At Edgbaston? They'll stick with this team I think.
Morgan won't get dropped yet.
Might see Trott replaced by Bopara.
Cricket:India's tour of England 2011
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At Edgbaston? They'll stick with this team I think.
Morgan won't get dropped yet.
Might see Trott replaced by Bopara.
Brilliant from England, time for tea.
It will be a brave decision to drop Brensan now...
So, assuming he's canned after this series, who's going to replace Dhoni as captain then?
Gambhir. He's not going to be canned though.
Everyone else of the senior members had a go, might as well give it to Sehwag now..
These stereotypes are in pathetic taste to be honest.
The public won't be too fussed. There will be lots of talk and criticism and analysis but we've just won the world cup which was the most important one for people here.
We won the World Cup this year. This is will be one of the most memorable years for Indian cricket in it's history. Yeah, but why give credit to us when you can take it away, eh?
Dhoni dropped? 
Dhoni = BCCI = world cricket
Dhoni = BCCI = world cricket
Anyway what should be the team for the third match?
Is Wasim Jaffer an option? Ganguly said that he's the third best opener in India right now and should've been called.
Is Wasim Jaffer an option? Ganguly said that he's the third best opener in India right now and should've been called.
Dhoni will only be dropped if we go on about 10 match losing streak
Edgbaston will suit Bresnan I think and they can hardly ignore his contribution.
They are more likey to bring Tremlett back for the Oval I would guess.
You what?
Poor wicket keeping, poor batting, poor captaincy... what more do you have to do to be dropped?
Sorry, just a bit of friendly sledging...
Does Test cricket really rank so low in India though?
Why would Dhoni get dropped? He's done far too well to get dropped after one (extremely) poor series.
I'm not suggesting dropping Bresnan, I'm talking about Tremlett replacing Trott if his injury is bad enough to keep him out or Morgan who just isn't performing in the test arena.
Sorry, just a bit of friendly sledging...
Does Test cricket really rank so low in India though?
When they are losing it does.
Why would he get dropped? Because he doesn't deserve to be in the team. You must have better keepers and batsmen in the country than him surely? Or you want to keep him in the 11 just because of his captaincy?
Sorry, just a bit of friendly sledging...
Does Test cricket really rank so low in India though?
Well our brilliant board is more interested in the IPL and making money than in Test cricket.
I don't see why we'd play five bowlers. We're taking wickets easily enough with the four. Why disrupt the perfect balance of the team?
They won't play five bowlers.
If Trott is injured and they stick with 4 bowlers, I can see Ravi Bopara getting a call-up.
Yeah it should be Bopara if Trott can't play. Move Bell to 3 and Bopara come in after Pietersen.
Sorry, just a bit of friendly sledging...
Does Test cricket really rank so low in India though?
No issues
I don't think it ranks low at all. One day cricket definitely generates more excitement but given how nuts people are about cricket there's enough buzz for everything. Having said that the World Cup is simply different. It is the pinnacle. It's the biggest stage. It's the most magical.
My take is slightly different. I've always been a purist in that I think Test cricket is the best format but at the same time really rate one day cricket as well. The exception to that is the World Cup. For me it is the ultimate prize in the game and the ultimate event. So, don't get me wrong, this series IS important in my mind. And another year I'd be pretty gutted. But I'd have to damn greedy to be so after something I've always wished for growing up relating to cricket has just happened a couple of months back!
I don't even watch one day cricket to be honest, test cricket is the only thing I enjoy. There's something about the attritional nature of it that doesn't exist in any other team sport.
Our board are a greedy bunch of twats.
Firstly, I don't think this country for which the WC was everything got to celebrate it properly. Look at the way other countries celebrate their great sporting moments. We did feck all. Zilch.
But much more importantly, they are like a corporate powerhouse for whom profit is their greatest motive. Yes Indian cricket has seriously risen but it's more inspite of the BCCI than because of them. Why have an IPL right after the WC finished. Our players barely got to enjoy their achievements and they had to suddenly run off for an unimportant competition. No wonder we have so many players injured for this series. And then to make things worse we barely had any practice matches in England because of course there was no time for it.
This'll either bee the 100 100 or he'll end up about 80 not out, you can see it.
That could/should have been 7 down.
Little snippet from Cricinfo...
Do you drop a batsman after one bad innings?
During Dhoni's captaincy we've had the greatest spell in our cricketing history. He's won the T20 World Cup, taken us to no.1 and won the biggest prize in the game playing a match winning innings under pressure scoring the winning runs. He's given every team he's taken over a winning mentality and got them winning things. He even got his T20 team to win back to back IPL's.
Actually I'd prefer it if it happened now. India is what matters most and it would be better for us for this constant relentless drivel about his hundredth hundred to finally stop.
Harbhajan with a side strain/stomach pull limiting his bowling, yet he's really having a swing at some of these Swann deliveries.
He must have suffered from that for ages then!
Game, Set, Match.
Shocking leave from Sachin.
Poor leave from Sachin.
heheh
Anderson has Tendulkar's number...
Too late...the constant relentless drivel will have to continue for a bit longer...