The Cricket Thread

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

Yuvraj Singh just gone, caught Prior off the bowling of Broad. an Indian collapse would be nice.

not gonna mention the injuries England have had so far as an excuse for being outplayed..but it`s a 5 day game..any result is still possible.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Typical Dhoni batting..

[Madmax 9,219]

Dhoni needs to take a serious look at himself. He's been so underwhelming with his batting in the past year or so (bar the WC final innings).

WTF? Massive, massive inside edge for Harbhajan. Fucking blind umpire.

EDIT : 'Hattrick' for Broad.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

Broad with the Hat trick (thanks to the Indian cricket board)

WOO HOOO

[BlueLion. 21,491]

HAT-TRICK WICKET MAIDEN

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Great bowling from Broad.

Lucky with the decision on Harbhajan, but like the commentator said, who's fault is it that we can't review it? The BCCI are at fault for this. Not England.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

the end of Dravid`s masterclass..Bresnan.

[Madmax 9,219]

Lack of application and common sense. India still in the driver's seat, mind. 50 run lead on this wicket is a big bonus.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Lack of application and common sense. India still in the driver's seat, mind. 50 run lead on this wicket is a big bonus.

Indeed.

Our varied bowling attack will still be lethal. Especially on this pitch.

[Madmax 9,219]

Fuck the BCCI, man. Biggest villain the game has ever seen. Greedy, fat, greasy fuckers.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

England bowling last on a generous wicket, I'm happy with this position after yesterday.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Yuvraj Singh just gone, caught Prior off the bowling of Broad. an Indian collapse would be nice.

not gonna mention the injuries England have had so far as an excuse for being outplayed..but it`s a 5 day game..any result is still possible.

Apart from Trott you have a full bowling attack. Unlike India at Lords who had to do with 3 bowlers for 4 and half days of the test. Swann was out for a while but he could bowl cus the hand he got smacked on was his left arm.

But you will miss a batsman for the second innings. Thank heavens he played the first innings.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Anyways, Dhoni needs to get fucked from Test. He needs a kick up his backside. He is fantastic in One Dayers but he lacks the application in Test Cricket. Such a careless shot being a captain which lead to the downfall of an innings that looked set to go past 350.

Broad has been the player of the series so far. Saved England while Batting and today while Bowling.

The match is heavily poised. A lead of 43 with 8 batsmen to go, I am sure India look favourites unless one of the English batsmen plays a Dravid-esque Innings.

Any target above 250 is a match winning target for England.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Bell should NOT be out there.

It was his own stupidity that cost him his wicket, not our fault for playing by the rules. Ridiculous that Strauss & Flower called up on Fletcher for a favour in that decision. Stupid stuff.

[Ollie 4,400]

Well he's out now. Bit flukey but hey Well played Ian Bell! We're in a great position atm. The wicket is flat though so runs are to be had from anyone who wants em atm.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Well he's out now. Bit flukey but hey Well played Ian Bell! We're in a great position atm. The wicket is flat though so runs are to be had from anyone who wants em atm.

Yeah, so you guys are going to be in dream land bowling to us. Anderson & Broad will cause us some real trouble.. I fear for this series & our ranking :\

[warnie_666 1,081]

Basic rule of Cricket. If the ball is alive, Stay in your crease. If Bell has no clue when the ball is alive and dead, then he shouldnt be out there. The umpire calls it and the Unpire decided the ball was still alive and Bell is out. Not sure why Strauss and Flower had to go to the Indian Dressing Room.

The South African Umpire has decided he is not gonna take his finger out of his Arse to give an LBW. Disastrous Umpiring from him

[Ollie 4,400]

The indians didn't want the DRS so they can't moan about LBWs. DRS is needed and this test match shows that. There's been awful decisions against both teams in the series. And Anyway India were the ones who let Bell back in so it's their fault

Its all been played in a great spirit. Prior is on fife in this series. 50 for the BEST wicket-keeper batsman in test cricket.

Liking the position atm but India can still win this test if we're not batting by say 2pm tomorrow afternoon. It's been a good test match