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Ind Vs Somerset, 15-17 Jul, Taunton

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^are you watching somewhere? You said good shot, or is that from the audio commentary?

Seems like a flat track or our guys are bowling crap.

Either way, no worries, if it's a flat track in the test, it will be a draw or we'll win. Our frontline pacers shouldn't be so crap especially if the tracks have any juice, which they most probably will.
 
skittles said:
^are you watching somewhere? You said good shot, or is that from the audio commentary?

Seems like a flat track or our guys are bowling crap.

Either way, no worries, if it's a flat track in the test, it will be a draw or we'll win. Our frontline pacers shouldn't be so crap especially if the tracks have any juice, which they most probably will.
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1. Yes, audio commentary.

2. I don't think either team will win this, most probably a draw.
 
It's a flat track (it's Taunton!) and Arul and Compton aren't terrible. Still no excuse for such a poor showing by the Indian bowling attack. Even if one were to go to such an excuse as not having Harbhajan (who is a mediocre bowler nowadays) and Ishant (Sreesanth is supposedly fine)
 
Warm ups will be on dead pitches and then they will get hit with crazy wickets in the test match. England are setting them up nicely here.
 
Bowlers are usually crap in the first game of the tour but they always step up after the lackluster start. :D

DeadlyVenom said:
Warm ups will be on dead pitches and then they will get hit with crazy wickets in the test match. England are setting them up nicely here.
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Rather making it easy for them? ;-) Making them work a lot harder and getting more practice.
 
if the test pitches are even somewhat similar to this pitch, expect a woefully boring series unless either of the 2 teams bats horribly badly.
 
Pakistan used to anhilate county teams in Warm ups, so dont expect this to be an indicator.
 
Rana said:
Pakistan used to anhilate county teams in Warm ups, so dont expect this to be an indicator.
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May be Zak wasn't bowling up to his potential and took it easy as it was a practice game...

But for the likes of Sreesanth, Munaf and Mishra who will be looking to impress selectors, it was a pathetic effort... Those guys would have given their best and yet got destroyed by Appiah and county players... :facepalm:

There is a reason why Sreesanth never panned out... He just does not have it..
 
15 overs each is a good work out for zaheeer and Sreeshanth. gambhir, sachin n yuvi should spend atleast one hour tomorrow if weather permits (and somerset decide to declare).
 
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Looks like Sreesanth gained a few pounds. :yk
 
mithun_minhas said:
May be Zak wasn't bowling up to his potential and took it easy as it was a practice game...

But for the likes of Sreesanth, Munaf and Mishra who will be looking to impress selectors, it was a pathetic effort... Those guys would have given their best and yet got destroyed by Appiah and county players... :facepalm:

There is a reason why Sreesanth never panned out... He just does not have it..
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lol it happens, we don't have the best bowling line up in the world nor is bowling our main strength. But don't get too disappointed, remember the centurion test? where our bowlers were made look like school cricketers but the next 2 tests our bowlers were back in rythm. So I'd say don't lose hope too soon, we're slow starters.
 
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lol it happens, we don't have the best bowling line up in the world nor is bowling our main strength. But don't get too disappointed, remember the centurion test? where our bowlers were made look like school cricketers but the next 2 tests our bowlers were back in rythm. So I'd say don't lose hope too soon, we're slow starters.
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Not being able to take the wicket of one of the most mediocre players on the county scene is incredibly slow by anyone's standards. Start off slow against England and you will get annihilated.
 
Congratulations Arul on scoring a magnificent century against the no.1 ranked test team, he's from Malaysia, well played lad.
 
zayn said:
Not being able to take the wicket of one of the most mediocre players on the county scene is incredibly slow by anyone's standards. Start off slow against England and you will get annihilated.
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These claims have been made time and again (Like claims that we would be white-washed 3-0 in SA after centurion test). I say let us decide this after the series starts, shall we? ;-)
 
Cricfan4eva said:
These claims have been made time and again (Like claims that we would be white-washed 3-0 in SA after centurion test). I say let us decide this after the series starts, shall we? ;-)
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But we're not chokers like they are! Why does everyone bring up SA? Oh right, you've drawn them, and suddenly you make it sound as if you trounced them 2-0 or something like that.

The main defense of India touring being a good side is a 1-1 draw in SA, and their last Aussie tour ages ago, whereas for our own form, we point to 3-1 wins against Pakistan and Australia?

