***Official*** England in India

[Cabinet96]

Stuff Skip. Now triple it.

 

[Flem274*]

Cook wag

 

[Viscount Tom]

These kind of innings are where England really misses him tbh

We've been missing him more or less since he's gone tbh. Catches get dropped more and we don't have anyone who can seriously keep us in a game batting wise now.

 

[Dissector]

I hope Cook is suitably grateful to the BCCI for that one.

 

[robelinda]

no doubt, Cook is a top quality player. Ugly as all buggery but gets the runs.

 

[biased indian]

England should have more lefty in the team..agree cook is good player but we have historically struggled against left handed batsmen

 

[Contra]

Well played Cook, now gtfo

 

[Contra]

yadav spraying it around a bit, time to take him off. Bring back Zak

 

[shankar]

yadav spraying it around a bit, time to take him off. Bring back Zak

No he's in good rhythm. Just needs to bowl fuller and mix-up that inswinger a bit more.

 

[Contra]

No he's in good rhythm. Just needs to bowl fuller and mix-up that inswinger a bit more.

If he can do it consistently then yeah sure, last few balls of the Bell over were ideal for him.

 

[Jono]

Haha Gavaskar being biased towards Cook ahead of Sachin cos Cook is an opener.

Bias towards himself > bias towards India and Tendulkar.

 

[Contra]

Cook doesn't look like getting out to Ashwin

Ashwin needs to get him to drive like in the first innings.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Pietersen's dismissal looks more and more gimp-like with every viewing.

How hard is it to play bowling on its merits?

 

[benchmark00]

Pietersen's dismissal looks more and more gimp-like with every viewing.

How hard is it to play bowling on its merits?

The sweep shot requires such a big movement it can rarely be played without a hint of pre meditation. That's why it's important not to sweep too early in your innings or you won't have a grasp of the general areas the bowler is bowling.

Also it pays to keep it as pre meditated as possible... so you would say 'if it looks like it's outside off I will sweep' instead of just 'I'm going to sweep anything'.

 

[hazsa19]

wow, bell played that off the pitch!

 

[BoyBrumby]

KP to SLA; it's the comi-tragedy that keeps on giving.

I hope someone asks him about if afterwards because his level of denial really is chucklesome.

Big session for Ding Dong here. Needs to prove he's more than a mentally tiny FTB with a pretty technique.

 

[shankar]

Is there any point to that leg-slip position when the turn is slow and predictable off the wicket.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Interesting to see Zaheer averaging nearly 35 in India as opposed to under 32 overall.

If he was English or a New Zealander I think he'd be comfortably sub 30, even being made of glass and all.

 

[hazsa19]

good bowling tbf

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nah. Sliding down for me.