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

[saiyan0312]

Great. Ishant is not getting it right. The swing is there but the way he is getting it the ball immediately comes to the pad and they easily flick it for a four or runs

 

[rooster]

yeah.every one from barmy army swallowed it .

Well they've shown Trott's replays more than Cook's, I guess that means only one thing.

 

[MVP26]

Indian FTB's will love this pitch.

 

[adnanulhaq97]

:4

 

[James]

I don't even think Trott was that blatantly out. Could have been outside the line.

Cook was definitely outside the line!

 

[saiyan0312]

 

[Jeetu111]

KP looking focused .if we dont him before 100 is up,out goes the series.

 

[battler]

Ball reversing. A pacer will be missed or sure.

WTH everyone the Cook's dismissal was shown there are no words like "unlucky, lucky, missed, impact outside, poor, umpire, angle". These are key words while explaining a poor decision.

These are the moments that make people think "there is something very suspicious here, maybe BCCI has ......"

the amount of whinging by the english is just unbeleivable!!in the first 2 test when cook was plumb n was given not out we were not hearing the englsh cry about umpires being bought...n btw trott was plumb n he is still batting so get over ur whinging!

 

[Jeetu111]

I don't even think Trott was that blatantly out. Could have been outside the line.

Cook was definitely outside the line!

Trott was plumb .

 

[rooster]

I know it's off topic, mods can delete it if you want.

Guys have a look at this scorecard for a second. www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-domestic-2012/engine/match/591876.html

 

[saiyan0312]

Well they've shown Trott's replays more than Cook's, I guess that means only one thing.

They want to show that cook was outfoxed by the legend

 

[adnanulhaq97]

Oooh, just missed the stump, inside edge and Trott was almost gone

 

[MVP26]

I don't even think Trott was that blatantly out. Could have been outside the line.

Cook was definitely outside the line!

Yep, Trott's was definitely 50/50.

 

[Jeetu111]

Sharma bowling without any slips .... 77/2

 

[adnanulhaq97]

4 fours total in the first session))

 

[MVP26]

Why does Dhoni have a defensive field settings?

 

[rooster]

Trott was plumb .

Do you know what's a plumb decision? The ball that hit Trott was just outside the line, it would've returned as umpire's call had it been sent to upstairs (DRS).

 

[Jeetu111]

84/2

 

[Jeetu111]

Do you know what's a plumb decision? The ball that hit Trott was just outside the line, it would've returned as umpire's call had it been sent to upstairs (DRS).

watch the replay Again .

tms :Then there's a big shout for lbw, that looked really close, but umpire Dharmasena is unmoved as Trott tries to avoid catching the umpire's eye, trotting through for a leg bye. That looked mighty close... but with no Decision Review System (DRS) in use (at their own insistence), there's not much India can do about it.

 

[MRSN]

so good to watch KP with these kinds of shots

 

[saiyan0312]

68 partnership sharma is conceding runs slowly.

 

[Jeetu111]

88/2 & we are in big trouble .

 

[saiyan0312]

The game of patience continues.... Its bcz of batting like this that i love test cricket.

 

[Jeetu111]

At lunch,Boyc's said 300 would be a very good score . Do you agree with this ?

 

[saiyan0312]

trott

 

[rooster]

Ashwin's been neutralised completely in this series (with the ball).

 

[saiyan0312]

At lunch,Boyc's said 300 would be a very good score . Do you agree with this ?

Seeing the position they are in 300 would be fine and anything more would be a bonus.

 

[saiyan0312]

Ashwin's been neutralised completely in this series (with the ball).

So he is a test batsmen and a ODI bowler. Thats a weird combination.

 

[Ruri]

watch the replay Again .

tms :Then there's a big shout for lbw, that looked really close, but umpire Dharmasena is unmoved as Trott tries to avoid catching the umpire's eye, trotting through for a leg bye. That looked mighty close... but with no Decision Review System (DRS) in use (at their own insistence), there's not much India can do about it.

Close doesn't mean out. Cricinfo said something similar, but suggested maybe outside. I watched the replay, maybe just outside, enough for umpire's call.

Of course, watching Star, Indian nationalistic jingoism comes to the fore.

 

[SL_Fan]

At lunch,Boyc's said 300 would be a very good score . Do you agree with this ?

I think around 350+ will be needed here to start dictating terms

 

[Big Harvey]

watch the replay Again .

tms :Then there's a big shout for lbw, that looked really close, but umpire Dharmasena is unmoved as Trott tries to avoid catching the umpire's eye, trotting through for a leg bye. That looked mighty close... but with no Decision Review System (DRS) in use (at their own insistence), there's not much India can do about it.

From the camera looking over the shoulder of the bowler it looked out. From the camera behind the umpire with the line of the stumps superimposed it looked just outside the line, and that impression was confirmed by Hawkeye.

 

[musaarthali]

Bowlers should feel good,too many options for Dhoni.

Everyone will remain fresh for whole day, can attack relentlessly.

 

[Jeetu111]

Apart from lowish bounce,dont see any alarms here . A batsmen can bat for hours if he curtails extravagant strokeplay . A draw possible here ?

 

[rooster]

watch the replay Again .

tms :Then there's a big shout for lbw, that looked really close, but umpire Dharmasena is unmoved as Trott tries to avoid catching the umpire's eye, trotting through for a leg bye. That looked mighty close... but with no Decision Review System (DRS) in use (at their own insistence), there's not much India can do about it.

