England vs India | 3rd Test | Birmingham | Aug 10-14 | Day 1

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

India need a few early wickets.

 

[Sledger]

Cook hates these type of dibbly dobbly bowlers. I remember Ganguly getting him out quite a few times last time India came.

 

[NJamal]

5/0

 

[Sledger]

Short and wide gift, cut for four.

 

[NJamal]

by Strauss to get off the mark

 

[Rajnikanth]

It's only been Pakistan who've done well consistently in England. India have historically really struggled here (Lost 25 games and only won 5 - and I think their last series win was their first).

India has won 3 series' in Eng, 1 each under Wadekar,Kapil and Dravid.

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

:4

 

[Ruri]

Expecting a Cook 10 before getting out to a rank long hop.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Sreesanth back to his useless bowling....

How long will it take these guys to learn to bowl a good line and length?

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

England 9-0

 

[Sledger]

Too straight, tucked away for four more.

 

[NJamal]

more by Strauss

 

[Ruri]

England have lost this, we cocked up with letting them get 224. It's all over lads.

 

[Bhaijaan]

:4 :4

:/

 

[Sledger]

India has won 3 series' in Eng, 1 each under Wadekar,Kapil and Dravid.

Ok, thanks. Thought I had read it somewhere recently, didn't seem right.

 

[NJamal]

3 more to Strauss

 

[Sledger]

Better ball, more risky shot from Strauss this time but he gets more runs.

 

[NJamal]

16/0

 

[Looney]

Sehwag out on a duck lol

FTBs

 

[ash 68]

partnership already reaching menacing proportions -why on earth didnt they open with Sharma?

 

[Blitz]

Risky shot.

 

[Sledger]

Didn't bounce..

 

[IAJ]

 

[NJamal]

Cut for by Strauss

 

[Sledger]

Too short, cut away for four.

 

[NJamal]

Edged

 

[Sledger]

Edged through slip for four, good ball.

 

[IAJ]

another a bit like Gambhir

 

[Sledger]

Nothing shot from Strauss, just hung the bat out.

 

[Phool]

 

[NJamal]

24/0

 

[Sledger]

24/0 in good time.

 

[Looney]

looks like England want to score the 224 runs today

 

[Sledger]

Exactly 200 behind.

 

[Blitz]

6.4


Kumar to Strauss, FOUR, 119.8 kph, poor delivery, too short and enough width for Strauss to clump his cut shot backwards of point for four. Have to say the pitch is looking rather flat. Or is it the India bowlers?

Its the bowlers mate

 

[IAJ]

again

 

[Looney]

another

 

[NJamal]

by Cook

 

[mithun_minhas]

Its the bowlers mate

Exactly.........

Lack of pace from both opening bowlers... Sreesanth used to bowl between 135-140kmph a few years before...

Now he is bowling slower than PK.

You cannot have 2 bowlers bowling 115-125 as your opening bowlers... Too easy on any pitch.

 

[Blitz]

Sharma first ball, leg side,

)

 

[Sledger]

The new ball is certainly offering help, it's the best time to take wickets on most surfaces but especially here. Even the England openers are finding it tough to deal with the good length balls, problem is India are bowling too much rubbish to keep any pressure on.

 

[Ruri]

Follow on avoided! Atleast we could manage that much!

Piechucker #1 on. Ishant is so bloody bad.

 

[Blitz]

Another leg side ball.

Another


Sharma is so bad, its unreal.

 

[IAJ]

Yet another

 

[NJamal]

Tucked for by Cook

 

[Sledger]

Shocking bowling.

Clipped away for four more.

 

[Ruri]

Shocking fielding more like. Lazy PK attempt

 

[Sledger]

Leg stump line lol.

 

[Sledger]

True, the fielding was equally bad.

 

[Sledger]

Pitched outside leg.

 

[NJamal]

Appeal but rejected by Taufel

 

[IAJ]

Close

 

[NJamal]

32/0

 

[Sledger]

Replays confirm it pitched outside.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Terrible bowling from Indian trundlers...

Short or wide

Full on Legs

Way down the leg



Excellent bowling

 

[Ruri]

Taufel is too good for this.

 

[Blitz]

Pulled away for

Lovely shot.

 

[IAJ]

Strauss getting in some form here

 

[NJamal]

Dismissed by Strauss for

 

[Ruri]

Easy 4, run rate is nice.

 

[Sledger]

74mph bouncer attempted. Strauss pulls it off the front foot for four.

 

[Sledger]

Blaming the landing area.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Brisk start from England

 

[Ruri]

Timewasting by the indians, playing for the draw. Get on with it.

 

[IAJ]

Yeah it's the footlanding which is creating so many boundaries.

 

[Sledger]

Praveen's doing it himself. Never seen the bowler do that before. )

 

[Sledger]

Can't tell if it's a no ball or not now.

 

[Sledger]

78mph rocket from Praveen! He's pumped up.

 

[NJamal]

36/0

 

[Clip]

If they think they can waste time by digging at the popping crease, it's a bit early in the match. They'll have dug their way back to India by the time they've got halfway back to a draw.

 

[VTEC]

how I Sharma is in the Top 10 Test Bowlers Ranking is a mystery -.-

 

[Sledger]

79mph from Ishant now.

 

[ash 68]

maybe digging to look for the road that they usually play on

 

[NJamal]

WTH was Sehwag practicing?

 

[NJamal]

Maiden by Teeli.

 

[Sledger]

Harmless over.

 

[Clip]

maybe digging to look for the road that they usually play on

Dig long enough, they might get to the Mumbai pitch by their 2nd innings.

 

[Sledger]

Movement is starting to wear off now. Tomorrow should be a great day for batting as long as the overhead conditions stay clear.

 

[Sledger]

Kumar bowls at 75mph, not sure why it's a big deal that he can bowl 7-8 overs in a row.

 

[Bhaijaan]

England are gonna score a lot of runs here