***Official*** England in India

[Jono]

Well Cribb started up this website/forum called CricSim, where you sign up as players and take part in a simulated cricket league, playing for clubs and provinces. Currently he's president of a club called the Ravens, which by the way explains his avatar. Marcuss, Teja, Johnners, Shri, Spark and I are a few other members of that club. We have a private sub forum and everything. It's by far the best on the site.

Heef also runs a Rugby Sim on the same forums, so we have another subforum for our rugby clubs. Most CWers join the Crabs, which is the best club on the site after the Ravens. Cribb isn't it which is a plus, although we have to put up with his abusing of admin powers by posting in our subbie from time to time. Athlai and Howe generally run the show in terms of selection, contracts and lineups for the Crabs I think. I personally don't know anything about rugby though, so I just make an occasional post in the match threads to lie to myself that I'm still interested in the fortunes of the club in the competition, while my actual interests lie in a thread that weeman27bob has so generously populated with pictures of perfect women.

So anyways, last season of the league GingerFurball decided to sign up. But before that, GIMH signed up. They both joined the same club, the Gamblers, who traditionally are known as a bunch of racist bogans. Morgieb happens to be one of the few good blokes in that club. This season GIMH and GF both moved to another club, the Cyclones (see the trend here?).

About that inside joke, I don't think you'll really get it tbh. Feel free to sign up to CricSim anytime though.

#peoplethatneedlivesasap

 

[Daemon]

#peoplethatneedlivesasap

kohli will get out first ball today

 

[Cevno]

What's up with Ishant Sharma today ?

 

[Jono]

Alright wtf, once again I am not watching so I must ask, are England batting like dickwads or is the pitch doing something/India bowling well?

Run rate is ridiculously slow.

 

[Daemon]

What's up with Ishant Sharma today ?

Nothing, he's just bowling more accurately than usual. Too bad he's aiming for the wrong spot on the pitch, it's why he'll just beat the bat a hell lot and never get wickets.

And when he drops even shorter he gets spanked like that.

 

[Cevno]

Alright wtf, once again I am not asking so I must ask, are England batting like dickwads or is the pitch doing something/India bowling well?

Run rate is ridiculously slow.

There is movement in the air as well of the pitch and India have bowled decently well.

KP looks out of sorts too for some reason today.

 

[Contra]

Alright wtf, once again I am not asking so I must ask, are England batting like dickwads or is the pitch doing something/India bowling well?

Run rate is ridiculously slow.

Outfield is quick, good batting wicket, there is a bit of swing but that's usually there in most games these days. Ishant seems to be bowling well, it also seems like England plan on keeping wickets in hand and go big during the final overs, decent strategy, could potentially backfire if these two get out soon though.

Will be interesting to see how the spinners go.

 

[Daemon]

Alright wtf, once again I am not asking so I must ask, are England batting like dickwads or is the pitch doing something/India bowling well?

Run rate is ridiculously slow.

itstl

All three bowlers so far are getting movement through the air and Ishant especially off the wicket. They've bowled well though, and Cook's done really well to score his 37. No doubt it'll get easier to bat the longer the sun stays out.

 

[Jono]

Outfield is quick, good batting wicket, there is a bit of swing but that's usually there in most games these days. Ishant seems to be bowling well, it also seems like England plan on keeping wickets in hand and go big during the final overs, decent strategy, could potentially backfire if these two get out soon though.

Will be interesting to see how the spinners go.

Backfires if KP goes early, for sure. Worked in the first ODI I guess.

 

[Jono]

1. What is par?
2. Will there be dew?

 

[Cevno]

Yeah, not much turn today so far. More effective conditions for the seamers.

 

[Cevno]

1. What is par?
2. Will there be dew?

There should be a bit of dew in the evening, but it isn't turning much anyway.

Tough to tell par right now but would say 250.

 

[Jarquis]

Cook is just a machine. Insane stuff. Could be a really good platform for Morgan, Patel and Buttler.

 

[Jono]

Is Ashwin bowling pies?

 

[Contra]

Man spinners must want to shoot whoever makes these new rules lol, first the 2 new balls and now only 4 outside the ring lol.

 

[Cevno]

Ishant.

 

[Jono]

That should be a sackable offence, and I'm not joking.

 

[Cevno]

Is Ashwin bowling pies?

Yep. Not looking threatening at all.

 

[Jono]

Dead ball bowled? Faaaaaaaaaar out

Edit: **** off, cricbuzz made it sound worse than KP just backing away. Thought he may have kicked the stumps or something

 

[Jarquis]

Odds haven't changed at all for about 15 overs now.