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Post by Another Brick Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:33 am

Dhobi wins the toss and IND bowls. ZK to strauss. i smell an early wicket. praveen kumar is playing and he should be able to swing it under the clouds.


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Post by Another Brick Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:04 am

ENG 43/1 in 21 at lunch. although we did not get many wickets, we have tied them down. IND slightly ahead in the first session because the in-form batsman is out.

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Post by doofus_maximus Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:07 am

Got to get Trott out. He is like our Dravid. Can bat for days.
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Post by Another Brick Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:13 am

trott is carrying on happily. zaheer khan is not going to bowl today. that leaves us with pravin kumar who is not able to control his swing (hence predictable) and ishant sharma. i see them reaching 400 mark today if it does not rain. and then it will be advantage ENG.

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Post by doofus_maximus Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:41 pm

we are very much screwed in this test. Mukund has feetnotmoveitis and almost got LBW twice in 6 overs that they bowled today.

With overcast morning it will be hard for these two to survive. 200 a.o I predict and follow on.
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Post by charvaka Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:45 pm

All right. Weren't we just in West Indies two weeks ago? Why are we playing Tests in England now? Don't the players need a frigging break? I do.
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Post by Mr. T Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:47 pm

charvaka wrote:All right. Weren't we just in West Indies two weeks ago? Why are we playing Tests in England now? Don't the players need a frigging break? I do.

People have stopped asking these questions long time back...

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Post by confuzzled dude Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:53 am

Broad cranking it up. 2 drops in an over

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Post by confuzzled dude Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:22 am

WTH just like that lost 2 wickets.

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Post by Mr. T Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:24 am

confuzzled dude wrote:WTH just like that lost 2 wickets.


Big trouble now.

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Post by confuzzled dude Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:30 am

Mr. T wrote:
confuzzled dude wrote:WTH just like that lost 2 wickets.


Big trouble now.

yep, these 2 need to put together 100 runs.

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Post by truthbetold Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:30 am

India looked solid when Sachin and Dravid were together and were stroking well. While England bowlers bowled fairly well, with broad and Swann excelling. All 5 wickets were sort of gifts. While Gambhir was never comfortable, Mukund played quite well but lost his wicket due to poor shot selection. Tendulkar, Laxman gifted their wickets. Raina showed his immaturity by playing that shot too early in the innings.

Self inflicted wound for India. India looked good for 300 to 400 but now is struggling to avoid fallow on. Dravid has closed shop but will he be able take india over the mark?

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:15 am

truthbetold wrote:India looked solid when Sachin and Dravid were together and were stroking well. While England bowlers bowled fairly well, with broad and Swann excelling. All 5 wickets were sort of gifts. While Gambhir was never comfortable, Mukund played quite well but lost his wicket due to poor shot selection. Tendulkar, Laxman gifted their wickets. Raina showed his immaturity by playing that shot too early in the innings.

Self inflicted wound for India. India looked good for 300 to 400 but now is struggling to avoid fallow on. Dravid has closed shop but will he be able take india over the mark?

Tendulkar expected.... During the last decade, the guy throws away his wicket just like raina or any other player. He gives a couple of chances (at least) in his first 20/25 runs. His focus on "staying in the middle" is out of focus.

Raina - dump him... he is the batting equivalent of Laughbajan Singh. He is an experienced player at this stage and should not be batting like a newbie. VVSL - looks like he will bat only if he thought India is in deep trouble (hopefully he will do his usual job in the 2nd innings).

India needs to think radically and make its bowling effective with real match winners.

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:30 am

same pitch but what a difference between laughbhajan and swann! swann doesn't do fancy stuff. very traditional off spinner, bowls from close to the stumps and gives it good old rip. bhajji hops skips and jumps bowls wide off the crease and spears it in ball after ball with no imagination. his only variation is the doosra which is now defanged.

i know the first comment out of his supporters' mouth when is criticized is that he is a useful bat. so then here is a suggestion, kick raina out, promote laughbajan to his spot, bring ashwin into the team as the specialist off spinner. laughy can become the part time spinner. deal?
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:03 pm

Laughbajan AKA Fartbhajan is good only for cheerleading role. Make him India's permanent 12th man....really.

Even Rohit is better than Raina - a total test failure. With Pandey, Tiwary, apart from Pujara, available why feel desperate with raina ? whatever happened to the twin miracles from Rajasthan? Should be tried soon at international matches instead of Srikant and Yadav's sons.

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:29 pm

well dhoni gone and the great indian batting hope is in. let's see what the laughenator can do.

and before i could finish typing gone.
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:32 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:well dhoni gone and the great indian batting hope is in. let's see what the laughenator can do.

and before i could finish typing gone.

Laughbajan just farted. What a waste.

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:37 pm

dravid is not trying to farm the strike. i think he should. there is a 100 for the taking.
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Post by nevada Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:50 pm

PK is the new Bhajan in batting. Time to kick out Bhajji and give Ashwin a chance. Dravid better get the century this time.

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Post by nevada Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:59 pm

PK gone after a nice cameo. Can Dravid get his century?

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Post by nevada Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:02 pm

Classy shot for 4 by Dravid. 2 more runs to go now.

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Post by nevada Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:05 pm

YYYYESSSS! He has done it!

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:37 pm

good one by the wall. do the carpers want to come out and carp about how dour he is?
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:15 pm

Whateva...

TenDucker's 34 is much better than Dravid's 100 and crucial in saving India from following on.

Go Sachin Go sania and Go Saina

Also Go Bhaaji.

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Post by FreeStyle Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:05 am

Much better performance from India on the 1st day of the 2nd Test match.

England 124 / 8 Twisted Evil
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Post by Another Brick Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:18 am

and ENG does not waste any time on day 4. immediately start hitting 4's. piror is gone, but does that matter? broad is in now. the lead is almost 400. so, they will score another 50 and declare.

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