Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:32 pm  

Fair play to Stuart Broad, totally proved me wrong with that effort today.

We still need to put some runs on the board though, can't see the Indian batting go so meekly second time around.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:12 am  

Smiggs wrote:

They're a one dimensional team, completely reliant on their batsman scoring a shedload of runs. They can't bowl or field to save their lives.

If that one dimension is powerful enough to get them to No.1 they're still No.1. I mean, West Indies haven't had a great spinner since Lance Gibbs retired in 1975! (Before their fifteen years of domination without losing a single Test series.)

India have consistently started slowly in overseas Test series in recent years, although their bowling certainly seems to lack strength in depth beyond Zaheer, Ishant and Harbhajan.

Asim wrote:

Fair play to Stuart Broad, totally proved me wrong with that effort today.

I'm glad Broad did well and hope he continues to do so, but that's not to say Bresnan couldn't have done a similar job, and he'd done more to justify a place for this particular series IMO.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:32 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

I'm glad Broad did well and hope he continues to do so, but that's not to say Bresnan couldn't have done a similar job, and he'd done more to justify a place for this particular series IMO.

Agreed.

Think some people have been too quick to write India off, their bowling attack isn't going to challenge any of the all time greats, but they've got us on the rack a bit here.

Shaping up to be one hell of a last couple of days.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:58 am  

Not doing too shabbily this morning this "one-dimensional" side are they??

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:08 pm  

We're back in command now (or should be), India have suffered for being left with only 3 front line bowlers available - if they'd had Zaheer to help turn the screw earlier it would have been up for grabs.

Hope we have at least an hour at them tonight.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:55 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

Not doing too shabbily this morning this "one-dimensional" side are they??

Yes they're spanking us aren't they.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:58 pm  

Prior gets his century and Strauss declares setting India 458, good recovery after this morning.

30 overs left tonight and a whole day tomorrow to force the win, wonder if India will go negative like they did in the WI?

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:44 pm  

There's the first.

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:49 pm  

Mabe I'll just shut my big mouth about Broad!

Re: Super Cricket - England vs India : Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:18 pm  

Matt23 wrote:

Mabe I'll just shut my big mouth about Broad!

He's done great in this match, but he has to do it consistently. He's not a kid any more, he's played dozens of Tests now, and he has to produce the goods not just once but consistently. For me, Bresnan has been better when given the chance, although I don't really care who's in the team as long as it functions as a unit.