England vs India | 2nd Test | Trent Bridge | Day 3 | 31/07/11

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

India need wickets.

 

[IAJ]

Yes we have! Reminds me of Ashes 2005! Go England!

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

426-6 after 98 overs

 

[Blitz]

So have we got 400 runs in a day now??

Yep.

24/1 was the score at the end of yesterdays play.

 

[Blitz]

Ishant short.



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[Pakhtoon_Rules]

India need to pick up a few wickets, in order to stay in the game.

do you still think they can stay in game by taking wickets lol

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Prior on 62, great innings so far.

 

[strongman123]

India's bowling is disgusting. I don't care if you cant win the game and your bowlers can't take wickets. But if the opposition is making runs at 4.34 per over in a test match, that is pathetic and that team does not deserve to be number 1.

 

[James]

India need to pick up a few wickets, in order to stay in the game.

Aye, those last four would be great

What a corking little innings from Bresnan! LOL. Yorkshire!!

 

[USIND]

I hope India also bats like this tommorow

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England have done really well today - 400 runs in a day is big! Good attacking cricket and getting 400 in a day is a way to move the game in your favour!

2 days to go still, England pretty much favourites here!

 

[kamal]

Run Rate today is 5 runs per over.

How in the world did this pathetic side get to be #1 in the rankings .

 

[IAJ]

I have never seen this bad bowling in a Test match in England before! Honestly this is rubbish!

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

do you still think they can stay in game by taking wickets lol

Anything can happen with India's batting.

Okay maybe not but they do have legendary batsman.

 

[Blitz]

I hope India also bats like this tommorow

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Dravid is opening.

 

[Noman]

India might draw this test

 

[James]

Sharma 1-111 ) ) )

What a turkey.

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Lead by 364.

 

[USIND]

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Dravid is opening.

We have two days

 

[Blitz]

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Great match this. What a comeback by England on this pitch. Well played Bell, KP, Morgan and Prior. Prior is killing everything.

 

[nads_rocks]

There is still Stuart Broad to bat!!! India will have a target of 450 to chase!!!

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Bresnan is quite a handy batsman.

 

[Blitz]

55 :4 2 :6 today!

 

[Namak_Halaal]

55 4s and 2 6s today!

 

[kamal]

And this so-called "#1 side " gave up when the lead was 200.
Top sides don't give up 400 runs @ 5 an over.

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

 

[12cavalry]

Shane Warne on twitter

warne888 Shane Warne
England just scored 400 runs in a day - tremendous batting - India have been very poor today & do not look like the number 1 side in world !
6 minutes ago

 

[nads_rocks]

413 runs in the day so far!!!!!

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

 

[James]

Broad and Swann still to bat.

India are odds on for another pasting in this game...

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

437-6

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

Lead 370/6

 

[12cavalry]

2 days are left in the match...bat on I say

 

[nads_rocks]

Seeins as England are capable of bowling India out in 1 day. Looks like England are going 2-0 up!

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

437/6

 

[Deewana Mastana]

If England can hang in until lunch time tomorrow and take the lead to 450-500 that will be game, set and match most likely!

 

[kamal]

There must be something seriously wrong with the captaincy and his bowlers if they cannot prevent the opposition from scoring @ 5 an over for an ENTIRE DAY !

 

[iHammad]

370 lead, keep going till 450!

 

[IAJ]

437 runs in 100 overs. RR 4,37. Good going this.

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

One over left today. Ishant Sharma to bowl the last.

 

[Blitz]

Ishant.

Short.

Wide.

 

[12cavalry]

What you say guys....England to bat one complete session tomorrow

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Ishant is the worst bowler ever, what was that?

 

[iHammad]

100 p'ship!

444444444444

 

[nads_rocks]

number 58!

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Smacked for four.

 

[IAJ]

Bresnan wants his 50 today it seems

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Sunil Gavaskar sounds sad and wants sympathy.

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

Smashed for 4

 

[Deewana Mastana]

So did you guys enjoy my transcript on meeting Amir Which later I deleted as it was going in the wrong direction!

