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February 27, 2006, 10:57 AM
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India VS England
India is clearly the favorite to win both the test series and the odi series. However, England is a very good team and can do some real damage in quick time. Trescothik and Vaughn went back to England and won't play in the first match. Giles is also not playing eventhough India wouldn't mind seeing him in the test matches anyways.
Any comments on this series? Feel free to post it here.
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February 27, 2006, 12:33 PM
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Simon Jones headed back to England. No hope for England. I hope it the death sentence is quick. Inside 3 days? Is that a possibility? If England bats first, then "Yes". Flintoff, Harmisson and others will have some stats after the series.
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February 27, 2006, 06:17 PM
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Hia, I am back for the 1st time in 2 months. Miss me?
This tour is looking very difficult for England now, the squad is in disarray. Trescothick is the biggest blow if you ask me, I just hope he is back and in good form for the 2nd test.
England are going into this 1st test with an inexperienced team, Flintoff himself will have the most experience and he has never captained a senior side before. Unfortunatly, I think India will be two good for England in this 1st Test, and possibly the rest of the series. With all these series I am not sure England have the tools or a settled enough squad to pull of victory in this Indian fortress.
India to win 2-0
WE ARE NO LONGER THE ENGLAND, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY ENGLAND
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February 27, 2006, 06:51 PM
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Rob w/b. I don't know what the England team did to deserve this kinda bad karma. I have some ideas but will refrain ...
I do hope captaincy makes Flintoff really knuckle down on his batting ala Imran Khan. As for bowling - watchout for Harmison to make an impact. He's due.
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February 28, 2006, 10:57 AM
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Welcome back Rob. The cards are stacked high against England. With a depleted side, (as many as four may debut) this will be a hard test for England. If the ODI series was scheduled first I think they could have put up a decent show in the test. Now I am not sure.
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February 28, 2006, 11:23 AM
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Waiting to see Udal and Blackwell bowl.........
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February 28, 2006, 11:43 PM
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they are showing it on www.cricspot.com and quality is quite good... i am watching two games at the same time... kool huh
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March 1, 2006, 09:59 AM
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Well that was ****
We had such a good start aswell but then England threw it all away through a mixture of Indias tight bowling, and a lack of skill, application and experience from the batsman.
If we had been blown away because we wern't good enough I wouldn't be as upset, but it is the fact the England batsman yet again threw it away with poor batsmanship having been pretty comfortable at time. Kevin Pietersen stands out as the worse culprit, not for the 1st time and I am losing patience with him.
Well done Collingwood, his technique is suited well to these conditions, and he was emmense today. Hopefully he can hold Englands woeful tail together and pepper the boundary a bit tomorrow for a half respectible total. One thing is for sure, England will have to bowl well.
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March 1, 2006, 10:05 AM
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Hopefully he can hold Englands woeful tail together and pepper the boundary a bit tomorrow for a half respectible total. One thing is for sure, England will have to bowl well.
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Good question. What is a respectable total here? Nagpur seems like those dull subcontinental batting tracks we hear about. I think England are short here. Perhaps this match is beginning to resemble our obne at Chittagong. - i.e-good starts by the batters; low total and perhaps surprising comebacks by the tail!
Edited on, March 1, 2006, 3:06 PM GMT, by oracle.
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March 1, 2006, 10:48 AM
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I don't think they can score anythign over 325... and then they will definately be atleast 100 run short... lets see how Englands quickies do cuz I am pretty sure panesar and blackwell will be smacked really hard
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March 3, 2006, 01:19 AM
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Eng 393 - phenomenal and India 176/5 having just lost Tendu to sardarji. Somwhere Danguli is letting out a sardonic smile.
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March 3, 2006, 01:33 AM
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India 190/6 (73.2 ov).
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March 3, 2006, 01:37 AM
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Now Dhoni gone. Normally I'd root for our neighbors, especially cuz past Enland team would whine incessantly, and the journalists would make out the subcontinent to be a stepping stone to jahannam.
However, recent events vis a vis "travel allowancegate", and England's brave performance so far means I am rooting firmly for England this series. Chappel and co need a slice of humble pie! England already got theirs in Pakistan
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March 3, 2006, 02:15 AM
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This was completely unexpected........
