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England vs India | 2nd Test | Trent Bridge | Day 1 | 29/07/11

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that was a hot spot fail. Surprised this technology is allowed but now the tracker.
 
Great delivery, not out, review, great decision, remains not out.

Good cricket all round.
 
Asad Rauf is giving tough competition to Aleem Dar. Two of the best umpires in the game.
 
Laxman gets one RIGHT in the nads. That looked horrendous! Physio coming on :)))

Difficult pitch, low-scoring game possibly.
 
Laxman is hit in the soft spot, Pietersen will surely feel bad for him since it happened to him earlier. Right on the 'money', says Wasim Akram, cheeky as ever. Broad got this to bend in alarmingly, it landed back of a length and kept coming in. Laxman was caught on the move, and it hurtled in to hit the box. Laxman winces, crouches, bends, winces some more, and he is up again. I mean, he is ready again.

Lol @ Cricinfo :D
 
One of the worst nut hits I've seen in a while...

Laxman nearly plays on again. Looks pretty hopeless out there to be honest (and I'm a fan)
 
Whippy said:
One of the worst nut hits I've seen in a while...

Laxman nearly plays on again. Looks pretty hopeless out there to be honest (and I'm a fan)
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Did you see Pietersen's nut shot earlier? Not quite as bad, but still amusing.
 
Beats him with a beaut and then drops short of keeper next ball

England can get India out for <250 on this pitch IMO.
 
But they have survived, and hence done their job. :) Well done both teams. Should be a good one tomorrow.
 
Both Dravid & Laxman managed to stay on the wicket. Game is 50-50 right now. good fight by England Tail to take their team to a decent total. Tomorrow's first session will be key for both sides whoever does well in that session will control the game.

Good Game for Neutrals. :14:
 
No issues for England, they were well on top in that session and are capable of bowling India out for 250 on this pitch.

I remember Indian fans harping on about England's low run rate in difficult conditions at Lords...India's run rate is now below 1.5 and the same fans are nowhere to be seen.
 
Whippy said:
No issues for England, they were well on top in that session and are capable of bowling India out for 250 on this pitch.

I remember Indian fans harping on about England's low run rate in difficult conditions at Lords...India's run rate is now below 1.5 and the same fans are nowhere to be seen.
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Care to check England's run rate in the first 10 overs..since you brought it up!!
 
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Whippy said:
No issues for England, they were well on top in that session and are capable of bowling India out for 250 on this pitch.

I remember Indian fans harping on about England's low run rate in difficult conditions at Lords...India's run rate is now below 1.5 and the same fans are nowhere to be seen.
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who cares about the run rate anyway..it was important to survive and they did. And lords was a better pitch to bat on..much better!!!
 
navroks123 said:
Care to check England's run rate in the first 10 overs..since you brought it up!!
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Thing is mate, none of the Pakistani and English fans on here have any problems with a low run rate in difficult conditions. They understand test cricket and know that sometimes it has to be done.

It's only Indian fans that seem to poke fun at low run rates and get on their 'Sachin scores at 3.5 an over' horse when other teams do it - and go silent when their own team does it.
 
Whippy said:
No issues for England, they were well on top in that session and are capable of bowling India out for 250 on this pitch.

I remember Indian fans harping on about England's low run rate in difficult conditions at Lords...India's run rate is now below 1.5 and the same fans are nowhere to be seen.
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You must be joking if you expected India to come all guns blazing during the last hour of the day. Any other batting lineup would have folded for worse in these 15 overs. Shows the quality of these 2 and if the sun comes out tomorrow, England should get ready for a toil. My prediction - India to score 350 if the weather is moderately sunny and 275 is it remains overcast.
 
not a bad start tbh , we need to survive the first 10 overs tomorrow & the runs will flow .if we play well could get a handy 100 runs lead here .
 
Thank god no more damage done today, certainly a good day for us ! :19:
 
Like it how everyone is completely missing my point. Anyway, it's explained above.

If we get India for <250 then things are good. If they get 300 then things start to get dangerous, and 400 would be a match-winning score.
 
Talking about run rates, while India were looking to see the day off. :facepalm: Makes me wonder you know anything about test cricket or not.
 
ace2705 said:
You must be joking if you expected India to come all guns blazing during the last hour of the day. Any other batting lineup would have folded for worse in these 15 overs. Shows the quality of these 2 and if the sun comes out tomorrow, England should get ready for a toil. My prediction - India to score 350 if the weather is moderately sunny and 275 is it remains overcast.
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You were right to come out and play for survival. Nobody has said any different. Just stop being smarmy idiots when other teams have a low run rate for whatever reason and we'll all get along. Thanks.
 
Hope tomorrow is a bright and sunny day. A minimum of 100 lead, don't think we can bundle England out for 200 again so we need the lead, what a chance we had.. 124/8 :facepalm:
 
Indian fans still missing the point. Please read my posts.
 
There is no way India is getting anywhere close to 300, actually it will be surprising if they get close to even 250 in these conditions against England's bowling line up.
 
