England in India

[Skater]

A fantastic game of cricket where the momentum swung about like Matthew Hoggard's leg cutter has ended in a draw after an explosive last hour.
Now Andrew Flintoff obviously didn't bribe the umpire. It was obviously bad light.

 

[Englishandproud]

Yeah Bullshit. Maybe Freddie had a little chat with Umpires and gave him money that if you draw you'll get the amount of money. Lolz . Everybody is scared of Sachin the little master.

Is that why he and Laxman ran off as soon as they could, at least another 30 mins play today, would have seen an England win.

 

[embi]

Wait a minute...they could still play on! What are the odds though, of getting the 4 wickets that we need...

 

[Indiangod]

End result is a draw......the batsmen take the bad light offer, the last 10 overs was thrilling.

 

[hondeyho]

India wouldn't of won it. They would of been all out if they kept on sloggin without using their noggin

 

[barmyarmy]

Why would Flintoff bribe the umpires when the decision to go off for bad light rests with the batsmen?

 

[Englishandproud]

Yes they would have soon been all out, anyway we will take the Indians out with the rest of the test games. You have shown a weakness.

 

[vibs89]

MEN IN BLUE --- The PAIN for England

For all English fans beware and read this little poem already posted in India vs Pakistan. So Pak already knows now not to mess with Men In Blue

MEN IN BLUE --- The PAIN for England.

The world's gratest bowler Wasim Akram and Imran Khan says the trouble for England is here.
They FEAR the END of England agaist INDIA in ODI.
They FEAR THEIR RECORDS would be BROKEN
By who?...........

nobody else than the MAN IN BLUE - Irfan Pathan.

Adam Gilcrist is thinking about his records would be broken.
He FEARS to loose the position in world XI,
By who?............

nobody else than the MAN IN BLUE - MS. Dhoni



Jhonty Rodhse FEARS that his records would be broken
By who?............

nobody else than the MAN IN BLUE - MD. Kaif

Every team FEAR loosing series
Every team FEAR loosing ranking
against only one one NATION,
Which NATION?........

no other than INDIA
They FEAR the MEN IN BLUE.


Jai Hind

 

[Englishandproud]

Why would Flintoff bribe the umpires when the decision to go off for bad light rests with the batsmen?

Good point barmyarmy, lol, they are just clutching at straws for a reason why they ran off the pitch.

 

[vibs89]

India had a pretty more chance to win. But luckily the wicket fell down and plus Kaif Laxman and Sachin would've defend it and draw the match.

 

[barmyarmy]

Once the light had been offered they could have stayed on though until they were 8 or 9 down and then taken it.

 

[manee]

Whoever gets man of the match will be a good piece of confidence for the team

And the man of the match is...

...

Matthew Hoggard!!!!

 

[Kratz]

Had Sehwag gave us an explosive start we would have won this game. I thought Dravid should have played little quicker, but no problem he played a great inning. Very good 100 by Jaffer and great entertaining innings in the end by Pathan, Sachin and Dhoni. Pathan has proved that he's an all-rounder and he can face any bowler, the reason because Flintoff was bowling lot of Yorkers and it wasn't easy to hit, but he still played beautifully. The pitch was very slow and was hard to find boundaries, but still India did a great job. Even Dhoni wasn't out this match still would have end with draw because of the bad light. So we're not up set in fact we're very happy. What an entertaining cricket by India. Excellent cricket. What a test match! Love it!

 

[vibs89]

Had Sehwag gave us an explosive start we would have won this game. I thought Dravid should have played little quicker, but no problem he played a great inning. Very good 100 by Jaffer and great entertaining innings in the end by Pathan, Sachin and Dhoni. Pathan has proved that he's an all-rounder and he can face any bowler, the reason because Flintoff was bowling lot of Yorkers and it wasn't easy to hit, but he still played beautifully. The pitch was very slow and was hard to find boundaries, but still India did a great job. Even Dhoni wasn't out this match still would have end with draw because of the bad light. So we're not up set in fact we're very happy. What an entertaining cricket by India. Excellent cricket. What a test match! Love it!

Yap Totally agree with you. Men In Blue the team India

 

[m_vaughan]

India first played it safe to get into a position where a draw was certain, and then decided to go explosive. To say that India had a chance of winning is a bit foolish. You have to recall that England DECLARED their innings with seven wickets in hand. So if at all it was the visitors who were looking for a result.

But no doubt good batting from the Indians. It is always hard to bat on the final day, chasing a target as big as 367. Dravid and Jaffer did a professional job in the middle, without any panic.

But I think England will get more confidence out of this game, because despite having a severely depleted side, they matched the Indians in their own backyard and in my opinion outplayed them. They scored more runs and picked up more wickets than the home side. Lets hope they can carry on the momentum into the rest of the tour.

Kudos to Andrew Flintoff and his Team England.