Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:11 pm  

Just wait 'til Sehwag's back they said!!!!!!!! lol

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:16 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I hate to throw a negative into all this, but Eoin Morgan is not a test player.....I'd very quickly get him out of there and get another youngster in the side.

Morgan looks like a modern day Neil Fairbrother....One day wonder, poor Test match player.

If he struggles against this attack, god knows what the South Africans will do to him....

Snigger.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:18 pm  

And, FWIW, those who are trying to pick negatives out of the best England team in more than a generation need their heads testing. Why can't you just enjoy us dismantling teams! You must have watched Australia in the 90s and thought 'jesus, why can't we do that?'

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:17 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

And, FWIW, those who are trying to pick negatives out of the best England team in more than a generation need their heads testing. Why can't you just enjoy us dismantling teams! You must have watched Australia in the 90s and thought 'jesus, why can't we do that?'

Hey, I'm enjoying it as much as the next man, but, quite simply, when Morgan comes up against a good quality attack, he will be found out....Steyn and Morkel will tear him to pieces.

Yes, he got a hundred, but the two lives he got were almost comical.....A 2ndXI club fielder would have been shame-faced at those dropped chances.

The only saving grace for Morgan, is that he may just have the luck of his fellow countrymen...

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:02 pm  

Asim wrote:

Off they go again, almost as ridiculous as the fact we are still batting.

Regardless of how many runs we had, Cooks score and how many wickets we had lost I think we were always going to declare about an hour before close.

I see no problem with that as it means the openers have to face the new ball twice. It also worked perfectly and we are pretty unlucky to not have them 2 down. Remember there are still 180 overs in the match - if they save the test from here it'd be nothing short of miraculous.

On another note, Cook was awful to watch today, really awful and yet there was still something immensely satisfying in watching him accumulate 1s and 2s and grind them into the dirt!

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:37 am  

They really do need to sort out the rules on bad light. On the second day they went off for a brief shower. As they went off Davis took a light reading, one of the commentators said "That will set the standard for the rest of the match". But there was no suggestion that the light was bad, just that it was spitting. So why should a light reading at that time set the benchmark? Loved reading this: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/eng ... 1i9y7.html

They really do need to sort out the rules on bad light. On the second day they went off for a brief shower. As they went off Davis took a light reading, one of the commentators said "That will set the standard for the rest of the match". But there was no suggestion that the light was bad, just that it was spitting. So why should a light reading at that time set the benchmark? Loved reading this: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/eng ... 1i9y7.html

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:26 am  

Looks like India might just make it through to lunch.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:08 pm  

Bresnan sends England to number 1.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:57 pm  

When do we play South Africa?I think we need to beat them to be crowned the real #1 team in test cricket.I know we're officially the top team but beating SA will top it off.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:54 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

When do we play South Africa?I think we need to beat them to be crowned the real #1 team in test cricket.I know we're officially the top team but beating SA will top it off.

SA come here next summer.

After this series we don't play another test until the new year, so they have the chance to go above us as they play the Aussies and Sri Lanka before we are back in action.