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

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KP's ton coming up in the last session IA.

If England somehow can get to 250+ they would be more than happy. Very difficult to score on this wicket.
 
KP's ton coming up in the last session IA.

If England somehow can get to 250+ they would be more than happy. Very difficult to score on this wicket.

Wait till Viru comes on...he is a Bradman on these low bounce wickets :))
 
No chance of England getting out under 200 with Prior still to come and Bresnan in the side.
 
Great! I had many hopes on Taylor this summer but he was bit like a rabbit in the headlights against the Proteas.

Root looks proper chill. You need some Yorkshire grit and arrogance in that middle order :boycott
 
One of the rare instances where the agent is hundred times valuble than the client. Come on KP! Make it a big one and show your client how to do it
 
Disappointing end. Can't complain about the innings though, scored over 50% of the runs.
 
:out

Very lazy from peterson and he goes. This is turning bad. I know you should defend in test but this is ridiculous they are just wasting balls and not scoring at all.
 
Great gift for India yet again.....

By the way what is Ojha doing at mid wicket. Dont they have a more alive fielder (relatively speaking) for that position, which is critical for someone like KP
 
Nice knock ... if we can bowl out England for 225,we have a chance in the match .
 
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Disappointing end. Can't complain about the innings though, scored over 50% of the runs.

Maybe now speed can be picked up. Man its one thing to play slow its another to not score runs at all.
 
On **** KP gone. All our guys threw their wickets away TBH, pressure of lack of runs got to them I guess. Thank god we are already 2-1 up in the series.
 
The ball is not spinning nor turning yet three wickets have fallen to spin and they all were batsmen faults.
 
"This has been rather calamitous from England. The ball is not spinning or bouncing and yet spin has claimed three wickets, shades of the UAE and they have big work to do to make sure they post at least 250 in this first innings... "

Stupid comment. UAE, England were spun out.....here they are probably being "bored" out....

Not a single deserved wicket....all gifts. Good for India now, but if Cooks men decide to wake up in the 2nd innings, then how are the wickets going to come.
 
On **** KP gone. All our guys threw their wickets away TBH, pressure of lack of runs got to them I guess. Thank god we are already 2-1 up in the series.

Finally some one realized going below 2 RPO is not called test cricket :))

Our match to lose from here....
 
The ball seems to be stopping in the pitch. England will be in this, mark my words.
 
This is a very slow and low surface, India surely missed a trick by not playing another pacer here, run making is not going to be easy at all. England has won a very good toss and anything near 300 will be a very good first inning score.

India will need their batsmen to play a special inning here.
 
Root looks to be pretty well rooted......Playing as he should. Not getting bogged down like Bell or over aggressive.

2 more danger men.....Root and Prior, and then we are into the hit or miss brigade.
 
These guys should hang themselves if they allow Jadeja to strike them on their pads. He is hardly spinning the ball and there can be no excuse for not making a propert contact with the bat :nasser
 

These are very attritional conditions - a slow, low, unfriendly pitch, and a painfully sluggish outfield where it is difficult to find the gaps. And India will be batting last.
 
This is a very slow and low surface, India surely missed a trick by not playing another pacer here, run making is not going to be easy at all. England has won a very good toss and anything near 300 will be a very good first inning score.

India will need their batsmen to play a special inning here.

Who could have played. Such surfaces need the skiddy kind of bowler who can get reverse swing. No one except Zaheer are like that, and Zaheer is just too lazy. He was good for us over the last half a dozen years, but he has gone and it is a good decision.
 
This is a very slow and low surface, India surely missed a trick by not playing another pacer here, run making is not going to be easy at all. England has won a very good toss and anything near 300 will be a very good first inning score.

India will need their batsmen to play a special inning here.



Did you just mention the words India and Pacer together?

:)) :))
 
These are very attritional conditions - a slow, low, unfriendly pitch, and a painfully sluggish outfield where it is difficult to find the gaps. And India will be batting last.

With 9 batsmen in team we are batting only once in this match :))
 
Indian tail starts at 6 with Dhoni. Could easily get bowled out on this.
 
8/74 overs to Ashwin......looks like a mini crisis there.

If he fails in his batting, he could well be on the line here.
 
Ashwin has been picked as a number 8 batsman. End of.
 
Who could have played. Such surfaces need the skiddy kind of bowler who can get reverse swing. No one except Zaheer are like that, and Zaheer is just too lazy. He was good for us over the last half a dozen years, but he has gone and it is a good decision.

India certainly is not spoilet for choices, are they? I guess the Awana guy is bit of a skiddy customer but tactical error their by Dhoni. India should also understand that this pitch will become increasingly unplayable with every passing session so they need to get england out quickly and try to get some sort of lead in the first inning, that's their only chance
 
India's strategy (if you can call it that) was greatly dependent on winning the toss and batting first.
 
India's strategy (if you can call it that) was greatly dependent on winning the toss and batting first.

Indeed, and that's always a risky proposition but, as one poster mentioned "What choice do they have"
between I like the look of Private "Root" decent against spinners

Did you just mention the words India and Pacer together?

Oh dear, I did
 
21st Dec my friend

21st december i had forgotten about it. hum awaye younis khan kay inclusion mai ri rahay hai the continents will break the match wont happen. :)) :))
 
24 runs partnership now slow play is justified as there are less then 10 overs left and you want to play out the day without losing anymore wickets.
 
21st december i had forgotten about it. hum awaye younis khan kay inclusion mai ri rahay hai the continents will break the match wont happen. :)) :))

Was it 20.12.2012 or 21.12.2012

Seriously, Jadeja getting to claim Trott and KP as his first 2 wickets in Intl Cricket is a bit of a travesty.

I would have loved to give Awana a dekko, but really wasnt expecting a lot there. As for 4 spinners, what spinners. Everythings going on straight, mostly.
 
was the delay for already India have a large over rate but Ofcourse Dhoni wont be punished for that.
 
This is rated as a day 3 pitch due to the cracks. England having won the toss will always be in the game.
 
Bowling a bit loose deliberately to Prior might not be a bad idea. He will go for his shots and may mishit one......
 
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