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

[Sandeep]

Customary Dhoni wicket..

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Dhoni out. Rubbish shot.

 

[desi_launda]

He is doing his job .

What job?

 

[cricket geek]

Dhoni

 

[battler]

Dhoni and his rubbish technique

 

[Justcrazy]

Plunket strikes

 

[Azlan Khan]

Good stop, Jimmy lad.

 

[Justcrazy]

Vijay approaching another hundred here. Great form he is in.

 

[RexRex]

Dhoni is like that character from Lagaan whenever he faces english bowlers .. looks unrefined and clueless as ever.

 

[Justcrazy]

Moeen back on here , 4 overs left for New ball

 

[Azlan Khan]

Brilliant catch Cooky.

 

[Azlan Khan]

Horrid shot by Binny.

 

[cricket geek]

Binny

 

[Sandeep]

Ok now with this test lost, I hope Dhoni thinks about the XI and drops the obvious two.. If not, God help this team

 

[leatherface58]

Epic fail from Binny. Time to drop him for Rash.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Dhoni's innings was perfect for yesterday's scenario, had he got out early there was always a chance of big collapse

Agree. Showed his class today by getting out to a decent but nothing great ball.

 

[Robert]

Good captaincy there Chef, to bring the Beard on.

I still think India will win. If Cook and Bell fail again then the noobs will panic. Looks like there is no swing, no seam and no uneven bounce but they have to get India out pronto.

 

[Aman]

Must have been a pretty bad shot, CI are calling a halt in his Test career.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Good captaincy there Chef, to bring the Beard on.

I still think India will win. If Cook and Bell fail again then the noobs will panic. Looks like there is no swing, no seam and no uneven bounce but they have to get India out pronto.

Nice jinx. 250 bare min needed.

 

[saiyan0312]

Man dhoni is just not good enough. India in trouble as the lead is not on the safe route. not at all. dhoni was very critical.

 

[James]

Must have been a pretty bad shot, CI are calling a halt in his Test career.

Source for this? Unfortunate but also amusing if true.

 

[James]

Good captaincy there Chef, to bring the Beard on.

I still think India will win. If Cook and Bell fail again then the noobs will panic. Looks like there is no swing, no seam and no uneven bounce but they have to get India out pronto.

We bat deep enough to score 220 to win, but I also fear on a dying pitch they will bottle it regardless...

 

[m.shah]

Surely now Binny will be dropped from the team...

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Man dhoni is just not good enough. India in trouble as the lead is not on the safe route. not at all. dhoni was very critical.

Of what?

 

[desi_launda]

Jadeja sees binny as a role model
Playing shots like him

 

[cricket geek]

vijay has scored more than 300 runs in this series.

 

[saiyan0312]

Of what?

No. dhoni was very critical for indian chances as he was needed there with vijay.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Vijay will have to bat till the end if India is to put up a decent total.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

India have blown this. Brainless batting.

 

[Fastandfurious]

But England's supreme ability of blowing out the tail could make the chase longer than it needs to be.

 

[desi_launda]

Lead 201

 

[saiyan0312]

Dhoni needed to play the type of innings jadeja is playing.

 

[Electron]

Whatever the result, I am proud of the way our players fought the toss. No shame losing like this.

 

[desi_launda]

Srini at lord's

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Lead is just 202 ... we need another 70 runs to have a chance

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

JAdeja is playing > 100 SR, what is he trying to do here against new ball

 

[battler]

jadeja vs anderson )

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Jadeja has 3 first class triple tons - I don't see why he needs to bat like this. Just bat properly for god sake. Stick around and support Vijay - it could be the difference between a 225 lead and a 275 lead.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Hate listening to Andrew Strauss as commentator. Sky needs to find a replacement for him.

 

[desi_launda]

Jaddu already has as many runs as dhoni
Useless innings from dhoni..passenger in the test team

 

[Azlan Khan]

Anderson!!

 

[London_Lahori]

Man, Vijay so close to getting on the honours board.

 

[Azlan Khan]

England's game to lose now. In the driving seat.

