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  2. The Old Cricket Thread

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    They don't just give man of the match to someone who made the highest number of runs, or took the most wickets. In the 2002 Headingley Test Rahul Dravid was man of the match for scoring 148 (and deservedly so) even though Sachin and Ganguly scored 193 and 126.

     

    Bhuvaneshwar's second fifty didnt hold much value in the context of the match... as the match was already dead when he came to bat.

     

    It was Root and Anderson who saved the game from a desparate situation. Conceding a 150 run lead in the first innings would have been pretty much game over. I thought Root deserved it more but they probably gave it to Anderson because he took a few wickets as well.

  5. The Old Cricket Thread

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    Zaheer with his experience would have been a great help for all the others. He is a great captain as well. Runs to the bowlers to give them advice from wherever he's fielding. He may not have the batting ability of Kumar but he's still handy. Also he bowls faster than Ishant.

     

    I anyways thought this was going to be his last tour so maybe they could have taken him there.

  10. The Old Cricket Thread

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    I really wanted to see Dravid bat. I thought he could have done better since it looked like he was fit and playing cricket even after his retirement.

    Sad to see him bowled like that... he got out like that many times during his last series too.

  11. The Old Cricket Thread

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    Lol this win counts for nothing, they declared.

     

    We have 2 good batsmen who can bat for time Pujara and Rahane. Will they get enough support when they're trying to save the game? I still have nightmares about that Jadeja dismissal in the 2nd South Africa Test.

  12. The Old Cricket Thread

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    Why is it an overkill? Maybe it might be like that for an England vs India series at the moment because we have problems with our bowling. But more Tests between the top teams are always welcome. I'm enjoying all the great Test cricket we're having these days. The England vs Sri Lanka series was too short.

    Even 3 match series seem too short. The South Africa vs Australia series earlier this year needed one more Test. 4 Tests is the minimum unless it involves a team like Bangladesh, West Indies or Zimbabwe.

  14. The Old Cricket Thread

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    If you're not, then maybe you should.

     

    I am hoping we could save a couple of Tests. I don't realistically expect a win.

    Our only chance for a win would have been if England would set us a target, but Cook is not adventurous enough to do that.

    If we have to bowl them out in a day and a half I still wouldn't trust our bowlers.

  15. The Old Cricket Thread

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    Betfair giving odds of 24/1 on England winning 5-0.

     

    Overall the odds are between 0.9 to 1.1 for England winning the series, 1.5 to 1.8 for India (seriously that low) and 4+ for a drawn series.

     

    It seems that the English betting companies are playing it safe. It might be because Sri Lanka won the last series. Here were are expecting a 5-0 whitewash and even the bookies there are giving us a decent chance.

  16. The Old Cricket Thread

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    Gauti dint bat , so m assuming there are going with Vijay and Shikar as openers..

     

    Please dont play Ishant...Fker is going over 4 - 5 runs a over in test matches :wallbash:

     

    This is a 5 Test series. Gambhir doesn't need to worry, he'll get his chance. He didn't really do well last time around... forced Rahul Dravid to open.

     

    Ishant went for over 7 in the previous game. And that's against a county team who are not even considered that good. Imagine what Cook, Root, Bell and the others would do. Hell even Stuart Broad has a shot at a century.

    This is Cook's best chance to get back to form.

  20. The Old Cricket Thread

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    Dhoni doesn't have one. He's been playing for so many years and he probably still doesn't understand that you need bowlers to pick wickets for you... you don't get free wickets like in limited overs cricket.

    In India we don't have much of an issue because we can put up a huge first innings score and then let the scoreboard pressure take care of the opposition. Many of the inexperienced foriegners can't handle spin. If the opposition batsmen show even a little bit of application, then we are in trouble. That's what KP and Cook did to us and we lost the series 2-1.

    And why was he asking for rank turners then? Did he not realise that England had 2 world class spinners themselves? Extremely one dimensional thought process by Dhoni. It's like you tell something to a kid, and he belives it since he does not have the ability to think for himself.

     

    Even after the recent New Zealand series he criticised the batsmen. When the bowlers couldn't bowl out the opposition in more than 7 sessions... Does he even understand cricket?

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  23. The Old Cricket Thread

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    They are nowhere as good as the best First Class teams in England. And out bowlers still can't get them out.

    1 wicket in 54 odd overs while conceding at a run rate of 5.6 on a day when it rained... and you wonder why we can't win Tests away from home.

     

    The batsmen should all practice batting for long periods without bothering about the runs... that's the only way they can save a few Tests. Winning is out of question.

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