Laxman and Dravid survivied, but they had lots of luck. Inside edges not going on, plays and miss, could easily have been 2-3 out, but they dug in.

Should be a great day tomorrow
 
Whippy said:
You were right to come out and play for survival. Nobody has said any different. Just stop being smarmy idiots when other teams have a low run rate for whatever reason and we'll all get along. Thanks.
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There is a difference between batting on day 1 and batting during the last hour of day 1. Anyway I don't nitpick about run rates. I thought England did fine today morning as far as the runrate was concerned. They made good use of what was on offer and there was not much on offfer by the Indians during the start of the day
 
Glad you see it properly. A lot of your compatriots didn't see it that way on the first day at Lord's when it was swinging round corners. As long as everyone can see that low run rate is justifiable and usually happens for a good reason, like it did again tonight, then that's fine.
 
Bootha doing a bit of England cheerleading :)) Ah well, at least he gets behind the lads!
 
asifp said:
Laxman and Dravid survivied, but they had lots of luck. Inside edges not going on, plays and miss, could easily have been 2-3 out, but they dug in.

Should be a great day tomorrow
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errr .. we would have bowled out England for under 50 if all the inside edges & play and miss resulted in wickets .
 
Enthralling day of Test cricket.

India were all over England before a magnificent half century by Barbie got them out jail. :14:

We'll know who's on top after this Indian innings. :boycott
 
England should be very happy with 220. They played well in the evening but Dhoni, Sreesanth and India let them off the hook really.

I'm gonna say India all out 280.
 
Good to see India fight back in the 2nd test. Exciting day tomorrow. Cook and Morgan lost form all of a sudden. Well bowled by Ishant, Praveen and Sreesanth, let's see how Anderson, Bres and Broad bowls.
 
England bowled superbly I thought. The three seamers will all pitch the ball up and get conventional swing, and there is a chance for some reverse later on as well. As much as I like Tremlett, maybe he is at his best on bouncy Australian pitches and the odd bouncy English pitch. I didn't think he was any good at Lord's despite the wickets.
 
(Harsha)...S.Santh is very good against s.africans,got three of them today
 
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Two things have become clearer during the highlights of what I missed in the first two sessions:

Bell is a fairy.

Morgan bless him is getting some seriously good balls early on, not a lot he can do at the moment.
 
Great to see our bowlers fight back. They did lose the steam when Broad/Swann started to hit them , but restricting England to 221 was overall a great effort especially with the kind of setbacks we have had before this test.

In the 15 overs that we batted, it was quite clear that there is still lot of help for the bowlers from this track. However if the sun is out , this could become quite a good track to bat on as it may actually quicken up and aid stroke play. But if it remains overcast, batting will be as difficult as it was today. Not sure the kind of impact Swann's hand injury will have. Hopefully we can get to around 300-325.
 
Fake celebration of the day
Sreesanth was understandably pumped after removing Pietersen but he almost got a little too carried away. Ian Bell got a leading edge which flew towards Sreesanth in his follow through and he dived forward before seemingly throwing the ball up in celebration. However, none of his team-mates moved - they'd noticed it had clearly landed short - and he sheepishly returned to his mark. The antics, even if in humour, prompted regular boos from the Trent Bridge crowd whenever Sreesanth fielded the ball on the boundary. The 'character' was back.

:yk I have to watch this, sreesanth you youngsta beauty :waqar

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/current/story/525244.html
 
Prediction was that this thread would reach 20 pages in 2 days, it has 18 in 1 and probably 19 soon, lets keep this posting going! :yk
 
Sanjay is a joke of a commentator.

Anway India won a crucial toss but England managed a decent first innings score while taking out one opener. India will have to bat well to get a decent lead but all square imo after day 1.

50/50
 
Sanjay has the same few preprepared responses to each major match incident eg. boundary, wicket and never adds any additional insight between overs. Sounds somewhat familiar... :raja
 
KingKhanWC said:
Sanjay is a joke of a commentator.

Anway India won a crucial toss but England managed a decent first innings score while taking out one opener. India will have to bat well to get a decent lead but all square imo after day 1.

50/50
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Bhaaji >>> Mukund :facepalm:

I knew Mukund will be out in the 1st over itself. Did not think that he would be out on the very first ball :facepalm:
 
'England are playing well, they must realise that Sreesanth is coming to the end of his spell and getting tired. Oh edged and taken, beautiful delivery to Prior!' :sanjay
 
Sachin won't fail if his record here since 96 is anything to go by ..177, 72 , 91
 
Dravid and Laxman are the key wickets but you never know with Sachin. It's one of those decks one wicket could bring 5 or 6 :)
 
Lax,Dravid and Sachin-- atleast two should play 50+ knock with other batsmens chipping in 30s. Its not a pitch where people can plan to stay there and assume runs will come automatically. One great ball and done. So Indians should play a little aggressive after 1st session of play with atleast 3 or 3.5 per over rather than just staying there which may backfire at the end!!
 
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