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

[saiyan0312]

still no anderson. cook showing his captaincy's class.

 

[Sandeep]

Is Cook mad or what? Bowling Moeen Ali to relatively bad batsmen!

 

[hur rizvi]

Jadeja to make a surprising match winning hundred.

Would absolutely love to see Anderson's face if that happens

 

[Adil_94]

Cook should have put Jimmeh on

 

[lilFlip]

Shane warne wants Jimmeh to stare down Jadejah

 

[nish_mate]

It's just the same as booing the villain in a Christmas pantomine. Means nothing. Chill out.

Am chilled uncle Rob (with ice lollies)- its those stuffed circus suits in the members stand and the England change room that needs to.....

 

[saiyan0312]

Would absolutely love to see Anderson's face if that happens

Would love to see englands face is that happens.

 

[Adil_94]

That looked stone dead

 

[nish_mate]

Is Cook mad or what? Bowling Moeen Ali to relatively bad batsmen!

Well Cooks never going to give the Nobel jury a dilemna over choice....

 

[Sandeep]

Chris on Jadeja's reception: "Last time I can remember a reception like that was for Amir and Asif in the notorious test of 2010 after the News of the World story. Not unprecedented but rare."

Woah

 

[Justcrazy]

126/5

Better session for poms here.

 

[Sandeep]

Think this test has slipped away... Tough to make a comeback

 

[Justcrazy]

That looked stone dead

It was over the top.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I would say that shot was a bit lose from Pujara, left gap b/w Bat and Pad, But cant blame him, on this sort of pitch you are never in as a batsman

The previous ball set him up. Creating confusion. You see series of balls does the trick to get test batsmen out, not necessarily jaffas all the time

TBF that Wasnt an unplayable delivery

Hur Rizvi is right. It wasn't a jaffa.

They said his dismissal was due to the effect of the Lord's slope.

From one end, you feel the ball is going out and you play for that. From the other end, its the opposite.

Very good ball but mostly its a concentration lapse.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Think this test has slipped away... Tough to make a comeback

Too early to say.

 

[Justcrazy]

Think this test has slipped away... Tough to make a comeback

So soon?

lots of overs left mate .

 

[Adil_94]

It was over the top.

Yeah at first look it looked close, on replay obvs it was missing

 

[Adil_94]

Moeen troubling lefties :Hafeez

 

[thivaakar]

Think this test has slipped away... Tough to make a comeback

We are in Day 1, session 2

 

[Sandeep]

Gone.. Jadeja gone. His place will be under scrutiny for the next test

 

[lilFlip]

Captain Cook just trolled everyone (Lord's, Commies and ROW )

 

[thivaakar]

Don't bowl spin to Rehane, these Mumbai guys play spin well

 

[Justcrazy]

Rahane can pull India out of this.

 

[Boi]

yes moeen Bhai.

 

[thivaakar]

Don't bowl spin to Rehane, these Mumbai guys play spin well

oh wow, second after publishing this comment Ali picks up a wicket

 

[saiyan0312]

cook you just denied us an anderson vs jadeja contest.

 

[Adil_94]

Think this test has slipped away... Tough to make a comeback

Ball is still seaming around plus think how poor England were with the ball in the morning session. If BK gets it right he can run through England.

 

[hur rizvi]

Atleast JAdeja outscored Dhoni, Well played champ

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

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Carnage this is.

 

[Justcrazy]

Moeen gets jadeja .

 

[Justcrazy]

Indian batsmen should have attacked Moeen .

 

[Sandeep]

Somehow feel India have lost focus

 

[Justcrazy]

Binny in now Indian challenge far from over here.

 

[Varun]

Anderson comes on to bowl well after Jadeja gets out lol.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Guys KEY thing to remember is that all the earlier analysis were done with basis that the pitch will ease out.

It hasn't. Its kept on swinging.

Yes, India has lost focus and is in deep trouble but its not like its an eased out flat track where England are going to pile 600+.

I can't trust Indian bowlers but I don't think that would happen. Let's see.

 

[Adil_94]

Binny's technique looks better than Dhoni and Jadeja

 

[London_Lahori]

Good stuff from Moeen, always finds a breakthrough

 

[Justcrazy]

The pitch has help for bowlers , if India can add another 100 , they will have a chance.

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms would be delighted to get India below 200.

 

[Varun]

Binny's technique looks better than Dhoni and Jadeja

As does Ashwin's. And Kumar's.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Good stuff from Moeen, always finds a breakthrough

We Indians have ridiculed him and he has kept owning us.

Sure he might have gone for a few runs but he took crucial wickets the last test match. If Prior had caught the ball, he took Kohli out too.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Binny's technique looks better than Dhoni and Jadeja

Everyone's technique is better than those 2 jokers.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Dhoni and Jadeja at No 6 and No 7 is like Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Vijay Bharadwaj at No 6 and No 7.

We Indians REALLY did have that lineup for a tour to Australia.

Lost 0-3.

Sachin Man of the Series.

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[Sandeep]

We Indians have ridiculed him and he has kept owning us.

Sure he might have gone for a few runs but he took crucial wickets the last test match. If Prior had caught the ball, he took Kohli out too.

Moeen bhai will still be ridiculed, because he doesn't cut it.. Doesn't matter how many wickets he takes

 

[Justcrazy]

Rahane looking solid here.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Rahane has to see out Anderson. He is the guy who is capable of doing it.

