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India vs England
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Why's Anderson not bowling much?
I reckon they're saving him for when/if we take a wicket to have a run at the tail/debutant.
Well played, kohli.
Well feck.
excellent batting from India, though they'll probably want to declare with only a small lead or they'll take time out of the game.
Seemed you were right, got debutant.
I don't think that was the case. He seemed to be struggling with his fitness when e started bowling.
Personally I thought it seemed like they were trying to wait until it started reversing to bring Anderson on.
Dhoni's impatience might have cost him hereRun out for 99, gutting.
Dhoni runs himself out on 99!
Dhoni
Dhoni deserves to be run out.
His slow batting and tactics will have resulted in India drawing anyway.
His slow batting and tactics will have resulted in India drawing anyway.
Worst post I've seen on cricket on redcafe
Dhoni should have been more patient if he wanted his hundred.
And that's the series, India.
That's grossly unfair, immense patience from him, that partnership saved the game for India. Pity for him he couldn't be patient for an other over though...
Got there before me!
Chawla's wicket was unnecessary. Expect England to come out attacking in the morning and have India all out quite quickly.
Yeah, that's awful.
Dhoni batted excellently, take his captaincy and your personal dislike of him out of it and just appreciate he played very well on a tough pitch.
Superb by both Dhoni and Kohli today. Feel for him being run out on 99.
What a last session for England though, probably evens out the days play, and leaves us in a position that looked a long way away at tea.
What a last session for England though, probably evens out the days play, and leaves us in a position that looked a long way away at tea.
Bumble is the funniest commentator ever.
"Why always me"
"Why always me"
Bumble is the funniest commentator ever.
"Why always me"
Yeah he always makes me chuckle. He did fantastic impersonations of Boycott and Trueman the other day.
Going to be a very good day of cricket tomorrow.
Why would they declare when they're going to have to bat again regardless?
Because a tiny lead would mean England would not have a chance of winning the match. So it becomes a question of putting scoreboard pressure on England versus the pressure of batting time. I'd do the same thing shaggy says, unless the pitch looks to be very flat.
Moot point now of course. We aren't going to get a lead. Just answering you
Bumble is the funniest commentator ever.
"Why always me"
I enjoy his commentating more than cricket on occasions. You'd also have to be a Northerner to really understand some of his comments.
On a sidenote, MS is putting on some weight for a player of his age, and playing so much cricket.
There's no way England would take any chances on this match anyway and throw wickets attempting to go for a win, the stall was set out from day one, a draw is a win in terms of the series.
Knowing you have to score runs to even get on par with the opposition tends to lead to a lot more collapses than teams batting as normal.
If England can get India out sharpish and bat a quick 100-120, that's it I reckon.
Why do they have to get on par with the opposition if England are trailing by a sizeable number?
Then it becomes a question of batting less number of sessions than in the other case.
It's a psychological thing. Knowing you need runs to even be level with the opposition puts more pressure on than just being able to go out and play a normal game. Imagine if for example you're trailing by 50 runs, you lose 2 wickets early on, then all of a sudden you're still on negative runs knowing that you're going to have to get a total that the opposition won't be able to reach by the time you are all out, by the time your innings "starts" your already men down. That is a lot more trying mentally, to me at least.
Well at least we finally showed some fight! Fell asleep halfway through the second session with Kohli and Dhoni in the 60s. Shame about how the game ended, but this is probably going to be a draw anyway.
No problem, it was just my chrome. Your posts had the page all messy. Looks fine on mozilla.
Baffling tactics by us this morning.
It's got Dhoni written all over it.
Either try hitting or declare. Why would India waste 60 odd minutes for 20 runs. 