Cricket Thread

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Bopara nearing 50

Indians :bow:

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Still raining now. When play does resume England should just declare immediately.

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Play restarts in ten minutes and England have declared.

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Sehwag is on a King Triple. :lol:

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Sehwag is out!

:haha:

8-1.

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13-2, Broad gets Laxman!

:dance:

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England have been out there for six overs and already they have the substitute fielder on. :lol:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

it's good that this probable whitewash has coincided with Arsenal's darkest days......the shot in the arm of lithium that i need.

Dravid to make half century?

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If anybody will for India based on this series, it will be Dravid. England's bowling attack is so much more threatening though.

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68-3, Swann gets Tendulkar!

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Dravid does gets his 50.

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93-4, Raina stumped! 29 deliveries he faced but didn't score off any of them. :lol:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Swann adds another in what has otherwise been a drought for him.


Not really his fault, just the pitches haven't really suited spin bowling..

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95-5. Sharma out.

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Swann adds another in what has otherwise been a drought for him.


Not really his fault, just the pitches haven't really suited spin bowling..

Plus he hadn't really been needed!

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India close on 103-5.

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137-6, Anderson gets Dhoni!

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Dravid gets another century.

:bow:

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India are 218-6 at lunch.

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224-7, fantastic catch from Bell to get rid of Mishra. Mishra goes for 43.

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264-8, Gambhir goes.

:dance:

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300-9, Arpee goes. Short one from Bresnan, good catch from Anderson.

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India 300 all out. Sreesanth. :haha:

Dravid has bat through and will be back out there again in a minute.

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And England have indeed enforced the follow-on,

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Dravid is opening again, what a trooper. :bow:

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India are 25-0 at tea, 266 behind.

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Dravid stays in on review.

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Dravid out on review now! 49-1.

Dravid. :bow:

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What a ball from Swann! Sehwag out. :haha:

64-2.

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118-3, Anderson bowls Laxman!

:bow:

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India close on 129-3, 162 behind.

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Tendulkar moves on to 50.

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Cook drops Tendulkar. :doh:

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Mishra moves on to 50, he has batted very well.

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India are 216-3 at lunch.

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Tendulkar should've been out lbw, unless it just brushed his glove but I don't think the umpire had seen that.

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Now Prior has dropped Tendulkar. :doh:

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Tendulkar is in to the 90's, it's on!

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262-4, Swann bowls Mishra!

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262-5, Bresnan gets Tendulkar on 91!

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266-6, Raina goes on a pair!

:haha:

Swann. :bow:

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There might have been an inside edge there so everyone has been screwed over by the lack of DRS.

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England take the new ball.

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269-7, Dhoni with a regulation edge to the slips.

:dance:

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269-8, Arpee edges one now!

Broad with both the Dhoni and Arpee wickets. :bow:

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Sharma stays in on review.

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How stupid do England feel now after those celebrations?

England :haha:

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275-9, Swann gets Gambhir and gets his five-for. What a man. :bow:

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Gambhir gone.

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Sreesanth going for the big slog, I suppose he might as well try to make England bat again.

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India are trailing by eight.

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Sreesanth. :lol: I'm not sure he realised the run out was on.

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England win by an innings and eight runs! 4-0!

India. :haha:

England. :bow: Awesome stuff.

Swann with the last wicket.

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England win

On to the main event

[PGFC]

Glorious. I wish Arsenal were that good.

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Glorious. I wish Arsenal were that good.

It's just a matter of time until we are.

:unsure:

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Presentation time now.

:scarf:

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Ian Bell gets MotM.

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Stuart Broad is England's Player of the Series, voted by Duncan Fletcher.

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Fletcher out tbh

Get Kirsten back in asap

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Rahul Dravid is (obviously!) India's Player of the Series, voted by Andy Flower.

The Wall. :bow:

He was brilliant.

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Dravid :bow:

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FFS just read that Sehwag is out of the ODIs

Fuck watching that then

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Sharma is out too.

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Raina got booed. :lol:

Huge reception for Tendulkar.

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World Champions :bow:

Got a big cheer

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Number One.

:bow:

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Ireland vs England in a ODI is on SS1 in a few minutes Well, the programme is.

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Ireland: WTS Porterfield (capt), PR Stirling, EC Joyce, AR Cusack, J O'Brien (wk), KJ O'Brien, GC Wilson, NG Jones, JF Mooney, GH Dockrell, WB Rankin.
England: IJL Trott, C Kieswetter (wk), JWA Taylor, EJG Morgan (capt), RS Bopara, BA Stokes, SR Patel, CR Woakes, SG Borthwick, ST Finn, JW Dernbach.

Umpires: S J Davis and M Hawthorne

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24-1, Kieswetter goes.

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34-2, Taylor out.

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Rain stops play, heavy shower by the looks of it.

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139-3, Morgan went on 59. The match has been reduced to 42 overs.

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139-4, Bopara goes for 2.

:haha:

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148-5, Stokes goes.

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165-6, Patel goes.

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172-7, Trott goes for 69.

