India v England, 1st Test, Nagpur, 1st day

[hasan316]

England team:
AJ Strauss, AN Cook, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood,
*A Flintoff, +GO Jones, ID Blackwell, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar,
SJ Harmison

India team:
W Jaffer, V Sehwag, *R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman,
+MS Dhoni, M Kaif, IK Pathan, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh,
S Sreesanth.

 

[hasan316]

England won the toss and elected to bat first

 

[Rob H]

i like this thread better. better title.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

It's time for Pietersen to stand out and Strauss to prove he can play in conditions not ideal for his style of batting. Ditto Flintoff.

 

[Gasherbrum]

pathan to get 2 with the new ball. what say?

 

[cornelius]

no way gasher,ol straussys gonna unleash those cuts on the bacha pathan!

 

[Rob H]

absolutely **** bounce

 

[Rob H]

speedo clocks irfan at 81 mph

 

[Rob H]

poor crowd

 

[hasan316]

I want Strauss, KP Pietersen, and bell eo score centuries

 

[Rob H]

shiva opens his mouth and all hell is let loose

 

[Asim2Good]

poor crowd

think crowd ll b good later in day

 

[Rob H]

Cook is great hook

 

[Rob H]

that sreesanth movement not there yet. Interesting to see if he troubles the lefties.

 

[Rob H]

Botham is the speaking clock. Show some emotion for gods sake.

 

[zushy_786]

Botham is the speaking clock. Show some emotion for gods sake.

Sounds like he's given up even before the tests have begin fully....So no 3-0 predictions this time

 

[Rob H]

Strauss carving Ifran up

 

[Rob H]

nb, 4, nb, 4,4nb, great stuff ifran

 

[Rob H]

one day mode - 22/0

 

[zushy_786]

one day mode - 22/0

Good Start there by Engerland...

 

[Rob H]

I'm liking this. Good confident batting out there from these 2.

 

[Rob H]

Pathan is skiding the ball on this pitch. It's keeping too low for my liking.

 

[Nan]

where can i watch da game, can somebody help me

please and thank u

 

[zushy_786]

Nice misfield !

 

[Slugger]

haha man all the newbies come to the forum and they want illegal streaming links...

Nan pp is a clean and professional discussional forum...there are no stream links here...

 

[Rob H]

sky = no adverts. BLISS

 

[Gasherbrum]

zushy - where you watching it ? its not on tv, is it ?

 

[Rob H]

Cook is such a classy player. Gower-esque already. Time to give Kumble a bowl i say.

 

[zushy_786]

Excellent shot by Cook for 4....

 

[Nan]

there was one like 3 days ago so i taught i can get it from here
i guess i was wrong my baaaaaaad

 

[zushy_786]

zushy - where you watching it ? its not on tv, is it ?

I'm watching it on my laptop....I can't advertise the website, but send me a e-mail, i can give you the website that is showing 1st test free....I thought it was showing it on dishnetwork in canada.....

 

[zushy_786]

Cook is such a classy player. Gower-esque already. Time to give Kumble a bowl i say.

It's too early for him to come in now....Excellent fielding by Kaif, saved a 4 for sure......

 

[Rob H]

I hope Paul Arselott isn't commentating.

 

[Rob H]

edged and 4

 

[zushy_786]

edged and 4

Lucky there...

 

[Big Daddy]

normally i dont do this, but there is a joker on icf , and Lord knows this was an eventuality, he made a thread which basically implied that whoever wins this test series between england and india will be the unoffecial number 2 ranked team, incidently both these teams have lost to pakistan, how conveniently was this forgotten eh.

 

[Rob H]

Irfy baby slip a half volley under the tree, for me, been an awful good boy,

 

[zushy_786]

37/0, RR of 6.00 excellent start....

 

[zushy_786]

Irfy baby slip a half volley under the tree, for me, been an awful good boy,

He did get a haircut and his perm isn't that visible

 

[Rob H]

a bit of pace there from Ifran. I think he actually tries to bowl slow at times for swing.

 

[zushy_786]

a bit of pace there from Ifran. I think he actually tries to bowl slow at times for swing.

It's pretty straight though, and the ball isn't really swinging, and coming nicely onto the bat...

