India vs England | 1st Test | Ahmedabad | 17/11/12 | Day 3

[mixie]

From an Indian perspective : Cook and Peterson are the best players of spin and need to get at least one of them in the first hour.

English perspective : Try to rotate the strike and use the crease.Being overly defensive against spin will eventually get you out.

 

[mixie]

Trott is having a very poor test match...dropped a fairly easy catch....drew flack for claiming it...got out with scoring a run...

 

[mixie]

Curator stopped watering the pitch 3 days before the match...This is a 6 day dry pitch - Sourav Ganguly

 

[Fire Bird]

Curator stopped watering the pitch 3 days before the match...This is a 6 day dry pitch - Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly is just having fun playing his games. It is not that bad a pitch as the English are making out to be. Already their fans and commentators are whinging. Sure it turns but hte surface is still intact and not breaking up. They havent faced minefields like the one Gavaskar played in his last test. Im sure if India was batting now, India would have been in a better position.

On the same note, the pitch at Perth was not really that bad either. People were saying it will be like the ones in which Ambrose and Walsh destroyed Australia.

 

[mixie]

^^

Ganguly is having a ball making fun in the pre match show

 

[musaarthali]

last day of 1st test

 

[Sandeep]

last day of 1st test

love the over confidence )

 

[mixie]

1st ball of the day...Ojha beats Peterson comprehensively

 

[Ruri]

Pretty sure England could make an airport runway look like a minefield.

 

[cricketworm]

Dear! God! So many chances missed. KP looks like a walking wicket at the moment!

 

[Ruri]

Despite the chest thumping declarations that KP is one of the greatest batsmen of all time, I am happy to note that Cook has been the calm focused one.

 

[IgnitedMind]

BCCI pulse question..

will this match go into 4th day ? ) )

 

[mixie]

Easy stumping MS

 

[IgnitedMind]

What is peterson doing???

looks like he will go very soon...

 

[kungfu90]

Shot KP.

 

[SL_Fan]

Cook and KP will have to do brunt of the work if Eng are to get themselves out of this hole.

 

[Ruri]

I am actually really enjoying this. Grit from Cook, and chancy from KP.

 

[insaftak]

) ) @ kp!

 

[cricketworm]

Leading edge!!! Man!!! 4th time his wicket almost fell in this morning.

 

[mixie]

If KP survives this phase...will spell doom for us

 

[kungfu90]

Cook looks confident off the Back foot, KP hasn't made his mind yet. He is just jumping.

 

[PakPrince]

KP looking all over the place

Looks as clueless as Afridi

 

[Justcrazy]

India on top here

 

[PakPrince]

England making it look like its a 5th day crumbling pitch!

with this rate they'll be lucky to reach 200 let alone overtake Indias score

 

[Justcrazy]

BD need 245 runs to win the Test against WI on the last day

 

[Justcrazy]

3 more runs.

 

[kungfu90]

Ramiz Raja : Badi appeal. tony hill ko mutasir nhi kar sake..

 

[Ruri]

India would be smart to appeal absolutely everything. England seems to get more nervous with more strangled high pitched yell. Happened with Adnan Akmal's constant appealing in the UAE

 

[Justcrazy]

England in a big hole here.

 

[kungfu90]

Fielding by

 

[W63L35]

Fielding by

That was brilliant fielding for a 39 year old. Looks like he is the team just for his fielding!

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[kungfu90]

Cook is class.

 

[IgnitedMind]

england playing with better ease now

 

[cricketworm]

ok time to take real wicket now, enough with fake chances.

 

[cricketworm]

NOT out

 

[Marshland]

Pure theatre.

 

[IgnitedMind]

zaheer in

 

[W63L35]

Pure theatre.

Tell us something new.....

 

[Justcrazy]

69 / 3

 

[OutKast]

Good start for England. No reverse for Zaheer.

 

[mixie]

OJHAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[insaftak]

KP Who didn't see that coming?

 

[spaceshot]

Just brilliant to see that.. spinner's delight.

 

[spaceshot]

Ghanta(Bell) baj gaya.. P)

 

[OutKast]

LMAO Bell

 

[Asif321]

hahahhahahahahhaha what a shot by bell first ball ) cant stop laughing

 

[kungfu90]

Bell wth was that.

 

[cricketworm]

hahahahahaha BELL LOL

 

[insaftak]

Bell on first ball ) ) )

England against spin

 

[mixie]

LMAO Bell

)

 

[cricketworm]

can't stop laughing@@

 

[Ruri]

Once again KP goes full idiot mode.

 

[PakPrince]

) )

 

[Ruri]

And Bell is known to be useless.

This is pathetic.

 

[hafeezrocks]

Why are the pommies dancing around at the crease . What a brain fart by bell .

 

[PakPrince]

India to win by an innings and plenty of runs

 

[Ruri]

I'd love to be a spinner playing against England.

Career numbers to put up.

 

[AlizeeFan]

What was Bell doing there?

 

[mixie]

Marshland...where are ya mate )

 

[IgnitedMind]

On a hatrick

 

[insaftak]

that looked out!

 

[kungfu90]

Kapil : Ian Bell was out in dressing room itself.

 

[OutKast]

That's got to be the biggest brainfart of this year.

 

[Ruri]

Cook showing to be the only classy batsman in the side.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Hopefully a below 100 score

 

[Square Drive]

What the heck was Bell doing there?

England to get bowled out under 200.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Okay...last ball by Ohja was clear out...

 

[spaceshot]

The butler got away there.

 

[cricketworm]

That was plumb! Tony Dada

 

[Ruri]

Why hasn't the ginger been sacked yet?

 

[SL_Fan]

That's definitely game over for Eng. They had to make a strong stand in the 1st innings because batting is only going to get tougher from here. It's going to take an absolute miracle to save this one now. By miracle I mean rain for most of the next 2 days.

 

[Random Aussie]

What the hell, i refreshed the page and England lose two wickets!

We are going to dish out a phaintee to these blokes

 

[Ruri]

What the hell, i refreshed the page and England lose two wickets!

We are going to dish out a phaintee to these blokes

But we'll not be in the SC!


Edit- You're we is you and the Indians. Ah.

 

[Palti_hit]

That shot from Ian Bell was straight
out of the Shahid Afridi coaching
manual

 

[Justcrazy]

70 / 5

 

[mixie]

What is SKY commentary team saying now ??

Anybody following them ??

 

[Marshland]

Superb game, this.

 

[Random Aussie]

Congratulations to Patel for scoring a run. Well done son, you are a long way out of your depth here.

 

[Random Aussie]

Superb game, this.

It is very enjoyable