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England Vs India 3rd Test!

ooo my word for one minite i thought it was a female.................oo anyways

badrinaat comes back into the attack, lets see if he can shake some booty ;-)
 
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, hopefully this will be the end of Harbhajan's cricket career and the start of his musical, hopefully Nabi, VRV or Chawla will take his place soon
 
Harbhajan Singh to Pietersen, SIX, down the pitch and bang!
Pietersen uses his feet beautifully, gets to the pitch of the ball
and hits it into the stands at long-off! Shot KP!
Ha ha haaa poor Pha jee getting the worst treatment all the times
 
KP plays a alse drive which squirts down to 3rd man for 4.
 
Romali_rotti said:
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, hopefully this will be the end of Harbhajan's cricket career and the start of his musical, hopefully Nabi, VRV or Chawla will take his place soon
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I think pha jee stole your slippers when you were young thats why you are so much against him:91: :)) :91: :)) :91:
 
Damn. Hopefully we dont lose many more before the close. Didn't want Bhajji getting confidence back too.
 
Oooooooooh Noooooo Dhoni Resurrects Harbhajans Career Damn U Dhoniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
 
Harbhajan to Strauss, out Caught by Dhoni!! bit short and Strauss tries to punch it away, gets the outside edge, Dhoni fumbles on the first attempt but catches it on the second! A Strauss c M Dhoni b H Singh 128(240) 4s-17 6s-1
 
Hopefully no more wickets fall today...this has been Englands day well and truly
 
Pietersen looking very good again. Hopefully he can not just get a fifty and get the 100 he has deserved in the first 2 tests.
 
Sreesanth deserved that wicket. hes been best bowler interms of consistantly bowling a good line and length all day.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Sreesanth deserved that wicket. hes been best bowler interms of consistantly bowling a good line and length all day.
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AJ

WHat bout Munaf? He bowled his heart out but very unlucky...
 
Get up to 400 by tea then put them under pressure in the evening session? Sounds about right.
 
Rob H said:
272/3 at stumps. Good days work lads.
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England need to make sure they get 450 atleast here. Its important flintoff and colly bat solidly in morning.
 
I hate the idea of a "par score". You dont know what the pitch is like until both teams have batted.

Granted, we were quite comfortable today but India's bowling for the most part was laughable. Englands bowling will most probably not be that. :21:

How interesting cricket is. Half strength England side are going to lose 3-0 and by an innings in every game in India according to cricket experts, yet turn up and are looking good to outplay India in 2 out of the 3 matches.
 
Whippy squash said:
I hate the idea of a "par score". You dont know what the pitch is like until both teams have batted.

Granted, we were quite comfortable today but India's bowling for the most part was laughable. Englands bowling will most probably not be that. :21:

How interesting cricket is. Half strength England side are going to lose 3-0 and by an innings in every game in India according to cricket experts, yet turn up and are looking good to outplay India in 2 out of the 3 matches.
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Just like english press indicated that pakistan would be a walk in park for england and was just a warm up for india series ;-) :)
 
:)

I doubt we would have been this good in India without the Pak series. It taught our young team a hell of a lot. They needed a thrashing to wake up, and without a bad day 4 evening session in Mohali, we would probably be 0-0 still now. Youve got to give credit to England for turning up half strength and often looking like a better team than a full strength Indian side.

But granted it is still 1-0 to India, and there is much work to be done for those elusive 20 wkts to level the series. If we had got 1-1 with a full strength team in India it would have been decent, but with THIS team...it would have to go down as a great achievment.
 
Whippy squash said:
:)

I doubt we would have been this good in India without the Pak series. It taught our young team a hell of a lot. They needed a thrashing to wake up, and without a bad day 4 evening session in Mohali, we would probably be 0-0 still now. Youve got to give credit to England for turning up half strength and often looking like a better team than a full strength Indian side.

But granted it is still 1-0 to India, and there is much work to be done for those elusive 20 wkts to level the series. If we had got 1-1 with a full strength team in India it would have been decent, but with THIS team...it would have to go down as a great achievment.
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England can still level the series. aslong as they they are postive and put runs on board 1stly. If they cant get 400-450 then they have set the foundations. Batting last on here will be like batting on the moon. So england have to ensure they keep on top of indians afta a good 1st day.
 
