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

[Eagle_Eye]

Gangully ripping into the Indian batsmen....

 

[cricketpassion]

ind 111-7

Thanks , ) ) )

 

[mithun_minhas]

Another one falls for an ordinary delivery...

 

[Markhor]

88.7mph

 

[Blitz]

Kumar just got hit!


Don't make him angry

 

[Strike!]

Ganguly sounds so depressed.

 

[AZ]

India ka iscore hai ek so gyara, saat ballaybaazon ki taein taein fshh.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Kumar wears one

 

[Fawad2010]

takes one to the body

 

[Amjid Javed]

India need some lusty hitting here! to get to 150!

 

[Markhor]

leg byes

 

[akamaka]

i dont know why, i might be mean, but i like bowlers getting peppered by short balls.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

England targeting poor Kumar....

 

[Amjid Javed]

Im sure Kumar will dish it back out at 60mph later on

 

[NJamal]

India playing well, thought they would be all out less than 100.

 

[Seen Sheen]

LOL, Kumar in the line of fire.
Time to back away and hoick it.

 

[NJamal]

Tukka by Dhoni for

 

[mithun_minhas]

Dhoni doing the right thing by walking down the track and playing...

KP did that and he was very sucessful... When you are not sure about your foot work and the swing, its better to come forward a couple of places to negate the swing

 

[akamaka]

Dhoni, going into T20 mode.

 

[duostyle]

Dhoni turning into old Dhoni.

 

[NJamal]

Pulled for by Dhoni

 

[Sledger]

This is pathetic. A fairly flat wicket and the self proclaimed best batting is in tatters.

 

[Vegitto1]

Anderson bowls soo much filth sometimes

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni is looking good....... already three fours.....

 

[NJamal]

by Kumar

 

[Sledger]

ODI cricket now.

 

[duostyle]

Indians have understood what's the best method to score in these circumstances.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Dhoni turning into old Dhoni.

He has the ability to play big innings... But he needs to play his natural game.. Defense is not his strength.

 

[akamaka]

Praveen is probably imagining broad as that 17 yr old, kid. and wants to hammer him. )

 

[Seen Sheen]

This is pathetic. A fairly flat wicket and the self proclaimed best batting is in tatters.

True. Infact I wanted England to bat first. Standard swinging conditions and they've rolled over. Even we managed to post 300 in our 5th test innings last summer.

 

[Vegitto1]

bring bresnan on. Hist short balls are good

 

[NJamal]

Dhoni is the ugliest batsman you will ever see.

 

[Seen Sheen]

More chin music for Kumar please!

 

[NJamal]

128/7

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ashraful's jinxing working fine :/

 

[mithun_minhas]

Not taking anything away from England bowling, but their bowling is not unplayable... Its more due to the IPL blooded Indian batters who want to play drives off of every single delivery that got them into trouble...

India should still target 200 here... Just the confidence building mark.

 

[Sledger]

Nice way to play the short ball, just stand there and let it hit you. India are being bullied.

 

[duostyle]

Is Praveen deliberately trying to get injured?

 

[akamaka]

england over doing short ball to dhoni here, just pitch it up and swing away.

 

[Justcrazy]

Kumar has to support Dhoni here.......... India can get to 200 if these 2 stay on. foccusss

 

[NJamal]

130/7

 

[Sledger]

Poor ball, good shot for four.

 

[NJamal]

Tennis shot by Dhoni for

 

[Sledger]

Dhoni looks very pumped up, he might be able to get his side to a decent score purely on mind over matter. Running out of partners though.

 

[Sledger]

Pulled for four more.

 

[Sledger]

Toe-ended for four lol.

 

[NJamal]

another

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni

 

[Sledger]

England have taken their hands off the throat now. Need a wicket to settle back down.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Dhoni bludgeoning his way back to form

 

[Fawad2010]

Bring Bresnan Back!

 

[Sledger]

Edged through third man for four.

 

[NJamal]

down to thirdman

 

[Blitz]

Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni

 

[mithun_minhas]

more.......

 

[Sledger]

Much better bowling now.

 

[Sledger]

What a shot!!!

Smoked for six.

 

[NJamal]

by Dhoni

 

[Markhor]

 

[Sledger]

Anderson is often expensive in ODIs.. maybe more test bats should play him as if it's a shorter game.

 

[IgnitedMind]

After a long time, I am seeing the old dhoni of 2005 !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni
Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni Dhoni

 

[Fawad2010]

Time for Swann?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Bout time Dhoni showed some fight with the bat!

 

[Sledger]

Bresnan on.

 

[NJamal]

150/7

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni on 35 ............ can he get a 60 - 70 here.

 

[Sledger]

Just a single, good result for England.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Dhoni should have played like this in the previous test matches too...

Just goes to show that if you back yourself on this pitch, you can hit the bowlers out of the park

This is what KP, Broad, Bresnan and Bell have done in the previous tests..

 

[Sledger]

Good shot by Kumar, four for him.

 

[NJamal]

by Kumar

 

[Bhaijaan]

44.4


Anderson to Dhoni, SIX, 129.8 kph, Whoa! Dhoni is in the house! Gets under this length ball, gets a clean swing going, and launches this over long-off. The crowd is scattered

LOL This must be Dhoni183

 

[Justcrazy]

Praveen Kumar opens the batting for his domestic side........... UP.

 

[Sledger]

He can bring out a clothing line with the amount of bouncers he's wearing. )

Swann into the attack.

 

[Sledger]

Good move, should set an in out field and invite them to hit over the top.

 

[Sledger]

Single taken third ball.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Swannsong time

 

[Ruri]

Counterattack here, come on lads, bowl a fast one, straight and full.

 

[Sledger]

Very little turn so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

157 / 7 ........... 200 is posible.