old school Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Fantastic England 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 At least they learned from the mistakes of the first test, but it doesn't take away from the fact that if the right team had been picked then this series could have been a whitewash for England. They've been terrific since, a few of the Indian big names have been made to look very ordinary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 This is the best two performances I have seen from England in the sub continent. Absolutely tremendous, and delighted to see Finn in the wickets He's still falling over and hitting the stumps half the time. You have to wonder how he made it this far in the game with such a glaring technical fault. But he's looking good, certainly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Absolutely brilliant again by England. Total humiliation for India. Shame they can't regain the number one spot yet - it's in the post though. Aussies must be dreading the Ashes series coming up next year. So far behind England in both batting and bowling. Edited December 8, 2012 by H_B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 MS Dhoni has had a horrendous series, terrible with the bat and looking dodgy behind the stumps too. His place in the team must be in doubt never mind his captaincy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Absolutely brilliant again by England. Total humiliation for India. Shame they can't regain the number one spot yet - it's in the post though. Aussies must be dreading the Ashes series coming up next year. So far behind England in both batting and bowling. Bring on the drongos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 wrapped up in an hour this morning, bit of a "surely not...." moment as the first 3 wickets went down but comfortable in the end. Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh dropped for the final test. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Absolutely brilliant again by England. Total humiliation for India. Shame they can't regain the number one spot yet - it's in the post though. Aussies must be dreading the Ashes series coming up next year. So far behind England in both batting and bowling. The last Saffers series was just a bit too early for a team in transition. Comfortably the best two sides in the world, and not sure I could see them doing this to India in India either. MS Dhoni has had a horrendous series, terrible with the bat and looking dodgy behind the stumps too. His place in the team must be in doubt never mind his captaincy. Someone in this thread, or elsewhere rated him higher than Prior. wrapped up in an hour this morning, bit of a "surely not...." moment as the first 3 wickets went down but comfortable in the end. Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh dropped for the final test. Utterly missing the point. It's the big ego guys who refuse to field properly who need dropped. Not going to happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Absolutely brilliant again by England. Total humiliation for India. Shame they can't regain the number one spot yet - it's in the post though. Aussies must be dreading the Ashes series coming up next year. So far behind England in both batting and bowling. You're not ginger, by any chance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Watching a bit of the Big Bash before I go to bed, Perth Scorchers being taken apart by Melbourne Stars and particularly by Malinga who has just finished his 4 overs with 6 wickets for just 7 runs. Shane Warner also took a wicket with a plum LBW decision. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Had entered the 12th man ballot for ashes tickets for the oval but didnt get them. This morning they went on public sale at 8am to those who had failed in the ballot - had to go to work. Got to work and logged onto the page, there was a "moving up the queue" bar across the screen and 3 hours later I finally reached the front of the queue and have tickets for Days 1 and 2 at the Oval next August. YA BLOODY DANCER!!! Productivity was slowed down this morning by me checking the page every 5 minutes or so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 2 changes for England, Bresnan in for the injured Finn, but another one straight out of left field as Joe Root comes on for Patel. England won the toss and will bat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 It's been India's day so far with England currently at 156-5. Compton 1st out scoring 3 with Cook following soon after for 1 after a very poor LBW decision. Trott and KP steadied the ship before Trott went for 44 and Bell then out cheaply for 1. Pietersen's impatience got the better of him and he holed out to a good diving catch by Ojha. The pitch is very slow with little bounce so England will be very disappointed to be in this position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 199-5 at the close. Root and Prior have done all that could be asked of them so far, need a big stand from them tomorrow though. Should still be looking to get to at least the 350 mark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 A debut 50 for Root who has looked very comfortable alongside Prior as they bring up a 100 partnership. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) England 277-7 at lunch after Prior and Bresnan went in quick succession. Edited December 14, 2012 by peasy23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 England all out for 330, India 33-1 at tea in reply after Sehwag went for a duck at 1-1. England's total helped by an excellent 56 from Swann. KP and Root top scored with 73 and Prior had a very handy 57. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Heh. Indians fuming at that last wicket. DRS would have helped your there. Ridiculous stance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Heh. Indians fuming at that last wicket. DRS would have helped your there. Ridiculous stance. As I've said further up the thread, it's time the ICC made it compulsory for DRS and hotspot etc to be used in all Test matches, maybe a few more dodgy decisions would finally change the Indian's minds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 As I've said further up the thread, it's time the ICC made it compulsory for DRS and hotspot etc to be used in all Test matches, maybe a few more dodgy decisions would finally change the Indian's minds. Yup. No disagreement here. As I also said further up! Still it's worth repeating as it's an important issue, and funny to see the Indian board being utterly hypocritical. In other news, as has been stated above also, England continue to play magnificently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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