 

[Justcrazy]

Binny can surprise a few people with his batting.

 

[London_Lahori]

We Indians have ridiculed him and he has kept owning us.

Sure he might have gone for a few runs but he took crucial wickets the last test match. If Prior had caught the ball, he took Kohli out too.

He takes a couple wickets against you, he'll take 5 against us.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Moeen bhai will still be ridiculed, because he doesn't cut it.. Doesn't matter how many wickets he takes

Its not the wickets he takes. Nobody gave a damn about Jason Krezja who took 8 wickets in an innings in India.

Why? Cos we carted him for over 200 runs in that innings.

Moeen Ali is taking wickets of important players (fluke as it may be). If Binny hadn't saved us in the last test, it was Moeen's 2 coupled with Broad's next day spell that would have given English a victory.

Context of wickets matter.

You can take 5 wickets and they may be useless and you can take 2 match turning wickets.

Fluke or no fluke its working.

 

[Varun]

Had it not been for Dhoni, Jadeja would have never played a test match.

 

[Justcrazy]

140 / 6

India trying hard here.

 

[Sandeep]

Its not the wickets he takes. Nobody gave a damn about Jason Krezja who took 8 wickets in an innings in India.

Why? Cos we carted him for over 200 runs in that innings.

Moeen Ali is taking wickets of important players (fluke as it may be). If Binny hadn't saved us in the last test, it was Moeen's 2 coupled with Broad's next day spell that would have given English a victory.

Context of wickets matter.

You can take 5 wickets and they may be useless and you can take 2 match turning wickets.

Fluke or no fluke its working.

Mate, opinions differ. I'm not asking you to agree with me..

 

[Justcrazy]

Its tea time

Is [MENTION=64559]chaiwala[/MENTION] still on forum ?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Mate, opinions differ. I'm not asking you to agree with me..

I just gave my reasoning.

I never disagreed with you.

He is rubbish. The Fab 4 would have flayed him from one to another.

I just get the feeling we got complacent against him. There is no way he can pick wickets when we treat him like a proper spinner.

 

[Robert]

Is Cook mad or what? Bowling Moeen Ali to relatively bad batsmen!

Yeah, what a terrible bowling decision that was

I know that even a stopped clock is right twice per day, but maybe we should give Chef a bit of credit here.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Had it not been for Dhoni, Jadeja would have never played a test match.

Its a crime that Jadeja kind of batsman has to play at No 7 for India.

 

[Varun]

Need to scrap up another 100 somehow.

 

[Robert]

Guys KEY thing to remember is that all the earlier analysis were done with basis that the pitch will ease out.

It hasn't. Its kept on swinging.

Yeah, I thought that the haze was burning off but it is still there.

But tomorrow, clear blue skies and 31C is forecast.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Yeah, I thought that the haze was burning off but it is still there.

But tomorrow, clear blue skies and 31C is forecast.

What is today's weather report there?

 

[Varun]

We've got the rough end of the stick.

Should have asked the BCCICC to send a double-faced coin.

 

[nish_mate]

What is today's weather report there?

bright and sunny here in London- 29 odd degrees- tops and skirts are coming off in the Richmond Green....

 

[Anfield]

Indians got their wish heard.. Pitch is green.

 

[Varun]

Indians got their wish heard.. Pitch is green.

Now wait until we bowl. Serious.

 

[nish_mate]

Now wait until we bowl. Serious.

Rain on Sat- cloud cover on for Sun/Monday- hang in there mate- there is some cloud cover coming soon- just got to grind tomorrow in the field....

 

[Energetic]

Indian batsman are way too overrated. Look masters on flat tracks but of Zimbabwe and below standard when it comes to proper surfaces. Also this Dhawan guy has faded since his good start. Looks good on flat pitches but rubbish on challenging ones most of the time.

 

[Energetic]

Nice crowd by the way in record temperatures as well.

 

[Varun]

Indian batsman are way too overrated. Look masters on flat tracks but of Zimbabwe and below standard when it comes to proper surfaces. Also this Dhawan guy has faded since his good start. Looks good on flat pitches but rubbish on challenging ones most of the time.

Brilliant call mate. Doubt many other teams would be 140/6 on this rainforest.

 

[Varun]

Why can't we smash Moeen, I don't get it. Ideally he should be the release bowler.

 

[Sandeep]

Declare and start bowling before the entire juice dries up..

 

[lilFlip]

Poor binny just got bCCId

 

[Buffet]

Eng should dismiss Indians within 200 on this pitch.

 

[Sandeep]

Wow, India's best batsman has arrived

 

[Varun]

Umpires are making so many mistakes these days, DRS or no DRS.

 

[Varun]

Bhuvaneshwar turning it on already!

 

[HamzaSaeen]

India performing like Pakistan, giving wickets to a part timer and not attacking
Understandable given the pitch.

 

[Varun]

Rahane to get an unbeaten 243* - calling it first.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Poor binny just got bCCId

We should use that term more often.

 

[Sandeep]

It looks as if Cook is prolonging India's innings by few more overs by bowling Moeen bhai.. This way he ensures that England bats on a relatively flat pitch

 

[cricfan967]

Brilliant contest, don't mind getting up at 6am to watch Cricket at its finest.

 

[Varun]

Kumar has scored as many runs as Dhoni and Jadeja put together already.