India vs England Twenty20 Discussion

Discuss today's T20 here fellas. Another India win do we reckon, or are England finally going to turn it on in the shortest of formats?

t20: scott borthwick has to play!

you kept saying that before he got a game in the ODIs and he didn't exactly do much then to justify selection

nice to see you back your selection preferences up with well reasoned arguments tho

he got one game, didnt bowl badly, just india are good players of spin, he should get a go.

going at around 7.5 per over bowling outside the powerplays with no wickets is not doing badly ?

not going to judge the guy on one game but it doesn't exactly demand selection

did u watch the game that he bowled in? did u see him bowl? He didnt bowl that badly, the indians got on top of him, after about 6 overs, and he started to lose his line a bit, but that one game dosent mean he should be cast aside, he is a very good t20 bowler, especially in the powerplays, and i think he should be given a go today.

who said he should be cast aside ?

i just said his performance in the ODI didn't exactly scream "pick me, pick me"

and you just constantly repeating "borthwick must play!" before every game on this tour is a bit tedious tbh

i'll think he will play today given its just hit and giggle but wont be surprised if he doesn't as i think patel will play and swann is captain so will we go in with three spinners against a team who play spin very well ?

he's not playing...

Utahappa and Yusuf pathan in for india

Manoj tiwary down at 8 :facepalm

he's down as a bowler.

Rahane gone for a duck, very fine catch from Kieswetter

and now Bresnan gets Utappa, another good catch from Kieswetter, India 5-2!

Hales takes a very fine running catch at deep midwicket as Kohli goes for another almighty hoick. I think India have been a bit gung-ho here with their batting here. England bowling a lot of cutters and slower balls so far. 26-3

India a little guilty of what England were during the ODIs, six four or nothing, far too many dot balls so far.

Very decent start here for England.

Only bad thing is early wickets leave more overs for Raina (and Dhoni? Wonder if they'll take his wicket today...

Not a very good start for Swann

Patel gets Tiwary, he's bowled well so far. Awful shot from Tiwary, slogging right acoss the line and being cleaned up.

Patel strikes! Has bowled pretty well and deserved that...

Now for Dhoni

dhoni and raina together again

this seems familar somehow

Finn gets Raina, big wicket that, slower ball outside off and Raina cuts it straight to point.

Not any more! Finn back and does the job

That is a big wicket.

Finn yet again been class today

Jadeja chops on first ball! India in trouble on 74-6 and Finny has delivered once again.

Better and better ! Two in two balls

Now the (expensive today!) Swann is back ...and he has to bowl three more unless they're bowled out.

Two things possible now I reckon: either Dhoni goes nuts and turns things round with another bunch of sixes , or England are looking at a fairly modest target...

hatrick ball for finny

Another impressive effort from Finn today...(3/22)

one Good Thing to come out of this tour from an England viewpoint.

i know its been one dayers on this tour but anyone think finn might be really pushing himself back into the frame for a test spot against pakistan , especially with tremlett not playing any cricket atm

Samit Patel has bowled very well today as well

:facepalm, that is crashing into middle and leg!!!!!!

that looked absolutely plumb from bopara

Blimey , Bopara was unlucky there! That looked very out...

good to see England getting the rub of the green with umpiring decisions

Picking up on your suggestion, rich : I'd agree Finn hasn't done his Test claims any harm on this trip. It hasn't been his figures so much as the sheer energy and number of dangerous deliveries , surely spelling potential success in the long game.

The trouble is there is a bit of a queue...though if Tremlett is not fully fit ...

so how come India score slower in T20s then in the fity over stuff?

No argument with that one from Bopara...stumps everywhere

England have bowled very well here, they've understood the pitch and have bowled lost of cutters and slower balls. It's a typical Bopara pitch and after a couple of failed mows he gets rid of Yusuf Pathan.

Looks like they want to send England home with a consolation win. Sorry bit of batting from India though.

and bopara gets another

Mad for Chelsea wrote:so how come India score slower in T20s then in the fity over stuff?

Being three down for next to nothing probably helped slow 'em up a bit ...

Bopara strikes again

Ravi! awful shot from Praveen Kumar, with Dhoni at the other end, goes for an almighty heave in the general direction of mid-wicket. He misses, Bopara hits!

double wicket maiden in the 17th over of a T20 match, can't see that too often...

It is funny though : can you imagine Bopara bowling a double wicket maiden in a 50 over game?

wouldn't get too cocky yet , we have bowled really well but remember the second t20 against WI last month

Dernbach is certainly much better at T20s isn't he?

First boundary for seven overs.

Is there a big finish to this innings? Dernbach to bowl the last over...

Think Swann has captained very well today, his bowling changes and field placements have been spot on.

Still haven't dismissed Dhoni on this trip...three balls to go ...

It'll be funny if England loses by 6 runs.

bit unlucky from dernbach that over

first ball comes off inside edge for four , he gets the mishit from dhoni straight in the air which gets dropped and they run two and then dhoni hits a 6 of the next ball

fine margins between a very good over and a bad one

Dhoni is out! Dropped by Bairstow (though it did go very high indeed), but the last ball he can't get away and Dernbach just picks it up, runs down the stumps, and for the first time of the tour England have dismissed Dhoni.

...and Bairstow drops him which costs six runs ...but at last Dernbach gets him with a runout

Good finish for India but 120 ain't a lot...