England v India Test Series

[Chimbo!]

It is a huge series with a lot at stake but who do you think will come out on top?

I have spoken to quite a few Indians (well English, who are Indian for the cricket) who are not only backing India to win but playing down the English side as not even a patch on the Indian side!

I, for one, reckon it will be close but England will edge it. It is said often but I think it is particularly poignant here and that is to win a test match you need to take 20 wickets. Our bowling attack is better and our superiority in that department is exaggerated by (hopefully) English overcast conditions.

Also, how do you think our batting lineup compares to India. They have arguably the strongest batting lineup in the history of the game but I think ours is not far off. Dhoni, Dravid, Gambhir, Sehwag and of course Tendulkar are formidable opponents but we have an in-form Bell coupled with the run machines Trott and Cook.

Are India really that much better than us? A lot of people tell me that they are but I disagree. I would rather have England's team.

 

[#1 Spur]

Reckon we're in for an exciting series.

Bresnan back at the right time for England, first line-up should be the form bowlers so you'd imagine Broad is struggling. If Cook and Trott can keep firing on all cylinders, if Strauss can have one up over the Indians after his 170+ then we'd be looking good for top order runs. KP is a different matter though. Top 6 pick themselves at the moment.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Disappointed that there will be no DRS for lbw's, not sure why the Indian team have such an issue with it, everyone else seems to get on with it. Really looking forward to the quality of cricket though, some fantastic players on either side, really think it will be a series for the batsmen.

 

[sharky127]

Exciting last day ahead at Lords. Hopefully we can get the final 9 wickets and take another step towards being the No.1 test team.

 

[Welshiespursboyo]

Should be a cracking day today!

 

[Welshiespursboyo]

Laxman gone! Things could be very interesting now....Tendulkar boooooom!

 

[kishman]

Should be an interesting afternoon. No way India will get the runs, England need to go all out attack to get the 6 wickets.

 

[Welshiespursboyo]

Brilliant from Broad!

 

[kishman]

Anderson had a great day. 5 wickets for him, including Laxman, Dravid, Tendlukar and Raina. Not bad at all.

 

[sharky127]

Super victory, especially when Billy was given plumb LBW's as not out!

Really pleased for Broad after all the criticism he has received lately. He's showed over the past 5 days exactly why the selectors rate him higher than Bresnan and Finn (though the fact that they can't get a place in the 11 shows how strong the England bowling attack is now!)

 

[yawa]

Great victory and some appalling umpiring.

 

[Stoof]

Amazing hattrick from StuBro.

Second one wasn't out, but brilliant bowling from Broad. Match changing stuff.

 

[talkshowhost86]

What looked like a 200+ lead has been reduced to 67.

Game on. Let's hope Cook can get back to his best in this innings. If we can get 150ish from the first three then we could win.

 

[Stoof]

Cooky's looking a bit wobbly. Need to stay in tonight; bat in the sunshine tomorrow. And bowl them out on Monday in the breeze.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Cooky's looking a bit wobbly. Need to stay in tonight; bat in the sunshine tomorrow. And bowl them out on Monday in the breeze.

He just needs to do his old scratching to about 30 or so. He used to do that and get out. If he gets there these days he goes on.

 

[Chimbo!]

Broad is turning into a star. Few players can change a game that quickly.

However, it is still advantage India and I am concerned that Trott is injured.

And Cook has gone. I guess he was due a procession of low scores after his run of non-stop +50s.

 

[talkshowhost86]

FFS Cook.

Big innings for Bell now.

 

[Chimbo!]

What is with the rubbish umpiring this series? I thought the umpiring against Sri Lanka was overall very good but there seems to be one howler every innings in this series.

 

[talkshowhost86]

What is with the rubbish umpiring this series? I thought the umpiring against Sri Lanka was overall very good but there seems to be one howler every innings in this series.

I did like Gower's analysis of Harbajhan's dismissal.

"He can't have that reviewed...and who's fault is that?"

 

[Stoof]

That's very true. I thought that their decision to not allow LBW appeals would end up hurting us.

Gutted Harby. Gutted.

Fucking Cook.