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

[hur rizvi]

I feel for Pankaj singh here

 

[Mr Consistent]

Pankaj Singh ) ) )

 

[MarkCooper]

Pankaj Singh hahahahaha

 

[Justcrazy]

Is butler looking for a hundred here poms would be delighted with that.

 

[Mr Consistent]

almost another life for jos butler

 

[MarkCooper]

I love to see a trundler get smashed! As long as its not an England trundler of course

 

[hur rizvi]

If Butler scores a 100, it will be the worst century ever?

Cut him some slack, I have seen worse centuries, though if England let Butler score centuries that would be Pathetic captaincy, They should have declared some time ago

 

[Justcrazy]

Pankaj got a chance on a tough pitch.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Again falls short. Everything going England's way.

Butler should go to Casino after the day is done.

 

[nish_mate]

Pankaj Singh hahahahaha

Reminds me of Jimmy A being abused by Bailey- how many did he leak in one over?

 

[Justcrazy]

Butler will have to take it easy here.

 

[hur rizvi]

Pankaj got a chance on a tough pitch.

Pitch had enough support for the bowlers yesterday, Pankaj was a bit unlucky too

 

[nish_mate]

Any chance of Mankading Buttler?

 

[Justcrazy]

Reminds me of Jimmy A being abused by Bailey- how many did he leak in one over?

Over twenty five.

 

[nish_mate]

Buttler lost his wicket to SRJ ) ) ) )

 

[Mr Consistent]

finally its over no debut century for butler

 

[mithun_minhas]

Thank God!!!

Enough of the fluke innings.

 

[Justcrazy]

The main problem with poms is that they playing ODI bowlers here.

 

[Mr Consistent]

Dhawan plz aj tu acha khalien yar

 

[MarkCooper]

Reminds me of Jimmy A being abused by Bailey- how many did he leak in one over?

Haha. Pankaj Singh is a useless trundler. Anderson is a fine bowler. Bigggg difference. Pankaj Singh will be a one test wonder.

 

[Justcrazy]

Butler missed a golden opportunity here to get a hundred. He will not get so many chances again .

 

[nish_mate]

Haha. Pankaj Singh is a useless trundler. Anderson is a fine bowler. Bigggg difference. Pankaj Singh will be a one test wonder.

Yupp Anderson is indeed "Mommy Mikey said he will break my arm"

"Mommy Jadeja walked towards me and I shaet my pants "

Yeh Jimmy talk nah,....

 

[Justcrazy]

Haha. Pankaj Singh is a useless trundler. Anderson is a fine bowler. Bigggg difference. Pankaj Singh will be a one test wonder.

He will not get another chance , that is why , one test is not enough to judge someone

 

[nish_mate]

You know a pitch is dead as an Englishmans mojo when Cook & Bell score on it and I cant handle pressure Butler hits an 80 odd....

 

[Justcrazy]

14 overs for poms to get few wickets.

 

[nish_mate]

Jimmys last bowl of the summer coming up....

 

[nish_mate]

A very interesting Stat- India is yet to lose a game in which Ballance has scored a Century or England are yet to win when Ballance has hit a ton.....

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms need to strike tonight here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Anderson needs to make the new ball count here.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Anderson needs to make the new ball count here.

After 15 overs, it is very hard to buy a wicket on this pitch.

If England can get a couple tonight, they have a good chance of winning this Test.

 

[Adil_94]

This will be a high scoring draw.

 

[Adil_94]

Where is Straight Drive

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Anderson and Broad are bowling quick here.

 

[Straight_Drive]

Where is Straight Drive

here i am ...were you missing me

match is heading towards a dull draw....the English as expected chickened out and prepared a flat track

 

[Adil_94]

here i am ...were you missing me

match is heading towards a dull draw....the English as expected chickened out and prepared a flat track

Nice to see you mate and yeah it seems so.

 

[Adil_94]

Chucker Dhawan gone

 

[leatherface58]

FTB Dhawan gone. Gambhir for next test.

 

[Adil_94]

Dhawan should be cashing in on this flat track

 

[mithun_minhas]

Dhawan

Great delivery, but man, come forward and don't get stuck in the crease. Learn from Vijay.

 

[battler]

Dhawan's technique exposed again.
It's time to find a replacement.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Dhawan's technique exposed again.
It's time to find a replacement.

Yupp!! only in away tours though.

At home, Dhawan is a monster and he is a must.

I feel Gambhir will be in for next Test.

 

[battler]

Yupp!! only in away tours though.

At home, Dhawan is a monster and he is a must.

I feel Gambhir will be in for next Test.

At home we will win against anybody so it really doesn't matter.
But dhawan just doesn't have the technique to succeed in pitches that have a bit of seam and bounce.

 

[Adil_94]

Lol commies calling Anderson the King of Swing

 

[Mr Consistent]

pujara of the mark

 

[test_fan]

Flat pitch anyone?

 

[mithun_minhas]

Flat pitch anyone?

New ball and a bit overcast there.

Tomorrow after the first hours play when the sun beats down on the pitch, it will be a heaven to bat on it.

Indian batsmen need to show some patience and the runs will automatically come.

 

[test_fan]

New ball and a bit overcast there.

Tomorrow after the first hours play when the sun beats down on the pitch, it will be a heaven to bat on it.

Indian batsmen need to show some patience and the runs will automatically come.