I am afraid, England will lose this test - there batting in the second innings is very suspect and will falter against Kumble, leaving a smallish total for India to chase.

Unless England can put up 500+, they have no chance of winning.
 
Whippy squash said:
I hate the idea of a "par score". You dont know what the pitch is like until both teams have batted.

Granted, we were quite comfortable today but India's bowling for the most part was laughable. Englands bowling will most probably not be that. :21:

How interesting cricket is. Half strength England side are going to lose 3-0 and by an innings in every game in India according to cricket experts, yet turn up and are looking good to outplay India in 2 out of the 3 matches.
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Agreed India's bowling was laughable. It was swinging and seaming viciously in the morning but Indian bowlers just wasted the opportunities. Now Indian media is saying India should have batted after winning toss. They don't realize the havoc that Hoggard would have played on India if we had batted first. I suspect India is going to lose this one.
 
MenInGreen said:
I am afraid, England will lose this test - there batting in the second innings is very suspect and will falter against Kumble, leaving a smallish total for India to chase.

Unless England can put up 500+, they have no chance of winning.
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Intresting. Best time to judge state of match would be after both teams have batted once.
 
You only have to look at the first half hour to tell that if India had bowled with any consistent quality then England would have been a few wkts down at lunch, and then youve got a completely different game to this one now.

It was a good toss to lose...I would have been happy bowling or batting first. This looks like a test match that will be decided in the first day or 2.
 
Anybody got an explanation (official or unofficial) for winning the toss and putting Eng in on a Bombay wicket. Not that it was anything like Perth or something!

Any ideas?
 
Obviously the Indians thought they could make use of the green on the wicket, and with Cook dropping out just before the start of play, they sensed they could skittle a batting order that had been further demoralised and shuffled about so soon.

If India go on to lose this game then the decision to bowl first will possibly go down as more of a cock up than Ponting's in the Ashes.
 
Whippy squash said:
Obviously the Indians thought they could make use of the green on the wicket, and with Cook dropping out just before the start of play, they sensed they could skittle a batting order that had been further demoralised and shuffled about so soon.
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Was there any "green" on the wicket or a lot of "green" went to Dravid for this decision? ;-)
 
:))) :))) :)))

No doubt if Indians go onto lose this test they will claim it was fixed.
 
Didn't watch any of today's play, but listened from about the time that Shah cover-drove the ball for his fifty.

I feel I've got to give credit where credit's due. From what I was listening to, Sreesanth and Patel bowled FIERCE. Didn't think I'd ever be hearing that from an Indian side, but well bowled :14:

It sounded like they were shaking up the batsman, mixing it with some hefty bouncers and reverse swingers. May be at last India has found semi-genuine pace to complete the make-up of their side....dangerous thought if so.
 
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How much do you charge for a one way trip to the airport :P
 
Whippy squash said:
:))) :))) :)))

No doubt if Indians go onto lose this test they will claim it was fixed.
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I was just about to say that.

Beat me to it, mate. :D
 
TaxiDriver said:
Didn't watch any of today's play, but listened from about the time that Shah cover-drove the ball for his fifty.

I feel I've got to give credit where credit's due. From what I was listening to, Sreesanth and Patel bowled FIERCE. Didn't think I'd ever be hearing that from an Indian side, but well bowled :14:

It sounded like they were shaking up the batsman, mixing it with some hefty bouncers and reverse swingers. May be at last India has found semi-genuine pace to complete the make-up of their side....dangerous thought if so.
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Sreesanth and Patel bowled well. But English batted really well. It was only a matter of time before classy Strauss came good in India. Even in the first 2 tests, he was fluent while he lasted.

But I can't forgive the same bowlers for not able to get a few wickets in the pre-lunch session when ball was seaming and swinging appreciably. But if it was Asif/Rana instead of Pathan/Sreesanth, things could have been different.
 
Whippy squash said:
:))) :))) :)))

No doubt if Indians go onto lose this test they will claim it was fixed.
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I doubt India will lose this test, and India will not say the match was fixed if they go onto lose, thats nonsense, since when have we claimed the match was fixed when Indias lost at home.

I agree that the Indian bowling was laughable today, catches dropped, Bhajji getting hit for runs, Pathan not the same, but I back India to come out strong tommorow, its a great effort by the English to come out playing good in India, would have better of they won.

