England V India

ian blackwell is playing? Hope he performs. been shite in the 20+ one day games hes been given a chance in, a different form but he doesnt look upto it at all
 
Nate said:
I know.

Doesn't seem right.

It's a good sign that British Asians are playing the game. If we're going to have to put up with them, the least they could do for us is learn how to turn the ball.
 
marktruman2006 said:
ian blackwell is playing? Hope he performs. been shite in the 20+ one day games hes been given a chance in, a different form but he doesnt look upto it at all

He's a world class all-rounder.
 
Slabber said:
It's a good sign that British Asians are playing the game. If we're going to have to put up with them, the least they could do for us is learn how to turn the ball.


:lol:
 
marktruman2006 said:
ian blackwell is playing? Hope he performs. been shite in the 20+ one day games hes been given a chance in, a different form but he doesnt look upto it at all



He's done well over there so far.
 
We should refuse to play again this series, pull the players out now to stop the Indian cheaters spoiling the good name of cricket in their underhand attempts to prove their worth.
 
anyone know when trescothick or jones is back? where is big rob key when we need him :P
 
Notice how they've grown grass on the outfield. If it was like a traditional Indian pitch, the ball would've scuffed up big time, and we'd have been lethal with the old ball.

cnuts. Utter cnuts.
 
marktruman2006 said:
anyone know when trescothick or jones is back? where is big rob key when we need him :P

Jones won't be back for this series.
 
Spoony said:
Notice how they've grown grass on the outfield. If it was like a traditional Indian pitch, the ball would've scuffed up big time, and we'd have been lethal with the old ball.

cnuts. Utter cnuts.
:lol:
Clutching at straws
 
why cant we produce a decent spinner, we should open spinning schools. get the kids learning early. Ashley giles is shit too and hes supposed to be our best
 
marktruman2006 said:
why cant we produce a decent spinner, we should open spinning schools. get the kids learning early. Ashley giles is shit too and hes supposed to be our best

Gilo's not shit. Take that back.
 
marktruman2006 said:
why cant we produce a decent spinner, we should open spinning schools. get the kids learning early. Ashley giles is shit too and hes supposed to be our best


We don't put revolutions on the ball. Spinners here are not seen as wicket taking bowlers. Whereas bowlers from other parts of the globe, the subcontinent in particular, give the ball some rip and are expected to take wickets. . . and not just be stock, or defensive bowlers. It's something that should be addressed here.

and Giles is better than Kumble.
 
Spoony said:
We don't put revolutions on the ball. Spinners here are not seen as wicket taking bowlers. Whereas bowlers from other parts of the globe, the subcontinent in particular, give the ball some rip and expected to take wickets. . . and not just be stock, or defensive bowlers. It's something that should be address.

and Giles is better than Kumble.

at knocking back pints, yeah
 
Shut up Mark, slag the cheating Indians off or feck off out of this thread...
 
i love our cricket team and im behind them 100 percent, apart from blackwell and giles
 
Blackwell's lost a lot of weight you know

He'll be a worldbeater before you know it
 
marktruman2006 said:
i love our cricket team and im behind them 100 percent, apart from blackwell and giles



So you're not behind them 100% at all then....
 
How can anyone not like Giles? He's done a fantastic job for his country.
 
im being hasty with giles, Hes decent yeah, hes a grafter. took important wickets. Just cautious about blackwell but hopefully he will come good, has gary keedy been capped yet?
 
At least Blackwell can hold a bat. We need as much depth as possible, seeing as Pieterson's turned shit.