4th Test: India v England at Nagpur Dec 13-17, 2012

[Patorick]

Anyone feeling a bit sorry for India here?

 

[Hallatia]

I doubt it but I'm happy for Bell that he got his century

 

[Iafeta]

No sympathy for the cheating devils. They're holding international cricket back so make them wilt in the heat.

 

[Iafeta]

Sunil Gavaskar, who loves nothing more than baiting the English, accused Trott then of “breaching” the spirit of cricket

Didn't he once carry his bat for 30 odd in a World Cup ODI? Seems slightly two-faced for Gavaskar to be talking about spirit of cricket.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Hard to feel sorry them, but it's always better when the big 4 nations of test cricket are playing well

Australia
India
England
South Africa

 

[hineyrulz]

Didn't he once carry his bat for 30 odd in a World Cup ODI? Seems slightly two-faced for Gavaskar to be talking about spirit of cricket.

He once ordered his batting partner to walk off with him after he was given out LBW. Can't stand the whinging Merkin.

 

[Iafeta]

lol - I didn't know that one. Thats what I don't like about the Indian media experts and so called superstars, they're severely suffering from two-faceditis.

 

[Hallatia]

Hard to feel sorry them, but it's always better when the big 4 nations of test cricket are playing well

Australia
India
England
South Africa

I think Pakistan belong on that list (when they're not doing stupid things which don't need to be mentioned) and I hope they smash India worse than England have in their tour starting next week

 

[TheParraboy]

Anyone feeling a bit sorry for India here?

I feel great actually

 

[Red Bear]

Ashwin and Kohli combined to actually take Trott's wicket. Unbelievable. And England still have not declared. I do kind of want Bell to get his century now, to silence those saying he's in poor form

Before this match (orpossibly including first innings) he'd averaged under 30 across his previous 14 tests - if that isnt poor form im not sure what it

 

[Horrie Is God]

He once ordered his batting partner to walk off with him after he was given out LBW. Can't stand the whinging Merkin.

I was at the SCG one night in the 80's & he scored the most selfish 90 odd not out one night in an ODI..

We got about 300 (Geoff Marsh got a ton) & Gavaskar didn't even attempt to chase it..The chase ended up about 5/200..

He was booed off the ground at the finish..

 

[Hallatia]

Before this match (orpossibly including first innings) he'd averaged under 30 across his previous 14 tests - if that isnt poor form im not sure what it

even though he hadn't been making many of the right sort of scores, I felt that form wasn't far away from him. Since last year, when I think of him, I just think of how he destroyed India in England last year. The truth is that England play a lot of cricket, and their series are longer than anyone else's and they seem to play quality opposition more than anyone else. Those 14 tests were against Pakistan which was tough for the entire English side. Sri Lanka in the sub continenet West Indies who in 4 knocks he made three half centuries against 2 of them unbeaten, South Africa who are number one in the world and seem to perform best away from home (he made 2 half centuries) and India in India.

Only against Pakistan were his run figures really bad and India before today

 

[Twizzle]

I was at the SCG one night in the 80's & he scored the most selfish 90 odd not out one night in an ODI..

We got about 300 (Geoff Marsh got a ton) & Gavaskar didn't even attempt to chase it..The chase ended up about 5/200..

He was booed off the ground at the finish..

I remember that, he was sort of protesting over having to play ODIs and it wasn't his thing

he was also 40 NO in one innings when he batted through the innings

arrogant shithead

 

[Hallatia]

Anderson man of the match. Cook man of the series

 

[Earl]

Well played Poms, suck shit dirty Indian mongs.

England is going to be very, very tough to beat in England.

Anyone who thinks Australia is anywhere close to them at the moment is dreaming.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

http://m.couriermail.com.au/sport/c...-ball-in-history/story-e6frepmo-1226538281567 lol

 

[AlwaysGreen]

:lol: I think I recall Steve Waugh once got out caught trying to smack a shiv chanderpaul ball that bounced twice in a test.

 

[aussies1st]

Haha never seen anything like that before.

 

[Hallatia]

Kohli ready for Test captaincy - Gavaskar
ESPNcricinfo staff
December 17, 2012

Virat Kohli, the 24-year-old batsman, is ready to take over the India Test captaincy from MS Dhoni, according to former India captain Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar's comments came in wake of India's 2-1 Test series loss to England, their first at home in eight years.

Kohli's dogged century in Nagpur, which helped lift a wobbling India to within four runs of England's first-innings total, showed he was ready for the added responsibility, Gavaskar told NDTV. "Till the fourth day of the Nagpur Test, I would have backed Dhoni. Now that Virat has come up with a hundred under trying circumstances where he curbed his natural game, he discovered a good part about himself.

"He is ready to take on the mantle of Test cricket [captain]. That needs to be looked at in a positive manner by everyone concerned, as that is where the future lies."

India were looking to win in Nagpur to deny England their first Test series win in India in 28 years. Instead, England finished on a comfortable 352 for 4 on the final day and the Test ended in a draw. It was an impressive comeback from England: India had won the first Test of the series in Ahmedabad by nine wickets, before the visitors rallied and completely outplayed them in the next two. This series loss rounds off a poor 18 months in Test cricket for India, during which they were whitewashed in England and Australia.

In this must-win Test, after India's lower-order inexplicably batted at a slow pace on the fourth morning, they could take only three England wickets in 79 overs on the day. England went to stumps 165 ahead, and could still have been under pressure had India struck early on the final day. However, India managed only one wicket in the day, that too in the final session.

In view of their dire need to win, Gavaskar said, India should have been proactive. "India could not get enough wickets on day four. Also, they doodled around in the first hour on day four. If India had wanted to win the Test, they could have shown some intent by declaring on the overnight total [on day three] or by asking the tailenders to play slam-bang cricket.

"Yes, England batted well. But you do not position a forward-short leg or silly point to get a catch there; you do that to force a batsman to give a catch some place else. Trott or Bell might have done something stupid then. India could have attacked more. But that's not the only reason India lost. Our bowlers were by and large ineffective."

Gavaskar also hinted at some of the senior India players not valuing Test cricket enough. "Looking at the Jadeja's, the Kohli's … you can easily see there is recognition, an appreciation there for Test cricket. It is some of the guys who have been around, who have done well in the past that are being a bit casual about it over the last couple of years."

Sauce

 

[Hutty1986]

lol, what a sh*t country