Honestly, I think it will be 2-1 in England's favour, I'm not predicting a trouncing, but I'm hinting that England will do well. I believe they are all around better than SA (have you seen their middle-lower middle order? And Steyn and Morkel are class, but Jimmy and Tremlett are in between those two in terms of skill, and probably average out to the same, along with Swann who beats Paul Harris comfortably) If you point to Amla, we point to Cook, Of Kallis we show Trott. If you point to deVilliers, we have Bell and Morgan (on current form both are well worth it), and KP compares favourably. Show me a wicketkeeper batsman who is better than Prior from the SA team. For that matter, Prior is in better nick than Dhoni! If you point to Duminy, I laugh. I'm not predicting 3-0 like so many were for the SA trip. I'm predicting an England win at 2-1 or 2-0, or 1-1 even depending on how flat some of the pitches are. I dare Zaheer to match Jimmy of today at Trent Bridge where Jimmy averages 7 wickets a match (and his last outing there was a 3-fer in ODIs, and 11-fer in tests last summer), I dare India to play well at Lords with their tendency to lose their first match and as flat as it may be, Lords always has atmospheric help that Jimmy and Tremlett profit from very well usually, and if Zaheer and Ishant can match them it will come down to which team can play the swinging ball better. Edgbaston has often been kind to England's bowlers, and the Oval is where I'd expect India to take a match from England. I don't discount India's skill, I just say any prediction of England winning the series is quite plausible, and in my eyes, probable. If India win, I will own that I was/am wrong, but till then I find it acceptable for such claims to exist, since others are quite willing to predict Indian victories of such margins with just as much arrogance as I acknowledge myself as possessing.
 
Ruri said:
But we're not chokers like they are! Why does everyone bring up SA? Oh right, you've drawn them, and suddenly you make it sound as if you trounced them 2-0 or something like that.

The main defense of India touring being a good side is a 1-1 draw in SA, and their last Aussie tour ages ago, whereas for our own form, we point to 3-1 wins against Pakistan and Australia?

Honestly, I think it will be 2-1 in England's favour, I'm not predicting a trouncing, but I'm hinting that England will do well. I believe they are all around better than SA (have you seen their middle-lower middle order? And Steyn and Morkel are class, but Jimmy and Tremlett are in between those two in terms of skill, and probably average out to the same, along with Swann who beats Paul Harris comfortably) If you point to Amla, we point to Cook, Of Kallis we show Trott. If you point to deVilliers, we have Bell and Morgan (on current form both are well worth it), and KP compares favourably. Show me a wicketkeeper batsman who is better than Prior from the SA team. For that matter, Prior is in better nick than Dhoni! If you point to Duminy, I laugh. I'm not predicting 3-0 like so many were for the SA trip. I'm predicting an England win at 2-1 or 2-0, or 1-1 even depending on how flat some of the pitches are. I dare Zaheer to match Jimmy of today at Trent Bridge where Jimmy averages 7 wickets a match (and his last outing there was a 3-fer in ODIs, and 11-fer in tests last summer), I dare India to play well at Lords with their tendency to lose their first match and as flat as it may be, Lords always has atmospheric help that Jimmy and Tremlett profit from very well usually, and if Zaheer and Ishant can match them it will come down to which team can play the swinging ball better. Edgbaston has often been kind to England's bowlers, and the Oval is where I'd expect India to take a match from England. I don't discount India's skill, I just say any prediction of England winning the series is quite plausible, and in my eyes, probable. If India win, I will own that I was/am wrong, but till then I find it acceptable for such claims to exist, since others are quite willing to predict Indian victories of such margins with just as much arrogance as I acknowledge myself as possessing.
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If u had been watching indian cricket continuously over past 3 years,these comments would have not come out.It was not only against south africa in the tests .after world cup league matches against eng and south africa when we lost,all of them said the same thing-"our bowling lineup is pathetic,we wont win the cup".And there are numerous example from numerous test situations in the past 2 years(be it harbhajan and zaheer saving test matches against aus to gambhir holding forte in nz ,to comign back strongly in sri lanka,to chasing 387 on final day aginst england etc etc when everyone thought we may lose).You talk about draws as if they are a pathetic achievement, but remember we havent lost a test series since 2008.

And stick to ur stand.You predicted a annihilation which means its going to be 3-0 in favour of england.
 
