England vs India | 3rd Test | Birmingham | Aug 10-14 | Day 2

[Sledger]

Mishra gets to his century! Whattaplaya!

 

[NJamal]

455/3

 

[Sledger]

Nasser laying into Sehwag whimping out.

 

[nads_rocks]

Sehwag already frustrated when he has played just the 1 test

 

[insaftak]

Is it ok for a pakistani fan to feel bad for Indians?

 

[NJamal]

Last over of the day

 

[Sledger]

Edged and dropped. )

 

[insaftak]

dropped. ) )

 

[Blitz]

Dravid drops it again )

It was even easier!

)))

 

[NJamal]

Dropped by Dravid, lol

 

[nads_rocks]

Dropped!!

 

[IAJ]

Poor Dravid, I feel for him

 

[Sledger]

Two dropped by Dravid today and that was an absolute lollipop. Kamran Akmal would have caught that.

 

[NJamal]

How many had Dravid dropped in the whole series? I think 4 catches

 

[cricketpassion]

Dropped )

 

[insaftak]

Is it ok for a pakistani fan to feel bad for Indians?

I was just starting to feel bad for them and Rahul decided to drop a catch

 

[Looney]

# 1 team )

 

[nads_rocks]

Indians have given up on the 2nd day!!! Shameful really. They have no fightback left.

 

[Sledger]

Pulled for a single now, gets away from strike.

 

[NJamal]

456/3 End of Day 2.

 

[Sledger]

Morgan dropped twice.

India just don't expect wickets.

456/3, close.

 

[Sledger]

India have gone mentally. They've been bullied and beaten to the point of mercy.. they need to show some fight tomorrow because they've just been an absolute joke.. even moreso than the other Asian teams who came here before.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Is it ok for a pakistani fan to feel bad for Indians?

Yes you can......

When I felt bad for Pak fans about their loss to India in WC2011 SF defeat, I was abused by some of your fellow Pak posters... Some of you guys said that you would rather die than get consolation words from Indian posters

Bwahahahaha

 

[PennOne]

232 runs lead with 7 wickets to spare....yeah this is over

 

[JibranAnsari]

so only 137 runs in the session in 33 overs. I'm disappointed.

 

[nads_rocks]

372 runs with loss of 3 wickets scored on day 2!!!

 

[mithun_minhas]

How many had Dravid dropped in the whole series? I think 4 catches

Old man...... Tired and slow reflexes...

Indian slip cordon might as well sit in old age home and eat wet biscuits

 

[srh]

Morgan is the weakest link in this batting lineup

 

[JibranAnsari]

Another day of proper @rsewhipping

 

[Sledger]

Morgan is a hack in test match cricket, he's lucky to be playing because there aren't any great replacements for Collingwood available yet.

 

[Namak_Halaal]

India are 85 to 1 to win this match.

 

[IAJ]

Honestly I have never seen a poorer bowling-attack than this. You almost feel for the guys.

 

[Sledger]

Almost.

 

[Pure Evil]

After this pathetic performance, I expect to be off PakPassion and join a Bangladeshi forum... I am sure I will get some sympathy der :'(

 

[Fireworks11]

This was a mauling, if there ever was one.

India look mentally shot.

 

[mithun_minhas]

This is good batting by England... It was made to look great by patheitc bowling and fielding...

How many 4's were gifted away by Sreesanth and Ishant and Mishra? I cannot even count...

Every 50 balls, they bowl a threatening ball and England batters did well to negate it or Indian fielders dropped them.

 

[ShaunMarshRules]

Morgan is a hack in test match cricket, he's lucky to be playing because there aren't any great replacements for Collingwood available yet.

From what I've heard, Hildreth and taylor are serious talents. England just have a bit of a closed shop mentality in giving batsmen a chance. If Morgan flops, they'll get someone good in his place.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Raina to Morgan, no run, 89.2 kph, oh no! Dravid drops it. Aw dear. Morgan pushed outside off and the man with the most catches in Test history spills the edge. He threw his cap down in anger and it's actually rather sad

Sad Indeed. I dont even have words for how the proceedings are going for India...

 

[NJamal]

Indian Media is ripping into team India right now, lol.

 

[Fireworks11]

England will look to torture India the whole day tomorrow. Get a lead of 500+ and then put them in.

 

[Fawad2010]

After this pathetic performance, I expect to be off PakPassion and join a Bangladeshi forum... I am sure I will get some sympathy der :'(

aaww man, sorry.

Go watch the WC'11 Final again

 

[Fawad2010]

Total Domination, if ever there was one, I don't think many teams can dig themselves a hole this deep by the 2nd day of a test. India behind by 232, and Bopara, Prior, Broad, Bresnan, Swann are yet to come, England look set for a target over 500 if they want.

I'd bat all day tmrw, and score as much as possible, and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the total at stumps tmrw is 750/8.

 

[mithun_minhas]

aaww man, sorry.

Go watch the WC'11 Final again

I bet ESPN-StarSports in India will telecast highlights of WC2011 SF and Finals... All will be good

 

[Fawad2010]

How many catches were dropped?

I know Dravid dropped 2, were there more?

 

[Sledger]

Sreesanth dropped one.

 

[Clip]

At stumps yesterday I said this might be a proper spanking, meaning that in this test Sehwag and Gambhir were both available.

The shocking thing for Indian fans must be that the return of the absent superstars has actually made them much much worse.

If Cook makes it through the first few overs, he could be looking at a mammoth score, and with a demoralised Indian attack, England could bat all day, declare on something stupid like 750 without bothering with Anderson, and then put India in for four overs - and ridiculously still have two days to bowl them out, although on current form it seems that might only take two sessions.

It's not unreasonable to predict an innings and three figures defeat for India with some of day 4 to spare. Is there a word for "beyond spanking"?