***Official*** England in India

[cnerd123]

**** off Gmabhir. Horrible shot selection given the situation.

India getting rolled over yet again. This is pathetic.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

shielding million dollar baby

 

[Prince EWS]

Dhoni should've been batting lower, not higher. Nosebleeds here.

Shot first up backs that up, too...

 

[Prince EWS]

You could hear the snick live easily

Yeah I definitely heard a noise but there seemed to be daylight between bat and ball both live and on replay. I might just be having a Taibu's Head moment though.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bit early for a nightwatchman, IMHO.

 

[Satyanash89]

Gambhir you ****
His pokes are an abomination

 

[centurymaker]

this should be sachin's last test now. play out the odis as farewell games.

now that india is looking in deep trouble, this should be dhoni's last test too.

add gambhir to the list as well

 

[Biryani Pillow]

Dhoni should've been batting lower, not higher. Nosebleeds here.

Shot first up backs that up, too...

Nightwatchman?

Protecting the better batsmen

 

[flibbertyjibber]

FMD India. Two years ago they were the best side in the world.

England won't enforce the follow on on his deck, surely? Just grind it out and win by hundreds.

If we do enforce it even if it is available then Cook should never return home. Should be looking to set them 400+ in the last innings from here but I wouldn't even declare our 2nd innings.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Sooooooooo Anderson has kinda proved himself in all conditions now, right? Great performances in the UAE, Sri Lanka and now India in the past 12 months have surely cemented his place in the pantheon of great English quicks.

I mean this is great great bowling in about as alien conditions as he can find.

 

[Spark]

Yeah I think Anderson has more than proved himself away. His bowling in this Test and the last have been of the highest quality.

 

[Burgey]

Sooooooooo Anderson has kinda proved himself in all conditions now, right? Great performances in the UAE, Sri Lanka and now India in the past 12 months have surely cemented his place in the pantheon of great English quicks.

I mean this is great great bowling in about as alien conditions as he can find.

It's a pantheon of about three, tbf.

 

[Prince EWS]

Sooooooooo Anderson has kinda proved himself in all conditions now, right? Great performances in the UAE, Sri Lanka and now India in the past 12 months have surely cemented his place in the pantheon of great English quicks.

I mean this is great great bowling in about as alien conditions as he can find.

Australia as well right before that.

It's actually kind of sad in a way that there are no countries left for opposition fans to assert he'll fail in pre-series based on when he did five or six years ago.

 

[centurymaker]

Sooooooooo Anderson has kinda proved himself in all conditions now, right? Great performances in the UAE, Sri Lanka and now India in the past 12 months have surely cemented his place in the pantheon of great English quicks.

I mean this is great great bowling in about as alien conditions as he can find.

yes

 

[Burgey]

Gambhir you ****
His pokes are an abomination

That's what his missus says

Try the veal, etc.

 

[morgieb]

Bit early for a nightwatchman, IMHO.

Zing.

What was worse for India - this series or the one 15 months ago?

 

[Cevno]

this should be sachin's last test now. play out the odis as farewell games.

now that india is looking in deep trouble, this should be dhoni's last test too.

add gambhir to the list as well

Sehwag?

Basically a new team.

 

[cnerd123]

This one. Easily. Atleast that one could be blamed on fatigue from IPL/World Cup, some injuries, unfamiliar conditions, etc. This one has been at home, full strength team, well rested...horrible,

 

[smash84]

Dhoni displaying his awesome test match technique

 

[CWB304]

this should be his last test now. play out the odis as farewell games.

now that india is looking in deep trouble, this should be dhoni's last test too.

What about Kohli? Hyped as the next superstar, yet averaging in the mid-thirties after a pretty representative number of Tests. How can anyone seriously argue he's worth a place in the side above some of the other young guns who have yet to be given an opportunity because of Tendulkar and co. hanging on too long if he doesn't do anything in this match? I haven't seen anything at this, the ultimate level of the game, in which the entire skill set and mental approach are tested to the utmost, to suggest he's anything special.