England will have to pull up their socks,to upset Australia.Australia is still gr8 side in tests.Even india were found wanting in one innings in nagpur test,where dhoni and bhajji rescued the team.England sure will have to be more proactive and aggressive to knock Ponting and Katich out.Both play spin very well and know how to handle pace bowling of Flintoff and others.
If England do not get out Australia under 400,it will be a morale breaker for English team.
Also congrats for Ponting for getting 11,000 runs in test cricket,one of the gr8's of all times
ECB are maid, they remove pieterson from captiancy , becuause he is from SA, now what strauss is doing, IS struass has ability to make a captain, useless player , kevin should be captain, england team is helpless without kevin
Re: kevin
by deewaker pandey on Jul 10, 2009 11:15 AM
ys he might b gud captain bt as he accepted himself tht he ws nt a gud proffesional as a captain as he shd be thts y his controvercies wid coach ws exploit.
Re: kevin
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 10, 2009 11:15 AM
Piterson is best option for captaincy. He wanted M.Vaughan in the side but Flower and Moorse don't. So seletors sacked him from captaincy. Strauss is not a good leader.
Re: Re: Re: Re: kevin
by nitin patidar on Jul 10, 2009 11:24 AM
yaa its true , but its very difficult for any england team to beat india at home, even aussies are not able, so why claming kevin for that,do u think england can win against india , in strauss captaincy
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: kevin
by deewaker pandey on Jul 10, 2009 11:53 AM
they r nt strong enough. they cn do dis in tests bt not in ODI. eng is better test team bt in ODI they r far behind.
As usually Katick played very well. Both Ponting and Katich played with their brains. They emphasized on big partnership rather than quick scoring.
England is surely missing R.Sidebottom. Strauss captaincy was very poor, he didn't use J.Anderson in wise way. When England already had Pieterson and Bopara then why Strauss took 2 spinners rather than 3 seamers?
Re: Ponting surprised me......
by deewaker pandey on Jul 10, 2009 11:00 AM
they wer concentrating on partnership as eng hv made a big total so ausis did nt wanted 2 loose early wkt. also their is no hayden/langer who starts playin quickly.
Re: Re: Ponting surprised me......
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 10, 2009 11:04 AM
Virtually Hughes gave Aus quick start but got out in thirties. He is inexperienced. He should learn from Ponting and Katich. At one stage Katich strike rate was below 38. If Dravid or Gambhir plays that kind of inning then some people would have criticized them.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Ponting surprised me......
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 10, 2009 11:09 AM
Yuvraj has shut his mouth so many times. Flintoff is "chikna ghada".
Re: Re: Re: Ponting surprised me......
by deewaker pandey on Jul 10, 2009 11:12 AM
agree. its mentality of us tht we always wants our player to make quick runs otherwise we critisize them.
Re: Re: Ponting surprised me......
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 10, 2009 11:07 AM
Well, Hughes got out on a good delivery. His approach was good. But he played some risky shots.
that ponting will nt a able to make any century in rest of the 4 matches. against india he made century in 1st match, again NZ he made century in 1st match n same wid SA. so its 1st and last century for him in this series.
Re: Re: Its sure
by deewaker pandey on Jul 10, 2009 10:50 AM
first think b4 compairing. wht kind of similerty u got between dhoni n ponting except captaincy.ponting is playin since more than a decade n dhoni started his career just now. choose another person plz.
now mouth of all the people who are barking on ponting have close their mouth,yesterday someone says all country hates ponting,and all pepole always wish that ponting will fail,but it proves that nothing happen wrong when u r on right way even all pepole are wishing ur bad,now hates off to ponting , he always perform in big matches , like in WC final he play his role.he is a real champoion , pepole accept or not,and i know all people will abuse me after reading that, because they have no sense of humour , they just start abuse ,if they dont have anything to say, and do same at their home also with their parents :)
Re: ponting
by deewaker pandey on Jul 10, 2009 10:17 AM
i accept tht ys he did well ysterday. ys most of the ppl including me were praying tht he could nt make century. so wht, the performance of the player can not b according to our wish. if some1 has the capability, he will play irrespective of our wish so the ponting. every1 says whtever they feels. now u tell wht u want 2 prove in ur statement?
Re: Re: ponting
by nitin patidar on Jul 10, 2009 10:36 AM
i want to say that , respect every player,dont be jealous about about player, he has done to much to reach that level, not everyone can reach.it is cricket why we involve politics in game
three players in international cricket ruined their teams chances. they do some thing against some ordinary teams and get selected for their national team. they are anderson for england, pedro colins and rayan hinds from west indies, and ashis nehar for india. if anybody can please breake their legs please...................................
Eng Bowling attack looks like one of the weakest in the world. Bowlers like Andersen often strayed down the leg side too often and Ponting just feasted on the same. There was absolutely nothing in their bowling.
England bowling lacked penetration. Perhaps they should have gone for Ryan Sidebottom or Steve Harmison. Panesar has not been impressive for long. Anderson is good only if he gets his swing going. On the other hand, Aussies even if they lost Brett Lee's presence due to injury, could put up with reasonably best bowlers they have in their ranks
Re: england bowling not good enough
by Manikandan VG on Jul 10, 2009 09:52 AM
As this is a slow pitch so strauss needed for two spinners thats why he gone for swann and panesar and already three face bowlers are there.
