England v India | 3rd Investec Test | July 27-31, 2014 | Ageas Bowl

[thivaakar]

There are many South Indian Sharmas too..

South Indian Sharmas are North Indian Immigrants

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ok I didn't watch since when we took the new ball.

Before the new ball it was flat with a few balls doing stuff.

So what its really seaming around?

 

[test_fan]

Flat not as in Indian flat but overseas flat.

What's your take then?

It is a typical English pitch with a bit of seam movement. Lord's was an exception. India haven't bowled well enough also captaincy has been negative for the most part due to the lack of genuine 4th and 5th bowlers. BK has been too wide. This is the kind of pitch that suits England the best. In 2011 all the pitches were like this. There is still enough on it to keep the bowlers interested. This is not like Trent Bridge.

 

[Sandeep]

South Indian Sharmas are North Indian Immigrants

Oh mate.. I'm not an expert on ethnicities. Go and ask this in Timepass. You will know the year of migration. The kind of positions the couples mated and all the stuff..

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

It is a typical English pitch with a bit of seam movement. Lord's was an exception. India haven't bowled well enough also captaincy has been negative for the most part due to the lack of genuine 4th and 5th bowlers. BK has been too wide. This is the kind of pitch that suits England the best. In 2011 all the pitches were like this. There is still enough on it to keep the bowlers interested. This is not like Trent Bridge.

Great.

This is what we need.






To get screwed.

 

[thivaakar]

I am pakistan I and even I know that.

I thought quota is based on ethnicity and not hometown.

are there no other Delhi players in the team? Where are kohl and dhawan from?

I always thought Indians fans whining over quota system is unjustified. I just think the selectors are corrupt. Looks at how all super king guys get preference.

Indian cricket has Quota ? Never knew. Can some Indian confirm this ?

Dhawan and Kohli are Delhi boys but Punjabi Ancestory, Jadeja is Gujarati, Dhoni is the odd guy from random state. Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay are from Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai.

Majority of Indian cricketers come from Mumbai, Delhi, Gujarat state, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Rest makes minority %.

 

[Sandeep]

Ok I didn't watch since when we took the new ball.

Before the new ball it was flat with a few balls doing stuff.

So what its really seaming around?

Few balls jagged around.. Nothing alarming though

 

[test_fan]

This is the kind of pitch on which if you bowl well you take 6-7 wickets on the first day, unless someone plays outstandingly. This is neither a 150 all out pitch nor a 270-2 pitch.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Indian cricket has Quota ? Never knew. Can some Indian confirm this ?

Dhawan and Kohli are Delhi boys but Punjabi Ancestory, Jadeja is Gujarati, Dhoni is the odd guy from random state. Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay are from Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai.

Majority of Indian cricketers come from Mumbai, Delhi, Gujarat state, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Rest makes minority %.

Not like SA quota.

Its unsaid stuff I think.

Not sure. Don't take my word about quota seriously.

What is true is that there is incompetence and favouritism among selectors. That is there for sure.

 

[Zero]

What a player Ballance is.
Cricinfo says his natural positions isn't #3, where does he normally play?

 

[Straight_Drive]

Few balls jagged around.. Nothing alarming though

that's enough the alarm SIF

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

that's enough the alarm SIF

)

Good one.

 

[test_fan]

England have been super lucky today. That was almost out.

 

[Sandeep]

Hopefully the Indian bowlers can rest well today. Long day tomorrow.

 

[Sandeep]

Pankaj Sharma has been the pick of the bowlers. Easily.. Hopefully he can get a wicket or two tomorrow before England declare

 

[Stewie]

Pankaj is insanely moving the new ball.. His pace is just allowing them to see it and adjust. If he had a few more yards, he would be unplayable.

 

[battler]

A snooze-worthy day's of cricket to be honest.

 

[thivaakar]

KP posted a post on FB saying COOk should resign.

 

[KPfan]

Great.

This is what we need.






To get screwed.

You were always screwed. Just lucky in the second test.

 

[Cricketrenew]

All in all boring day of test cricket, Cook still tactically a crap captain. needs to resign.

 

[Justcrazy]

What a player Ballance is.
Cricinfo says his natural positions isn't #3, where does he normally play?

