India has gone in with 31/2 bowlers in Zaheer, Nehra, Kumble and Agarkar. Failed to take advantage of early fall of wicket. England taking advantage of a weak attack. Harbajhan should have played.
[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited July 25, 2002).]
Khan to Crawley, two runs, worked away nicely behind square with the angle, there could have been a third run, probably younger legs would have gone for it, they settle for a couple
u have a pair here with a combined age of 65 (nasser 34 and crawly 31)…
anyway, old stars do shine…
nasser got his hundred, and crawley passed his 50 and looks well settled in the middle…
Finally Hussain is gone. I think any guy who is out of form, needs to bat against the Indians to get back into form. Thank God, we were able to break the partnership between Flintoff and Hussain.
By the by who is this Jones, even this guy is going great guns!.
One interesting statistics which was flashed on the screen during the match was regarding Kumble's bowling. He has taken 210 wickets in matches at home at an average of 21.30 and abroad he has taken 110 wickets at an average of 40.59. A very poor and ordinary record abroad. More reason that Harbhajan should have been played.
There was a nasty bouncer that Jones unleashed at Sehwag, which had this young dashing batsman completely shaken, making one wonder what would have been - if Jones was given a bowl ahead of Giles.
I read the above comment on cricket.org page thought its worth pasting here
Some people claim to see POSITIVE THINGS, but in reality they only see -VE.
Shehwag batted beautifully today and was unlucky. Here is what cricinfo has to say :-
...Having said that, Sehwag played a very fine knock indeed,entertaining the big crowd at Lord's with some amazing range of strokeplay A huge six off Giles over mid-wicket and thumping drives to the cover fence - just stood out Sehwag was quite unlucky, bowled off an inside edge - onto the pads, trying to force Giles through the on side. he was dismissed on 84, looked very good for a hundred in his first Test at Lord's...
I know how it hurts to see an Indian making such record.
BTW remember ABDUL QADIR, the greatest leg spinner of Pakistan ?? Wanna know his home and away avg ?? 26.82 (Home), 47.58(Away).
Hypocrisy, in full flow. When I produce stats to prove someone wrong, everyone starts jumping up and down telling it doesn’t mean anything. Now same people use the stats and trying to degrade Anil’s performance at home. Now do you accept that ABDUL QADIR’s Wickets at home were also because of umpiring ?
I used the stat to make the point that Harbhajan should have been selected ahead of Kumble. No need to jump up and down about it and lets keep thing in perspective and focus on the thread.
England finished the day at 184/3, a lead of 450 runs.
The days highlight was totally inept batting by the Indians, followed by bad fielding, dropping catches.
England will put on another 100 runs tomorrow and then leave the Indians to chase around 550 to win the match. Weather permitting it is Englands match.
I should suggest that Hussain should declare by now and let the Indians bat.
I was surprised why Hussain didn't enforce a follow on.
I think Indians would have been in much more pressure and they would have less time to think about their batting and it could have been an inning vicotry for England.
Again England should declare because you never know the weather in England and it could rain and it could waste an opportunity for an easy win.
I would love to see England going out tomorrow with all guns blazing and score 150 more in 25 overs. This will leave India to chase 600 in atleast 155 overs. And mind you with 7 wickets in hand and both batsmen already with the strike rate of 65 its not impossible.