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197-8, Borthwick out.

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England end on 201-8, not a bad score really.

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England beat Ireland by 11 runs (D/L).

[Ollie the Optimist]

tendulkar what a choker :lol:


india :haha:

england world champions in t20, number one test team in the world. leaving india in their wake

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KP left out of the ODI series

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Dravid makes his international T20 debut. :bow:

Before he retires. :lol:

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India win the toss and will bat first.

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Never heard of either opener.

Not sure if i should watch this or SSN

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39-1, Patel goes. Only 4.4 overs have gone though.

I'm figuring not much will happen for an hour or so on SSN. In any case I have the BBC live text up.

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Dravid is out there. :lol:

:bow:

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50 for Rahane.

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104-2.

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106-3.

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115-4.

:lol:

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117-5.

Swann. :bow:

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Raina absolutely hammers Broad for six.

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How high in the air did Dhoni hit that? :blink:

Anyway, he is out though Hales juggled it a bit.

158-6.

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162-7, Ashwin run out by Dernbach.

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162-8, Raina goes for 33.

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165-9, Dernbach bowls Praveen Kumar.

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India bowled out for 165.

Dernbach with four-for. :bow:

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England 0-1, Hales the one out for a duck. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

Who the hell is Hales?

What did Dravid get?

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No idea.

And he got 33, think he hit three sixes in a row at one point. :lol:

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England are 58-1 currently, above the required run rate too.

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58-2, Kieswetter goes.

[Cripps_orig]

31 off 21 Dravid got according to the Beeb.

Knowing the shockers they have had recently, im more inclined to believe he got 33.

KP going well

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62-3, KP went for 34.

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Morgan. :bow:

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Morgan goes for 49. 134-4.

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England need 19 from 16.

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Patel broke his bat off the handle, it went miles!

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10 needed off the last over.

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Five needed off five. Wide was called first ball, pretty harshly too.

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Scores are tied.

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England win by six wickets.

:bow:

[Cripps_orig]

13 Indians on the pitch at the end of the match

0 Englishmen

India :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England won the toss and will bowl first. Swann is ill so he doesn't play, Patel comes in for him.

No Tendulkar for India.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stokes drops one.

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BBC Test Match Special's Jonathan Agnew

I was out in the middle before the game and Alastair Cook went running past me with about five minutes to go to the toss, saying "I've forgotten, I've forgotten that I'm captain."

Cook. :doh:

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England's fielding has not been too good. Anderson had a clear run-out chance but didn't pick the ball up cleanly.

Having said that, 82-1, Rahane goes for 40. Broad with the wicket. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

87-2, Dravid goes on review, Broad again. Sound must've been the determining factor, there was nothing else to really go on.

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190-3, Anderson gets Patel on 95.

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Sharma had to retire hurt after one ball.

206-4, Patel bowled Kohli.

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266-5, Raina goes.

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272-6, Bresnan gets Dhoni. :bow:

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272-7, Ashwin is bowled. Bresnan on a hat-trick. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No hat-trick.

India make 274-7 off their 50 overs.

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Ah they're showing the charity game recently played where David Llloyd breaks the windsheild of someone's car. :lol:

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Vaughan's cover drive.

:bow:

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6-1, Praveen Kumar gets Cook.

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21-2, Kumar gets Kieswetter now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rain stops play.

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Sachin out of the rest of the tour.

Might as well cancel the tour now tbh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Looks like the second ODI might be washed out. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Cricket < constipation.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky don't have the rights to constipation yet.

[Cripps_orig]

7pm start scheduled

23 over a side

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Morgan out of the ODI series with a recurrence of a shoulder injury

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India are 30-1 off three overs. :blink:

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Patel got 28 in 18

The other opener hardly faced a ball

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India are 116-2, Dravid went for 32. Rahane has made his 50.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

125-3, Swann got Kohli.

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146-4, Swann C&B'd Rahane not so long ago.

Raina absolutely smashes one for six.

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164-5, Dhoni goes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Raina needed to play this way in the tests. He doesn't care what kind of ball he gets in ODI's, short or otherwise.

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Stokes with a great catch to get rid of Raina. That went miles up in the air. 182-6.

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186-7. Great catch from Bell.

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India make 187-8 off their 23 overs. Praveen Kumar might have injured himself.

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England are 65-0 off six overs.

:wacko:

[Cripps_orig]

Kieswetter gone

LBW Kumar

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England need 85 off 13 overs.

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105-2, Bell out on 25.

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Cook is cutting loose.

:scarf:

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Cook moves on to 51. Off 37 balls too.

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165-3, Bopara goes for 24.

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England win by seven wickets. :bow:

Cook made 80. What a man. :bow:

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WTF? The guy at the presentation giving the champagne out is a NatWest customer. :haha: Could they really not get someone of a slightly higher standing to hang around?

[Ollie the Optimist]

Cook :bow:

ach - another shocker son :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Going to the Oval tomorrow :dance:

For free. In fact, il be paid to be there

FUcking gutted Sachin wont be there though :(

[Syn]

Going to the Oval tomorrow :dance:

For free. In fact, il be paid to be there

My dad's going to that. :pal: to you both.

