England 2012 Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

He might got a wicket, but I'd take Bresnan off. We need to attack the game now and get threatening bowlers on.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh bollocks Anderson looks like he's injured.

[PaulWinch again]

He's not, he's got Jadeja. Great time for a wicket.

[PaulWinch again]

Cook runs out Dhoni for 99!

[john e]

Top draw run out was that

[PaulWinch again]

Swann bowls Chawla in last over.

[Villan For Life]

Great comeback by England in the last session.

[PaulWinch again]

Great fightback there, back just about on top.

[OzVilla]

After 3 one sided Test Matches looks like this one will be the nail biter.

For play to both teams today, a real scrap and the reason why Test Match Cricket is head and shoulders above any other form of the game, and most other sports in my opinion.

 

[Dante Lavelli]

After 3 one sided Test Matches looks like this one will be the nail biter.

For play to both teams today, a real scrap and the reason why Test Match Cricket is head and shoulders above any other form of the game, and most other sports in my opinion.

It's good that it is happening in India too, as they're arguably the least Test friendly nation.  A great advert for the 5-day game.

[Dave Cooper please]

Proper Test cricket, it doesn't matter how many wickets you take sometimes, as long as your opponents aren't taking the game away from you, and India never were.
Paul Winch, you are the most pessimistic poster on this thread ever!

[Villan For Life]

Very poor behaviour by the Indians particularly Kohli over the Trott non-dismissal. Ironic really because the Indian board reject DRS because they believe in the sanctity of the Umpire's decision. Pity they haven't told their players. I don't think he hit it but to continue with the verbals was wrong.

Attritional stuff all day. I think if we bat until just after lunch on day 5 then we should be fine. The Indians may well rue batting on this morning, they wasted an hour's play.

[PaulWinch again]

Kohli always strikes me as a bit of wanker. We still have a job to do, but hopefully Bell and Trott can keep batting.

[paul_e]

well we have 2 targets:

Bat until the middle of the afternoon session OR
get to about 275

The good thing is the play nicely together.  If we look like we're going to make the 1st India will have to try to force the issue with the ball, which will mean bringing the field in, opening space for more boundaries than have been seen so far this test.

Either way if we get close to both/either we need to be sensible with the bowling.  At least a few an over need to be on the stumps.  They're going to have to score at a much higher rate than anyone has on this pitch, trying to do that against bowlers who are aiming at the stumps at least some of the time opens up the 'you miss then I hit' t20 style of taking wickets.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

We CAN'T lose this now.

Dig in Trotters and Bell.