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Yeah, England outplayed India...because of the injuries.
England V India ***Clash of the Heavyweights*** Test, T20 and ODI Series
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Yeah, England outplayed India...because of the injuries.
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I don't see that at all to be honest, at least not on here anyway - you'd be stupid not to acknowledge that England did get some breaks in terms of injuries and illnesses to India's key players but equally you can only beat what's in front of you and England did everything right and showed that same resilience when batting and killer instinct when bowling that they seem to have developed under Strauss & Flower.
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Anyways after englands recent trend of losing the next test after a win, i don't keep my hopes high.
Oh give it a rest. It's a fair point, and shock horror, someone supporting a losing team might look at ways in which their team contributed to the loss.
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And seeing as India has been given the esteemed title of 'comeback kings', by none other than myself, I reckon that Trent Bridge should be an Indian victory, with Sachin getting his ton
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England waiting till tomorrow to decide if Tremlett is fit enough to play. Would be a great shame if he missed out. I think that he was troubling the batsmen more than the other bowlers.
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Wicked, an excuse for if we lose.
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Zaheer is ruled out of the 2nd test 
How about Trott is ruled out of the match, KP gets injured and Cook gets ill, forcing you to open with Strauss and Bell, and changing your batting order round completely? Also Anderson injures himself in the first innings so Strauss needs to come on to bowl as the 3rd seamer. Then to get something from the match would be exceptional.
How about Trott is ruled out of the match, KP gets injured and Cook gets ill, forcing you to open with Strauss and Bell, and changing your batting order round completely? Also Anderson injures himself in the first innings so Strauss needs to come on to bowl as the 3rd seamer. Then to get something from the match would be exceptional.
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not anymore. Zaheer is ruled out of the 2nd test
Can't say im sad
Who is his replacement?
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Can't say im sad
Munaf Patel or Sreesanth.
Munaf is very tight, but might not take wickets. Sreesanth will get bent over and buttraped without lubrication, going at over 4 an over, but will produce 2-3 magic wicket taking balls.
It's real dilemma
FFS Not happy at all.
One cricinfo writer made an extremely pertinent point: 'Without Zaheer, India simply cannot be considered the number 1 team'
This is absolutely gutting for me, I'm literally dying inside.
Probably Sreesanth - he will still be on a high from high-fiving TheCenturion
Haha, he looked pretty angry, I've got a photo, I'll upload it now.
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Needs caption "you mad bro" High five lol
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Just bought our tickets for Monday. Cant wait. Free access to Tuesday as well when you buy in advance so win win.
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I'd hope that Zaheer's replacement is the only one. Harbhajan will not be dropped I can assure you that. I'm not sure on Gambhir - if he's fit he'll play he fortunately only suffered bruising so I think he should play
So it looks like Sreesanth is in for India and Bresnan in for England. Bit of cloud about so probably is a bowl first morning. TMS all tuned in and ready for the action. Henry Blofeld is doing 3 of the India Tests - great stuff.
Edit: India win toss and bowl.
Edit: India win toss and bowl.
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