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Lead by 374

 

[iHammad]

Eng lead by 374

 

[Tapori]

Ishant Sharma is suffering from Samson and Delilah Syndrome...

 

[USIND]

What a boring slow day it was? Thank God,today's play is over

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Dot ball to finish the days play.

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

Lead by 374/6

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Well done England.

 

[nads_rocks]

England started day 3 at 24-1 and finish day 3 at 441-6. Thats 417 runs in 90 overs!!! Prior and Bresnan going nicely at 102 runs P'ship in JUST 18 overs!! This is against a NO.1 TEST SIDE!!!

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

Todays play has finished

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

The pick of the bowlers was Praveen Kumar.

 

[ShahidAfridi_rulez]

England did very well today ,keep it up

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

441-6 at the end of play.

 

[nads_rocks]

From Cricinfo:

England dominated 90 overs of day three. India were the better team in the 20 minute tea-break. India had dominated four of the six sessions coming into today, but England have utterly bulldozed them today.

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Bell was amazing today, well done.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

England's got a very long tail, can India pick up the remaining 4 wickets or we will see another lead added to the lead. Tough battle for India tomorrow. Great fightback by England.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Ishant should be dropped after this performance...............

The guy is worse than me I think....

You can bowl a bad ball every 2 or 3 overs... He bolws 3 bad balls every over and he does not seem to learn from it

How many times you have to be hit for 4's before you realize that you are bowling short and wide or down the legside?

I hope he is dropped for good and made to be play club cricket again.. This is some sad stuff from him...

As an Indian fan, I am running out of words for his performace... All I can say is

 

[kamal]

India are a joke and they have shown , the ICC Test Rankings are a Joke.

The HowStat rankings are more realistic.

 

[mithun_minhas]

India are a joke and they have shown , the ICC Test Rankings are a Joke.

The HowStat rankings are more realistic.

How bad are the remaining sides?

 

[Namak_Halaal]

Has Freelance_Cricketer posted in this thread yet?

 

[AZulfi]

Good batting alone won't do in swinging and seaming conditions of England. You do need wicket-taking pace bowlers. Atleast 2-3 good ones

India's weak bowling got exposed! yet again. similar to how Pakistan's batting gets exposed here.

Sides that have good seam/pace attacks (and reasonable batting) can beat England in England

Pakistan's recent test victories in England - 1987 (won 1-0), 1992 (won 2-1), 1996 (won 2-0) - were when we had world-class pace bowlers like Imran and the two W's even though our batting was reasonable rather than formidable back then. Miandad (played in 1987 and 1992) only was world-class. The rest incl. Salim Malik were decent rather than special players

Anderson, Broad and Swann...a different league for sure esp. in English conditions. That being said on sub-continental wickets it's a different ball game altogether. Indian spinners will have more say on the slow pitches

 

[AZulfi]

The turning point for me was yesterday when India's late middle order failed to build advantage over England after that solid partnership between Dravid and Yuvraj. At that stage a lead of 150+/- did not look beyond their reach. But then Dhoni played a wholly irresponsible and careless shot to start the collapse

 

[Sherlock]

I see the Bell "decision" giving Indian supporters an excuse if they go on to lose.

 

[AZulfi]

417 runs came in the day. Gavaskar was particularly scathing of Dhoni esp. his field placings and the number of boundaries conceded by India today

Barring a miracle, England should go 2-0 up at Trent Bridge

 

[James]

England are just a better team than India to be honest...

 

[NJamal]

This match is now beyond India. At last they lost their No.1 rank. Honestly they don't deserve to be No.1 with these bowlers.

 

[Sherlock]

England are just a better team than India to be honest...

Series isn't over yet, Whippy.

 

[Fireworks11]

India need something miraculous to win this. Do or die time.

 

[JC1101]

Run Rate today is 5 runs per over.

How in the world did this pathetic side get to be #1 in the rankings .

in da same way some pathetic sides reach world cup semi-finals