***Official*** England in India

[fredfertang]

Pitch looks pretty flat, tbh.

300 an absolute bare minimum for me. What is the average score at Nagpur for first dig?

441 by India, 558 by the saffers and 193 for NZ are the three

[flibbertyjibber]

we don't know that for sure unless sehwag bats on this pitch

which is why people have been fizzing at the bung hole for some time now

Be funny as **** if Sehwag is out in the first over after all the build up from everyone through this game.

[smalishah84]

I consider this innings from Swann to be roughly equivalent to Clarke's 329*

but yeah....pretty awesome innings for sure

[Pup Clarke]

Calling that plump

[stumpski]

Just what's needed this from Swann.


Grrrr, that's what you get for watching on delay.

[centurymaker]

this is a dead road. i don't think it'll spin as much as any of the previous tests even on days 4 and 5.

if swann can do it, so can ashwin/ chawla/ jadeja in case indian top and middle order collapses again.

[smalishah84]

Be funny as **** if Sehwag is out in the first over after all the build up from everyone through this game.

England's best batsman of the innings out to Chawla?

[smalishah84]

absolutely hating cricinfo commentary saying "maximum" everytime a 6 is hit

[flibbertyjibber]

this is a dead road. i don't think it'll spin as much as any of the previous tests even on days 4 and 5.

if swann can do it, so can ashwin/ chawla/ jadeja in case indian top and middle order collapses again.

Plenty of reverse for Ishant who hardly got any last game when Anderson got loads so that is probably the key to the game. Also add in the fact England have a better attack anyway and it may be tougher for India than many think, after all they have half the team out of form.

[smalishah84]

hit out james

[Howe_zat]

Giving Anderson the single

[stumpski]

This is only Chawla's third Test isn't it, the others having come in March 2006 - against England - and April 2008. Sporadic career, you could say. Just realised I've been getting him mixed up with Mishra.

Can already imagine the reactions if he ends up getting four.

[Viscount Tom]

Surely you don't expect decent comms from cricinfo Smali

[Spark]

This is only Chawla's third Test isn't it, the others having come in March 2006 - against England - and April 2008. Sporadic career, you could say. Just realised I've been getting him mixed up with Mishra.

Can already imagine the reactions if he ends up getting four.

Here goes.

[fredfertang]

I think we've got enough here - India's batters to really **** things up