 

[Rob H]

Srinath and Athers

 

[zushy_786]

Srinath and Athers

Hopefully his English is better than Waqar.....4 runs down the ground by Cook.....42/0

 

[Rob H]

great straight drive 4 runs

 

[Rob H]

Hopefully his English is better than Waqar.....

noiiceee ) great start for java

 

[Rob H]

He sounds like Dean Jones with an Indian twang

 

[zushy_786]

He sounds like Dean Jones with an Indian twang

A freshie accent more like it

 

[zushy_786]

I have to say this Cook fella looks pretty composed and calm for his first test....

The mikes just picked up Rahul saying that Strauss hits the ball very hard

 

[Rob H]

Pathan is hoping for the swing and it isn't there. Worse of all Strauss is expecting the swing and playing these dodgy forward pushes. As i speak though he hits a 4 from it ). shows what i know.

 

[Rob H]

Indian fast bowlers. Subject of the day

 

[zushy_786]

Pathan is hoping for the swing and it isn't there. Worse of all Strauss is expecting the swing and playing these dodgy forward pushes. As i speak though he hits a 4 from it ). shows what i know.

) Well I think he was decieved by lack of swing, and smacked it on the legside

 

[Rob H]

slower full toss. Good mix up there from Irfy

 

[zushy_786]

Indian fast bowlers. Subject of the day

An Oxymoron ....Ha ha Srinath trying to explain upcoming Indian trudlers and difficult time explaining the up and comers because they have none..

 

[Rob H]

India need the spinners on. These two opening bowlers are bowling crap. All they're doing is just creating rough for Bhajji at Pathan's end and rough for Kumble's leggies at Sreesanth's end.

 

[zushy_786]

slower full toss. Good mix up there from Irfy

The next ball Strauss almost chopped it into his stumps....46/0....

 

[Rob H]

An Oxymoron ....Ha ha Srinath trying to explain upcoming Indian trudlers and difficult time explaining the up and comers because they have none..

) ) Brilliant

 

[Rob H]

Bhajji time. do do do do

 

[zushy_786]

Bhajji

That's a little surprising but understandable.....

 

[Rob H]

Afridi is mentioned and all Indians wince.

 

[zushy_786]

Afridi is mentioned and all Indians wince.

And the English as well

 

[Rob H]

shabash shabash. Why can't the just say "that's a load of s*** Bhajji. Why did you bowl on his legs you muppet"

 

[zushy_786]

shabash shabash. Why can't the just say "that's a load of s*** Bhajji. Why did you bowl on his legs you muppet"

) ) I think he doesn't know how to

 

[zushy_786]

47/0 after 10 overs...pathan bowling and......no ball

 

[Rob H]

Pathan claiming the lines moved as he bowled.

 

[zushy_786]

Ouch, Strauss almost did it again, chopping it almost into the stumps.....

 

[zushy_786]

Sreesanth looks like he's been taken out of the attack.....

 

[Rob H]

82 mph. Pathan's fastest so far.

 

[Rob H]

the local chruch?

 

[zushy_786]

the local chruch?

I thought it looked like some kind of parliament building, but I could be wrong....

 

[Rob H]

50. Well played lads. Superb effort

 

[zushy_786]

50. Well played lads. Superb effort

Well played England...

 

[Rob H]

doosra. Very well bowled. Inside edge though.

 

[Rob H]

oh no. That was plumb. Very lucky there. Pitched outside though.

 

[zushy_786]

doosra. Very well bowled. Inside edge though.

It looks like it hit pad first and was going over the stumps...Good ball nonetheless...Pathan the trudler on.....

 

[zushy_786]

oh no. That was plumb. Very lucky there. Pitched outside though.

It was fractionally outside, and may have gone over the stumps or hit them, but i don't it was plumb.....

 

[Rob H]

Got a feeling a wicket will come now. The runs are slowing up. Bad signs.

 

[zushy_786]

Got a feeling a wicket will come now. The runs are slowing up. Bad signs.

Easy there, you seem to be worse than AJ in terms of negativity sometimes, have some faith in your English cricketers will ya

 

[Rob H]

A debacle )

 

[zushy_786]

Quote of the day so far by Indian fielder: "T-shirt ke aandar chala jata hain"...Translation "Something goes into the t-shirt"

 

[Rob H]

Time for a commentry change. Gower and Shastri i hope.