India v England, 1st Test, Nagpur, 1st day

[hasan316]

England team:
AJ Strauss, AN Cook, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood,
*A Flintoff, +GO Jones, ID Blackwell, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar,
SJ Harmison

India team:
W Jaffer, V Sehwag, *R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman,
+MS Dhoni, M Kaif, IK Pathan, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh,
S Sreesanth.

[hasan316]

England won the toss and elected to bat first

[Rob H]

i like this thread better. better title.

[Officer Barbrady]

It's time for Pietersen to stand out and Strauss to prove he can play in conditions not ideal for his style of batting. Ditto Flintoff.

[Gasherbrum]

pathan to get 2 with the new ball. what say?

[cornelius]

no way gasher,ol straussys gonna unleash those cuts on the bacha pathan!

[Rob H]

absolutely **** bounce

[Rob H]

speedo clocks irfan at 81 mph

[Rob H]

poor crowd :(

[hasan316]

I want Strauss, KP Pietersen, and bell eo score centuries

[Rob H]

shiva opens his mouth and all hell is let loose

[Asim2Good]

poor crowd :(

think crowd ll b good later in day

[Rob H]

Cook is :D great hook

[Rob H]

that sreesanth movement not there yet. Interesting to see if he troubles the lefties.

[Rob H]

Botham is the speaking clock. Show some emotion for gods sake.

[zushy_786]

Botham is the speaking clock. Show some emotion for gods sake.

Sounds like he's given up even before the tests have begin fully....So no 3-0 predictions this time :16:

[Rob H]

Strauss carving Ifran up

[Rob H]

nb, 4, nb, 4,4nb, great stuff ifran

[Rob H]

one day mode - 22/0

[zushy_786]

one day mode - 22/0

Good Start there by Engerland...

[Rob H]

I'm liking this. Good confident batting out there from these 2.

[Rob H]

Pathan is skiding the ball on this pitch. It's keeping too low for my liking.

[Nan]

where can i watch da game, can somebody help me

please and thank u

[zushy_786]

Nice misfield !

[Slugger]

haha man all the newbies come to the forum and they want illegal streaming links...

Nan pp is a clean and professional discussional forum...there are no stream links here...

[Rob H]

sky = no adverts. BLISS

[Gasherbrum]

zushy - where you watching it ? its not on tv, is it ?

[Rob H]

Cook is such a classy player. Gower-esque already. Time to give Kumble a bowl i say.

[zushy_786]

Excellent shot by Cook for 4....

[Nan]

there was one like 3 days ago so i taught i can get it from here
i guess i was wrong my baaaaaaad

[zushy_786]

zushy - where you watching it ? its not on tv, is it ?

I'm watching it on my laptop....I can't advertise the website, but send me a e-mail, i can give you the website that is showing 1st test free....I thought it was showing it on dishnetwork in canada.....

[zushy_786]

Cook is such a classy player. Gower-esque already. Time to give Kumble a bowl i say.

It's too early for him to come in now....Excellent fielding by Kaif, saved a 4 for sure......

[Rob H]

I hope Paul Arselott isn't commentating.

[Rob H]

edged and 4

[zushy_786]

edged and 4

Lucky there...

[Big Daddy]

normally i dont do this, but there is a joker on icf , and Lord knows this was an eventuality, he made a thread which basically implied that whoever wins this test series between england and india will be the unoffecial number 2 ranked team, incidently both these teams have lost to pakistan, how conveniently was this forgotten eh.

[Rob H]

Irfy baby slip a half volley under the tree, for me, been an awful good boy,

[zushy_786]

37/0, RR of 6.00 excellent start....

[zushy_786]

Irfy baby slip a half volley under the tree, for me, been an awful good boy,

He did get a haircut and his perm isn't that visible :P

[Rob H]

a bit of pace there from Ifran. I think he actually tries to bowl slow at times for swing.

[zushy_786]

a bit of pace there from Ifran. I think he actually tries to bowl slow at times for swing.

It's pretty straight though, and the ball isn't really swinging, and coming nicely onto the bat...

[Rob H]

Srinath and Athers

[zushy_786]

Srinath and Athers

Hopefully his English is better than Waqar.....4 runs down the ground by Cook.....42/0

[Rob H]

great straight drive 4 runs

[Rob H]

Hopefully his English is better than Waqar.....
noiiceee :))) great start for java

[Rob H]

He sounds like Dean Jones with an Indian twang

[zushy_786]

He sounds like Dean Jones with an Indian twang

A freshie accent more like it ;-)

[zushy_786]

I have to say this Cook fella looks pretty composed and calm for his first test....

