England 2012 Cricket Thread

[fbriai]

They're going along quite nicely at the moment.

[PaulWinch again]

My fears on Bres seem to be being realised. He's not threatening at all with the ball, and got nothing with the bat. His last 8 Tests he's averaged 17 with the bat.

[PaulWinch again]

We're struggling here.

[PaulWinch again]

Big wicket, needed that. Good catch Bell.

[Monty]

Loving Boycs on TMS saying, rather unconvincingly, that he needed fairly frequent pep-talks to keep his confidence up as a player. All I can say is that those pep-talks appear to have worked.

[paul_e]

Yet again, Bell failed with the Bat but has taken an excellent catch at a very important time.  That's why Bell will generally get the nod at 5, even if he doesn't score runs he's such a good fielder that he's 'worth' a big stack of runs just from his catches and run outs.

It really was an excellent catch as well.

[PaulWinch again]

Ah Prior drops Gambir, not good. However at least we're creating chances.

[Monty]

Jimmy you absolute beauty.

[PaulWinch again]

That's big, need to knock them over now.

[paul_e]

Such a shame seeing Tendulkar like this.  He should have retired after they toured England, he's clearly not the player he was (even if he goes on hit a big score in the 2nd innings here) but has probably been put under a lot of pressure to keep playing.

He's one of the top batsmen of all time but seems to be a free wicket for us this tour.

[Monty]

Such a shame seeing Tendulkar like this.  He should have retired after they toured England, he's clearly not the player he was (even if he goes on hit a big score in the 2nd innings here) but has probably been put under a lot of pressure to keep playing.

He's one of the top batsmen of all time but seems to be a free wicket for us this tour.

Agreed. I mean, no Indian selectors are ever even going to approach the idea of dropping Sachin, and that's before you wonder who you'd bring in for him. VVS is gone, Dravid's gone, and after he goes and maybe Sehwag not so long after - he also looks a barely passable imitation of the cricketer he was - the future of the much-vaunted Indian batting line-up looks like it's heading for a lean spell.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh Jimmy Jimmy!!!!!!!

[Bernie]

4 down now. This is very very good

[Villan For Life]

Such a shame seeing Tendulkar like this.  He should have retired after they toured England, he's clearly not the player he was (even if he goes on hit a big score in the 2nd innings here) but has probably been put under a lot of pressure to keep playing.

He's one of the top batsmen of all time but seems to be a free wicket for us this tour.

Agreed. I mean, no Indian selectors are ever even going to approach the idea of dropping Sachin, and that's before you wonder who you'd bring in for him. VVS is gone, Dravid's gone, and after he goes and maybe Sehwag not so long after - he also looks a barely passable imitation of the cricketer he was - the future of the much-vaunted Indian batting line-up looks like it's heading for a lean spell.

I agree. No doubt he wanted his 100th international hundred and maybe should have retired once he achieved that remarkable milestone. One international ton since March 2011 is a poor return from one so gifted.

[paul_e]

Such a shame seeing Tendulkar like this.  He should have retired after they toured England, he's clearly not the player he was (even if he goes on hit a big score in the 2nd innings here) but has probably been put under a lot of pressure to keep playing.

He's one of the top batsmen of all time but seems to be a free wicket for us this tour.

Agreed. I mean, no Indian selectors are ever even going to approach the idea of dropping Sachin, and that's before you wonder who you'd bring in for him. VVS is gone, Dravid's gone, and after he goes and maybe Sehwag not so long after - he also looks a barely passable imitation of the cricketer he was - the future of the much-vaunted Indian batting line-up looks like it's heading for a lean spell.

I agree. No doubt he wanted his 100th international hundred and maybe should have retired once he achieved that remarkable milestone. One international ton since March 2011 is a poor return from one so gifted.

The real shame is, if you were a youngster just starting to follow the sport you'd watch him and have no idea why he's called the little master and regarded as one of the top 2-3 batsmen of all time (with Lara and Bradman for me)