England in India
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s2sschan
Club Cricketer
Pundits
The Pundits are saying that India will have to bat Unusually and Exceptionally well to save this Test. Looks like the Pundits are almost sure of England's victory.
barmyarmy said:
The Pundits are saying that India will have to bat Unusually and Exceptionally well to save this Test. Looks like the Pundits are almost sure of England's victory.
Stephen Bailey
Executive member
s2sschan said:
He's hot or cold, not particularly consistant. Apart from the odd spell in the Ashes he was very average.
s2sschan said:
Which ones have said that? If Ian Botham was one of them, ignore it.
This is what experts are saying:
"The fate of the series leans heavily on the outcome tomorrow. In India a good start to a series tends not to be overhauled. Barring the miracle of 2000-01 - when Laxman and Harbhajan turned Australia's plentiful bread and fish back into a crust and a sardine - no side has won the first Test and lost the series in India since the hosts against Gower's 1984-85 side. On the other hand, since then, only one series that began with a draw has ever gone against India. Tomorrow should be quite a day.
It all looks quite grim now for the ragged Indians. Victory is no longer a possibility. The encroaching rough from all sides has reduced the unblemished original to an oval spotlight in the centre of the strip. The top has come off only on the odd ball, as Monty Panesar has shown, but persistent bowling is not easy to counter, again, as Monty Panesar has shown. Hoggard, Flintoff and Harmison are not bad too. They will need far more application than was shown, for example, in their last Test at Karachi else England will take them to the cleaners. And no discounts too."
In simple words India has to save the match!
"The fate of the series leans heavily on the outcome tomorrow. In India a good start to a series tends not to be overhauled. Barring the miracle of 2000-01 - when Laxman and Harbhajan turned Australia's plentiful bread and fish back into a crust and a sardine - no side has won the first Test and lost the series in India since the hosts against Gower's 1984-85 side. On the other hand, since then, only one series that began with a draw has ever gone against India. Tomorrow should be quite a day.
It all looks quite grim now for the ragged Indians. Victory is no longer a possibility. The encroaching rough from all sides has reduced the unblemished original to an oval spotlight in the centre of the strip. The top has come off only on the odd ball, as Monty Panesar has shown, but persistent bowling is not easy to counter, again, as Monty Panesar has shown. Hoggard, Flintoff and Harmison are not bad too. They will need far more application than was shown, for example, in their last Test at Karachi else England will take them to the cleaners. And no discounts too."
In simple words India has to save the match!
JamesyJames3
International Coach
barmyarmy said:
It's fate! As Stevie said in the Superthread, Colin is the all powerful one, he can make it happen!
Stevie is a liar, and Colin is not as powerful as James
Stephen Bailey
Executive member
barmyarmy said:
That might get you a record, come and enter it!
JamesyJames3 said:
Crawl back into the hole you came out of!
Stephen Bailey
Executive member
barmyarmy said:I checked. Apparantly Udal has 10/0!
Hmmm, me and my big mouth!
stevie said:
Although if I pretend it's medium difficulty I get the record...
Anyway back on topic - I think that tomorrow is really important in the context of the series. If India hang on for a draw and then win the toss for the second test they're favourites again for me.
beefy_botham
School Cricketer
England have either got to enforce an overnight declaration or set the indians 400 to set up an England victory! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
muhammad_inzi
Club Cricketer
what a hundred by cook.i think england can win this test go fredieeeee.
s2sschan said:
Didnt we save a test last time in 2002 in England at Trent Bridge? I think Dravid scored a ton there and Ganguly scored 90 odd runs!
newzolt said:
Still a lot of importance on the final day of this exciting test match!
I feel India can save it this time! With more positive batting than the first innings, India can definitely save it. In fact with Sehwag, I even have hopes of a win!
beefy_botham said:
Forcing an overnight declaration would be a good and brave move! Batting on tomorrow would sound negative to me!