Opener I think.

 

[Sadevdesai]

Basically a BORING day of Cricket .... had the Indian scooped up the chance Cook gave when he was on 15, I think, things may have been little different. Cook made most of it, too bad could not score a hundred. Absent of Ishant. Sharma is very evident. Soooo .... England are ahead at this point. They should have scored few more runs today,but that could be adjusted tomorrow. The pitch is like not absolutely dead .... but the Batsmen can bat without much anxiety.

 

[Stewie]

It was anything but boring. England batsmen ground, Indian bowlers toiled, umpire's erred and fielder's fumbled. There is beauty in attrition Al cricket not everybody appreciates. I loved the way Pankaj bowled and the way balance dominated. He gets into position so early looks like a hard nut to crack. India should have had bell but they were robbed.


Wonderful day of cricket. I spent my entire Sunday watching every ball.

 

[Red Devil]

England v India | 3rd Investec Test | July 27-31, 2014 | Ageas Bowl | Day 2

England are 247/2 (90.0 ov)

 

[samplepiece]

A long, hard toil coming up for the Indian bowlers. I am kind of happy that this young Indian side has closed a match on a bowling friendly surface and they are up against the grain today. Good for building characters(from a cricketing perspective) in the long run.

 

[Fastandfurious]

India has no chance of winning this unless Pankaj can turn into Ishant 2.0.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Winning?

First let us try not losing.

Agree with [MENTION=51547]samplepiece[/MENTION] - Glad we closed out a match on a bowling track. But we must remember we have lost the next test everytime we have gone up overseas (recently).

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Playing a test match on a not so great track with 2.5 bowlers.

Shami - Out of sorts (can be consider 0.5 bowler with his recent form)
Jaddu - Defensive (0.5)
Pankaj - Proper (1)
Bhuvi - Tired and not penetrative (0.5)

So 2.5

It may look crazy to some but this bowling lineup looks like a joke (the way it bowled yesterday).

Let's see if we can see a difference in their bowling today.

 

[MarkCooper]

Why the hell do the Indian players have so many security guards? Have you seen the players walking to the nets etc? They are surrounded by security guards. England players walk everywhere with no security because they are not ego-maniac little girls.

 

[samplepiece]

Why the hell do the Indian players have so many security guards? Have you seen the players walking to the nets etc? They are surrounded by security guards. England players walk everywhere with no security because they are not ego-maniac little girls.

Some sexist comment that!

 

[Justcrazy]

If Poms need to win , they need to take 20 indian wickets .

This will not be be easy.

 

[biggestdravidfan]

Trundlers back to form.

 

[nish_mate]

Why the hell do the Indian players have so many security guards? Have you seen the players walking to the nets etc? They are surrounded by security guards. England players walk everywhere with no security because they are not ego-maniac little girls.

Because you never know when some potty mouthed England player might jump at you and molest ya and unfortunately the players cannot rely on the 3rd world defunct CCTV's in England to help them. Better be safe than sorry

 

[Zeshan547]

Because you never know when some potty mouthed England player might jump at you and molest ya and unfortunately the players cannot rely on the 3rd world defunct CCTV's in England to help them. Better be safe than sorry

hahahaha you nailed it man.

 

[biggestdravidfan]

Why the hell do the Indian players have so many security guards? Have you seen the players walking to the nets etc? They are surrounded by security guards. England players walk everywhere with no security because they are not ego-maniac little girls.

Is whining the favourite hobby of UK ?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Bring Dhawan.

I am telling you he will do something.

Bring Dhawan into the attack.

 

[Adil_94]

Ball is turning and bouncing a bit Ashwin would have been a handful on here. Jadeja doesn't cut it as a frontline Test Spinner outside the SC for me

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Dhoni fanboys must be getting ready to show us the WL records of Dhoni which is similar to Mark Taylor.

 

[MRSN]

Jadeja who seems India's regular spinner is having horrible bowling stats in the series..Ashwin should have been playing this game..

 

[Aman]

SIF tune into the SL v SA game, it's going down to the wire.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Yeah will check it out.

Have to see what channel it comes here.

 

[cricket geek]

first session totally belongs to England today.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

First session we got blown away.

