India v England - 1st Test

DMC

Shocker... no thread and a days play nearly gone!

Flintoff called correctly and bat first (no surprise!)

England 245/7 (88.4 ov)

Alistair Cook did well on debut, 60, but that was about the only highlight so far. Collingwood got to 50, Flintoff to 40, but the other established players not featuring.

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247-7 end of play
very good day for india

RuggieBear

yeah..sorry i was waiting till it ended before i posted.


think eng are going to post a very below par score (for that pitch) unless the tailenders do something special.

kyp_durron

It's all up to collingwood now, Hoggy will keep giving him the strike and trying to stay in, maybe 300+ is possible, still not good enough though.

JacksonHeightsOwn

the likes of Pieterson, Bell, and even Jones really will be kicking themselves

a really poor day for england, fairplay to the Alistair Cook lad, looked very composed, which on the sub-continent can prove your best asset, Flintoff i thought played well, but the right decision by the umpire, its easy for us, with the aid of replays to say it wasnt out, but at first glance, in realtime, he looked out

i just hope collingwood can add at least 50 to that measly score, and then let the bowlers do their job, but im predicting a MASSIVE score for india,

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chrisbonnie wrote:

i just hope collingwood can add at least 50 to that measly score, and then let the bowlers do their job, but im predicting a MASSIVE score for india,

i know your thinking,india will most probably score 500 plus:(

RuggieBear

county wrote:

i know your thinking,india will most probably score 500 plus:(

agreed....but then again Flintoff might be fired up being captain and all that....

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RuggieBear wrote:

agreed....but then again Flintoff might be fired up being captain and all that....

god,i hope your right ruggie

RuggieBear

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god,i hope your right ruggie

hope so....of course he could be totally distracted trying to captain and make a complete balls of it

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393 all out
colly 134

india 41-1 at tea

very happy to get up to nearly 400,england now have to keep the pressure on.
cant comment on todays play so far as am only up,but happy with the figures:D

Bobo148

Any theories on why Tres came home?

mike65

I'm guessing his wife has had enough of being a Cricket widow, she's got one child to look after and is pregnant.

Mike.

RuggieBear

Yeah touring puts huge pressure on the family life...away from home for a couple of months every year.

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mike65 wrote:

I'm guessing his wife has had enough of being a Cricket widow, she's got one child to look after and is pregnant.

Mike.

freddies wife seems cool about it,shes a kid on the way

mike65

Maybe she's glad to see the back of Freddie for a few months!

Mike.

kyp_durron

mike65 wrote:

Maybe she's glad to see the back of Freddie for a few months!

Mike.

Ha ha wouldn't blame her...

What is a good score for england to restrict them to? 400?

When you look at the batting to come it looks like an uphill struggle, I was impressed by monty panesar on his test debut, could be a long term solution to englands spin problem.

RuggieBear

india are struggling at the moment....

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RuggieBear wrote:

india are struggling at the moment....

279-7,yes they are struggling,but they have a nice partnership 93 atm,
this test is up in the air

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322-9 end of play,good day for england
two quick wickets at the end of play and hoggard with figures of 5-57,
really enjoying this test atm

ASTRACLUB

was sachin clearly out?

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ASTRACLUB wrote:

was sachin clearly out?

does not really matter if it was given

RuggieBear

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does not really matter if it was given

lol

mike65

England rules! Given the preparations for this test they've done relly well. Though Pieterson has been very lucky, twice.

Mike.

RuggieBear

mike65 wrote:

England rules! Given the preparations for this test they've done relly well. Though Pieterson has been very lucky, twice.

Mike.

that c&b was a shockingly bad decision

cgf

Folks,

have a look at the cricinfo caption competion. any suggestions.....

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indveng/content/gallery/239184.html

It's so bizarre, i'll need a few minutes

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RuggieBear wrote:

that c&b was a shockingly bad decision

too right

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really tence finish
india need 185 with a min of 23 overs to go

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198-3,feddies got jaffer,still tence india are going for it,which could work in englands favour

RuggieBear

England 393 & 297-3 dec drew with India 323 & 260-6

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bit of a shame the light faded,would have been a good finish

arbeitsscheuer

Indeed... England deserved the victory IMO but what can ya do?

And in Monty Panesar we've found a real gem... Sayonara, Blackwell...