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

[Cosimo]

Lol India dropping catches. The 100 is up.

 

[Alpherah]

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

 

[shadow_boxer]

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]

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

 

[Participant]

Zaheer Khan't.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Tea break taken with light drizzle in the air.

Eng 127-2 (49.2 overs)

 

[Alpherah]

Tea break taken with light drizzle in the air.

Eng 127-2 (49.2 overs)

Its now heavy rain..

 

[Alpherah]

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

 

[shadow_boxer]

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]

Play called off anyway

 

[Weebull]

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]

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 :\

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Any news on the injury to Khan?

Sure is enjoyable to watch Trott bat!

 

[TheCenturion]

Any news on the injury to Khan?

Sure is enjoyable to watch Trott bat!

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

 

[GarethSouthgate]

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

Hmmm!

 

[TheCenturion]

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]

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]

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

 

[platypus]

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

 

[Alpherah]

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.