India v England | WC'11 | Group B | Bangalore | 27/02/11

[Sledger]

100 up for England. Good effort, nice fight being shown. Doable.

 

[KingKhanWC]

50 Strauss. Skipper taking to the Indians.

 

[Munna]

50 for strauss ... 100 up for eng !

 

[BaaliSoda]

Solid inning by strauss

50 up for him and 100 up for england

 

[saj001]

LOL at kp still can't believe he isn't batting out in the middle.

 

[James]

50 to Strauss at a run a ball

One of the best ODI knocks I've seen him play. He needs to make a biggun.

 

[pakcricketfan]

Ashraful_Rox, praveen and avidlearner, please stop arguing needlessly and enjoy the match.

 

[Sledger]

50 for the skipper.

 

[USaqaf]

Where the hell was this English form when they played Australia.
Looks like now another team gets their form by playing India.

 

[Munna]

they shud be luking arnd chasing 140-150 in the last 20 .. with at least 5-6 wickets in hand

 

[Sir john]

100 up for eng

 

[KingKhanWC]

England need to keep up the momentum and come harder and harder

 

[jusarrived]

Good start for Eng .

Can they maintain this ? especially after bowling pps

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Ashraful_Rox, praveen and avidlearner, please stop arguing needlessly and enjoy the match.

Sorry Dear Sir. Won't reply to them anymore.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Lazy fielding, another 4!

 

[Blitz]

again.

Poor fielding by . Crowd still clap )

 

[BaaliSoda]

Poor effort from sachin

A good shot nevertheless by Strauss

 

[saj001]

Tendulkar shouldn't be fielding at deep.

 

[Sledger]

LOL @ the fielding.

 

[Munna]

Ashraful_Rox, praveen and avidlearner, please stop arguing needlessly and enjoy the match.

mera khyaal hai baajiyan enjoy hi kar rahi hain

 

[praveen]

Damn gavaskar, admit it , that was a poor effort from sachin in the field.

 

[jusarrived]

Strauss not picking Chawla

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Should have reviewed it, was very close.

 

[Munna]

woahhh ... emirates airlines air hostesses

 

[Sledger]

Yawn, googly every ball.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

107/1 after 15 overs

 

[ads101]

50 to Strauss at a run a ball

One of the best ODI knocks I've seen him play. He needs to make a biggun.

he's done well. He's a very underrated opener. He's one of those guys who really will especially take advantage of bad balls, he won't let them pass him by he'll hit them for boundaries.

Pietersen played ok, but I think as an opener he's always going to go for too many balls and get himself out. He's in good T20 form, and as an opener he's going to play more like T20. What England needs him to do is be able to keep his cool throughout the innings and his concentration and posting big scores consistently. Needs a few more games to get used to opening, but needs to show the sort of maturity at the top of the order that Strauss does.

 

[Rana]

England doing the right thing. Dont let the spinners settle.

 

[MC]

they shud be luking arnd chasing 140-150 in the last 20 .. with at least 5-6 wickets in hand

Wickets don't matter, England doesn't have batters to powerfully clean the ropes. So its best for them to keep with run rate and gradullay escalate.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Bhajji needs to take a wicket or two within next 5 overs

Last time when we played here against Aussies the pitch started become more spin friendly post 20 overs in the evening.

 

[Bhaijaan]

England is gonna win this match it looks like

 

[Sir john]

Partnership 41(36) looking dangerous now.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Come on lads, play the spinners late and milk them.

 

[BaaliSoda]

110 for 1 after 16 overs

drinks break

 

[ads101]

I'm not having a go at the indians here but I really don't like this pitch. There's not enough in it for the bowlers. For most teams the game will be basically decided by batting. There are better pitches in India than this. Boundaries come far too easily too.

 

[James]

he's done well. He's a very underrated opener. He's one of those guys who really will especially take advantage of bad balls, he won't let them pass him by he'll hit them for boundaries.

actually gone downhill as a player really...at certain junctures in the past he has been one of our best test batsmen if not the best. The guy has 3 tons in 5 tests in India, 3 tons in SA, and 4 Ashes tons. amazing - he is already one of the best left-handed openers to play for England. he fails more often than he succeeds these days, but as he showed with his fearless 110 in Brisbane, he can still pull a huge knock out of the hat when it matters. hopefully he can do the same again today.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Damn this Strauss is looking invinsible

 

[Blitz]

Damn this Strauss is looking invinsible

Invinsible?