Sreesanth and Patel bowled well, good knock by Struass, a very good hundred by him indeed.

Man, our Indian experts did not predict 3-0, I predicted 2-0, some of the media did predicted 3-0, but a lot of them predicted 2-0. The first test could have gone Indias way if Dravid batted a faster in the 2nd session, if only Dravid batted faster in the 2nd or last session who knows if India would have won or not, the second test India totally outplayed the English, first day of the third test Englands on top at the moment.

I just had the laugh of my life when all of English mates and a lot of our English students and Teachers at college predicted England would win a series in India, and a series in Pakistan, after they won the ashes, the english got battered by Pakistan 2-0 in the test series and 4-1 in the odi series, and now India are 1-0 up in the test series with England on top of day1 in the third test.

They were all wrong :)))
 
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The fixing thing was a tongue in cheek comment :P I was poking fun at how ridiculous Dravids decision looks in relation to the current scorecard, and the kind of reasons people would make up for it if India lose.

1st test: If Dravid had batted faster he could of well got out a lot earlier, which would have exposed your middle order when there were still 200+ to get. England were just as likely to win that test as India, if we are playing a 'what if' game here.

2nd test: England were crap I know, but all they can do after a collapse is to bounce back and they have done that well.

Right now India's level of performance is below what was expected for sure, which is why 1-1 would be a quality result for England and one that is well within the realms of reality after a cracking first day for England, not without it's luck but that's cricket.
 
I give credit to England, they have played good in India so far, delt the spin well, and thier new players are playing well.

Monty had a great start (by bowling defensivly) but it would have been much different if India went after him, but they chose to play him with respect.
 
OK does any1 knows the reason of Shah being retired hurt was it cramps or something serious!!!
 
Shah retired because of cramps in his hands due to the heat, something he is more prone to than most.

Strauss said after stumps that he hadnt played in hotter conditions in his career and was knackered by the evening session. He also said Shah would be ok to bat tomorrow :19:
 
Did Dhoni and co try to massage Shahs hand or something. I think i caught it on the highlights. Anyway did anyone else see Geraint Jones talking to somone, the guy stuck his middle finger up unaware the cameras were looking straight at them. As soon as they noticed they both started giggling like girls. :)))
 
Dhoni is a prat. Glovework is possibly worse than Jones.
 
Now that we have that cleared about Dhoni, did he actually try to massage Shahs hand?
 
Well as I dont have any live telecast Who got the better I mean between KP and Patel!!!
Is Patel Agressive by nature has he got that Flair !!!!
 
Patel is somewhat aggressive. He bowled 2 straight bouncers to him which was fun to see. A few shots later KP hooked him for a four. Overall i like the showdown between the two.
 
Well after bowling the bouncer the crowd got behind Patal, and i guess from the adrenaline rush he gave KP a big stare.
 
AH thats good I was really anticipating a Very Fast Bowler for Patel but that didnt turn out Any way atleast he has the Agression thats Good We ll see how long is harbhajjan be in the team!!!
 
Playa said:
I doubt India will lose this test, and India will not say the match was fixed if they go onto lose, thats nonsense, since when have we claimed the match was fixed when Indias lost at home.

I agree that the Indian bowling was laughable today, catches dropped, Bhajji getting hit for runs, Pathan not the same, but I back India to come out strong tommorow, its a great effort by the English to come out playing good in India, would have better of they won.

Sreesanth and Patel bowled well, good knock by Struass, a very good hundred by him indeed.

Man, our Indian experts did not predict 3-0, I predicted 2-0, some of the media did predicted 3-0, but a lot of them predicted 2-0. The first test could have gone Indias way if Dravid batted a faster in the 2nd session, if only Dravid batted faster in the 2nd or last session who knows if India would have won or not, the second test India totally outplayed the English, first day of the third test Englands on top at the moment.

I just had the laugh of my life when all of English mates and a lot of our English students and Teachers at college predicted England would win a series in India, and a series in Pakistan, after they won the ashes, the english got battered by Pakistan 2-0 in the test series and 4-1 in the odi series, and now India are 1-0 up in the test series with England on top of day1 in the third test.

