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

[Sledger]

Kumar scoring isn't a good sign for India though, shows how friendly this wicket was.

 

[NJamal]

158/7

 

[Sledger]

Lovely away swinger.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Very little turn so far.

These pitches have nothing for the spinners...

How many wickets have spinners taken in this series so far? My guess is less than 7 wickets

No wonder England rarely produces world class spinners ever

 

[mithun_minhas]

Kumar scoring isn't a good sign for India though, shows how friendly this wicket was.

Precisely said...


Batting is easy on this slow pitch... Indian batsmen have their heads stuck in their butts...

Pretty innocuous bowling with a few odd good deliveries in between. Batsmen are just scared of the pitch and the bowling.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Kumar scoring isn't a good sign for India though, shows how friendly this wicket was.

or may be he is batting well. :

I think one of the commies was saying..pitch willl have more bounce as time goes by.

 

[NJamal]

Come on England finish them off.

 

[Sledger]

Quality shot from Kumar good technique shown. Four.

50 partnership. Great counterattack.

 

[NJamal]

by Kumar

 

[Sledger]

4 more.

Swann.. )

 

[NJamal]

more by Kumar

 

[Bhaijaan]

Good stuff Praveen !

 

[Sledger]

168/7.

 

[NJamal]

168/7

 

[Bhaijaan]

This is a good track for batting , England will make 500 :/

 

[Sledger]

Comentators seem to be itching to mention Kumar's batGate.. but are holding back lol

 

[NJamal]

Anything less than 350 is a poor score on this pitch in the 1st Innings.

 

[Sledger]

Overthrow gets them two.

 

[IgnitedMind]

England seems to be doing what we did in last test after getting them down to 124/8 !!!

 

[Sledger]

Down the track and hit for another six!

 

[NJamal]

by Dhoni

 

[mithun_minhas]

This is a good track for batting , England will make 500 :/

They will easily score 500 unless something drastic happens...

There is nothing in this pitch to be alarmed off.. Just batsmen are stupid to throw away their wicket...

Viru, Tendu and Gambit would be very very disappointed...

 

[Bhaijaan]

DHONI

 

[duostyle]

Skipper saving his team.

 

[Fawad2010]

Need Dhoni now!

 

[Sledger]

46(56) so far. Confidence building runs scored.

 

[NJamal]

Indian commentators started to breath again, they were like dead people half an hour ago.

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni having real fun here...............

 

[IgnitedMind]

Pitch was not that easy to bat in the morning.

 

[Sledger]

177/7.

 

[Justcrazy]

177 / 7

Dhoni playing a gem...........

 

[Sledger]

Dhoni seems to be careful against Swann but attacking everyone else, wheras Kumar is going after Swann and defending the pacers lol.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Good partnership this !

 

[Sledger]

Driven for four now, overpitched from Swann.

Great 50 from the captain.

 

[NJamal]

by Dhoni to reach his 50.

 

[mithun_minhas]

If only sehwag survived the initial few overs...

 

[Bhaijaan]

:4

50 for Dhoni, leading from front

 

[Sledger]

181/7.

 

[duostyle]

Playing a captain's knock, 50 up!

 

[Fawad2010]

real fight shown by Dhoni!

50 up, now get out!

 

[insaftak]

Well Played Dhoni

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni is backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

[Sledger]

That was a dumb shot, lucky to survive. Leave it to Dhoni.

 

[Sledger]

Single taken.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Partnership -71

 

[IgnitedMind]

Praveen should stop acting like a batsman. He should take singles and give it to dhoni!!

 

[ahamedirshad123]

First 50 by a captain in this series???

 

[Sledger]

183/7.

 

[Energy]

Good attacking partnership between the pair. Conditions look much easier for batting.

 

[Noman]

India can the reach 300 runs?

 

[Sledger]

Kumar needs to use his brain here.

 

[Krishnan]

Good attacking partnership between the pair. Conditions look much easier for batting.

When dhoni gets it right it seems good.But that style of cricket will work only once in 4 0r 5 matches like sewag's

 

[Sledger]

Six more.

 

[NJamal]

by Kumar

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ah !

 

[Energy]

India can the reach 300 runs?

Almost 30 overs before the new ball. Quite likely.

 

[Ruri]

Pathetic by England, should forfeit and leave already. Poor bowling.

 

[SID_ZONE]

Kumar scoring isn't a good sign for India though, shows how friendly this wicket was.

In the last test England top order failed yet good resistance from their tail ensured they reach a pretty decent total and see what happened after that..this p'ship is making sure India stays in the match.

Strauss would be disappointed if India scores 250+ after putting them in!

 

[Noman]

How is Swann nr 1 spinner... Ajmal is miles better than this..

 

[iHammad]

lol 190/7

Sehwag 0(1)
Sachin 1 run

)

 

[JibranAnsari]

so number 1 team is finally waking up

 

[Justcrazy]

India will make England pay here............. MARK MY WORDS.

 

[NJamal]

Byes

 

[Sledger]

Byes. Lol, wheels are coming off.

 

[Noman]

In the last test England top order failed yet good resistance from their tail ensured they reach a pretty decent total and see what happened after that..this p'ship is making sure India stays in the match.

Strauss would be disappointed if India scores 250+ after putting them in!

lol.. England what r u doing??

 

[Fawad2010]

Maybe Bopara should bowl?

 

[Sledger]

Gone.

 

[NJamal]

Review for catch

 

[Bhaijaan]

Reviewing it

I guess he is out

 

[Ruri]

Finally, stupid.

 

[NJamal]

Kumar

 

[Sledger]

England strike at last.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Damn it !

I hate the UDRS !

 

[IgnitedMind]

This reminds me so much of what happened in the first day of second test, only with teams interchanged. Hope the result changes too

 

[Fawad2010]

gone!

 

[IgnitedMind]

:

 

[Sledger]

Good batting though. Let's see how Dhoni plays now.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Comes Gauti with his Have i made it large ad ?

 

[Fawad2010]

Damn it !

I hate the UDRS !

so does BCCI, for the same reason

 

[IAJ]

Once again the lower order helping India out of trouble here. This happend tima and again in windies. But good knock from Dhoni so far.