India must find a way to restrict England to around 300 in the second innings (or a lead of 250+/-)
300+ will be difficult to chase on this wicket. Sachin is short of runs at the moment. He will come good at some stage in the series but is not known to do well when the chips are down. Only two batsmen, Dravid and Laxman are in any sort of form. Yuvraj (made runs in the 1st innings here) and the rest are just too inconsistent to be relied upon
Stuart Broad comes to my mind as the only player, atleast in the modern era, to have excelled in cricket just like their dads
His father Chris Broad, now an ICC referee, was a decent stylish left-handed opener who averaged almost 40 in both test and limited overs cricket. He played in the 1987 five-match test series which Pak won 1-0 under Imran Khan
Gavaskar’s son was ordinary as a cricketer, never cut it at international level
Majid Khan’s son Bazid was so so too
Viv’s son played 1st class cricket in the Caribbean but thats about it really
Clive Lloyd’s son took Basket Ball up as a professional sport in the US
Actually it is a lose-lose situation for poor Sachin unless India win
If he fails in the second innings and India lose the match, people will say 'see he rarely delivers when the chips are down'
If he scores a hundred but India still lose the game, some people will say 'another useless hundred by Sachin'
Didnt u saw any other Hat tricks other than this one ?
No! Not live. This was a great experience - kuch Khatta (Indians getting out) kuch Meetha - hatrick is special).
years ago, Mumbai vs Madras Ranji trophy, ~ 1973 - I think a Madras bowler Kalyanasundaram had a hat-tricks vs Bombay - Bombat team had Gavaskar, Solkar etc.
Agreed, most of those bad calls have been made by the South African umpire Erasmus
That is all my point is. Just because India made that decision - does not give an umpire license to be incompetent. all of Harpers decisions went against India. I only saw Indias batting, and heard abt some lbws not being given when England batted (esp Praveen Kumar bowling).
I hope this is not deliberate incompetence by this umpire (like Harper) to prove a point re: Indias DRS decision.
I have no problems if India loses fair and square.
No! Not live. This was a great experience - kuch Khatta (Indians getting out) kuch Meetha - hatrick is special).
years ago, Mumbai vs Madras Ranji trophy, ~ 1973 - I think a Madras bowler Kalyanasundaram had a hat-tricks vs Bombay - Bombat team had Gavaskar, Solkar etc.