The mikes just picked up Rahul saying that Strauss hits the ball very hard :10:

[Rob H]

Pathan is hoping for the swing and it isn't there. Worse of all Strauss is expecting the swing and playing these dodgy forward pushes. As i speak though he hits a 4 from it :))). shows what i know.

[Rob H]

Indian fast bowlers. Subject of the day

[zushy_786]

Pathan is hoping for the swing and it isn't there. Worse of all Strauss is expecting the swing and playing these dodgy forward pushes. As i speak though he hits a 4 from it :))). shows what i know.

:))) Well I think he was decieved by lack of swing, and smacked it on the legside

[Rob H]

slower full toss. Good mix up there from Irfy

[zushy_786]

Indian fast bowlers. Subject of the day

An Oxymoron :D....Ha ha Srinath trying to explain upcoming Indian trudlers and difficult time explaining the up and comers because they have none..

[Rob H]

India need the spinners on. These two opening bowlers are bowling crap. All they're doing is just creating rough for Bhajji at Pathan's end and rough for Kumble's leggies at Sreesanth's end.

[zushy_786]

slower full toss. Good mix up there from Irfy

The next ball Strauss almost chopped it into his stumps....46/0....

[Rob H]

An Oxymoron :D....Ha ha Srinath trying to explain upcoming Indian trudlers and difficult time explaining the up and comers because they have none..
:))) :))) Brilliant

[Rob H]

Bhajji time. do do do do

[zushy_786]

Bhajji

That's a little surprising but understandable.....

[Rob H]

Afridi is mentioned and all Indians wince.

[zushy_786]

Afridi is mentioned and all Indians wince.

And the English as well ;-)

[Rob H]

shabash shabash. Why can't the just say "that's a load of s*** Bhajji. Why did you bowl on his legs you muppet"

[zushy_786]

shabash shabash. Why can't the just say "that's a load of s*** Bhajji. Why did you bowl on his legs you muppet"

:))) :))) I think he doesn't know how to :23:

[zushy_786]

47/0 after 10 overs...pathan bowling and......no ball :10:

[Rob H]

Pathan claiming the lines moved as he bowled.

[zushy_786]

Ouch, Strauss almost did it again, chopping it almost into the stumps.....

[zushy_786]

Sreesanth looks like he's been taken out of the attack.....

[Rob H]

82 mph. Pathan's fastest so far.

[Rob H]

the local chruch?

[zushy_786]

the local chruch?

I thought it looked like some kind of parliament building, but I could be wrong....

[Rob H]

50. Well played lads. Superb effort

[zushy_786]

50. Well played lads. Superb effort

:14: Well played England...

[Rob H]

doosra. Very well bowled. Inside edge though.

[Rob H]

oh no. That was plumb. Very lucky there. Pitched outside though.

[zushy_786]

doosra. Very well bowled. Inside edge though.

It looks like it hit pad first and was going over the stumps...Good ball nonetheless...Pathan the trudler on.....

[zushy_786]

oh no. That was plumb. Very lucky there. Pitched outside though.

It was fractionally outside, and may have gone over the stumps or hit them, but i don't it was plumb.....

[Rob H]

Got a feeling a wicket will come now. The runs are slowing up. Bad signs.

[zushy_786]

Got a feeling a wicket will come now. The runs are slowing up. Bad signs.

Easy there, you seem to be worse than AJ in terms of negativity sometimes, have some faith in your English cricketers will ya :P

[Rob H]

A debacle :)))

[zushy_786]

Quote of the day so far by Indian fielder: "T-shirt ke aandar chala jata hain"...Translation "Something goes into the t-shirt" :10:

[Rob H]

Time for a commentry change. Gower and Shastri i hope.

[zushy_786]

Time for a commentry change. Gower and Shastri i hope.

Java isn't that bad :P, I would rather have him then the other Indian joker....

[Rob H]

4 runs. Slog sweek taken. Good positive cricket there. More of the same please.

[zushy_786]

Drinks break.....And time for bed, I have class @ 10 a.m. tommorrow..Sorry to leave the commentary box there Rob, but seems you'll have to do this solo until someone joins you to do commentary ;-)

[Rob H]

Dean Jones and David Gower :D

[Rob H]

damnit it's Nasser

[zushy_786]

Dean Jones and David Gower :D

Good luck, hopefully England do put up a competitive total on this belter of a wicket......

