India has the batsman to do it.
They have on paper the best batting lineup in the world then why are they struggling against a moderate English bowling lineup?
What makes them do so well at home and not do so well away.
I can understand the home advantage but if they have the ability to destroy a quality bowling lineup like Australia then why are they struggling against England.
It is understood if that was the case against Pakistan or Australia.
If they can do so well in one days than what is so different about test matches.
Test matches have more advantages specially for batsman.
This Dravid guy is quite amazing, 2 straight centuries for him in a row, and both of them came in critical situations.
God knows what would have happend if Tendulkur would have scored 110 in exact same positions.
I'm starting to like Dravid as a better batsman than Tendulkur.
Giles to Tendulkar, FOUR, What a shot! What a boundary! What a
moment! with a flick through midwicket Tendulkar reaches his 30th
Test ton, gong past Sir Don Bradman - Why is ICC allowing him to score so many runs ??
I think today right from morning Run-rate was good. 162 in 42 overs is pretty decent.But yes to make up for yesterday slow performance they need to accelerate and let English play 8-10 overs today evening.
Sachin and Gangs put up 96 runs in last 11.1 overs (They heard someone on this forum asking for 80 in last 11 overs) . Brilliant batting by Ganguly,Sachin and Dravid. Only sad thing was a fan getting injured after a ball hit his forehead.
That was despite of the Negative bowling tactics by England.
You should know this but in case if you dont then it is "
Bowling outside the leg stumps contineously."
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oh but is this a "negative" bowling ? I mean can you ask tendulkar or any batsmen NOT TO HIT any on side ball to OFF ? Can you ask Some batsman not to come down the ground on fast bowler ? My openion is ANY THINGS THAT IS LEAGAL IS POSITIVE.
Suppose for a moment that your statement "Pakistan are equal to Bangledesh while chasing" is true (well just for sake of argument :) ) if opponent's captain wins the toss and he knows this lose link of Pakistan team then will you call it NEGATIVE if Ganguly or any other captain will send Pakistan into bat ??? I'll not just because they want to exploit Pakistan's weakness they are not negative.
To me same applies for Tendulkar and any other batsmen. If bowler know that there is a place where he can bowl and restrict the bastman or upset him he should get full marks for his intelligence of pointing out this spot rather than called as negative.
I bet same bowling line will bowl Ijaz Ahmed mostly on off stump because he is v strong on left. Will they be called negative then too ?
and this has no end if your theory is correct then India creating slow wickets is also -ive , Pakistan doing sonic short pitches and yorkers is also negative and so on.
oh but is this a "negative" bowling ? I mean can you ask tendulkar or any batsmen NOT TO HIT any on side ball to OFF ? Can you ask Some batsman not to come down the ground on fast bowler ? My openion is ANY THINGS THAT IS LEAGAL IS POSITIVE.
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It's the British Press who has been watching the match and declaring Naseer's bowling tactics as Negative :-
Reduced to ** firing the ball wide down the leg side, or over the batsman's head, **this was an admission that they were down and out.
*Make no mistake about it, this deliberate ploy is not the least bit ingenious, as some would have you believe, it is tedious and, as Ganguly and Tendulkar displayed this evening, merely delays the inevitable.
After** two hours of negative bowling**, the new ball was despatched for 96 in 11 overs, completely undoing the frustrating tactics that bored the crowd to the point of distraction. *
Second - Who said to you that Negative bowling is Legal ?? Well It used to be, not any more. Did you know that now there exists a law against any such tactics ?? Umpires have full rights to declares such deliveries as WIDE.
*25. For bowlers whom umpires consider to be bowling down the leg side as a negative tactic, the strict limited over wide interpretation shall be applied. *
- Why is ICC allowing him to score so many runs ??