India is pretty good at cricket, but that's the only thing we have :(
Go Sahara India! We own!
Harbhajab Singh, please play with spectacular-ness!
XD, If too much of your bowling attack start firing, we could be in trouble. I can see you having to rely a little too much on Harbhajan I haven't seen too much of the younger fast bowlers. Not amazingly scared of Sehwag and Tendulkar bowling though. On a more serious note england are going to have to bowl exceedingly well to break through your battling line-up. I mean Sehwag, Dravid, Laxman, Tendular, Ganguly... It's going to be a tough job on your pitches.
*waits for the ashes*
I think England have a good chance of winning it, considering that the Australian attack is lacking a top class spinner (I know that guy took 8-215 vs india) and none of the pacemen are really red hot (as far as I'm aware).
Again we'll have to wait and see, they seem to be using Lee, Johnson, Watson as their attack in India, only Brett Lee who I can see taking a fivefor. Again I think it is englands bowling line up that will be in question rather than our battling line up. We'll need to put the pressure on with the bat to have a fighting chance.
I'd just like to say that the 20 Million Dollar match was absolute shit and that England shouldn't have taken part.
Can't wait for The Ashes, England actually stand a chance again. Australia don't look quite so dominant anymore, especially after India mauling them in that Test Series.
Any of you guys play cricket yourselves? I had county trials D= (failed, obviously xD)
I completely agree, not only was the moral of the match completely wrong, we also managed to assure in everyone's minds that we cannot play for shit under pressure. I mean it's not like they out played us, we handed the £20,000,000 into their hands practically from the first over.
I play for eversley cricket club. I've never been amazingly good. I'd call muyself an all-rounder but they never work both on the same day. I never played higher than the 3rd Team (at age 17 now), bowling 1st / 2nd change and battling 6 / 7. Talking county trials... lol tried once and failed.
Phail Shade.
I like to play Cricket more than most other sports as long as I don't have to field or bowl.
/me goes back to Lurking.
LOL, thats what a lot of people say. Batting is supposed to be the enjoyable part of the game. I think people find fielding boring as there is nothing to do for long periods of time, but if you find that you care about the match, walk in and be enthusiastic its fine. A bit of banter never hurts either ;) As for bowling, bowling's pleasure comes in short sharp bursts rather than as a constant stream of balls to face and score runs off. You can only take a maximum of 10 wickets in an over after all lol.
Haha are you kidding? I thought I would never see a cricket thread on here. Anyway...
England in India
Although we bat down to 8 with Stuart Broad in the team, our line up is the epitome of mediocrity. Cook/Strauss/Bell is the least threatening top 3 in international cricket (out of the competitive teams) and my concern is that we will not be able to post a 450 total in the first innings. On the typical Indian feather-bed, 350-400 will simply not be enough and the pressure will be on our bowlers. If the Australian series is any indication, our seamers will have no help whatsoever from the pitches and Monty will have to deliver. We will need big performances from Pietersen and Flintoff - our only world class players - if England are to take anything away from the subcontinent.
I predict 1-0 to India.
England in the West Indies
I have not rated West Indies as a test nation for years. They are whipping boys as far as I am concerned and this series will just be an opportunity for our players to make up for a poor showing in India. The media will spin it like it is a renaissance when in reality, England will just be beating a vastly inferior team.
I predict 3-1 to England.
I agree with you, although I fell making predictions is hard. I think the problem that I have always had with England's Cricket is so unpredictable. Good examples are Harmison and Anderson. World Class bowlers opn their day, but they just bolw too shit too often. Were going to need a solid middle order and good support from the lower order to post totals of 450+ but i think we have it in us. We need someone to stand up and take charge and really lead this team, which we don't really have. We need Flintoff to start firing with both bat and ball again.
