England v India | 2nd Test | July 17-21 2014 | Lord's

[OZGOD]

Bambi giving runs away

 

[Sandeep]

Wow.. Pitch it up, cloudy.. Need me to tell you?

 

[Electron]

To be honest, our same batsmen survived a lot more swing coming in at 145kph in South Africa. This 130kph trundling shouldn't be as big a challenge as we believe.

 

[Sandeep]

Very sharp swing, but cloudy is wasting it.. Pitch it up, lad

 

[Batman_DB]

india survived the the 1st 16 balls

 

[m.shah]

11 without loss

 

[Varun]

Bumble and Holding have already found something to moan about: Too much workload on the England bowlers - they've been bowling effectively for 2 and a half days now. *shakes head*

 

[Saeed]

WTH, they are wasting the new ball. Need to make them play.

 

[Sandeep]

There you go.. 1st wicket down. This match is going to be funny )

 

[Varun]

To be honest, our same batsmen survived a lot more swing coming in at 145kph in South Africa. This 130kph trundling shouldn't be as big a challenge as we believe.

Actually 130ks is tougher to face than 145 on such a deck as the ball has got more 'opportunity' to move and hoop around.

 

[Batman_DB]

dhawan gone gautam get ready for the next match

 

[Varun]

Knew Dhawan wouldn't be up to it.

 

[Sandeep]

Pretty good ball to be honest

 

[Varun]

Pads up Gambhir, you're playing three tests in England.

 

[Electron]

Walking wicket Dhawan departs. Big inswinger followed by great outswinger from Anderson.

 

[Varun]

Enter Pujara.

 

[Sandeep]

Will Pujara survive for 15-20 overs?

 

[Random Aussie]

Dhawan is not going to make it outside of the subcontinent.

 

[Saeed]

The Sun rises in the east.

What did I said sire? Now where be mah microwave?

 

[Sakss]

Beauty if a delivery

 

[Random Aussie]

Pads up Gambhir, you're playing three tests in England.

Cometh the hour, cometh the Angry Dwarf.....

 

[London_Lahori]

One down!

 

[Batman_DB]

that pitched outside leg

 

[Electron]

Actually 130ks is tougher to face than 145 on such a deck as the ball has got more 'opportunity' to move and hoop around.

Yeah right. The very next delivery swung from outside leg to off !

 

[lilFlip]

These SC openers will never learn

 

[London_Lahori]

Pujara will hit a ton guys, mark my words.

Headingly 2002!

 

[Varun]

Come on, we should just graft until lunch. I don't even mind 30/1.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

That was an unplayable ball.

Nothing Dhawan could have done with the technique he had.

 

[OZGOD]

About to get going. Will India pick Jadeja so he can have a bit more of hows your father with Clouderson? Will Cook get into double digits? Will Dhawan cowlash his way to 29 and out?

Let's see!

Damn Dhawan didn't even get to 29

 

[Sandeep]

Come on, we should just graft until lunch. I don't even mind 30/1.

I don't mind 11/3

 

[Random Aussie]

That was an unplayable ball.

Nothing Dhawan could have done with the technique he had.

Commits himself too early IMO

 

[Varun]

Wish we recalled Dravid for this game.

 

[Robert]

I don't think the swing will last long as it's hot and the haze has burned off already. If India get through the first hour it will get easier for them.

 

[Electron]

Too much movement. I hope it stays the same in days to come.

 

[OZGOD]

I don't think the swing will last long as it's hot and the haze has burned off already. If India get through the first hour it will get easier for them.

That's what I'm thinking. If they can survive the first hour or two only one or two down they will score 400+

 

[Sandeep]

Just about saved..

 

[Electron]

Edge, falls short.

 

[Varun]

Prior has dropped 4 catches in this series alone.

 

[lilFlip]

A life given

 

[Sandeep]

Prior has been pretty poor, whatever ppl say

 

[Varun]

I don't think the swing will last long as it's hot and the haze has burned off already. If India get through the first hour it will get easier for them.

Looking at the way things are progressing we'd have lost all our batsmen already by then.

Except Kumar and Shami I suppose.

 

[Sakss]

Prior dropped another one

 

[Zeshan547]

What the hell you doing barbie, please pitch it up and straight and make these fools play for God sake

 

[Sakss]

Even priors batting hasnt been all that

 

[London_Lahori]

Prior turning Kami-esque with this keeping...

 

[Random Aussie]

I find it hard to believe that for all the hype, the dropped for being a trundler Peter Siddle has a better record than either of these opening bowlers.