[badxhah]

woohoo deano comes on this is gonba be fun

[Rob H]

Drinks break.....And time for bed, I have class @ 10 a.m. tommorrow..Sorry to leave the commentary box there Rob, but seems you'll have to do this solo until someone joins you to do commentary ;-)
:( ok, cya Zushy

[Rob H]

new weather boy nasser hussein :))) Deano on fire.

[Rob H]

brilliant bowling from Bhajji. bowls him the quicker and flatter one. Does Cook a treat.

[Rob H]

OUT OUT OUT STRAUSS. Edge to slip off Sreesanth and vvs takes it at slip

[Rob H]

and Sreesanth did his dance :))). Fortunately no butt wiggle

[Rob H]

Ian Bellend in now. He needs to stay there.

[Rob H]

Dean Jones getting off to Ian Bell's defensive stroke.

[Rob H]

Bell is very lucky. He was plumb to Bhajji but not given.

[Rob H]

Beautiful cover drive. Super shot from Cook.

[Rob H]

No gower. So commentators are:

Botham
Shiva
Nasser
Srinath
Deano
Atherton

[Big Mac]

Ian Bellend in now. He needs to stay there.

Call yourself a Bears fan :9:

[Rob H]

Kumble on now.

[Rob H]

3 runs to Cook off a neat push through the leg side.

[Rob H]

Short and wide from Kumble and bell obliges. Good cricket.

[Big Mac]

Belly gone :(:(:(:(:(

81/2

[Rob H]

OUT OUT OUT. Bell's gone. Edged Bhajji to Dravid at slip. Good catching again. 81/2

[badxhah]

woohoo pertson comes in ..this is wat i wqas waiting for

[Rob H]

Short wide and smashed for 4 by Cook. He's looking very good now. 44 off 78.

[Rob H]

89/2 at lunch and Rob off to bed.

[Lara400]

Gents who can I email for the web add link for the 1st test, I know Zushy has gone to bed?

[Amjid Javed]

after lunch session has started. kp gets single of harbi.

90/2

[Lara400]

Amjid anychance of the web link that Zushy mentioned?

[MIB]

England 90/2 (30.0 ov)
England RR: 3.00

Minimum overs
remaining today: 60.0

[Amjid Javed]

Amjid anychance of the web link that Zushy mentioned?

il see what i can do il have to look around.

cook almost caught at short leg of harbi.

[Lara400]

Topman!

[Amjid Javed]

lovely shot thru legside for 4 by KP.

[Amjid Javed]

100 up for england as KP flicks kumble delivery into leg side.

[Rob H]

Well 100 up for 2 wickets. Can't complain at that. Good effort lads.

[Amjid Javed]

cook moves to 49.

Eng 102/2

[Rob H]

Pietersen needs to stay there and guide Cook through. I think this is the big partnership for us now.

[Lara400]

KP needs to hit Habhajan for a few sixes like Afridi and that will have Dravid scrathcing his head

[Rob H]

Cook needs another 50 on top of the one he already has. He is a great talent.

[Rob H]

If i was India i'd give Chawla a bowl now.

[Amjid Javed]

congrats ali cook on maiden test 50!

[XFactor]

peterson dropped off sreesanth... laxman the culprit

[XFactor]

gone this time.... put him into some pressure, a shortish one tempting the pull - all over the ball

[Rob H]

what the hell was he doing there. In tatters now England. (when you put it in the context of the pitch)

[MIG]

sree santh continues to impress.

[XFactor]

working up some speed - touched 87

[badxhah]

swingin it shree man not like pathan if the pitch doesnt do something he becomes a liablity.

Alistar Bawarchi .. reminds me of nick knight

[badxhah]

chalo warned twice for runing on a pitch

[Lara400]

any chance of a link to this game?

[badxhah]

any chance of a link to this game?


try goin to cricket on tv site they are showin it for free but the prbelm is many users

[Miraj101]

Srisanth action has a kink.

[Lara400]

I thought you said Srisanth has a link....

:-)

[Miraj101]

not a clean action, and I think Pathan is not happy with his success, Pathan kinda looked peeved when Srisanth took out KP.

[Lara400]

Is that on Willow TV?

[Asim2Good]

score update plz :)

[spindoctor]

136/4

Flintoff in!

[spongebob]

England in trouble here, 4 down, Flintoff to go!!!

[MIB]

England 157/4 (59 ov)

Now its Tea

[spongebob]

England need to get to the close of play without losing anymore wickets now.

