***Official*** England in India

[IndianByHeart]

England CRUSHED!!

 

[adharcric]

Looking Ahead to the Mumbai Test

For England: Strauss, Cook, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff, Jones, Hoggard, Harmison and Panesar should play. Plunkett wasn't even bowled in this match, he was a bit of a waste just as was the case with Chawla for India. Either England should go in with a seamer who they have more confidence in (Anderson, confidence?), a second spinner (Udal, but he sucks?) or an extra batsman (Shah, perhaps?).

For India: Jaffer, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Kumble, Munaf should play. If it's a turning track, Harbhajan must play. Then the final spot can either go to Sreesanth, who would complete a potent pace trio, or an extra batsman (Kaif over Laxman perhaps). Then again, if it's a serious turner, they may go with Chawla again and stick with "the winning combination".

 

[IndianByHeart]

Santh should come in , he should be a regular member of Indian pace attack along with Munaf and Pathan. Pathan is useful with the bat too so he too should be persisted with.

 

[adharcric]

Santh should come in , he should be a regular member of Indian pace attack along with Munaf and Pathan. Pathan is useful with the bat too so he too should be persisted with.

So would you take Harbhajan or a sixth batsman (Kaif or Laxman)?

 

[adharcric]

Sehwag beating Collingwood to pulp after being let off.

 

[IndianByHeart]

So would you take Harbhajan or a sixth batsman (Kaif or Laxman)?

I like the look of Chawla, though he hasn't done much in this match but i would like to see him play again, so i would probably like Harb to be dropped.

Though bhajji played a brilliant know the other day.

 

[Salamuddin]

For England: Strauss, Cook, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff, Jones, Hoggard, Harmison and Panesar should play. Plunkett wasn't even bowled in this match, he was a bit of a waste just as was the case with Chawla for India. Either England should go in with a seamer who they have more confidence in (Anderson, confidence?), a second spinner (Udal, but he sucks?) or an extra batsman (Shah, perhaps?).

For India: Jaffer, Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Kumble, Munaf should play. If it's a turning track, Harbhajan must play. Then the final spot can either go to Sreesanth, who would complete a potent pace trio, or an extra batsman (Kaif over Laxman perhaps). Then again, if it's a serious turner, they may go with Chawla again and stick with "the winning combination".

If I were England, I'd play an extra batsman in place of Plunkett....may sound defensive but none of Plunkett, Blackwell or Udal are going to trouble the Indians with their bowling so why bother playing them......

 

[Pratters]

An excellent victory!

 

[TT Boy]

Monty Panesar for his age is one of the worst fielders I have ever seen. His attempt to catch Dravid a moment ago was only able.

 

[IndianByHeart]

A win by 9 wkts.

Excellent performance by Indians, played like professionals.


If i'm not wrong, i believe India would climb to number two spot on ICC test table if they beat England 2-0.I think that is very much likely and India should go for it.

 

[Neil Pickup]

I love it, Pathan can't bat? Hits a run-a-ball 50 which puts the English on the back foot, and changes the match.

Then the judgment of Patel after only 1 spell (his first ever), and he bowls superbly with some beautiful reverse swing.

What India needs next is the English to start claiming Sachin is well past it and him being in the team aids the English. Hopefully that'll get Sachin in some form

1) Pathan should have been out for 8

2) Wasn't Sanz who wrote Munaf off?

 

[steds]

If I were England, I'd play an extra batsman in place of Plunkett....may sound defensive but none of Plunkett, Blackwell or Udal are going to trouble the Indians with their bowling so why bother playing them......

I'd play Anderson. Someone will counter this with "but then we've got a long tail. No one can bat 8." To the people who think that: look how well Plunkett and Blackwell did with the bat. The difference is negligible.

 

[steds]

A win by 9 wkts.

Excellent performance by Indians, played like professionals.

That's good news, considering they are professionals.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Excellent indeed, not entirely happy with England's performance with the bat, but India made the most of our failings which is what it's all about. Great to see some cricket after the earlier wash out, and now I can finally get some kip (until Thursday!).

 

[Salamuddin]

I'd play Anderson. Someone will counter this with "but then we've got a long tail. No one can bat 8." To the people who think that: look how well Plunkett and Blackwell did with the bat. The difference is negligible.

Yes I think Jimmy Anderson would be a decent option given that Mumbai has been known to offer a fair bit of assistance to swing bowlers

 

[TT Boy]

Well deserved victory for India, bowled very well considering there isn’t much turn or life in the pitch, are boys struggled to get in on a relatively easy paced wicket. People like Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell (regardless of his 50) and Andrew Strauss were all walking wickets for the Indian bowlers and if you can’t get make no more than 300 batting first on such a track, you deserve to lose.

Kudos also to Munaf Patel, bowled exceptionally well with the older ball and looks a real talent hopefully he can live up to it, unlike so many Indian fast bowlers of the past, who were the epitome of a fly by night.

 

[parttimer]

Congrats to the Indians on stuffing the Poms. What a hammering

 

[TT Boy]

Yes I think Jimmy Anderson would be a decent option given that Mumbai has been known to offer a fair bit of assistance to swing bowlers

Its a dust bowl supposedly, if so then Shaun Udal should play.

 

[TT Boy]

I'd play Anderson. Someone will counter this with "but then we've got a long tail. No one can bat 8." To the people who think that: look how well Plunkett and Blackwell did with the bat. The difference is negligible.

Credit to Blackwell, he did manger to bowl a few decent overs, whilst Liam Plunkett firstly was nonexistent with the bat and secondly couldn't bowl two delivers without slipping in the half volley, the guy has no rhythm his here, there and everywhere with his length.

 

[Pratters]

Dean Jones :Congrats to David, erm Andrew Flintoff for the birth of his son.