Collingwood on his own took the match out of India's hands
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March 3, 2006, 02:38 AM
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Eh, give hoggy and aleem dar some credit
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March 3, 2006, 11:41 AM
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A lead of sixty, batting on the forth day, England can draw this one. Who knows can spring an upset. Brave performance by England. kaif saved India from embarrasement.
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March 3, 2006, 12:31 PM
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it will be interesting to see who they drop when yuvi comes back.... laxman?
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March 4, 2006, 06:59 AM
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Day4 - Stumps
England 297/3 leading by 367 runs!
What a test debut for Alastair Cook! Scored 60 + 104* on indian soil!
Guess we'll see him on international scene for a long time...
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March 4, 2006, 10:33 AM
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Hopefully Hoggy and Harmison could get a couple of early wickets 2mrw and den who knows - England mite win the game and that would be a great result with all the injuries theyve suffered.
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March 5, 2006, 12:58 AM
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Cook played really well...I actually like the way he bats... and I am pretty sure he will stay for a long time... when trescothik comes back, there will face a problem...... hehe
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March 5, 2006, 01:51 AM
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Sachin may get the opportunity to get the monkey of his back today
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March 5, 2006, 06:29 AM
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Tendulkar is trying the "impossible" chase:
74.1 Flintoff to Tendulkar, one run, steered to Collingwood at gully.
Misfield allows the single.
74.2 Flintoff to Dhoni, one run, slower ball but a full toss. Driven
down to long off for one.
74.3 Flintoff to Tendulkar, FOUR, full toss fired down leg side at thigh
height. Whipped off the pads down to fine leg for four.
74.4 Flintoff to Tendulkar, two runs, full outside off stump. Tendulkar
lofts in the air to deep cover for two.
74.5 Flintoff to Tendulkar, FOUR, slower ball on leg stump. Tendulkar
whips off his legs square of Panesar at fine leg who dives but
makes a hash of it.
74.6 Flintoff to Tendulkar, one run, driven on the up to long-off for
one.
End of over 75 (13 runs) India 236/4 (132 more runs req)
A Flintoff 16-2-76-2 - Church End
SR Tendulkar 14* (11b 2x4) MS Dhoni 15* (16b 1x4)
The players are taking drinks. India need another 132 runs to win
and have 15 overs to make a dash for it.
This is the start of the last hour of play. India have picked up
the pace and seem to be going for an improbable win.
Ian Blackwell has been given a bowl. He will come over the wicket
and bowl into the right-handers leg stump.
75.1 Blackwell to Tendulkar, FOUR, Tendulkar pulls the paddle reverse
sweep out of his bag of tricks. Plays it fine down to the third
man fence.
75.2 Blackwell to Tendulkar, FOUR, on leg stump, swept hard along the
groung to the deep square leg fence. four more.
75.3 Blackwell to Tendulkar, one run, played through midwicket for one.
75.4 Blackwell to Dhoni, legbye: two runs, fired down leg side. Dhoni
tries to sweep, gets a bit of pad down to fine leg for two leg
byes.
75.5 Blackwell to Dhoni, one run, and again. This time he gets a bit of
bat on the paddle sweep for a single to short fine leg.
75.6 Blackwell to Tendulkar, FOUR, inside out over extra cover for the
third four in the over. Tendulkar used his feet to make room
outside leg stump and thwack!
End of over 76 (16 runs) India 252/4 (116 more runs req)
ID Blackwell 12-2-43-0 - Jaika End
MS Dhoni 16* (18b 1x4) SR Tendulkar 27* (15b 5x4)
13 overs left: Dhoni OUT... Harbajan Singh is the next batsman?!?
A great match, anyway!
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March 5, 2006, 06:36 AM
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Bad decision by India coach or someone to let loose. England might win this. I think Chappell's days are over.
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March 5, 2006, 06:42 AM
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India 260/6 chasing 368 with 11.4 overs remaining, England needing 4 wickets to win, but...
But it's pretty gloomy out there and the umpires have offered the
light and off they go. That's the end of the first Test. It ends
in a draw after a dramatic push for victory by India.
...well, it could have been lot of fun, but it's all over!
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March 6, 2006, 02:12 AM
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england shall win next match
i hope
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