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coolseraz said:
keep wishing. Those lush green pitches didnt make much of an impact on indian team in south africa. And england is traditionally easier than saf to bat on.

of course the green pitches will help indian bowlers too.

but you are free to hope. What else can you do? :p
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f a i l
 
Krishnan said:
If u had been watching indian cricket continuously over past 3 years,these comments would have not come out.It was not only against south africa in the tests .after world cup league matches against eng and south africa when we lost,all of them said the same thing-"our bowling lineup is pathetic,we wont win the cup".And there are numerous example from numerous test situations in the past 2 years(be it harbhajan and zaheer saving test matches against aus to gambhir holding forte in nz ,to comign back strongly in sri lanka,to chasing 387 on final day aginst england etc etc when everyone thought we may lose).You talk about draws as if they are a pathetic achievement, but remember we havent lost a test series since 2008.

And stick to ur stand.You predicted a annihilation which means its going to be 3-0 in favour of england.
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I fail to see how WC ODI bowling, your proof mentioned, is applicable to Test Bowling, in England.

And PLEASE NOTE, for I feel that anyone daft enough to accuse me of something that I have not done requires special Bolded terms to read properly, that I have NOT predicted an annihilation, and so I need not stick to it. I have predicted 2-1, 2-0, or 1-1 in England's favour.

The poster to predict an annihilation was zayn, if you look further up the thread. Now then, please do not ascribe to me the statements of another poster so that it may serve in discrediting me.

Furthermore, an annihilation need not be 3-0. I count the Ashes an annihilation, a 3-1 result, with 3 innings victories. I could well claim that a 2-0 with 2 innings wins is an annihilation, though I WILL SAY THAT I PERSONALLY DO NOT EXPECT AN ANNIHILATION.

And seeing as I've bolded the appropriate parts, and capitalized them as needed, I hope you do not mistake me again, and accuse me of anything that cannot rightly be accorded to me.
 
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What a ghisaai India had today against Somerset. This should wake them up a bit on what awaits them here, as far as their bowling goes.
 
Ruri said:
I fail to see how WC ODI bowling, your proof mentioned, is applicable to Test Bowling, in England.

And PLEASE NOTE, for I feel that anyone daft enough to accuse me of something that I have not done requires special Bolded terms to read properly, that I have NOT predicted an annihilation, and so I need not stick to it. I have predicted 2-1, 2-0, or 1-1 in England's favour.

The poster to predict an annihilation was zayn, if you look further up the thread. Now then, please do not ascribe to me the statements of another poster so that it may serve in discrediting me.

Furthermore, an annihilation need not be 3-0. I count the Ashes an annihilation, a 3-1 result, with 3 innings victories. I could well claim that a 2-0 with 2 innings wins is an annihilation, though I WILL SAY THAT I PERSONALLY DO NOT EXPECT AN ANNIHILATION.

And seeing as I've bolded the appropriate parts, and capitalized them as needed, I hope you do not mistake me again, and accuse me of anything that cannot rightly be accorded to me.
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Bhai how is 1-1 in Englands favour?! If anything well done India...playing away from home, not losing yet another test series?
 
India will be replaced at number1 position if they lose the series by 2 tests, quite a possibility.
 
Sky interrupt their coverage of U19 international cricket just to show live pictures of SRT walking out to bat. Awesome! :sachin
 
I wish we have the same pitch throughout the series. Too bad Test match wickets are always a lot more batsman friendly. More days of cricket is more ££££ for the grounds
 
asifp said:
I wish we have the same pitch throughout the series. Too bad Test match wickets are always a lot more batsman friendly. More days of cricket is more ££££ for the grounds
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I thought ths was a batsmen friendly, the other team scored more than 400 for just three wickets!
 
Indian Batting collapsing like heap of cards. :O

Let's hope this is a wake up call for the Team and they pull up their socks for the first test.
 
Indian Batting collapsing like heap of cards. :O

Let's hope this is a wake up call for the Team and they pull up their socks for the first test.
 
Ruri said:
It's a flat track (it's Taunton!) and Arul and Compton aren't terrible. Still no excuse for such a poor showing by the Indian bowling attack. Even if one were to go to such an excuse as not having Harbhajan (who is a mediocre bowler nowadays) and Ishant (Sreesanth is supposedly fine)
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India are 90/6 on a "flat" track, eh? Let the taunting begin! To be honest though, India starting tours badly is nothing new for them. I think they'll lose in the first (and possibly the second test), come back strongly so that they end up 1-1, or possibly lose the series 2-1.

Given that they're playing on England's home ground, for Eng to stake a convincing claim to World number 1, they have to win the series emphatically.
 
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Its disappointing to see the score card with 90/6 especially seeing 425/3d by the first class team but India has always been NOTORIOUS slow starters in each and every series. Hope they get their act together before the series begins. Wishful thinking.
 
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