India in England/Ireland/Scotland

[RoboRocks]

Hopefully Colly can learn from his mistakes as captain.
He is new to the job and made some bad errors but he has done well with England in this series against a strong Indian team so hopefully he can kick England on.

Plus I think he is more willing to bowl himself than he used to do and he also know when to bowl himself and how long to keep going for.

 

[harishankar]

Hopefully Colly can learn from his mistakes as captain.
He is new to the job and made some bad errors but he has done well with England in this series against a strong Indian team so hopefully he can kick England on.

Plus I think he is more willing to bowl himself than he used to do and he also know when to bowl himself and how long to keep going for.

I would hardly call the current Indian ODI side strong. We have the elements of a good side, but the lack of an all-rounder will continue hurting India.

Luckily Saurav Ganguly could step in at Headingley to do the job. But conditions won't always suit his style of bowling.

If Sehwag could come back into the Indian side with his top batting form, we automatically get an extra bowler as well as I think he's more than capable of being the effective fifth bowler.

 

[RoboRocks]

Well the bowlers are doing well and the batsmen mostly average over 40 so it has to be a good side.

Its just under achieving.

 

[PhilD123]

Yeah, Broad should have been out LBW, but whatever comes around goes around, England will probably have a costly decision go against them later in the series.

God thats annoying Yuvraj anyone?

We didn't turn up, I could see why England would want to give Lewis the new ball, but the opening partnership that had been doing so well, shouldn't have been split up.

We need to get focused for Wednesday now and put in another good performance.

Excellent innings from Collingwood, perhaps his captaincy wasn't the best, but he's learning and it'll get better.

 

[manee]

God thats annoying Yuvraj anyone?

Damn Karma

We didn't turn up, I could see why England would want to give Lewis the new ball, but the opening partnership that had been doing so well, shouldn't have been split up.

It was an awful move in hindsight but I think Tendulkar must be credited for how he played Lewis, he attacked him very well after playing himself in.

Excellent innings from Collingwood, perhaps his captaincy wasn't the best, but he's learning and it'll get better.

It certainly will, I think that he was the right choice as captain of England in ODIs.

 

[karnog]

India keep on surprising. I wasnt expecting such a good performance. I think the whole team is being undercongratulated (now is that a word). Their last defeat was demoralising to say the least. It shows the mental toughness of this team. The only negative is putting those bell catches down- it could hurt them the next game.

As for england, a wake up call. No matter what u throw india are gonna fight. Ando was a bit off (even if the ball was swinging i dont think he would've performed well, his pace was a bit down) and broad/ panersar were used at wrong times. Plus, bopara injured is a huge blow. I don't know if he's missing the next match and give collingwood a break. The fact that this odi side is winning games against a quality team shouldn't be forgotten. Especially when pieterson isn't in good form.

 

[sammy]

lol .. so much excuses. :crying

The fact is, england has a very poor team, India's bowlers suck so badly that only a poor batting side could lose wickets to them.


If it was any other team that made 320 england wouldn't even come close.

KP is not a good batsman when facing decent bowlers, too easy to get out.

 

[Eddie]

KP is not a good batsman when facing decent bowlers, too easy to get out.

this is easily the funniest remark i have ever witnessed on the PC forums

if anything he is weaker against poor bowling..

he has made centuries against teams will bowlers like :

Mcgrath
Lee
Warne
Murali
Kumble
Kaneria
Akhtar

probly more names i missed..


30 tests - 2898 runs - average 52.69 - 10 centuries (1in 3 matches !!!)
59 ODIs - 2153 runs - average 50.06 - strike rate of 90.80

i am pretty sure he's made at least 1 century in every test series he's appeared in...quite amazing really.

 

[sammy]

this is easily the funniest remark i have ever witnessed on the PC forums

if anything he is weaker against poor bowling..

he has made centuries against teams will bowlers like :

Mcgrath
Lee
Warne
Murali
Kumble
Kaneria
Akhtar

probly more names i missed..

he never made over 158 until he faced some weak bowling by west indies recently. His 15 minutes of fame is over with.

He is a slogger, not a great batsman. He is not a match winner like chanderpaul, chris gayle, Lara, etc ..

 

[Skater]

he never made over 158 until he faced some weak bowling by west indies recently. His 15 minutes of fame is over with.

He is a slogger, not a great batsman. He is not a match winner like chanderpaul, chris gayle, Lara, etc ..

You are quite welcome to label someone like Shahid Afridi as a slogger, since he is a selfish batsman who tries to hit every ball for six, regardless of the situation. Kevin Pietersen does not act in this way, as shown by his 158 against Australia in 2005.

 

[sammy]

You know Jimmy adams right ? west indies ex captain ..

here is a cool fact for you.

In the first half of his career, Jimmy Adams generated phenomenal statistics. After 12 Tests, only Bradman had a better record than his 1132 runs at 87, yet Adams never developed an aura to match his average. Born in Jamaica to a pair of doctors, he grew up as a clinical left-hander, willowy and strong off his legs, whose unblinking concentration shone out through a string of big hundreds and not-outs

 

[Will_NA]

So I guess no-one's allowed to carry on a brilliant start to their career just because Jimmy Adams didn't? They are two completely different players.

 

[Eddie]

12 test..

Kp has been doing this for 30 tests..AND 59 ODI's.. thats almost 100 matches..

you are talking garbage my firend

i'd be amazed if you can find anyone else to back up your rediculous statments..

 

[sammy]

So I guess no-one's allowed to carry on a brilliant start to their career just because Jimmy Adams didn't? They are two completely different players.

Players normally have good starts.

Alistor cook prolly won't be playing for england soon, even tho he had such a good start. He is not a good player, his stumps are always available to get bowled.

Kp is not that good of player to end on the same note he started. if he continues this way, which he will, most likely he won't be on the team much longer also.

12 test..

Kp has been doing this for 30 tests..AND 59 ODI's.. thats almost 100 matches..

you are talking garbage my firend

i'd be amazed if you can find anyone else to back up your rediculous statments..

My point is even with a good start players do go backwards with moments in the middle of their downfall.

 

[Skater]

Players normally have good starts.

Alistor cook prolly won't be playing for england soon, even tho he had such a good start. He is not a good player, his stumps are always available to get bowled.

Kp is not that good of player to end on the same note he started. if he continues this way, which he will, most likely he won't be on the team much longer also.
My point is even with a good start players do go backwards with moments in the middle of their downfall.

You have no base to make these claims from. Every single player in the world goes through a spell of poor form at some point in their career. Kevin Pietersen is showing mild signs of such a spell now, but there is nothing to suggest he is on a downward slant and that he won't be in the team for much longer.