England V India Clash of the Heavyweights Test, T20 and ODI Series

Cosimo · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:10

Lol India dropping catches. The 100 is up.

Alpherah · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:14

If we were bowling first .. if only we were bowling first.. if only

shadow_boxer · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:18

Zaheer going off injured, looks like pulled muscle, maybe hamstring. Doesn't look like he's torn it though. There goes India's best chance.

Alpherah · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:19

If its a hamstring then thats this game done, and possibly the next one too.

Participant · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:22

Zaheer Khan't.

shadow_boxer · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:55

Tea break taken with light drizzle in the air.

Eng 127-2 (49.2 overs)

Alpherah · 21 Jul 2011 at 16:29

shadow_boxer said:
Tea break taken with light drizzle in the air.

Eng 127-2 (49.2 overs)

Its now heavy rain..

Alpherah · 21 Jul 2011 at 16:52

If i had to bet, i would say its washed out for the rest of the day

shadow_boxer · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:00

Almost the worst possible outcome: there will be another inspection at 1800, with a view to starting play at 1830. And possibly continuing until 1930. When almost everyone will have sacked it off for the boozer/train home

Alpherah · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:30

Play called off anyway

Weebull · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:33

Tense start. Funny how the mainly Indian-frequented CricInfo reckoned it was England's day today, and that the Indian bowling was poor, whilst the Guardian thought we only barely held on against a incredibly questioning attack.

Pessimists, the lot of them.

TheCenturion · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:04

Weebull said:
Tense start. Funny how the mainly Indian-frequented CricInfo reckoned it was England's day today, and that the Indian bowling was poor, whilst the Guardian thought we only barely held on against a incredibly questioning attack.

Pessimists, the lot of them.

It was a tough day, shown by England's run rate. Had India fielded better, then they may have had a couple more wickets. England can pick up their scoring rate, but India can't go back and take those missed chances. + the injury to Zaheer is very worrying :\

sigma · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:07

Any news on the injury to Khan?

Sure is enjoyable to watch Trott bat!

TheCenturion · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:29

sigma said:
Any news on the injury to Khan?

Sure is enjoyable to watch Trott bat!

Apparently it's just cramp, I sure hope so!

sigma · 21 Jul 2011 at 20:58

TheCenturion said:
Apparently it's just cramp, I sure hope so!

Hmmm!

TheCenturion · 21 Jul 2011 at 21:47

FFS, he's only gone and strained his hamstring!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/story/524212.html

This is horrible, him and Sehwag are India's key players. Without them, India's most definitely not a number one team

I was really looking forward to India doing well against England too...

Weebull · 22 Jul 2011 at 09:47

I was just about to say that I hoped he wasn't properly injured. If we want to beat India, we have to be able to do it against their best players.

It doesn't say whether he's definitely out for a while though, but it'll be a shame.

Participant · 22 Jul 2011 at 09:50

Shame, it's always better to see some sort of contest in test cricket

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platypus · 22 Jul 2011 at 10:03

A strain means he'll likely be back in the series, it will be a great shame if he isn't.

Alpherah · 22 Jul 2011 at 10:15

You want to be able to beat the best, with no excuses allowed, but to be honest it was clear from the warmup game he wasn't fit enough to last a test match so you can only blame him or the Indian cricket team management for not getting him in shape.

England V India ***Clash of the Heavyweights*** Test, T20 and ODI Series

England V India Clash of the Heavyweights Test, T20 and ODI Series