***Official*** England in India

[uvelocity]

I am a huge Onions fan too but according to Cricinfo he has lost his rhythm.

I'd advise playing meaker

 

[Cevno]

 

[silentstriker]

That is not a disciplinary action.



There is no one else. I blame the Bhogles and Manrekars and Sidhus and the 50 Cricinfo writers who hyped up these Indian spinners as the next Bedi and Prasanna.



I am a huge Onions fan too but according to Cricinfo he has lost his rhythm.

There is no one else? In the entire Indian domestic circuit, there is no spinner averaging less than the 50 Chawla has been averaging?

 

[morgieb]

I hope they play Meaker, just to see Scaly's reaction.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Probably a string of murders which tbf might not be such a bad thing if it rids of us of some of the goons we've got around cricket. However the likely Geordie run genocide of South Africans entering the UK might be a slightly minor diplomatic issue we'd need to overcome.

 

[Pup Clarke]

TBH I wouldn't be that surprised if Meaker picked up quite a few poles if were to get the nod - very unlikely that he would I'd suppose.

 

[Contra]

we better not play 3 spinners... not 3 specialist spinners anyway

 

[Pup Clarke]

Sources say that Bres has gotten the nod.

#flowerspet

 

[Cevno]

There is no one else? In the entire Indian domestic circuit, there is no spinner averaging less than the 50 Chawla has been averaging?

There are like 7/8 left arm spinners who are.

 

[Cevno]

8.50am Joe Root has received his Test cap. We are sure Root is going to replace Samit Patel, who pats him on the back. Also this is Graeme Swann's 50th Test

8.45am The pitch looks flat, dry, whtish. The little bit of grass there is there to keep it together for the first two days or so. Lots of cracks on the surface. "Bottom of a dried river bed," Paul Collingwood calls it. These cracks are going to open up at some time. Collingwood also calls it a day-three pitch. Toss is crucial again. No water on the pitch for two days. All pointing towards three spinners for India. Toss in 15 minutes

 

[Cevno]

Joe Root to debut. Interesting choice.

 

[Cevno]

8.50am Joe Root has received his Test cap. We are sure Root is going to replace Samit Patel, who pats him on the back. Also this is Graeme Swann's 50th Test

8.45am The pitch looks flat, dry, whtish. The little bit of grass there is there to keep it together for the first two days or so. Lots of cracks on the surface. "Bottom of a dried river bed," Paul Collingwood calls it. These cracks are going to open up at some time. Collingwood also calls it a day-three pitch. Toss is crucial again. No water on the pitch for two days. All pointing towards three spinners for India. Toss in 15 minutes.

Cricinfo saying this but Star Cricket is saying the wicket is suited to 2 fast bowlers and India will play that. Let's see who is right.

 

[cnerd123]

No matter how dry the pitch, a second seamer would probably be more effective than Chawla.

 

[silentstriker]

Another batsman + sehwag's bowling would be MUCH more effective than Chawla.

 

[silentstriker]

England win the toss and have a bat.

 

[Cevno]

Bresnan and Root in for Finn and Patel.

 

[Black_Warrior]

There is no one else? In the entire Indian domestic circuit, there is no spinner averaging less than the 50 Chawla has been averaging?

Well there's Mishra..he averages 43..














Not with the bat.

 

[Cevno]

Piyush Chawla and Ravindra Jadeja both come in ?

Wtf?

Dhoni can GAGF.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Chawla plays, the guy's a hobbit.

 

[Cevno]

4 spinners and Ishant ?

If Jadeja is playing as a batsman then why the hell would you not play Rahane ? CSK connection or what?