England In India - October 2011/12

[SaiSrini]

Can Sreesanth swing it?

Yes he can.

The battle between Sree and Praveen is going to be interesting to watch. Praveen can swing it really well, but his pace is not enough to cause trouble consistently. Sree has more pace and can swing it too, but he doesn't have the consistency and he doesn't have control over his temperament. So Dhoni has to pick between the two. Ishant is a sure shot starter for Lord's with Zaheer. Can't see Dhoni thinking the other way about Ishant.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Yes he can swing. If he does he more dangerous the Clouderson & Zaheer Khan.

Just read now, seriously comparing Sehwag and Anderson?

 

[Gurjot95]

Comparing Sehwag and Anderson is like comparing Sachin and Warne. Remember RDF anyone?

 

[6ry4nj]

Then why are you playing Broad.

ICC rankings. Only 1 English pacer better than Ishant: Clouderson.

And you call Indian fans deluded.

(Don't know whether to or lol) I called one deluded Indian fan deluded. That's you .

It would hardly surprise me if the ICC rankings are wrong. It's hardly the only thing the ICC is wrong about.

And I never mentioned Broad. Broad (for Tests) would be almost as big a mistake as Sreesanth would be.

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Rankings are irrelevant considering that Tremlett has only played very few tests since coming back in the Ashes.

That said, Zaheer and Anderson are both equally accomplished spearheads of their respective attacks. Ishant and Tremlett offer a similar threat, that of pace and bounce. If Ishant can keep him his good form, then he'll do well in England, as I'm sure Tremlett will (continuing on from his great showing in the Sri Lanka test series). The third bowler is the issue for both teams. Broad is a very average test bowler as far as I'm concerned and India would be lucky to come up against him instead of Finn. Sreesanth also blows hot and cold while PK is new to test cricket and while he may be steady, he is by no means spectacular. However, Sreesanth and PK's expert swing bowling ability (if and when they get it right) will certainly come in handy in helpful English conditions.

Quite right, especially about Broad. If either team load up with one of those blanks (Broad or Sreesanth), they will lose.

Ishant may be on a roll, and if I was an Indian fan of course I'd be wishing it never ends, but I don't believe that kind of extreme streak can last long. Either way, barring 'mistakes' as outlined above, I would say form - with a contribution from home advantage - will determine which trio of pacers comes out on top.

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Yes he can swing. If he does he more dangerous than Anderson & Zak the Flat-Trak Trundler .

Better than Zak I can believe. For the rest: keep dreaming.

Just read now, seriously comparing Sehwag and Anderson?

When you're right you're right.

 

[Aalay]

You can not compare Zaheer with Clouderson. Anderson has taken most of his wckets in England which mostly provides, bowling friendly conditions. On other side, Zaheer has taken most of his wickets on Indian tracks, which are purely made for batting. Zaheer has performed well abroad, too. If Anderson comes into sub continent with as much as wicket as Zaheer has, then we can compare both of them. Otherwise Anderson is far away from Zaheer. Yes, I agree Anderson is a good bowler but not that good that you compare him with Zaheer.

Also I would like to touch on that Sreesanth topic that if he gets his line and length right, he can be dangerous than Zaheer and for sure he can be better then "CLOUDERSON" . The key word in the Sreesanth's case is though "Consistency" which is missing right now. If he can sort that out, he can be pretty handy bowler.

 

[cricketlover172]

(Don't know whether to or lol) I called one deluded Indian fan deluded. That's you .

It would hardly surprise me if the ICC rankings are wrong. It's hardly the only thing the ICC is wrong about.

And I never mentioned Broad. Broad (for Tests) would be almost as big a mistake as Sreesanth would be.

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Yes, ICC is certainly wrong that a minnow basher like Swann sits on 2nd ranking.

And yes we are dreaming with WC and no.1 rankings. Wheras Clouderson was humilated in WC and England are no.3 in rankings. Thanks.

 

[Aswin8]

sreesanth is having the best speed in india...it would be great if he added some swing to make the curry hot

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

The ad below on Star Cricket was awesome. It showed, "India,Yes you are Number 1 but to be Number 1 you still have to beat the champs England at home"

Star Cricket are going to show this series in HD without AD's its going to be awesome. 10 Days and 18 hours left before the First ball being bowled at the Lords.

 

[mohit_dude10]

Hope the only practice game before the 1st test isn't ruined by poor weather. Btw will they be showing it?

 

[Haarithan]

Hope the only practice game before the 1st test isn't ruined by poor weather. Btw will they be showing it?

Nope. I had a look in espnstar.com, but no live telecast was scheduled for the match against Somerset.

The ad below on Star Cricket was awesome. It showed, "India,Yes you are Number 1 but to be Number 1 you still have to beat the champs England at home"

Star Cricket are going to show this series in HD without AD's its going to be awesome. 10 Days and 18 hours left before the First ball being bowled at the Lords.

Actually it was:

How can you call yourselves 'World Champions' when you couldn't beat us? (referring to the tie in the WC) &

Well if your really the World Champions, come and prove that in our backyard.

He never ever mentioned the part I bolded in your comment. Was hilarious nevertheless.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Who is Andrew Peters? Cricinfo Commentary right?

And Star Cricket plagiarized it

 

[Haarithan]

lol this is Andrew Peter (no 's'). Andrew Miller is a member of cricinfo, not Peters.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Who is that guy?

 

[Aalay]

Well I don't really know what he was trying to say there. Yes, we did not beat England in WC but I think he is forgetting England's tour of India in 2008. Remember 5-0? Well that's something to note about. Well looking much forward to this series now. Even though I know English test team is very strong in comparison to the ODI team.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

I initially thought people were comparing anderson's bowling with sehwag's batting and I thought it was an excellent comparison.

if you consider the fact they're both players who tend to cash in on favourable conditions at the top of the innings but go missing when things aren't quite as easy then it's quite a good match.