England v India | 1st Investec Test | July 9-13, 2014 | Nottingham

[Sandeep]

Stokes at 8 and Broad at 9. As if the Indian bowling needed a further challenge to bowl the opposition out!

I somehow feel England's tail will score more than their top 6 put together

And India is known for this..

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms would hope they can get quick wickets and get deeper into indian batting here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Broad to start the proceedings.

 

[SL_Fan]

I wish I could take credit for that- its actually an Indian stand up comedian PAPA CJ who said it famously

Should have just taken credit for it. I would have.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Vijay

 

[nish_mate]

Should have just taken credit for it. I would have.

Will for the next riposte....still waiting for mark to finish licking his wounds from the verbal phainty and come back asking for more

 

[cricket geek]

vijay hits a
:4.

 

[cricket geek]

catch dropped by prior

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni Dropped !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

England would be disappointed with that drop.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms need early wickets here. They need to pitch the ball further up.

 

[samplepiece]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Vijay moves to 131

 

[Varun]

Inauspicious start with that Dhoni drop. But things seem fine now, and we can push to 400 and onwards.

Vijay deserves a 200 for himself.

 

[Sandeep]

Broad is easily England's best bowler by far in the last 3 years or so and he is the only one promptly creating chances

 

[Justcrazy]

this partnership already worth 92 runs

 

[Sandeep]

India should bat, bat and bat... 5 test series.. just exhaust Broad and Anderson and win the series

 

[Adil_94]

India have a big chance to win this if they post 400. This pitch will get slower and lower as the game goes on. And with Englands ineptness against Spin Jadeja could play a big part

 

[Sakss]

Shouldn't be dropping chances

 

[samplepiece]

Two guys described the first half an hour to me as follows:

Fellow 1) Drab 30 mins. No wicket and only 11 runs scored.

Fellow 2) Engrossing stuff!

Test cricket always seems to generate divided opinions.

 

[Sandeep]

Looked out! Probably impact outside off

 

[Adil_94]

Looked Dead DRS

 

[cricket geek]

partnership between vijay and Dhoni just crossed hundred run mark.

 

[samplepiece]

First :4 for Dhoni this morning.

 

[cricket geek]

:4 by Dhoni

 

[Justcrazy]

:4 more
Dhoni

 

[Sakss]

A massive 450 on the cards here

 

[zabalestmsm]

This is going to be a draw.

 

[Adil_94]

India will win this if they post 450+

 

[Justcrazy]

107 runs partnership already.

 

[samplepiece]

The ball is more than 20 overs old now. England would be hoping for some reverse swing.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms not getting wicket , indians looking good for 400 here

 

[samplepiece]

Playing their shots against Plunkett and Stokes.

 

[Electron]

I have high hopes from Shami and Bhuvi in this match.

 

[samplepiece]

Another over before the drinks break.

 

[cricket geek]

too many maiden overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Last over before drinks.

 

[Electron]

Why are security guards accompanying the players even in the outfield ? Its crazy.

 

[samplepiece]

scoring rate around 2 this morning.

 

[cricket geek]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Bijay 142 not out

 

[Sandeep]

Vijay playing some incredible shots! :4

 

[Justcrazy]

India would be pleased with there effort so far, in this session.

 

[samplepiece]

Slow going but India the happier side after the first hour.

 

[samplepiece]

England have bowled 15 in the first hour with 4 seamers. Maintaining excellent over rate.

 

[Sandeep]

Good that we didn't get rolled over yet. Expect that in the next hour

 

[Sandeep]

I'm hearing the sky commentary and boy, the're literally blaming everything on the pitch!

 

[Sakss]

I'm hearing the sky commentary and boy, the're literally blaming everything on the pitch!

Typical... They prepared the pitch themselves... It's not the overseas team who does that

 

[Adil_94]

I'm hearing the sky commentary and boy, the're literally blaming everything on the pitch!

Theyre acting like its the first time theres been a flat pitch in England. England has produced a lot of roads recently. They are whingeing because it exposes the limitations of their attack.

 

[Sandeep]

Gorgeous shot! :4

 

[cricket geek]

vijay on 146

 

[Sandeep]

Theyre acting like its the first time theres been a flat pitch in England. England has produced a lot of roads recently. They are whingeing because it exposes the limitations of their attack.

Yea.. The Sri Lanka series was played on roads. The pitches for last year Ashes were similar, only that there was a certain Swann to capitalize..

 

[samplepiece]

300 up!

 

[cricket geek]

expecting some quick runs before the lunch.

 

[leatherface58]

This series is already an improvement for India over 2011 #300

 

[Adil_94]

Yea.. The Sri Lanka series was played on roads. The pitches for last year Ashes were similar, only that there was a certain Swann to capitalize..

If Swann never ran off like a coward these commies wouldnt be moaning. Without a proper frontline spinner England are exposed on this surface

 

[Adil_94]

Vijay deserves 150 great knock

 

[Adil_94]

Kohli must be kicking himself for missing out on this pitch

 

[Sandeep]

Anderson in.. will be looking for revese

 

[cricket geek]

can any one tell me, How many maiden overs played by India till now.

 

[samplepiece]

No slip. Looking for wickets on the drive.

 

[cricket geek]

can Anderson break this partnership ?

 

[Sandeep]

can any one tell me, How many maiden overs played by India till now.

31 in total

 

[Sandeep]

If England goes on to make a decent score these same commies would go on to talk about how good the new English batsmen are and how bad the Indian bowlers are.. I can bet you

 

[cricket geek]

Moeen into the attack .

 

[Cricfan4eva]

That turn!!

Jadeja should be licking his lips..

 

[samplepiece]

Moeen Ali on. Runs to flow hopefully.

 

[cricket geek]

[MENTION=2151]sandeep[/MENTION] 99 thanks for the info, but isn't it too much.

 

[Sandeep]

That turn!!

Jadeja should be licking his lips..

I just realized that we don't have any part timers for this match! For spin that is.. For seam, we have Binny boy

 

[Sandeep]

Even if we don't score more runs, we should exhaust these guys completely.. 5 tests.. long way to go

 

[Varun]

Vijay 146*

Matches Dravid's top score from the last series - which was effectively our top score from anyone at the time too.

 

[Random Aussie]

4/304, England looking down the barrell. Destroy them boys!!

 

[Sandeep]

No DRS, no regrets.. Well play Vijay..!

 

[samplepiece]

Jimmy strikes! Need to get another 100 runs somehow.

 

[Robert]

Typical... They prepared the pitch themselves... It's not the overseas team who does that

"They"? You think the Sky Sports commentators prepared the pitch?

 

[imback]

Well Played MV

 

[cricket geek]

vijay gone

 

[Sandeep]

Time for some fun.. Go for it, jaddu

 

[MarkCooper]

was that an umpire mistake i missed it

 

[Electron]

Now watch this No-DRS stance screw us. Its not just this series, but every single series, we get these crucial unfavorable decisions.