India vs England | 3rd Test | Kolkota| 07/12/12 | Day 3

[cricket sport]

explosive cover drive

 

[TM Riddle]

well fielded by kohli

 

[TM Riddle]

Run rate is pretty low I think...they should start attacking now...

 

[SwingNSeam]

Monty and Swann must be getting happy with these conditions. Batting getting tricky here!

 

[TM Riddle]

that was very close

 

[SwingNSeam]

 

[MattyB]

Batting starting to get a bit difficult. Hopefully we can bat on for the rest of the day and upto Lunch tomorrow and then make India bat to save the game.

 

[delhi_dude]

we miss Anil Bhai!!

 

[delhi_dude]

please book cook for some sort of criminal act.she is in the land of Mamta Didi..mamta didi isko jail me daal do..koi bhi case bana kar..jaisa ki apney kiya tha professor or painter ke saath..
i can give you india..< not respecting our legendary bowlers>..book a case of blasphemy (pakistan!)

 

[MattyB]

Cook what have you done?

 

[Ruri]

Clear self protection there.

 

[Mobashir]

That's unfair, on 190... Ah you indians...

 

[rooster]

That's out. I think umps thought he planted his bat before taking it out. Correct decision finally but poor way to get out. Missed a great opportunity to score a double in India.

 

[SwingNSeam]

That was out...unintentional stuff by cook but out

 

[TM Riddle]

that was clear out..he didn't put his bat in the crease ....what was he thinking?

 

[MattyB]

That's unfair, on 190... Ah you indians...

Even as an Englishman I know it's not unfair.

If he had grounded his bat then lifted it to evade the ball then it would have been not out, but he was short of his crease when he moved his bat therefore he is sadly out.

 

[insaftak]

That shouldn't be out man... he is trying to get away from the ball hitting him

 

[mosh101]

Why oh why cook :/

 

[TM Riddle]

That's unfair, on 190... Ah you indians...

you are biased...he was clear out mate.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hope england still get 100 plus lead

 

[Gunther]

Hang in there bhoys! Not getting a lead of over 200 would be criminal

 

[mosh101]

Ab KP ney badla lena hai

 

[Namak_Halaal]

Honest player pays the price.

Heartbreaking.

 

[TM Riddle]

that was unfortunate but he was out..it wasn't like inzmam case

 

[rooster]

That shouldn't be out man... he is trying to get away from the ball hitting him

That happens, sadly he's given out correctly. I thought he planted his bat before lifting it but sadly not.

 

[Saqib]

Sorry I really find it a bit unfair this decision from the umpire, I think this is against spirit of the game. Clearly he was thinking the ball was heading his direction, poor guy missed out his double hunderd.

 

[IAJ]

Run out was the only option left for these poor bowlers. Anyways KP still out there and he should play his natural game.

 

[TM Riddle]

361/3

 

[rooster]

All we need is a couple of 50 partnerships and the lead will be 150+. Pitch suddenly looking a little rusty.

 

[Mobashir]

Honest player pays the price.

Heartbreaking.

Kholi celebrating it like he has just scored a hundred.

 

[TM Riddle]

Kholi celebrating it like he has just scored a hundred.

you seem to be quite worried?

 

[rooster]

Lead 50

 

[gengiskhan]

If ENG gets 150-175 runs lead. This match & series is over for India.

Monty will go medieval on India on 4th day pitch.

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 51 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[justarslan]

KP will score a century in this inning.

 

[Justcrazy]

30 overs left , Eng should aim for at least another 100 here

 

[Justcrazy]

I do not see Eng getting all out today , they will probably bat till lunch tomorrow.

 

[Ruri]

KP farming the strike to keep the tailender off.

 

[Down2Earth]

indians claiming another wicket which goes against the spirit of cricket, well done boys, you're on fire

 

[Ruri]

indians claiming another wicket which goes against the spirit of cricket, well done boys, you're on fire

Nah, it was out, just very unfortunate.

 

[MattyB]

indians claiming another wicket which goes against the spirit of cricket, well done boys, you're on fire

Guys, stop hating the Indians. It was a perfectly fair dismissal, Cook made a mistake and got punished for it.

Even as an English fan and a passionate admirer of Cook I can have no complaints with it.

 

[Saurav]

85-2 in the session.good session for England again

 

[mmkextreme_1]

That is tea

Eng 65 runs ahead, should be aiming to get another 100 runs

 

[mmkextreme_1]

.

 

[Namak_Halaal]

Kholi celebrating it like he has just scored a hundred.

That's because Kholi knows India are looking into a gun barrel; India dodged a bullet.

 

[Keith]

Guys, stop hating the Indians. It was a perfectly fair dismissal, Cook made a mistake and got punished for it.

Even as an English fan and a passionate admirer of Cook I can have no complaints with it.

Fair comments MattyB!!

Some really silly remarks.

 

[Amjid Javed]

England need to start to get a move on here, the go slow was fine for 1 session but for 2 was really poor stuff. England should be looking to get atleast 90-100 runs in last session of the day and all that depends on KP.

 

[Saurav]

need around 7 wickets in the session

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 65 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Justcrazy]

Eng have to look to get another 100 plus in this session , they can , just play a few more shots.

 

[rooster]

KP farming the strike to keep the tailender off.

Yeah Bell must be thinking why these feckers didn't get themselves out when the pitch was flat now he have bat in when it's doing something

 

[Ruri]

KP attacking now, beautiful shots.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4 :4

 

[Justcrazy]

Good start by Eng , they need to get 100 plus in this session. Right kind of start after tea.

 

[ads101]

oh bell absolutely pathetic

 

[Ruri]

Bell is direly bad.

 

[rooster]

Oh Belly!! Poor shot against the reverse swing, all he needed to do was to give KP some company but

 

[Ruri]

400 up for England. Well done. At least 120 more lads.

 

[rooster]

400+ three times out of four inns by England (excluding 58* while chasing). Extremely good performance considering we are supposed to be poor against spin and after being prevented from spin practice in warmups.

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 95 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Justcrazy]

Patel needs to play a substantial innings here.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[rooster]

KP 50 and lead 100. Another 100 is definitely possible.

 

[Ruri]

Well done KP.

 

[dhump]

WoW tons for Ashwin and Ojha

 

[Ruri]

KP brainfarts it away.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Justcrazy]

India chipping away at the wickets here.

 

[rooster]

Oh **** KP. Why would you do that twice in a row . Could be the difference between 250 and 150 lead.

 

[Justcrazy]

Can Eng get the lead up to 200 here.

 

[Ruri]

Oh **** KP. Why would you do that twice in a row . Could be the difference between 250 and 150 lead.

150 seems easy. 5 wickets for 46 runs? Our lot should be publicly flogged if they don't hit it.

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 107 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Saurav]

even Fatel is killing us

 

[speed]

Botham spots his daughter in the crowd )

 

[rooster]

150 seems easy. 5 wickets for 46 runs? Our lot should be publicly flogged if they don't hit it.

Yeah but our tail is a little long in this match.

 

[rooster]

I was expecting our batsmen to bat till it gets a little tough for the batsmen, you can't give them a sniff considering their freakish comeback against Aus in 2001

 

[Justcrazy]

England lead by 122 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Justcrazy]

Eng easily can get another 45 by stumps today.

 

[speed]

England should bat till lunch tomorrow.