England 2012 Cricket Thread

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Gets better. In the 1.2 overs after lunch they've scored 14, Prior has missed a difficult legside catch off Anderson and an easy stumping off Swann.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

And got Gambhir out next ball.

[Warren Aspinall]

This made me giggle, from someone on twitter.

You really can't give Sehwag any width. Unless you're his tailor, in which case it's a necessity

[PaulWinch again]

I'm not sure why Bresnan is in the side, he hasn't been economical or remotely threatening.

[Dr Butler]

250/3 at tea......god knows what the little master was playing at.

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[PaulWinch again]

We're playing for a draw here I think. Bresnan really shouldn't have been in this side I don't think.

[eastie]

We're playing for a draw here I think. Bresnan really shouldn't have been in this side I don't think.

Yes backs to the wall already, India will post a big score now and I'd be delighted to get a draw from here, monty should be playing.

[PaulWinch again]

Looks like an absolutely dreadful decision to go in with three seamers. Our team choice has been a bit too predictable.

[Villan For Life]

I'm not sure why Bresnan is in the side, he hasn't been economical or remotely threatening.

He got a lot of reverse swing in one of the warm ups and with Finn ruled out through injury he was sure starter.

Flower doesn't like to play 5 bowlers and as a result you have a bits and pieces cricketer like Patel in the team over a good spinner like Monty.

I like Bresnan. He's exactly the sort of bowler we need in these conditions. He'll comfortably bowl 20 + overs without complaint or reward in the same way that Hoggard used to.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah but unfortunately he's taken a bit of punishment today and this doesn't look like a three seamer pitch to me. I appreciate we have our formula, but you need to be flexible.

[PaulWinch again]

Monty absolutely certainly should have played in this game. We've made the same mistake we made in the first Test in the UAE. I appreciate we got hammered in that series, but that was down to the batting more than the bowling.

[PaulWinch again]

In the context of the game a terrible drop from Trott, you can't let Kohli off. Not good enough.

[PaulWinch again]

Has our fielding coach changed in the last year or so? Because we've gone from an excellent fielding side to a pretty average one. It's not just a blip now, we consistenly drop catches and misfield. Our quality of fielding was one of the reasons we reached the top of the game, and the current standard is unacceptable.

[PaulWinch again]

Swanny removes Kohli, relief for Trott. We really should be playing two proper spinners.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm going to agree with Dravid, Patel's spin is simply not good enough to be the second spinner.