***Official*** England in India - Page 90

Spark · 15-11-2012, 03:38 AM

Anyone have any idea why Yuvraj backs up about twenty metres to the side?

duffer · 15-11-2012, 03:43 AM

Good time for a bit of pace. Maybe they can unsettle Yuvi.

Loose Cannon · 15-11-2012, 03:44 AM

These groundsman are making some bold fashion choices.

hazsa19 · 15-11-2012, 03:46 AM

Has Broads appealing got even worse?

Burgey · 15-11-2012, 03:53 AM

Good to see Yuvraj playing again. Top story.

unam · 15-11-2012, 03:53 AM

Why play Anderson, Broad and Breson in India.. waste of space really, kick 2 of them out bring in 2 spinners...1 faster is enough in India

hazsa19 · 15-11-2012, 03:58 AM

All a bit formulaic from Cook. Why wouldn't you give Swann the new ball?

Dan · 15-11-2012, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince EWS

He's a batsman basically - and realistically, probably not a Test standard one. It's probably harsh to judge him too much on his bowling because even in the context of this side he's been picked as a batsman first, but he's not up to the bowling role that he's been given IMO and England have a couple of better specialist batsmen available.

He's a decent limited overs bowling option because he bowls that full length that just gets driven for singles and is hard to really get under, but he's bowled that same length here for the mostpart and it's entirely toothless in four+ day cricket, as his FC record will testify to. His second spell has actually been a bit quite a bit better in terms of length but he's not really putting anything on the ball in terms of either side spin or overspin. The more I watch him bowl in Test cricket, the more I'm convinced he's a essentially a batsman only in this format unless he makes some serious changes.

Yeah, his role is as a seventh bat who can turn the arm over as a change-up. He's in the side because he's the best batsman-who-can-look-slightly-more-threatening-than-KP-with-the-ball.

Except he isn't; Joe Root is.

Teja. · 15-11-2012, 04:04 AM

India's day at 323/4. The pitch looks immense for spin and India would've certainly taken that.

Swann is the player of the day with 4/85, IMO.

kingpin · 15-11-2012, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kingpin

Prediction Time::

If India bat's first we may score around 340+/- for 5 at the end of the day

Close......

Apo · 15-11-2012, 04:06 AM

Huge cock up by the poms not playing Monty

Prince EWS · 15-11-2012, 04:06 AM

It's easy to forget how easy on the eye Yuvraj can be when he's batting well in Tests due to how awful he looks when he's being exposed (and tbf, how often that happens). I'm not really a big fan of left handed batting from aesthetic point of view and Yuvraj isn't even what you'd call a good Test batsman but he's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me on these wickets. Makes me dislike him even more though in a self-loathing kind of way.

Spark · 15-11-2012, 04:15 AM

You are such a weird ~~person~~ android.

Apo · 15-11-2012, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Spark

You are such a weird ~~person~~ android.

True, I don't even understand what this prince guy is saying half the time

Prince EWS · 15-11-2012, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Spark

You are such a weird ~~person~~ android.

Are you talking to me, or the last poster of one of the other 43,044 threads on this forum?

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Prince EWS Global Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New South Wales Posts: 37,768	It's easy to forget how easy on the eye Yuvraj can be when he's batting well in Tests due to how awful he looks when he's being exposed (and tbf, how often that happens). I'm not really a big fan of left handed batting from aesthetic point of view and Yuvraj isn't even what you'd call a good Test batsman but he's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me on these wickets. Makes me dislike him even more though in a self-loathing kind of way. __________________ ~ Cribbage Last edited by Prince EWS; 15-11-2012 at 04:11 AM.

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