Only Micheal Waugh is invinsible!!

 

[KingKhanWC]

Fly in Sir Alistair Cook

 

[Bhaijaan]

High scoing thriller as expected

 

[KingKhanWC]

Nelson.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Thats out - Trott is gone

Chawla done it again in Bangalore

 

[Bhaijaan]

Come on guys, get the RR ahead of original rate

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Trott

 

[James]

Not too disappointed about that, Trott looked clueless

 

[kashmiri_lad]

Trooti

 

[KingKhanWC]

Nelson does the trick, poor shot by Trott, missed it.

 

[hussnainn]

told you

 

[Maher96]

 

[kashmiri_lad]

Followed up a good googly with a smart leg spinner

 

[Bhaijaan]

Somebody from england please do a chamara silva here

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Chawla gets a wicket, now collapse begins

 

[Maher96]

Prior should come in heard he plays spin the best in english team.

 

[ads101]

actually gone downhill as a player really...at certain junctures in the past he has been one of our best test batsmen if not the best. The guy has 3 tons in 5 tests in India, 3 tons in SA, and 4 Ashes tons. amazing - he is already one of the best left-handed openers to play for England. he fails more often than he succeeds these days, but as he showed with his fearless 110 in Brisbane, he can still pull a huge knock out of the hat when it matters. hopefully he can do the same again today.

I disagree I think he was just in bad form. Recently he's looked pretty good out there. He's doing better in ODIs at the moment than he ever has.

Maybe I don't follow closely or not, or don't have enough cricket knowledge, but Strauss to me still looks like the same player he's always been.

 

[Sledger]

Trott questionable against good spin.

 

[USaqaf]

Urgh and the England collapse express about to depart!

 

[Munna]

well both in sri lanka n india .. much depends upon the toss .. just win it .. bat first .. pile up a big total .. spinners will have assistance later in the day ... simple!

i hope they've prepared sum bowling pitches as well ... that is where the real competition will take place .. the real cricket will be witnessed by us who want one day format to survive

 

[ads101]

Trott out. Big blow.

 

[Sir john]

trott

chawla strike

 

[Blitz]

We all know how good Bell is against leg spin

 

[Sir john]

good bowling by chawla

 

[BaaliSoda]

Inside edge saves Bell

 

[Bhaijaan]

Shabaash Piyush !

 

[Rana]

Trott questionable against good spin.

against him too.

 

[hussnainn]

I don't think there is any keeper as quick as Dhoni..

 

[ScotRaz]

Ian Bell in at 4, his picture on Sky Sports, he looked a little bit like Frank Spencer

 

[malakian]

I knew we'd struggle against Chawla, still can't see anything other than an easy India win.

 

[Maher96]

england players need a lesson from

 

[Rana]

trott

chawla strike

Sir Jhon, Jam dat hype!

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Chawla is such a better bowler than Harbajhan, should definitely be in the test squad ahead of harbajhan

 

[James]

I disagree I think he was just in bad form. Recently he's looked pretty good out there. He's doing better in ODIs at the moment than he ever has.

Maybe I don't follow closely or not, or don't have enough cricket knowledge, but Strauss to me still looks like the same player he's always been.

he didn't get a test ton for a good 18 months until Brisbane...I fear he has had his best days

 

[Munna]

I don't think there is any keeper as quick as Dhoni..

dhoni who?

ur forgetting the cobra :kami

 

[Sir john]

ENG 111/2 (17.0 Ovs)

228 in 197 needed now.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Ian Bell is a great player of spin but needs to get in here.

 

[Rana]

I don't think there is any keeper as quick as Dhoni..

:adnan

Hussnainn, jam dat hype!

 

[MC]

I have a feeling Struass will be the last man standing, with 140 runs to his name.

 

[James]

I knew we'd struggle against Chawla, still can't see anything other than an easy India win.

England fans knew the spinners would win the game for India.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

 

[KingKhanWC]

Lofted for 4, a bit risky but well thought out by Strauss.

 

[jusarrived]

well both in sri lanka n india .. much depends upon the toss .. just win it .. bat first .. pile up a big total .. spinners will have assistance later in the day ... simple!

i hope they've prepared sum bowling pitches as well ... that is where the real competition will take place .. the real cricket will be witnessed by us who want one day format to survive

nope , in SL batting second you have no chance ...The pitch dosent change much in India . Good teams can chase down totals here too.