*Official* England in India

[Cevno]

Btw, was a good move by Swann to remove himself and bring on Bopara.

Swann has been poor this tour in bowling terms. Probably Patel has bowled better.

 

[Cevno]

That's not reverse

EDIT: Wait wtf it is. Seam pointing at first slip with movement into the right handers

Has to be reverse.

There is no way it is conventional swing on such a dry surface with a 16/17 over old White ball.

 

[MW1304]

Yeah, haven't watched a ball all tour but certainly looks as though Swann's been pretty abject.

Never realised how little Dhoni had done in international T20.

Is the pitch ridiculously slow or something?

 

[Furball]

Still can't get Dhoni out.

Why is Dhoni's T20I record so poor? Has an excellent record in the IPL.

 

[Daemon]

He hasn't gone for much but Dernbach has still bowled lots of **** in his 3 overs so far.

Just one good yorker and a million slower balls.

 

[Cevno]

Is the pitch ridiculously slow or something?

Yeah, Really dry and slow with slight variation in bounce.

Only really Raina has looked settled so far on it, and he is a bit of an expert at playing on such surfaces.

 

[Cevno]

And they drop Dhoni.

Give Ashwin the strike,IMO.


Edit - A bottom handed six would do too.

Edit - And finally they dismiss Dhoni run out on the final ball of the tour.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Should be a breeze from here, but...

 

[Furball]

Haha, finally dismiss Dhoni with the last ball of the tour.

 

[MW1304]

Dhoni out last ball of the tour.

And, hey, Dernbach actually got a yorker in.

 

[Furball]

Should be a breeze from here, but...

115/0 after 10 overs.

118ao after 12.3

 

[MW1304]

If its such a slow pitch, surely 120 is a par score? Wouldn't back us from here tbh.

 

[cnerd123]

So England are really good in Tests and T20s...but **** in ODIs.

ITSTL.

 

[Daemon]

What's Hales like against spin? First three balls were played really awkwardly

 

[Daemon]

Ugh, 1/10 of the runs already knocked off

 

[BoyBrumby]

What's Hales like against spin? First three balls were played really awkwardly

Dodgy starter against either pace or spin, tbf.

 

[Cevno]

Good move by Dhoni to start with Spin and bring Jadeja on here.

And he strikes....

 

[Daemon]

Yusss.

Still don't see a win though, England bat way too deep.

 

[Cevno]

Dropped it.

Don't think it was Raina's catch tbh.

 

[cnerd123]

Haha, don't think the Kumars are gonna bowl today