India v England 2012-13

[sankara1970]

day will come-the non-performing players will be forced to go out.-rahu Dasai
luck eppodum ore pakkam adikathu

[ajaybaskar]

@cricketicc: Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh omitted; Parwinder Awana, Piyush Chawla Ravindra Jadeja get call-ups #IndvsEng #cricket

[Ramakrishna]

@cricketicc: Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh omitted; Parwinder Awana, Piyush Chawla Ravindra Jadeja get call-ups #IndvsEng #cricket

Oh dear

[sankara1970]

next Dhoni ?

[Siv.S]

@cricketicc: Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh omitted; Parwinder Awana, Piyush Chawla Ravindra Jadeja get call-ups #IndvsEng #cricket

Why not Amit Misra???

[19thmay]

We are overreacting with respect to team's performance. We were below par average with Dravid/Laxman in the past two years and without them I think this is expected.

But my question is we have Sehwag, Kohli, Y.Singh or even Sachin as part time bowlers. Why that Dhoni uses only the main bowlers when they could not take any wickets? I remember Kumble was using Sehwag frequently in Australia. Spin bowlers delivering 40 overs each without taking any wickets and you don't try with your part timers, something is seriously wrong with Dhoni!

[P_R]

He played like shit against Pakistan this year.

Not at all.
Everyone was floundering and Cook played solid innings in the second and third tests.

Don't troll me saying your side was a 1 .

I have always said England was a way way way better number one than India ever was.

[ajithfederer]

Lost 2-0 @ home to SA. Cleanly whitewashed in Dubai. Managed to scrape a draw in SL with the absence of Murali. Sorry Case closed.

Fundamental disagreement. No way in hell. Let's see if you can scrape at-least a draw in SA this time like India did against a solid SA @ their home. Ithupona Australiava adichupottu pechai paaru.

Not at all.
Everyone was floundering and Cook played solid innings in the second and third tests.

I have always said England was a way way way better number one than India ever was.

[littlemaster1982]

I have always said England was a way way way better number one than India ever was.

Idhu konjam jaasthi Till India series, England managed to win only against WI after they become no.1. Appuram eppadi way way better

Let's see if you can scrape at-least a draw in SA this time like India did against a solid SA @ their home. Ithupona Australiava adichupottu pechai paaru.

Mudinja current no.1 SA-vai win panni kattunga pappom

[P_R]

koalty-yai paarunga.
innamum neenga oru kaalathula kingu dhaan nambinA...sari unga nambikkai ungaLukku, ennudhu enakku.

I expected India would be pummeled and shown their place in England.
Honestly, I didn't expect England would win India. I expected Swann/Monty to do well but I expected they (except Cook) would struggle against spin like they did vs. Pak and SL. They seem to have pulled their game up aided ably by crappy bowling from India (ellAm sollakkELvi dhaan). Delightful either way.

bajA diyA angrezon ka band- appadinnu sonnavanai naan pArkkaNumnu aasaippadurEn

Sure SA is the best team in the world now. And Aus is getting better. This Ashes will be very very interesting!!

The point I am harping is the deep annoyance I felt when people were surprised (many genuinely were) when India lost in Eng last year. "So you really thought you were No.1 and have not been following England's rise?" - is a question I can't ask enough. thaniyA romba pulamba vittAinga. OnAyA irundhu pArthA dhaan... Couldn't even savour the victory.

England kooda nalla viLayAduvaanunga pOla irukkE - 'ngra mAdhiriyE adhisayamA kEttAinga.
yOv, ammA saththiyamA rowdy-yA. nambungayyA- range-ku dhum katti pEsa vENdiyadhA pOchchu social circles-la.

adhu dhaan ippo kooda pongi pongi varudhu.

Anyway, past is past. Nagpur chalo! I want England to make the most out of India's listlessness.
It was heartening to read Trott scoring after a while. It would be good if Bell gets a few runs in Nagpur.