England in India (2012)

Agreed Raj , India had the worst of the bad decisons - but TWELVE bad decisons in a single test is appalling !  Tony Hill simply isn't good enough , but there just doesn't seem to be anyone out there to take his place.  Simon Taufel has got some job on to get international umpiring up to scratch - there's far too many poor ones on the so called elite panel.
         You have to feel for Samit Patel - his 1st test and he gets two shockers before he's got started. If he's dropped tomorrow then Hill should apologise!

It mainly depends on the toss if India bat first its all over for England just like last game. So really hope England win the toss and Sam Monty will surely play.

Visitors 65 for no loss after 30 overs, where all the talk about unfair to have turners. It is simple , play well and win, play worse and lose, as simple as that. 

KP has started positively , 18 of 18 balls, more than that he looks assured at the crease when compared to first test. Why not bring Yuvi at other end, coz KP's 1 hour of this positive batting could do serious damage.

England 178 for 2 at stumps, Cook and KP looking in great touch in reply to India's 327 all out. So trail by only 149 with 8 wickets in hand, in spite of losing the toss. More often than not, your fate is in your own hands, no doubt toss,conditions and various other factors do matter (and there is nothing wrong in saying that toss was crucial when it actually is), but when you play great cricket you don't lose, that is what Cook and KP did . Had these two not played like this (and if England had crumbled) I am damn sure that this pitch would have been made to be some kind of snake pit,dust bowl or whatever nonsense that anti spin propaganda bandwagon of experts blabber about.

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 24 November 2012 at 11:47am

ENG have lost out on an opportunity to get a big lead here, 86 is good but considering how vulnerable England are chasing on such tracks in the 4th innings, anything over 100 and India will feel they have a chance. ENG should have got a lead of around 120-140.

For India to have any sort of chance Gambhir should get a big one, while Bhajji has to pull out his 3rd century.

Who'd have thought of a 10 wicket win and a 10 wicket win by England - certainly not me !   After a really poor year's cricket , they've finally shown why they were number 1 last year.  KP's innings was out of this world - definitely the best I've seen any Englishman play in Asia. Monty Panesar's 11 wickets were fully deserved - he was far and away the best bowler on show in Mumbai.  Getting Tendulkar twice with excellent deliveries gave the whole side a lift , especially as he fell cheaply on both occasions.  Cook's ton was in sharp contrast to that of KP's .but just as important and allowed KP to free his arms.  I think this win will give England the self-belief that's been missing for some time and they just might go on and win this series now.
                     One thing's for sure - Monty will be playing in the last 2 tests !


Edited by Sledger - 26 November 2012 at 7:32am

Originally posted by Sledger Agreed Raj , India had the worst of the bad decisons - but TWELVE bad decisons in a single test is appalling !  Tony Hill simply isn't good enough , but there just doesn't seem to be anyone out there to take his place.  Simon Taufel has got some job on to get international umpiring up to scratch - there's far too many poor ones on the so called elite panel.          You have to feel for Samit Patel - his 1st test and he gets two shockers before he's got started. If he's dropped tomorrow then Hill should apologise!

India could fix this quite quickly and bring in DRS but for some reason they don't. Only got themselves to blame really.

Prior is another batsmen apart from Cook and KP who has looked good Zuhair, I do agree that Finn and Bell should come in but for Anderson and Baristow, I'd like to see Broad being persisted with.

at 273/7 definitely ENG will feel they have won the day, the first two sessions were pretty much even but the last session going ENG's way to leave India in trouble at 7 down.

Well played by England, a superb win in Mumbai and a really commanding performance in this test so far. They have laid a solid platform for a huge first innings score but there is still some way to go. I still think that the middle order needs to show that they can play spin bowling in these conditions and unusually for England of late, they have 3 genuine tail end batsmen. If India can get a few early wickets tomorrow they will be right back into this, but thats easier said than done, particularly at the way Cook is carrying on so far.

I expected Panesar to do well in this series given how he was impressive in the UAE but even so, I didnt expect him and Swann to outbowl India's spinners. He hardly seems to bowl a bad delivery and even managed to get a bit of turn on the first day. To trouble batsman of the calibre of India in their home conditions is no mean feat. 

Cook has been almost impossible to dismiss and to become the youngest player to reach 7000 runs as well as Englands highest ever centurion is an excellent achievement. I agree, certainly has the potential to become a legend of the game.

Great reading on my return. So when is spin wizard making his debut for the Windies and will it be on the T.V? 

India 142/6 and still trailing by 66 runs, just a matter of time before England will wrap this up to sit pretty at 2-1.This is a massive beating for India in at home.

Originally posted by alpesh All credit to Cook for England's success on this tour. If you assess carefully, you will find that Cook is the difference between the two sides. He has negated the toss, pitch, crowd & everything else. Just take him out of the equation & both the teams would fare pretty much the same

Yes to a great extent yes, when you consider the 2nd and 3rd test match, but Pujara has 412 runs to Cook's 547,so that evens out a bit.