 

[Varun]

I find it hard to believe that for all the hype, the dropped for being a trundler Peter Siddle has a better record than either of these opening bowlers.

I can't believe both of these two get to play on decks like these every now and then and still average 30.50

 

[f.b.m]

I find it hard to believe that for all the hype, the dropped for being a trundler Peter Siddle has a better record than either of these opening bowlers.

And they get to play on these kinds of pitches.

 

[Sandeep]

I can't believe both of these two get to play on decks like these every now and then and still average 30.50

They were pretty poor during the start of their careers.. But still 30 avg despite having played 50 test matches each in England is unacceptable

 

[Varun]

Shot.

 

[Saeed]

Its all over now. Lets see the boring 100 run partnership.

 

[Batman_DB]

morning session is the key not many survive the new ball on a green pitch

 

[Varun]

Its all over now. Lets see the boring 100 run partnership.

And the commentators whinging on how flat the pitch is.

 

[m.shah]

good shot

 

[Sandeep]

cloudy landing it in the right areas now.. good contest between him and che

 

[Electron]

Anderson cranking it up to 142kph, swinging it both ways.

 

[Batman_DB]

england got wht they wanted so now they need to win the match in 4 days

 

[Electron]

Big in-swing, followed by big out-swing followed by steep bounce.

 

[Varun]

Anderson cranking it up to 142kph, swinging it both ways.

After all, he's in his natural habitat where the pitch and the weather does 75% of the work for him.

 

[Robert]

I can't believe both of these two get to play on decks like these every now and then and still average 30.50

The answer to that is that they don't. Headingley used to be a green mamba in the eighties, but every wicket more recently has been a pudding of one sort or another. Until this one.

Jimmy was overcoached early on in his career - they tinkered with his action and messed him up, like they did to Finn. That ruined his figures, though they have slowly been improving slowly since 2010. He's not a Willis or Snow or young Botham - he's just 'good'.

 

[Saeed]

Imagine if Ishant scores a century here.

 

[Saurav]

so green pitch to exploit home advantage for England.no criticism.Yet when a pitch takes a bit of turn in India,all hell breaks loose

 

[Varun]

Bernie Ecclestone and Steve Waugh in the stands.

 

[Varun]

The answer to that is that they don't. Headingley used to be a green mamba in the eighties, but every wicket more recently has been a pudding of one sort or another. Until this one.

Jimmy was overcoached early on in his career - they tinkered with his action and messed him up, like they did to Finn. That ruined his figures, though they have slowly been improving slowly since 2010. He's not a Willis or Snow or young Botham - he's just 'good'.

Yeah, never said he was 'bad' outright. Sky just put up a stat saying that he's now the leading wicket taker in England, having passed Truman. Good stuff.

 

[Varun]

so green pitch to exploit home advantage for England.no criticism.Yet when a pitch takes a bit of turn in India,all hell breaks loose

"The pitch is a disgrace, India are doctoring wickets to suit themselves."

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Commits himself too early IMO

Yup. With his technique, he has his work cut out.

 

[Aman]

Rubbish bowling from England.

Attack the stumps chumps

 

[Adil_94]

England not making the batsman play enough


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[Aman]

so green pitch to exploit home advantage for England.no criticism.Yet when a pitch takes a bit of turn in India,all hell breaks loose

Where have you been? Everyone has accepted home ground advantage...

 

[London_Lahori]

Would like to see Kohli in early and how he plays here...

 

[London_Lahori]

Rubbish bowling from England.

Attack the stumps chumps

I bet Barbie is bowling back of a length...

 

[Saeed]

Stop expecting a wicket people. This is going to 100 run partnership.

 

[Adil_94]

Would expect clouderson and broad to bowl better than this on a green wicket


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[Varun]

England not making the batsman play enough


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Agreed, still early but they're bowling like how Steyn bowled to us in South Africa: outswinger-outswinger-outswinger-outswinger. All left alone.

 

[Aman]

Would expect clouderson and broad to bowl better than this on a green wicket


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If they get it on middle they could nick a few off.

 

[Adil_94]

Agreed, still early but they're bowling like how Steyn bowled to us in South Africa: outswinger-outswinger-outswinger-outswinger. All left alone.

Steyn is on another level to these two


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[cricket geek]

maidens after maidens , why should i watch this?

 

[Varun]

Pujara still on zero.

 

[Adil_94]

Expecting a Pujara ton and Rahane to do well think Kohli might struggle


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[Saeed]

Pujara still on zero.

Doesn't matter, they just need to survive these first 20 overs.