India in England Jun-Sept 2014

[PokerAce]

That is one of the longest overs I think I remember. He is nearing bowling 10 deliveries now for that over.

 

[Aalay]

I fell asleep and woke up again and Chris Jordan was still bowling.

 

[PokerAce]

Jimmy Anderson bowling is not that easy when the pitch is not a custom made green fking garden, is it?

 

[PokerAce]

Being dropped earlier in the year from the side seems to have worked for Raina

 

[Epic]

Keep talking up your great captain. Umesh Yadav not picked for the first game of the series and Mohit to play ahead of him. God save India from Dhoni`s fetish towards mediocre seamers. I really do see some upsets against us in the World Cup if we field an attack consisting of Bhuvi and Mohit in Australian conditions.

Umesh Yadav

Dem stats tho. He should be a part of our Test setup, not the limited overs side.

 

[Umair7]

Clarke won the Ashes at Home after losing 7 matches away, did the Aussies all say of its a fking useless home win. You have double standards for juding performances, for India winning at home lets look down upon it, other teams though, its okay to win at home after a poor away run, but if MSD wins at home after a poor away run, we should just sack him for winning at home. Fking hilarious.

@
PokerAce

we had a crap squad unlike India who have the so called best batting lineup in the world

 

[PokerAce]

How easy is it to look bad when losing. When MSD and Ind were losing, Cook was all kinds of tihngs, pro-active, setting fields in the right place, MSD was defensive, and what not. I bet Cook doesn't look too clever right now does he?

Point is not against Cook, but to MSD witch hunters, no captain looks good when the chips are down and bowlers being carted all over the place and batsmen in the middle of a good partnership.

 

[greymatter776]

Before the hat-trick wide came,commentators already pointed out the seam position of Jordan which was awkward and I do think thats the real reason for that 11 ball over.Raina is good for a century here and the good news is he looked OK and perhaps good against the short ball.Good that he carried his IPL form into the international cricket as well.so far he is 97* of 70.

 

[PokerAce]

Clarke won the Ashes at Home after losing 7 matches away, did the Aussies all say of its a fking useless home win. You have double standards for juding performances, for India winning at home lets look down upon it, other teams though, its okay to win at home after a poor away run, but if MSD wins at home after a poor away run, we should just sack him for winning at home. Fking hilarious.

@
PokerAce

we had a crap squad unlike India who have the so called best batting lineup in the world

Oh trust me that test line which cannot bat 30 overs in a test innings is not the best batting line up in the world. Also its been a while since Ind actually had the best batting line up in the world. That generation has long since retired. For starters any good line up (let alone best in the world) should have settled openers, look at India now.

 

[greymatter776]

And thats Raina's highest ODI score outside subcontinent.

 

[PokerAce]

Before the hat-trick wide came,commentators already pointed out the seam position of Jordan which was awkward and I do think thats the real reason for that 11 ball over.Raina is good for a century here and the good news is he looked OK and perhaps good against the short ball.Good that he carried his IPL form into the international cricket as well.so far he is 97* of 70.

You somehow mentioned IPL in a good light, the hate brigade are coming for you

But yes Raina has looked good against the short ball. Except that one miscue pull that went for a six.

 

[Umair7]

Nope they are not retired , they are just overrated

 

[greymatter776]

England bowlers just trying too much to bowl the slower balls which has made a lot of wides.

 

[PokerAce]

Nope they are not retired , they are just overrated

You mean in some parallel universe SRT, Sehwag, Dravid, Ganguly, etc are not retired and still playing and are over-rated.

 

[abhi_jacko]

@PokerAce - I am done with this discussion because we are back to going around in circles I myself have said the same thing in the last two posts. Enjoy the game

Go raina. Might actually get a 100 next to his name in England. Whowuddathunk