[MIB]

60.2 Sreesanth to Flintoff, FOUR, straighter line on off stump and
flintoff meets it with the full face of the bat and times the ball
superbly to the long-off fence.

[MIB]

England 162/4 (60.3 ov)

[MIB]

60.6 Sreesanth to Flintoff, FOUR, short ball and Flintoff rocks onto the
back foot and powers it through midwicket for four. There was a
fielder in the deep but he had no chance to cut it off.

[MIB]

62.6 Sreesanth to Flintoff, FOUR, outside off stump and Flintoff prods
at it, gets a thick outside edge that runs through the slip cordon
for four

England 178/4 (63.2 ov)

[Asim2Good]

good batting so far from Freddie, need to get out of defensive mindset which ll hurt Eng badly

[James]

Flintoff, Collingwood and Jones (when he comes in) are all due runs, hopefully they can make an impression. I doubt Eng will make 400 like Boycs always demands, but the total should be competitive.

[Big Mac]

FINALLY someone gets after Harbhajan, nice one Colly

[MIB]

England 188/4 (66.2 ov)

[MIB]

66.4 Kumble to Flintoff, FOUR, tossed up and bang. Flintoff biffs it
back over Kumble's head for four.

England 194/4 (67.0 ov)

[James]

This partnership shows a lot of promise for us. I like this cricket Flintoff and Collingwood are playing, they are not getting too excited but still keeping the bowling at bay with some aggressive shots. How it should be.

[MIB]

Current Partnership: 62 runs

[James]

200 up

[IMMY69]

ball that got flintoff out looked like it was missing leg stump!!!!!

[Easa]

Way down the legside but was given out.

Poor descision.

[Big Mac]

Geraint gone :(

[Easa]

England in big trouble now.

[Easa]

Let's hope Blackwell can fire.

[Easa]

84.5 Kumble to Collingwood, SIX!!, comes down the track and hammers it between midwicket and long on and that brings up the 3rd Test FIFTY!! for Collingwood, fine innings under pressure

Colly playing real well here...

Let's hope he can bat well with the tail and England can reach 300.

[Rickz]

England in big trouble.

[Daoud]

Its up to Colly to make sure that England get the 3-0 that they werent able to in Pakistan

[Officer Barbrady]

With all the fuss over injuries its the replacements who have done the job since Collingwood and Cook were the ones who were to miss out.

It's the likes of Strauss and Flintoff and to a lesser extent Pietersen who haven't delivered in the subcontinent - and they are the problem at the moment.

I am hoping for a Pietersen special soon..

[Easa]

Blackwell.... bowled, three for Pathan.

[Daoud]

With all the fuss over injuries its the replacements who have done the job since Collingwood and Cook were the ones who were to miss out.

It's the likes of Strauss and Flintoff and to a lesser extent Pietersen who haven't delivered in the subcontinent - and they are the problem at the moment.

I am hoping for a Pietersen special soon..
Im pretty sure that Blackwell will bowl better than Giles too

[spongebob]

After all the trials and tribulations that England have come through on the tour so far, the first day of the first test has been a tough experience for the injury-hit team.

Apart from Cook and Collingwood, the batsmen have not been able to settle down. Flintoff promised much, but lost his wicket at a crucial time in the day. England will need a big bowling effort now to try and stay in the game. They will probably be all out for 270/280 in the morning. India should be able to get ahead of that quite easily with their batting strength.

It will be interesting to see how the two England spinners making their debut cope with the pressure, especially Panesar who has been built up so much in the last few weeks. Some interesting cricket to look forward to in the next few days.

[Pathan007]

so England getting all out 2morrow around 280. and then India piling up more than 400.

[James]

Flintoff isn't to blame, he is an all-rounder, not a specialist batsman. A quick 40 would normally be more than enough of a contribution if the top order had produced a proper platform. Strauss, Bell and Pietersen were todays big disapointments, but nice stuff from Cook and Colly (ironically the 2 players that got into the side because of injury) :12:

Anyway Flintoff was well set and given out wrongly, he was playing superbly. He should consider himself unlucky he didnt go well past 50.

246-7 shouldnt be condemned just yet, I know all the 'experts' said it was a 400 pitch but you have to wait til both teams have batted before you truly know the par score of the pitch.

[Officer Barbrady]

Flintoff isn't to blame, he is an all-rounder, not a specialist batsman. A quick 40 would normally be more than enough of a contribution if the top order had produced a proper platform. Strauss, Bell and Pietersen were todays big disapointments, but nice stuff from Cook and Colly (ironically the 2 players that got into the side because of injury) :12:

Anyway Flintoff was well set and given out wrongly, he was playing superbly. He should consider himself unlucky he didnt go well past 50.

