashed teams for fun. We're good but not that good, and at times I feel we've won matches through sheer will and grit. That's where Dhoni the leader comes in. He's a fantastic leader of men IMO.
Where has Dravid been for the last two years?
Yeah me too. Still think he was lucky to play but he took that chance, and I'm made up he did. This hour is huge now, will be very disappointed if we don't get at least 1 wicket.
Harbhajan took a wicket?
And he needed the batsman to throw the wicket away rather than any great bit of bowling. When I saw your thread titled 'players living off past reputations' I thought you were referring to him. It's shocking that he hasn't ever been dropped from the team over the last God knows how many years.
I love how Wasim Akram keeps getting everyones names wrong
Keeps calling Sreesaanth Srinath and just called Jimmy Anderson Jaimie Anderson.
Keeps calling Sreesaanth Srinath and just called Jimmy Anderson Jaimie Anderson.
GET IN!
Golden duck for Mukhund!
Golden duck for Mukhund!
Gone!Lol. Knew I had some worry about Mukund on this wicket.
First ball wicket!
What a turn around this game is taking!
What a turn around this game is taking!
Got him!!!!
This going to be great session for Cricket.
Agree.
Hurrah!
Queue our subcontinent contingent running around in a panic!
Queue our subcontinent contingent running around in a panic!
You wish.
I expect us to get out for less than hundred. Set your expectations low, the only way then is up (or down).
Come on now Stu, similar probing start from you please.
Just been told that Swann has gone for an X-Ray on his left hand, I hope this isn't true.
You're a moron.