***Official*** England in India

[centurymaker]

Think it says a lot that these are considered worthy of being remarked on rather than assumed as a given.

yea good observation.

prob says that if tendulkar fails again, he'll be told it's time,
and if india lose, dhoni will be sacked.

[centurymaker]

Its worth noting that Zaheer, Harbhajan and Yuvraj are 3 of the gang of 4 I was talking about with Sachin

sachin next ?

he's all alone now

no bowling mates
& no batting mates (such as dravid, laxman) left

[Teja.]

It's likely that we will field Sharma and Dinda as our pace bowling attack next text.

Good god.

[Howe_zat]

Bring back Kaif

[centurymaker]

It's likely that we will field Sharma and Dinda as our pace bowling attack next text.

Good god.

i'd rather they played an extra spinner instead of a 2nd pacer. (assuming it's dustbowl/turner)

[Prince EWS]

i'd rather they played an extra spinner instead of a 2nd pacer. (assuming it's dustbowl/turner)

Yeah but it's Chawla; not really a better option anyway.

[centurymaker]

Yeah but it's Chawla; not really a better option anyway.

yea
what if they played

sehwag
gambhir
pujara
tendulkar
kohli
rahane
dhoni
jadeja
ashwin
ishant/awana
ojha

[centurymaker]

is jadeja a good enough bowler?

much better than yuvraj?

[BoyBrumby]

Jadeja's in as a batting all-rounder, surely?

[Howe_zat]

Yeah, he'll play ahead of Yuvraj.

[Contra]

Jadeja's in as a batting all-rounder, surely?

Well he was always picked as a bowling all rounder in limited overs cricket, but I think he's equally good in both facets, not exceptional obviously, but one aspect isn't considerably better than the other, it's a similar situation as Ashwin, even though Ashwin gets picked as a bowler.

[zorax]

Jadeja is a solid pick. Much better bowler than Yuvraj and the other parttimers. On current for he's probably better than Ashwin. Good batsman too.

Think it might be Dinda and Ishant next test...which is awful. Dinda is awful. Can't see either of those two taking any wickets apart from tailenders.

[GIMH]

[M0rphin3]

Jadeja is a gun pick - might actually work wonders for India IMO. Far, far, better than Yuvraj anywho.

[flibbertyjibber]

Interesting squad, at least they have done something but it would seem that 4 of the top 5 get another chance to fail and Zaheer carries the can for the bowling being poor. Must admit I never expected Zaheer to get the chop in this series.