England just pounded us into submission.

 

[Kiri]

Why can't just BCCI accept DRS? Otherwise, Ballance would have stayed at the crease.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Why can't just BCCI accept DRS? Otherwise, Ballance would have stayed at the crease.

Ballance was out caught nicked yesterday.

But yeah you are right. We need DRS.

Its annoying to see it not being used.

 

[Justcrazy]

Why can't just BCCI accept DRS? Otherwise, Ballance would have stayed at the crease.

Probably ego.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ball is turning and bouncing a bit Ashwin would have been a handful on here. Jadeja doesn't cut it as a frontline Test Spinner outside the SC for me

True.

policy has wasted ojha and mishra.

 

[biggestdravidfan]

Why can't just BCCI accept DRS? Otherwise, Ballance would have stayed at the crease.

No mention of the times English batsmen were out and given not out ?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

These pacers are going to do nothing.

Bring Dhawan and Rohit/Vijay.

 

[Kiri]

No mention of the times English batsmen were out and given not out ?

Thats what you get for no DRS

 

[Sakss]

Is Bhuvi in effective today?

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Ineffective this whole Test match played till now.

 

[Bilal7]

Hope Moeen gets a ton here.

 

[Sandeep]

Hope Moeen gets a ton here.

I too hope. That way the number of overs India has to bat will be considerably reduced..

 

[Adil_94]

Root gone very strange innings never looked comfortable

 

[Adil_94]

Very strange shot

 

[Sandeep]

'Refreshing' tactics from Dhoni.. Following the match on cricinfo and he's swapping the 3 seamers for 1 over spells. The first time to happen in Int'nal cricket

 

[Sandeep]

If India can sneak in a couple more wickets till tea, it will be great for the game. The way I see it, the game is going nowhere..

 

[MRSN]

England should move on and try to get to 500 much quicker and declare it tonight..

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Didn't see the bowling after tea but gotta admit that was a new and interesting tactic when nothing worked.

Feel there is something in the pitch for spinners now.

Rohit's ball popped up.

I love to see off spinners (Dhawan, Rohit and co) operating for a while. Something can happen.

 

[mithun_minhas]

The pitch has become quicker since ysterday. The bounce has also improved.

Broad will be handful on this pitch. Some of the Indian batsmen who do not like too much bounce will find it hard on this pitch.

Even BK is getting the ball to jump like Akhtar would do. It was a great toss to win again.

 

[mithun_minhas]

All out of form batsmen scoring big on this great batting pitch.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Bell plays spin very well.

) )

 

[samplepiece]

What would be England's declaration total? 550?

The way Bell's playing spin on this track says a lot about the assistance spinners are getting here.

 

[MRSN]

Jadedja just got owned by Bell..))

 

[mithun_minhas]

Jaddu getting major phainty.

He has nothing in this pitch and just bowling gentle dollies.

 

[Sam18696]

Some horrible bowling by Sir

 

[Arsal_AK]

Sir Jaddu.) 21 of the over.

When you get hit by Bell for 21, there is something seriously wrong.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Why would England deliver a flat pitch for 3rd Test? Are they scared of Indian trundlers?

 

[Sandeep]

Why would England deliver a flat pitch for 3rd Test? Are they scared of Indian trundlers?

To get their batsmen back to form..

 

[Sandeep]

Ali bhai's century missed

 

[Sandeep]

Buttler time baby!

 

[Justcrazy]

Ali gone.

 

[mithun_minhas]

MOen Ali missed a great chance to pile up some runs and improve his average.

 

[Justcrazy]

Butler on debut

 

[Justcrazy]

MOen Ali missed a great chance to pile up some runs and improve his average.

He is not a fifty average batsman .

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms need to bat with aggression here , no point in playing slow here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bell continues to find gap here

 

[Mamoon]

Sir Jaddu.) 21 of the over.

When you get hit by Bell for 21, there is something seriously wrong.

He is a very very fine batsman.

 

[Sandeep]

Rex: "This aggressive tactic can work for england. quick 50-60 and if they do get all out they give themselves more time to get 20 indian wickets...otherwise they were going no where at one point.."

This is what I've been thinking all along!