246-7 shouldnt be condemned just yet, I know all the 'experts' said it was a 400 pitch but you have to wait til both teams have batted before you truly know the par score of the pitch.

All-rounder or not, Flintoff bats at 6 - a crucial spot and as far as the team is concerned consistent contributions from the number 6 are vital.

He certainly hasn't been consistent enough in the recent past and until he is, England will continue to suffer.

[Officer Barbrady]

Anyway Flintoff was well set and given out wrongly, he was playing superbly. He should consider himself unlucky he didnt go well past 50.

.

Ok, if that's the case, then the Flintoff justificaton makes sense.

[James]

Ball from Kumble that was blatantly drifting past leg

I know Flintoff bats in a pivotal position and he isnt very consistent and all, but who would you have there that is better? On his day he will single-handedly rescue an innings and/or take the game away from an opponent, like Gilchrist or Afridi. He was short of runs coming into this match, for him to get what he did was a bit of a bonus really...

[Team Slayer]

With all the fuss over injuries its the replacements who have done the job since Collingwood and Cook were the ones who were to miss out.

It's the likes of Strauss and Flintoff and to a lesser extent Pietersen who haven't delivered in the subcontinent - and they are the problem at the moment.

I am hoping for a Pietersen special soon..

hopefully in the second innings so that i can watch on the weekend!

[MIG]

Trust Marooned - he knows a thing or 2 about cricket... infact he knows 3 things about cricket :)

[Rob H]

Well i would not call it a disaster.....yet. I think that we weren't positive enough when playing the spinners. We made a brilliant start against the pacemen and as soon as Bhajji came on we were on the back foot. strauss played 1 aggressive slog sweep but that was it. We were tentative and it'd slowered our momentum. Hopefully Paul can put up a spirited effort with the tail tomorrow to push us up to about 300. Our bowlers are the key though tomorrow. We need some early wickets to give ourselves a chance.

[Easa]

Colly played superbly today, has come of age as a test batsmen.

[Amjid Javed]

India well on top in this match. When you look at englands batting you ask yourself question whose gona go out and score a big hundred for the team. Whose going to consistantly dominate the indian bowlers?

i cant see any england batsmen who stands out.

Without tresco and vaughan englands batting is light weight. scored of 270-300 in these conditions are paltry!

[MIG]

India have ways and means of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory....I say, lets wait for the 2nd day to end before making predictions.

[Amjid Javed]

India have ways and means of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory....I say, lets wait for the 2nd day to end before making predictions.


looks like someones looking for a PR job with ECB :))

[MIG]

:)))

[Oxy]

No comment - not watching it.

[Amjid Javed]

No comment - not watching it.

Press "on" button on tv and put on sky sports if you have it :)

[Rob H]

Press "on" button on tv and put on sky sports if you have it :)
or wait for an illegal stream to be posted, copy and paste it into winamp and delete the post. Then you'll have it all for yourself.

[Oxy]

or wait for an illegal stream to be posted, copy and paste it into winamp and delete the post. Then you'll have it all for yourself.

I'm not waking up to watch a non-Pak game - stream or no stream!

Not guilty of your accusation btw!!

[Rob H]

I'm not waking up to watch a non-Pak game - stream or no stream!

Not guilty of your accusation btw!!
If i catch you online tomorrow morning you'll be in trouble :P

[Oxy]

If i catch you online tomorrow morning you'll be in trouble :P

The result of the game is of interest to me - but personally, I much prefer listening to BBC TMS for non-Pak games.

[Rob H]

The result of the game is of interest to me - but personally, I much prefer listening to BBC TMS for non-Pak games.
go and ask Liz if she has any room for you at Buck Palace or Windsor. I'm sure if you are polite she'll let you in and watch.

[Oxy]

RH. Liz says:-

"One is supporting England. One hopes that one does not have to ask for one's OBE/MBE medals back after the tour to one's British Raj is conclued."

[Oxy]

Just seen the wkts on Sky News - firstly, fantastic picture quality - take note ARY!!!

Secondly - Eng will be kicking themselves! Some poor shot selection gifted Ind wkts.

That Sreesanth looking a very good prospect.

[jusarrived]

England missed a good opportunity today..batting first on a flat track like this one ,if u cant manage to get even 400 its criminal....if england don get early wikts today,match is goin to be one sided..!