England in India

[hondeyho]

Half-Century from Cook, well done to him

 

[embi]

Oof! Pieterson dropped! Hmm, listening to the match on Radio 4 LW

 

[hondeyho]

I'm watching it and it was SUCH an easy catch for him to take. Pietersen should be out!

 

[embi]

Well Pieterson bowled! got what he deserved. maybe his catching skills are infectious...

 

[gaurav_indian]

England are in trouble now.

 

[hondeyho]

Went for the pull, inside edge and bowled. Sreesanth is a real danger man but can Flintoff handle Kumble, there isn't much spin out there today.

Collingwood's in

 

[embi]

Aarrghh cricinfo is being really slow updating...Well thats unlucky for Pieterson, he could have been on to a great score, he just lost concentration due to that dropping..

 

[cricket_lover]

Sreesanth deserved the wicket. Good controlled line from him, always helpful in these conditions. Kumble looks quite compact, he should be among the wickets soon.

 

[embi]

This match he should get his 500 wickets. Hopefully England can recover.

 

[Adarsh]

Will the highlights be shown on Channel 5 in England?

 

[aussie1st]

Collingwood really should be batting 4. He was the rock last time England played in Asia. He looks like doing the same this time round too.

 

[harishankar]

Sahara is denied to us Indian viewers (at least in Chennai because of the CAS in place here) because they suddenly decided to go pay.

CRAP channel... who have absolutely no viewers before and after this series... and they cash in cynically on this...

We are forced back to Doordarshan National where Hindi commentators keep barging in every alternate half-hour... And Nimbus' quality is nowhere near Ten Sports/ARY. Awful video and poor unprofessional camera work too.

 

[gaurav_indian]

Sahara is denied to us Indian viewers (at least in Chennai because of the CAS in place here) because they suddenly decided to go pay.

CRAP channel... who have absolutely no viewers before and after this series... and they cash in cynically on this...

We are forced back to Doordarshan National where Hindi commentators keep barging in every alternate half-hour... And Nimbus' quality is nowhere near Ten Sports/ARY. Awful video and poor unprofessional camera work too.

yep i agree.BCCI is the richest board in the world and still they are unprofessional in broadcasting matches.

 

[harishankar]

It makes me MAD. We pay for the top sports channel like ESPN, Star Sports and Ten Sports who have a reputed history of production and make professional telecasts of major sports events. Yet this money-grubbing politicians in the BCCI decide to sell the production rights to Nimbus (whose quality is quite substandard IMHO) and then they sell the TV rights to an absolutely crap, rubbish entertainment channel like Sahara who decide that their channel suddenly needs to become a pay channel.

I have a set top box precisely to view quality channels and yet major sports channels are denied the rights to telecast an important series like this.

Drown in your own ?**!@#*, BCCI!!! :

 

[barmyarmy]

Good point on the TMS commentary. They're saying that the batsmen who got themselves out (as opposed to the ones who were got out) were the same ones who did in Pakistan through poor shots rather than good bowling. Pietersen just doesn't get the whole, knuckle down and graft thing.