Absolutely, it looked very very close but you are not getting my point, did you? The impact was just outside the line of off-stump. Even if it goes on to break the middle stump into two equal halves the decision will still remain the same.

You don't need several datas from DRS technologies to show that the impact was marginally out of the line, it all takes a simple camera replay.

 

[saiyan0312]

first ball by peterson

 

[saiyan0312]

Peterson 50 a superb knock under pressure.

 

[Ruri]

304 more runs and we'll have a decent chance

 

[saiyan0312]

6 from the over of Ashwin his runrate is increasing.

 

[Kwremb]

This pitch is hard to score but not hard to bat on.

 

[saiyan0312]

304 more runs and we'll have a decent chance

304 more. Thats alot to ask but it would completely put the pressure on indians.

 

[MRSN]

Ojha always looks at Dhoni after appealing as if there's a DRS ) )

 

[Jeetu111]

half a day gone & just 2 wickets .... a draw ?

 

[saiyan0312]

Dhoni missed a trick the seamers are threatening the line up more.

 

[rooster]

It's fair to say spinners couldn't purchase anything from the pitch till now. Ishant looked good before lunch but nothing happening except some slow reverse swing, maybe new batsman will find it had but not the settled one.

I can't understand whats the strategy here?

 

[saiyan0312]

Jadeja bowling

 

[saiyan0312]

I can't understand whats the strategy here?

Defence till there.s a wicket due to batsmen mistake???

 

[James]

India once again displaying no strategy and Indian fans once again displaying utter delusion

 

[saiyan0312]

hmmm two spinners

 

[Jeetu111]

England playing rubbish cricket to draw the match

 

[James]

Terrible terrible terrible team selection. The batting lineup looks pitiful, and bowling-wise it should have been a seamer for Chawla at the very least.

 

[saiyan0312]

India once again displaying no strategy and Indian fans once again displaying utter delusion

Dhoni has been clueless for sometime especially in this series.

 

[musaarthali]

Does any one feels little bored by this tuk tuking..

 

[saiyan0312]

Terrible terrible terrible team selection, the batting lineup looks pitiful and it should have been a seamer for Chawla.

Dont they check the pitch or something. Why so many bad decision on line ups.

 

[James]

England playing rubbish cricket to draw the match

lolclueless

 

[Jeetu111]

Does any one feels little bored by this tuk tuking..

very tedious to watch bro Musaa .

 

[Savak]

I wonder why is England batting so slow and tentatively? Is the pitch a mindfield from day one?

 

[saiyan0312]

Does any one feels little bored by this tuk tuking..

Thats TEST. They are building up and waiting for the bad ball.

 

[MRSN]

slog sweep

 

[saiyan0312]

there no more tuk tuking waiting for the bad ball.

 

[Jeetu111]

I wonder why is England batting so slow and tentatively? Is the pitch a mindfield from day one?

nope . defensive mindset & trying to cling on to the series lead .

 

[saiyan0312]

Drinks on.

 

[James]

Does any one feels little bored by this tuk tuking..

very tedious to watch bro Musaa .

Only grating thing here is when 14 year-old IPLheads attempt to analyse Test cricket.

 

[rooster]

lol with all the collapse India had their middle order average is still better than our middle order. This shows the value of Cook's inns in every match.

 

[saiyan0312]

85 runs partnership

 

[MRSN]

I wonder why is England batting so slow and tentatively? Is the pitch a mindfield from day one?

the ball is keeping low from ball 1..it's much like a day 3 pitch..not easy for batsmen

 

[rooster]

I wonder why is England batting so slow and tentatively? Is the pitch a mindfield from day one?

Uneven bounce and defensive field settings (no slip).

 

[saiyan0312]

lol with all the collapse India had their middle order average is still better than our middle order. This shows the value of Cook's inns in every match.

Bcz Cook was one of the main scorers and on their side it was pujara. With Cook gone today the middle order will be tested bcz i dont think hey will bat for 300 partnership but its test you never know.

 

[MRSN]

India missing Zaheer here..4 spinners idea backfiring..

 

[Jeetu111]

Only grating thing here is when 14 year-old IPLheads attempt to analyse Test cricket.

you like passing personal comments....

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101/2 in 49 overs on a pitch where where every ball is turning & jumping like a spitting cobra -great show by the English batsmen

 

[Jeetu111]

102/3

 

[MattyB]

Ohh dear Trott.

 

[saiyan0312]

What the heck was that he left the ball and trott left it. BAD play

 

[MRSN]

What have you done Trott?

 

[musaarthali]

No need to worry..just couple of wickets , rest will fall like nine pins.

 

[saiyan0312]

Trott played like well taufeeq umer

 

[MRSN]

first wicket for Jaddu

 

[rooster]

Trott gone bad judgement. Bell needs to stand up and perform here.

 

[saiyan0312]

Trott that was so so so bad a leave. It was an average bowl nothing from the bowler all of the batsmen faults.

 

[SL_Fan]

Trott

 

[Jeetu111]

England is trying to draw the test as the current rr of 2.01 cannot be justified at all .
read what Alec Stewart wrote on bbc : Alec Stewart, in his latest BBC Sport column this week, believes that if England avoid defeat and win a series in India for the first time since 1985, it would rank "even higher than ending 24 years of hurt by winning the Ashes down under in 2010-11".