England vs India 2nd Test debate

England vs India 2nd Test debate
by Liam_Main on Thu 28 Jul 2011, 11:49 pm

Sides

England:

1) Andrew Strauss (C)
2) Alistair Cook
3) Jonathan Trott
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Ian Bell
6) Eoin Morgan
7) Matt Prior (WK)
8) Tim Bresnan
9) Stuart Broad
10) Graeme Swann
11) James Anderson

India:

1) Abhinav Makund
2) Rahul Dravid
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) VVS Laxman
5) Yuvraj Singh
6) Suresh Raina
7) MS Dhoni (WK)
8) Harbhajan Singh
9) Praveen Kumar
10) Sreesanth
11) Ishant Sharma


Last edited by Liam_Main on Fri 29 Jul 2011, 8:46 pm; edited 1 time in total

Swanny on

England have bowled superbly in this second innings, and India's batsmen have had no answer (apart from Tendulkar)

Poor old Sachin. At this rate he's going to be denied his 100th ton yet again. This time through no fault of his own.

I'd actually like Harbinger to stick around long enough for that to happen.

come on england

great day for us, ran the indians ragged with the bat, and ripping through the order now...

Over by the close of play.

England will get the extra 30 minutes anyway. Wont last to that point anyway.

England are looking like they'll have a massive selection headache for the next test. Bresnan has done so well, but Tremlett was superb against SL. Broad is in the form of his life suddenly, Jimmy still the leader of the attack. What to do?

oddly, KP into the attack

wtf ? 68/6 and KP is bowling?

maybe just an experiment to see if they can get the Indians to do something silly. Jimmy on at the other end

Ah ...I see ...Jimmy on , presume Swann changes ends

End change. KP won't get a second over.

ooo Tendulkar gets lucky there. Goes high over mid-on and Pietersen can't hold it running back over his shoulder (though he would likely have carried it over the rope anyway)

Pieterson should have got a hand to that.

Knock another point off his rating :P

Tendulkar gets to fifty, decent little partnership this, England looking just a bit flat

Jimmy not having much luck in this innings. Some great balls but the edges keep evading catchers...have to come up with another Laxman special...

50 for Sachin ...

Great knock from Sachin.

Would love him to get his Hundreth 100...

Close lbw shout ...followed by a six ... and a 4 - Harbhajan making hay with the slow bowling...can't last surely

Well, Tendulkar reaches 50, off 83 balls. Not too shabby.

Good support from Harbhajan, who is motoring along nicely.

The comeback is on - Tendulkar to score 250 and Harby 150, leading to a shock Indian win just before tea tomorrow.

JIMMY GETS SACHIN! Start the car.

He's out... the little Master departs.

TENDULKAR gone!

Game over

Wonder what India will be practicing during the break? 2 awful leaves in this innings.

Jimmy pins the Great Man leg before !

Fat lady tuning up...

It was game over when Tendulkar was in. >__>

My jinx worked

Must be all over now - maybe I'll hear the denoument on my way home

Harbajan actually doing something in this series!

Maybe more than a 1 for him!?

Whoa!

Jimmy gets the big one! Tendulkar gone lbw for 56. India now 107-7 and it is well and truly game over.

England will win with plenty of time and overs to spare today.

Apparently thats the 7th time Anderson had got Tendulkar out. Only a certain Muralitharan has done it more times.

Probably overstating it to call SRT Jimmy's bunny , but he's got him 7 times now in what, 8 Tests?

Handy record to have.

Harbhajan is getting some runs again, I hope this won't save him though.
Its nice to see him getting a few runs, but it is the wickets, stupid!.

So Trott to miss the next match?

Surely 2 options:

Option A -
Strauss
Cook
Bell
KP
Morgan
Hildreth/Taylor/Bopara
Prior
Bresnan
Broad
Swann
Anderson

(Or with Tremlett over Bresnan)

Option B -
Strauss
Cook
Bell
KP
Morgan
Prior
Bresnan
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Tremlett

England wants Harbhajan to play the next test, that's for sure!!!!!.

I still think India should bring in Khan (if fit) for Harbhajan. Play 4 quicks with Yuvraj chipping in with some spin and Raina can bowl if needed. England aren't going to be asking for any spinning pitches, and Harbhajan is just so off form it's unreal.

Re: Trott, I don't think we change the format of the team. I think it would be a good opportunity to learn about the 7th choice batsman, and maybe giving Taylor a match wouldn't be such a bad thing. If we pick Bresnan and Tremlett, what do we do when Trott returns to fitness?

Harbhajan to bat ahead of Dhoni in the next test?

Good catch (in the end)

Bresnan gets a 5fer, surely they cant drop him?

Anderson monstering Kumar ---nearly caught twice in a row ...batting doesn't look fun

Poor Elstone , wasn't easy ...but he's caught this one ...instant redemption!

Michelle for Bresnan

Bresnan and Broad to share MOTM? Would be the fairest.

Harbhinjer's gutsy innings comes to an end, holing out to sub Elstone off Bresnan who gets his Michelle!

India 129-8 and the large lady is warming up her vocal chords.

Option A , Gregers

Won't hurt to "rest" Tremlett for another game , and why change a winning format?

Kumar throwing the bat ...no more in your half mate

Kumar showing some shot making ability!

Good on him and Harbhajan for wanting to play some shots

Broad did it when we needed him too, with the bat and the ball in the first innings. Bresnan's done well, stuck at his task and taken 5-40, hopefully with more wickets to come, but it's been done against a demoralised and exhausted India team. Broad changed the momentum of the game, and for that reason should be man of the match.

Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma to get their tons, and Sree to finish it all off with an unbeaten 50!!!!.

Agricultural shot that!

Kumar seems to be having a great time out there.

Good on him

Kumar trying to protect Sharma from the strike. Are they having a laugh or something?

Praveen Kumar is considered a bowling all-rounder in Indian domestic cricket. He generally tends to thrash it around a bit to good effect.