If you play well there is run on this pitch, but it will swing and seam all day. If the bowlers continue to bowl at the right channels and the captain sets attacking field unlike Dhoni, there will be chances too. It is a good cricket pitch, exactly opposite of a flat one.

 

[KPfan]

Yupp!! only in away tours though.

At home, Dhawan is a monster and he is a must.

I feel Gambhir will be in for next Test.

Sorry. In the subcontinent, a 70 year old Sehwag is much better than Dhawan. He scored a 100 against us and was chucked out after a couple of failures.

Dhawan is an absolute hack. He should be nowhere near this Indian team.

 

[Sandeep]

What a spell from Jimmy Clouderson during the fag end of the day! He would have consumed any Indian batsman except Pujara... Loved it!

 

[leatherface58]

Sorry. In the subcontinent, a 70 year old Sehwag is much better than Dhawan. He scored a 100 against us and was chucked out after a couple of failures.

Dhawan is an absolute hack. He should be nowhere near this Indian team.

Knew from Dhawan's awkward stance that he would be found out. He will score a pointless ton in the series and boost his average to book his place to fail in the next 5 tests. Dhawan vs MJ will be a Massacre.

 

[Robert]

here i am ...were you missing me

match is heading towards a dull draw....the English as expected chickened out and prepared a flat track

No, the Rose Bowl groundsman prepared a flat track. And it isn't flat, it's true, which is different to flat. There's good carry now, and it will break up by days four and five.

Give the England batsmen some credit for their fine performance. As I said, as soon as Cook gets runs, Bell will get them too.

I would argue that Dhoni chickened out by picking another batsman. Goes one up and shuts up shop, or tries to. Ashwin should be playing

 

[trogger]

Far too early for people to be calling this a draw, england have even one real good session with the ball on day 3 and they are a long long way ahead in this match and in with a shot of forcing something.

 

[Buffet]

Eng has runs to play with. India can easily collapse here under score board pressure. It's far too early to call it a draw. 3 days of cricket left and only one team can win from here.

 

[thivaakar]

When stopping for tea time, always cut the crusts off the sandwiches. Only peasants eat the crusts. No true English gentleman would eat them.

Only little boys and girls avoid crusts. Real Men eat crust.

 

[leatherface58]

When stopping for tea time, always cut the crusts off the sandwiches. Only peasants eat the crusts. No true English gentleman would eat them.

Now I know how the English team eats sandwiches.

 

[Sadevdesai]

As for situation at the end of the day 2 ..... I would say the Indians are in trouble. 75-25 England win. Unless they bat all day and some part of day after and score 370 total runs. The pitch is not quite DEAD, so to survive they have to play out Anderson and score of the others. This fellow Dhawan has turned out to be a FLASH IN THE PAN ..... really. Should be a great day of Cricket tomorrow. If the Indians don't fight back ..... no Cricket on the 5th day !!!!!

 

[dhump]

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

England 569/7d

India 25/1 (14.0 ov)

Interesting and very important day of test cricket coming up which will most probably define fate of this game.

 

[Straight_Drive]

Kohli will score a big one today

 

[Haz95]

Kohli will score a big one today

Marked

 

[Arsal_AK]

Pujara to score a ton.

 

[Amjid Javed]

England need to bowl india out today if they want any sort of chance of trying to force a win, the wicket on the whole has been batsmen friendly so will be hard toil for england bowlers.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Pujara to score a ton.

Felt he was clearly struggling yesterday.

Anderson bowled incredibly well but I know a solid Pujara won't struggle like that.

Hope he weathers the storm today and goes on to make a big one.

 

[London_Lahori]

This is Pujara and Kohli day...

 

[samplepiece]

I hope we post 450 in the first innings.

 

[MarkCooper]

From Mohandas Menon

in Tests in England
Gambhir 102 runs in 6 inns (ave 17.00), HS 38
Dhawan 85 runs in 5 inns (ave 17.00), HS 31

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms need wickets here.

 

[Justcrazy]

England need to bowl india out today if they want any sort of chance of trying to force a win, the wicket on the whole has been batsmen friendly so will be hard toil for england bowlers.

yes , but will be tough.

They need someone to really bowl really well , need inspirational spell somewhere.

 

[desi_launda]

Good pace from Woakes.He was much slower when i last saw him.

 

[Justcrazy]

28 / 1 after 17 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Pujara.

Pujara will be tough to get rid off.

 

[Robert]

Jimmy is swinging it under clear blue skies, giving the lie to this 'Clouderson' meme....

Good captaincy by Chef to give the ball to the other swinger Woakes.

 

[Justcrazy]

Today will be key for Poms , they need to get India all out , otherwise this will be draw.

 

[Justcrazy]

24 runs partnership so far.

 

[Sakss]

Quick wickets here would be the key. England need to get 19 more wickets in about 6 sessions to win.. Tough ask that

 

[Justcrazy]

Good shot by pujara , the pitch is good.

 

[Sakss]

Woakes' first-class batting average is 38, bowling 25.

 

[Justcrazy]

Quick wickets here would be the key. England need to get 19 more wickets in about 6 sessions to win.. Tough ask that

Need some one to bowl a dream spell somewhere, otherwise improbable or else India play poor shots.

 

[Straight_Drive]

Pujara is playing some nice shots....looks set for a double

 

[Justcrazy]

Vijay

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms not hitting right length , they need to start bowling that.