posted Jul 20, 2007

But of course it is... Whos in Dravid or sachin?

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posted Jul 20, 2007

can Jaffer stick around? How much do you think he will make in the first innings?

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posted Jul 20, 2007

Dravid Gone!

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posted Jul 20, 2007

Jaffer tends to shaky at the start, but has shown a tendency to post big scores once he is past twenties. With Tendulkar settled now, I suspect India will not have difficulty getting past England's first innings total.

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posted Jul 20, 2007

Tendulkar gone...

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posted Jul 21, 2007

Morning All,

despite England's batting implosion yesterday, they ended up with the honors for the day two through some intelligent bowling.

The inexperienced English bowling attack homed in quickly and purposefully on the keystones of Indian batting. Day two continued to be Advantage England.

Now there are some who talk of a "karmic connection" between Lord's and Saurav. I can assure you, that's not mine, but I've read any number of articles in newspapers and on the web espousing it.

India must be fervently praying that that be true today. There must be many converts to superstition among my fellow Indian fans in this regard. In case he does pull it off, I'm curious to know how the media, print and electronic, responds/reacts today, tomorrow and the day after.

Then there's Laxman still there - will he perform another salvage operation successfully?

Then there's Monty...

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posted Jul 21, 2007

What's the weather forecast for the next two days? When it rained at the World Cup in the Caribbean, English fans kept complaing that those venues should not have been chosen because it rained there. If so, no major sporting event should ever be played in Great Britain.....cricket, Wimbledon, British Open golf,... rain, rain, rain.... But, it is the English that complaint he most.

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posted Jul 21, 2007

Weather forecast is NOT GOOD.

As someone on TMS stated (Aggers maybe? Or Selvers?)
it may be that the best thing for England is to get bowled out tomorrow for about 200. I doubt India can chase 300 on this wicket.

But, with such a good indian lineup (on paper) I can't see Vaughan declaring without a lead of 400, and some rain is forecast for today and tomorrow.

Indian 1st innings was 77 overs. We are unlikely to get 77 overs on Monday.

I hope we do. I'll be at Lords!
So the draw is still possible.

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posted Jul 21, 2007

Indian batting is strong on paper, but fails too often when on the road. Advantage England now, unless rain comes to the rescue of the tourists.

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posted Jul 23, 2007

Good performance by Anderson in this match, he proved me wrong alright. Although he does need to be more consistent and able to bowl on pitches that won't offer any assistance.

But a 4.40 restart? Once again the paying public are pushed to the back of the queue. Why so long? Will probably rain or the light will get worse within that time. Is the game about entertainment or what?

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