India vs England | 4th Test | Nagpur | 13/12/12 | Day 1

[IgnitedMind]

Next dravid is campton !!

 

[Saurav]

OUT! Compton gone!

I think that low bounce short ball shocked compton that he was confused the next ball!

Welcome to India!

too late welcome

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Trott here so Root to bat at 6

 

[MRSN]

I think this is the pitch Dhoni was asking for

 

[Ruri]

I mean, the replays weren't conclusive! Could have waited for couple more angles

The line is no-ball, and it looked only touching the line.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Nothing shot by Compton. Getting bounced out on this wickets is embarrassing.

 

[BlackThunder]

wow bowling is literary rolling in this pitch.

 

[IgnitedMind]

did the ball just roll on the pitch ...haha...this pitch will amke an excellent test match

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Too bad Sharma aint gonna ball that long, Spinneres coming in soon.

 

[praveen]

Lucky break for us. Ishant will probably be better off bowling under arm in this pitch.

 

[Saurav]

next Dravid isnt quite a wall

 

[Gone]

England RR 0.62

 

[Random Aussie]

And Nick Dravid Compton goes

 

[rooster]

On Compton gone. He played Indian spinners pretty well up till now.

 

[Sandeep]

The line is no-ball, and it looked only touching the line.

yep. even I think so..

 

[Jeetu111]

Was not the right length to edge it behind ...3/1

 

[MRSN]

Trott)

 

[Sandeep]

And Nick Dravid Compton goes

)

 

[Random Aussie]

So I gather the pitch is predictably ridiculous?

 

[IgnitedMind]

) at the last ball...is there a huge crack in that area???

 

[RWAC]

Who took the wicket?

 

[Gone]

Who took the wicket?

I sharma.

 

[Random Aussie]

Nick Compton is like the Wall - without any bricks

 

[praveen]

And Root ahead of Johnny B ? strange

 

[W63L35]

Ball bounces twice before reaching Dhoni!

 

[BlackThunder]

This will be a really exciting test.

 

[Mobashir]

Well Compton is gone.

About the debut of Joe Root, I would have played Morgan at 6 in this match. I am not big fan of Eoin, but considering India's spin attack, 2 left arm spinners, a leg spinner and one off spinner, a left hander batsman was more suited to the situation.

 

[Justcrazy]

Finally a pacer gets the wicket )

 

[Gone]

Get cook out now, and England will collapse on this pitch

 

[Sandeep]

Who took the wicket?

useless spinner in the side...guess who?

 

[Ruri]

396 more runs before I call it respectable.

 

[Deus ex machina]

This pitch is ridiculous

 

[adnanulhaq97]

And Root ahead of Johnny B ? strange

Good Point. Bairstow deserves the No.6 spot before Root.

 

[BlackThunder]

If England have any killer instinct. They should attack from the onset, defending in this pitch is asking for trouble. You are bound to get an unplayable ball so might aswel go down fighting.

 

[Sandeep]

396 more runs before I call it respectable.

you have some high standards mate... 296 before i take a call..

 

[Justcrazy]

This is a poor pitch , match will last 3 days ...... pathetic .

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Cook of the mark

 

[MRSN]

very defensive field set by Dhoni

 

[BaaliSoda]

Pleasantly surprised by English commentary in Star Cricket

@IndianPPers - Does anyone of you getting the same?

 

[RWAC]

useless spinner in the side...guess who?

So we playin with 5 spinners now.

 

[Sandeep]

If England have any killer instinct. They should attack from the onset, defending in this pitch is asking for trouble. You are bound to get an unplayable ball so might aswel go down fighting.

The pitch isn't looking that bad! Maybe hard to play your strokes on but, not at all unplayable!

 

[Justcrazy]

I fear how the pitch will behave on day 3

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Both batsmen of the mark, Can't wait for KP

 

[MRSN]

This pitch is ridiculous

I won't blame curators though

 

[MRSN]

shotttttt

 

[Gone]

Finally

 

[IgnitedMind]

 

[Saurav]

Trott n Cook

 

[Mobashir]

Ball bounces twice before reaching Dhoni!

Well what is your prediction for the match result?

 

[adnanulhaq97]

England should have bowled.

 

[Sandeep]

So we playin with 5 spinners now.

yep. Infact, last time we had a proper pace bowler was when Umesh played

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[rooster]

200 Hundred is a competive first innings score at this pitch.

Why? Does the ball started to do all sorts of things already?

 

[BlackThunder]

Its seems like because of uneven bounce pacers might play a bigger role in first two days than spinners.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

very uneven pitch but no spin so far.

 

[Kwremb]

I think Sehwag will score big in this pitch, bowl doesn't bounce above knee

 

[Justcrazy]

Tough to score on this pitch , really tough.

 

[Sandeep]

I think Sehwag will score big in this pitch, bowl doesn't bounce above knee

And we have Bresilad for cannon fodder

 

[Deus ex machina]

Well, one ball bounced around waist height the other pea rolled to Dhoni

 

[BlackThunder]

Why? Does the ball started to do all sorts of things already?

Uneven bounce, no real turn yet but that will change quickly. The pitch is as dry as it can get.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Why? Does the ball started to do all sorts of things already?

the ball? the pitch is a joke

 

[Deus ex machina]

Reminds me of the abandoned test between England and WEst Indies in Jamaica

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Waiting to see Chawla bowl

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Totally a Sehwag pitch

 

[BlackThunder]

Cook and Trott, you really get your moneys worth with these two in the crease.

 

[RWAC]

Totally a Sehwag pitch

Wait till Gambhir runs him out.

 

[Tridibans_16]

Pathetic pitch, pathetic bowling selection

 

[Justcrazy]

9 / 1 after 8 overs

 

[Ruri]

This pitch looks like it'll just be shooters nonstop in a few more sessions.

 

[RWAC]

9 / 1 after 8 overs

But I thought Dravid was already out. Why so slow

 

[Tridibans_16]

Reminds me of the abandoned test between England and WEst Indies in Jamaica

That was dangerous to batsmen, but this one is lolloypop bounce. So can't say anything harmful or may cause injury

 

[Ruri]

Lol at the bouncer, basically flies over the stumps barely.


This might be a wicket where you might get bowled if you duck!

 

[Kwremb]

I say bring on sir shane jadeja and roll England over

 

[BlackThunder]

That was out

 

[Saurav]

Gavaskar:these things happen

 

[TM Riddle]

good shout from Sharma....that could be close

 

[Ruri]

Would be Umpire's call outside the line.

 

[MRSN]

that was plumb! Umpire of the year )

 

[BaaliSoda]

I have found some really OTT comments herein this thread about this Nagpur pitch.

@Deus Ex Machina - That abandoned test had dangerous pitch which had much vicious bounce on good length balls whereas this one looks dead as dodo for pacers(on all lengths).

Meanwhile a possible howler from India's arch nemesis, dharmasena?

 

[MRSN]

No DRS serves right India