India opted out of that...losing to select elevens would have been too embarrassing.
Cricket:India's tour of England 2011
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India opted out of that...losing to select elevens would have been too embarrassing.
Wow. Didn't follow the series but just wow.
I think international one-day cricket should be 40 overs like domestic cricket in England and South Africa. Cuts out about an hour and a half of the boring middle overs, and scores are in fact very similar.
Or maybe 20?
Yeah. I think a 20 over a side match would be very interesting..
1/1 is the way to go. Exciting stuff! Come on Lancs!
Anyone watching the T20 from Old Trafford?
India had a great start through Rahane and Dravid but didn't fully capitalise. 165 is still a very competitive total though, and I'd back India to defend it.
Hales gone for a duck, 0-1.
That first over was a complete reversal of the Test series - it looked a different pitch as soon as the Indian bowler got a chance on it!
KP's been extremely lucky so far. Hopefully this is as entertaining as the domestic T-20 games this past weekend, both the semi-finals went to super-overs.
Edit: why is Munaf playing this form of the game, he lacks the pace to cause any problems.
Edit: why is Munaf playing this form of the game, he lacks the pace to cause any problems.
Indians love this shit.
It's not cricket, though.
It's not cricket, though.
Brilliant wicketkeeping by Dhoni to stump KP. 61-3, could India beat England 
Have they given up the thought of play test cricket again at OT, or something? I like red....but with the ball being red, you'd have thought a different colour would've been a better option.
It's a watered down version of the game, good entertainment but test cricket is the business.
I thought the renovations were necessary to continue hosting test cricket in future??
Agreed, the skill & excitement of a Test match cannot be emulated in the shorter forms of the game. I hope the ICC doesn't abandon Test match cricket completely in favour of T20.
I don't think they could ever really kill the ashes, it's just the quality of the test cricket played would go down I assume because other teams may not want to tour anymore.
Well yes...but The Point, new media centre and other boxes will be clad in red, to make it worse they're all going behind the bowler's end.
Ah yeah, I forgot about the other building work to be done. I suppose they've took it into consideration and must have covers or lighting to change the colour?
I'm sure I've heard they intend to use for tests in future.
They seem to be trying their best, the back-to-back series in 2013-14 is ridiculous.
Big wicket for India, Morgan gone for 49, or is he?
Edit: Given out, good decision as the replays didn't suggest the catch wasn't clean. Great inning.
Edit: Given out, good decision as the replays didn't suggest the catch wasn't clean. Great inning.
We've actually got a chance of winning this haven't we?
Wtf is that attempt from Munaf? Great reaction from Praveen.
Great over from Munaf. 10 needed from the last over...
Good over by Munaf. Don't screw this up England...
Lucky, edges it past Dhoni for 4.
And again, 1 needed...
All over, business as usual with England beating India.
Terrific knock from Morgan.
Terrific knock from Morgan.
Hasn't finished yet on my stream... there it is!!
Yes, but the colour scheme seems a little short sighted.
One day series should be interesting. Not sure if I fancy England at all going on recent history.
EDIT - Our recent one-day history, that is.
EDIT - Our recent one-day history, that is.
The 50 over matches between India v England almost always are a nail biter, should be a great series.
This cricket lark... India aren't very good at it are they?
Who have England brought in for the 'rested' KP?
Should be a close series but I fancy England to win it, they have terrific bowling options available.
Should be a close series but I fancy England to win it, they have terrific bowling options available.
Another instance where technology fails. And people blame the BCCI for not embracing it.
What happened?
The point of the technology was to get rid of absolute howlers....no one claimed it was 100% accurate or flawless.
Cricket with technology is without doubt more accurate than without it....that's really all there is to it. If you can't understand that, well there's not much to discuss.
As for the BCCI, so every other board in the world doesn't care about accuracy?
England
Australia
South Africa
don't care if their players get screwed by shoddy technology?
As I've said everyone that defends the stand the BCCI taken(mostly Indians) if your board had gone along with it, not one of you would bother with the shortcomings of the technology.
Anyone watching today? Patel is playing very well.
That's like saying lets bring in goal line technology in football just for the real obvious howlers. If there's a really close goal line call, then you're on your own since we can't guarantee accuracy.
No point bringing in technology until its up to an acceptable standard. I'm not saying it should be 100% accurate, but you can't have hotspot failing to detect an edge once every two games. Its unacceptable and puts the third umpire in a terrible situation. Does he go with hotspot or does he go with his eyes?
And I don't know what you're trying to say with that last sentence. After seeing Hotspot's performance this series I'd have said the exact same thing regardless of any cricket board's position.
Except most of the Indians I know and here on the caf don't even bother to defend BCCI on the UDRS which makes your statement quite retarded.