 

[London_Lahori]

I remember the majority of the Indian posters on here wanted Vijay out of the team during that tour to SA.

 

[Electron]

Not looking good now for India.

 

[leatherface58]

Vijay good knock but threw it away.

 

[London_Lahori]

Jadeja doesn't look like he's going to hang around.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Well Played.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

211 lead - England could even wrap this up by lunch now.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Whatever the result, I am proud of the way our players fought the toss. No shame losing like this.

True.

Call a spade a spade. Even if we lose but we will go down as the superior side in this game due to conditions we had to face. But at the same time, if we lose, we also deserved to lose and England deserved to win due to our mistakes (concentration, team selection, etc) and England's resilience to make a comeback when Pujara and Vijay were going strong.

 

[Justcrazy]

Vijay misses a ton

 

[battler]

jadeja to go in t20 over drive now!

 

[Fastandfurious]

The tail just needs to get 40 more to make this a match.

 

[Sandeep]

C'mon stretch the lead to 250!

 

[Justcrazy]

How much can Indian tail add , could be crucial .

 

[London_Lahori]

India's second best batsman at the crease lol

 

[London_Lahori]

True.

Call a spade a spade. Even if we lose but we will go down as the superior side in this game due to conditions we had to face. But at the same time, if we lose, we also deserved to lose and England deserved to win due to our mistakes (concentration, team selection, etc) and England's resilience to make a comeback when Pujara and Vijay were going strong.

You guys won some good tosses in NZ but still couldn't make it count.

Either way, this test is far from over. When have England ever chased 250+ comfortably?

 

[Robert]

Huge wicket by Jimmy. Vijay deserved a ton there....

 

[saiyan0312]

No problem indians. your best batsman has arrived. The legendary kumar.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

You guys won some good tosses in NZ but still couldn't make it count.

Either way, this test is far from over. When have England ever chased 250+ comfortably?

None of those tosses were of a green track that was green green on first day and almost brown on second day. This isn't a true green track due to conditions or whatever.

Usually green tracks stay green for 2 innings before deteriorating. 3 days of tough period and 2 days of easing out.

Even the English commies said the same that the massive gap of the conditions was bridged by us.

If you see the picture of the tracks on Day 1 and Day 2, you would be shocked. Plus the weather conditions on 2 days.

Ok, with all being said, if England win, they deseve to win too. No taking credit away from them. Just saying that the magnitude of losing this toss is crazy.

Its like England losing a toss and batting on a dust bowl on Day 1 that turns into an good spin track on Day 2 when we bat. It never happens that way.

 

[Fastandfurious]

34 more needed.

 

[desi_launda]

Hopefully this is the last time we see binny
Pathetic excuse for an allrounder,can't bat or bowl .got into the team solely because of his father's influence .won't even get into the Bangladesh test side

 

[Sandeep]

4th innings could be very interesting than many here expect it to be.. But lack of quality spinner will hurt India.. I'm expecting England to win it by 5 wickets

 

[desi_launda]

Lead 221

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms cannot allow tail to add lot of runs here.

 

[London_Lahori]

I like Jadeja, this is exciting stuff.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Jaddu 28 off 23

 

[Fastandfurious]

Once again, England failing to finish off the tail thanks to Cook's great captaincy.

 

[London_Lahori]

Big shout! That looked close.

Think he edged it

 

[biggestdravidfan]

English team is getting on my nerves. Don't know why.

 

[London_Lahori]

Yeah, edge...

 

[Sandeep]

English team is getting on my nerves. Don't know why.

Welcome to test cricket..

 

[Sandeep]

Watch it unbiased. You will enjoy it, instead of getting tensed

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Lead 222

 

[Adil_94]

Dropped :Kumar

 

[London_Lahori]

Kumar dropped!!

 

[London_Lahori]

Nice shot Jadeja

 

[Justcrazy]

Kumar can hurt poms here.

 

[saiyan0312]

England are digging their own grave. These five tests are gonna be a contest between two sides about how deeply they can dig their own graves.

 

[Electron]

Wowwww... One of the best looking shots I have seen. Almost a six :Jadduuu !