They were all wrong :)))
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.......... I do certainly question the integrity of the decision to put England into bat after winning the toss....regardless of the result of thos test match. Why would you put oppostion in when;
1) There is nothing in the wicket for fast bowlers.
2) There is nothing in the weather or forecast for fast bowlers.
3) You have two spinners (700+ wickets together) who have LIVED to exploit conditions on the India wicket during 4th innings of the match.

I think, there is something fishy here! In the last 5 test matches India has batted 2nd...excluding Bombay test.
Now, if I am a betting person...I'd love to bet that Indida will bat first in this test match - hence low odds. But if you have bet a lot of money on the other side of the coin, then of course, Mr. Dravid will do whatever he ASKED to do by the bookies.

Disclaimer: it is speculation but makes a lot of sense!
 
97.3 Patel to Flintoff, no run, good length delivery just outside off, induces the edge, sitter for Sehwag at second slip, dropped!!
 
97.4 Patel to Flintoff, 1 run, even easier this time, Flintoff slices it straight to gully, as easy as it gets for Kumble, sitter in it truest sense, dropped by Kumble, one really wonders why Kumble fields at an important position like gully!!
 
101.6 Patel to Flintoff, SIX, short ball and Flintoff instinctively
goes after it, connects well and the ball sails down to the fine leg region, Pathan in the deep takes it cleanly but fails to stay inside the rope, close call.

Three wicket taking chances spilled....now combine this with Dravid's decision to insert England and betting odds of 7/1 for an England win...........who wouldn't have like to make money!
 
Romali_rotti said:
97.4 Patel to Flintoff, 1 run, even easier this time, Flintoff slices it straight to gully, as easy as it gets for Kumble, sitter in it truest sense, dropped by Kumble, one really wonders why Kumble fields at an important position like gully!!
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I am mad at Kumble and Sehwag, having dropped sitters. Poor Munaf, its not easy bowling out there where its extremely hot and humid.
 
W63L35 said:
101.6 Patel to Flintoff, SIX, short ball and Flintoff instinctively
goes after it, connects well and the ball sails down to the fine leg region, Pathan in the deep takes it cleanly but fails to stay inside the rope, close call.

Three wicket taking chances spilled....now combine this with Dravid's decision to insert England and betting odds of 7/1 for an England win...........who wouldn't have like to make money!
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Already Indians are claiming its a fixed match. We will never take responsibility for our loss, we like to blame "match-fixing", "toss", "poor captaincy", things which can never be proven.
 
444444444444444444444444444444444444444
shahhhhhhhhhh
smashing pull shotttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt


nearly a fight between badrinaat and owais shah..(owais didnt back out ) :D

332 for 5
 
what was badri thinking....man what a drama queen this guy im telling you, he was in owais shahs way.....
 
outtttttttttttttttttttttttttt
g.jonessssssssssssssssssssssssssss
333 for 6 now

badrinaat picks up his 4th!
 
W63L35 said:
.......... I do certainly question the integrity of the decision to put England into bat after winning the toss....regardless of the result of thos test match. Why would you put oppostion in when;
1) There is nothing in the wicket for fast bowlers.
2) There is nothing in the weather or forecast for fast bowlers.
3) You have two spinners (700+ wickets together) who have LIVED to exploit conditions on the India wicket during 4th innings of the match.

I think, there is something fishy here! In the last 5 test matches India has batted 2nd...excluding Bombay test.
Now, if I am a betting person...I'd love to bet that Indida will bat first in this test match - hence low odds. But if you have bet a lot of money on the other side of the coin, then of course, Mr. Dravid will do whatever he ASKED to do by the bookies.

Disclaimer: it is speculation but makes a lot of sense!
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There is nothing in it for fast bowlers? You probably haven't seen the match. Ball was swinging throughout the day but Indian bowlers had no control. Wait until India come on to bat.
 
aggarwald said:
Already Indians are claiming its a fixed match. We will never take responsibility for our loss, we like to blame "match-fixing", "toss", "poor captaincy", things which can never be proven.
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No....no....no, they always get easliy proven (by the Pak team bashers, ICC and PCB) but when it comes to other teams like India.....then they are NEVER proven! ;-)
 
ok munaf patel sledges owais shah , shah takes the single of the 5th ball, munaf says single kyuon liya out ho jaye gaa, owais shah says , Allah malek hai yaar 1 ball reh gaye hai.....................i like his spirit gives it right back!
 
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