England vs India 3rd Test Debate

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This is the official thread to discuss the 3rd Test between England and India to be played at Edgbaston.

Toss:England won the toss and chose to field first

Indian line up

Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni(c & wk)
Amit Mishra
Praveen Kumar
Ishant Sharma
S Sreesanth

England Line up

Andrew Strauss(c)
Alastair Cook
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Eoin Morgan
Ravi Bopara
Matt Prior(wk)
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
James Anderson


All the best to both the teams

Cheers

Kumars probably been the best Indian batsman in this game

These two will just have another silly side show and annoy the hell out of england now.

the indians in the crowd cheer likely they're winning.

saturday afternoon madness.

Dhoni to bat through.. they can't touch him when he's in this mood. he might even save them with Kumar here hitting 6 after 6.

If Kumar keeps playing like that they bloody will win here.. they'll be ahead by tea with a 6 off every ball.

Beer spillage in the crowd!

yep the Indians are cheering the 6's, the english are cheering the beer spills lol.

Still some spin there for Swann

Sixes , beer spills , England winning and going top ... no wonder the party has already started

Kumar is a cracking hitter. Good to have down the order.

30 off 12.. it's hurting England to be honest, frustrating them and maybe putting doubts in the mind.

This game isn't won yet.

A few blows down the order won't upset England when we have this kind of lead and another term to bat. Its a matter of when, not if

The game was won a a long time ago Trebell, Kumars handy at best.

true he's also in that lucky "it's already lost, no pressure" situation.

India still trail by 300 with 3 wickets left plus England can bat again. No real doubts in the winner.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Kumar is a cracking hitter. Good to have down the order.

30 off 12.. it's hurting England to be honest, frustrating them and maybe putting doubts in the mind.

This game isn't won yet.

The only doubt is whether it will finish before you head off to that Ape movie , trebs

Kumar and Dhoni making for some fun for the crowd ... good to watch but I'd still like to see Jimmy get that Michelle...

Only a flash flood can really save India now.

ouch Swann is a mess a bit here right now.

maybe take him out for a bit. Mr Kumar is hammering him.

It's a bit shocking. Kumar isn't really that good is he, it's all clubbing. Bring Broad on for him.

Bowling change needed I would say, bring Bresnan or Broad on.

Missed stumping from Prior.

Look at the Indians in the crowd come alive.. this is not over.. england have no answer for these two at the moment.

surely strauss needs to use his head, swann is getting shown up so bring in Broad and give the lad some chin music.

9 overs this session, nearly 10 an over.. basically it's a t20 and that's what these boys know these days.

Once a side scores 700+ runs in a single innings, you kind of know they aren't going to lose. There's no way back now for India, especially with so few wickets remaining.

Me and my big mouth...

India showing a bit of fight at last. Fantastic slog-fest from Kumar and Dhoni accumulating nicely.

Nice for the fans anyway. 200 up for India...who'd have thought that half an hour ago?

It's just like Broad and Bres back at Trent Bridge. Have a whack when the top order failed.

Broad brought into the attack hopefully he can stop this mini onslaught from India.

trebellbobaggins wrote:It's just like Broad and Bres back at Trent Bridge. Have a whack when the top order failed.

Broad and Swann* :P

Broad ends the fun

Straight away gets him, nice innings from Kumar but he's gone.

Yes!! i could see it.. he wanted to lift everything so Broad would tempt the slogger into putting one up in the Gods.

See ya Kumar. it was a fun.

Good call Liam.

Broad duly gets Kumar, holing out to Bopara. Brilliant knock that made England's bowlers look a bit daft. If the rest of the team had half his belligerence, this series could have been very different.

Must be all over now...surely?

Liam_Main wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:It's just like Broad and Bres back at Trent Bridge. Have a whack when the top order failed.

Broad and Swann* :P

ah yes good point. my mistake.

Sreesanth will look to give it a whack when he comes in.

It was all over before India started batting. They weren't going to bat for 2 days against our attack

trebellbobaggins wrote:

Liam_Main wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:It's just like Broad and Bres back at Trent Bridge. Have a whack when the top order failed.

Broad and Swann* :P

ah yes good point. my mistake.

Can see where you were coming from, Broad and Bresnan played a few shots in the 2nd innings but that was after Englands top order had piled on the runs.

Broad does the trick with a short one ... no surprise there

Except that Bopara caught it

That was cruel ...

Eight men dressed as WWII pilots, arms outstretched, run along the bottom of a stand. A burglar in stripey jumper and mask, chased by 15 policeman waving inflatable truncheons. 12 penguins, waddling at pace in the other direction. Lord Boycott sounds like a man experiencing a nightmarish trip. "Imagine the kids!" he bellows. "A grown man leaves 'is 'ouse in the morning, dressed oop in a blond wig and a skirt. What do they think?"

Sounds like some weird 60s hippie film...or a Monty Python sketch.

Will that catch be enough to see Bopara retained

eirebilly wrote:Will that catch be enough to see Bopara retained

With Englands selectors you never know..

With Trott coming back? I don't think so.

Sadly I fear that may have been Bops last chance.

Dhoni passes 50 and in only 62 bowls. Taking the attack to Englands bowlers.

50 for Dhoni

Kinda spoiling Jimmy's figures here...

Fifty up for Dhoni.

52 off 62...good going. Makes you wonder why the top order have failed so regularly.

trebellbobaggins wrote:With Trott coming back? I don't think so.

Sadly I fear that may have been Bops last chance.

Taylor or Hales I hope will now get a chance.

It was tongue in cheek trebbs lol

Yeah I really hope Taylor does.

Really nice to watch he is.

yeah I know Billy. You have to feel for him though.

There goes Sharma.

Because Dhoni and Kumar are under no pressure to save the game. If Dhoni or Kumar slogs a top edge and get out first ball, the game's gone anyway.

Only 1 to go!

Broad gets his second, trapping Sharma lbw, without adding to India's score.

Just Sreesanth to come now. Will he do a Kumar or a Sharma?

Broad again - gets an lbw from Davis so it must have been plumb

1 wicket to go ...

Hawkeye suggests it was missing though.

dyrewolfe wrote:Broad gets his second, trapping Sharma lbw, without adding to India's score.

Just Sreesanth to come now. Will he do a Kumar or a Sharma?

He'll certainly look to slog the ball. Probably to no prevail though.

I dont feel for him trebbs. He bigs himself up more than any other player in the England squad and is just not good enough.