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england v/s india

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    #62
    manafana
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    vicM wrote: »
    well Kolkata, The North Eastern states and Kerala, would enjoy their footy, the rest are just slightly interested in the EPL and the world cup..so no its not a myth, they are cricket mad

    their not hence no sell outs for alot of tests, the interest in the sport isn't what people make out, their more interested in celebrity.


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    #63
    mike65
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    Fantastic end of the day for England, a long slog which India was on top of ends with 4 late wickets including Dhoni on 99 having fatality let impatience get the better of him in the penultimate over.


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    #64
    Football Gambler
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    There will be a lot of pressure on the England 2nd Innings batting now when get out tomorrow, they know a batting collapse chucks away the series win.....


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    #65
    booth70
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    The most boring test match I have ever had the misfortune of watching.....

    I can understand Cook and co blocking their way to oblivion at a rate of less than two per over with a series lead to protect but I just could not understand India's tactics this morning:mad::mad:

    England winning this series would ironically be the best thing that could happen to Indian cricket at present.....hopefully there will be some sweeping changes before the Australian series


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    #66
    decies
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    Shamefull performance by India they should forget about that 20/20 nonsense and concentrate on test cricket again . Just hope the Aussies have half a decent team for the ashes or it could get nasty !!


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    #67
    mike65
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    20/20, IPL = CASH!


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    #68
    Rascasse
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    As seen on Twitter, The Times' assessment of the England players performance for this series. Interesting remarks on Prior and Anderson.

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    #69
    Football Gambler
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    That was an unbelievable pitch for a Test match that needed a result. It's not just the Indian team that needs sorting out, the whole structure does. When England needed a win in 2009 at the Oval against Australia, the groundsman produced a result wicket - by instruction. England could have lost the test and the series, but that's the risk you take.

    India didn't give themselves much of a chance in this test with the wicket.

    The fact that India produced a banker draw pudding of a wicket - or where in a position where it was too late for the groundsman to work on the wicket, shows either bad planning, or lack of planning. That wicket should have ensured either a 2-2 or 1-3 series score.

    To let it be a tame bore draw like that is shocking and bad for Test cricket. It's almost like India can't be arsed with Test cricket.


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    #70
    Rjd2
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    Football Gambler wrote: »

    To let it be a tame bore draw like that is shocking and bad for Test cricket. It's almost like India can't be arsed with Test cricket.

    Pitch was a disgrace aye, I still like to think this result will have hurt a lot of the players who have been playing test cricket for a long time especially guys like Tendulkar and Sehwag. I don't know if Dhoni has the same passion however for the format as the others though.


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    #71
    Rascasse
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    So, the first T20 starts in a couple of hours. Looking at the England side you'd have to expect India to win it. Plenty of batting for England but the bowling attack won't worry the Indians with Bresnan/Dernbach/Treadwell/Meaker looking likely.

    India to win the series 2-1 or 3-0. Doh. I thought there were 3 T20's, but there are only 2 (waste of time). India 2-0.


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    #72
    Football Gambler
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    Rjd2 wrote: »
    Pitch was a disgrace aye, I still like to think this result will have hurt a lot of the players who have been playing test cricket for a long time especially guys like Tendulkar and Sehwag. I don't know if Dhoni has the same passion however for the format as the others though.

    Yeah, I think it would definitely have hurt the senior players a lot. Think that all the team would have been hurt too, just wonder if not as much as it would have hurt if it was the ODI's or T20 though.

    Also not sure if the administrators of Indian cricket seem so bothered about Test matches though, if they produced pitches that were crap for ODI's or T20, I bet there would be a lot more uproar than there seems to have been about this last Test match pitch.


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    #73
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Good end to the tour for England, not convinced by some of their "specialist T20" players and I would pick Prior for all forms of the game the way he's playing at the moment, still, some great batting from the team today to draw the series. Good to see Morgan get a few too. Such a turn around in form, great to see. The way things are at the moment in Test Cricket, I don't think there is much between South Africa, Australia or England.


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    #74
    Beasty
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    The only thing I would say about Prior is that his role requires 100% concentration whenever in the field. If any particualr players need to take a break from one form of the international game I would put the wicketkeeper alongside the captain as the guys who need it most.

    I would add that T20s seem to be the form of cricket England often use to test out young players - giving "young pretenders" a chance of international cricket can only help prepare them for the longer forms of the game at that level.


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    #75
    Alan70
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    manafana
    its a bit of myth that india is
    cricket mad, they actually
    prefer football,

    Am in Chennai as I type. India is absolutely cricket mad. As I travel around it is cricket being played in parks and on streets. Soccer is popular mainly in Kolkata.
    Hoping to attend India v Pakistan T20 in Chennai, should be exciting and tense.


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    #76
    Rjd2
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    Good end to the tour for England, not convinced by some of their "specialist T20" players and I would pick Prior for all forms of the game the way he's playing at the moment, still, some great batting from the team today to draw the series. Good to see Morgan get a few too. Such a turn around in form, great to see. The way things are at the moment in Test Cricket, I don't think there is much between South Africa, Australia or England.

    Their is a little between South Africa and England now to be fair, as they did outclass them to win 2-0 in England not so long ago.:P

    Prior has had numerous opportunities in the limited overs formats of the game and failed every time, can't blame them for not giving him another opportunity.

    At least they didn't pick Kiesswetter this time anyways.:D


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    #77
    booth70
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    The way things are at the moment in Test Cricket, I don't think there is much between South Africa, Australia or England.

    I'd say Australia are not in the same class as SA or England right now....I'd put SA comfortably ahead of England and don't forget Pakistan....they only thrashed England 3-0 not so long ago

    Top Tier
    SA
    England
    Australia and Pakistan

    Bottom Tier
    Sri Lanka
    India , NZ and WI


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