And you're getting paid - how does that work?

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My dad's going to that. :pal: to you both.

And you're getting paid - how does that work?

Working there. I get called up for events and shit to provide security etc. This is the first sporting event ive been called up to.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England win the toss and will bowl first.

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Anderson gets Rahane! 1-1.

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Great fielding by Anderson, Dravid ran out. 9-2. :lol:

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13-3, Anderson bowls Patel. He has been brilliant so far. :bow:

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25-4, Anderson again. :lol: Kohli goes this time.

India. :haha:

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58-5, Raina goes for 21. Broad with the wicket.

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A group of pigeons are at gully. :bow:

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Dhoni reaches 50, again.

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170-6, Dhoni goes for 69.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India have recovered very well. 225-6 with eight balls to go. Jadeja is on 76.

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229-7, Jadeja goes for 78.

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India make 234-7 off their 50 overs. Pretty good recovery from India in the end.

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England are 52-0 after nine overs.

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63-1, Cook goes.

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Munaf Patel drops one. Would've got Kieswetter C&B.

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Kieswetter moves on to 50. :bow:

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87-2, Kieswetter went for 51. Jadeja with the wicket, bowled him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

89-3, Trott is bowled by Ashwin. England as we know them might be back.

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Rain stops play.

England are above the D/L par score at the moment.

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Seven overs have been lost. England now need a further 123 from 23 overs.

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Bell run out. 131-4 currently.

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133-5. :doh:

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England need 59 off 68 balls.

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193-6, Jadeja bowled Bresnan.

England vs spin. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England need 20 off 20.

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208-7, Bopara goes. :doh:

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Scores are tied.

Swann. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England win by three wickets (D/L).

Commiserations to India. Jadeja should be MotM without question.

England. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Saw the Kieswetter and whoever got out after him wickets

The atmosphere :bow:

Indians :bow:

The World Champions :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India are 65-1 off 14 overs. Broad got Rahane out for 38.

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70-2, Broad gets Patel. :bow:

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200-4 off 43.2 overs

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Raina 50 :bow:

Does it when it matters tbh

Cant say the same for Anderson. 18 runs off that over and being critisised for his ODI bowling by Holding. Agree with this tbh. All good in Tests when you can bowl whereever you want, how wide you want etc but in ODIs you need to be consisten with line and length or you get punished and hes just not good enough.

Stick to Tests. Leave the real cricket to the world class bowlers

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280-5 off 50 overs

Great partnership from Raina and Dhoni

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England 21-1, Kieswetter goes for 12.

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36-2, Cook went not so long ago.

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I've had a nap and woke up to it being 124-3. :lol:

Bell and Bopara are both on 37. Trott went for 23, bowled by Praveen Kumar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

50 for Bell.

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And now 50 for Bopara.

Bopara. :bow:

Always rated him tbf.

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159-4, Bell out for 54.

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173-5, Stokes goes for 7.

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Jadeja throws it for four overthrows. :haha:

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It's raining now, England are just behind the par score.

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220-6, Bresnan bowled for 27. Swann in ahead of Broad.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Raining even harder now. :lol:

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Rain stops play.

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Now they're back on. :lol:

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Now they're off again. :haha:

This time however England are ahead of the par D/L score. Weather Gods. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Play to resume in a few minutes.

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England need 18 from 16 balls.

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270-7, Swann run out. Bumble thought Patel had missed the stumps, he had clearly hit the stumps with a direct hit!

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270-8, Bopara goes on 96. What a dick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Players going off again. England are on a par score for D/L. :lol:

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Match tied (D/L).

Poor old India. :haha:

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What a farce

[Syn]

What a farce

Sums up the series, really.

[GP]

Injuns :haha:

[Ollie the Optimist]

Raina 50 :bow:

Does it when it matters tbh

Cant say the same for Anderson. 18 runs off that over and being critisised for his ODI bowling by Holding. Agree with this tbh. All good in Tests when you can bowl whereever you want, how wide you want etc but in ODIs you need to be consisten with line and length or you get punished and hes just not good enough.

Stick to Tests. Leave the real cricket to the world class bowlers

these are the world class bowlers who just lost to england? :haha:

Bopara :bow:
Captain Cook :bow:

india - what a farce of a cricketing nation

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these are the world class bowlers who just lost to england? :haha:

Bopara :bow:
Captain Cook :bow:

india - what a farce of a cricketing nation

Agreed. They have only been ranked number 1 in Tests, won the 50 over and 20 over world cups, 3 things no other country has done.

What a farce.

Good to see your cricketing knowledge coming to the fore yet again Ollie my good man

[Syn]

You forgot 60 over world cup.

But yeah, India reserves were pathetic in this series. South Africa did superbly

[Ollie the Optimist]

Agreed. They have only been ranked number 1 in Tests, won the 50 over and 20 over world cups, 3 things no other country has done.

What a farce.

Good to see your cricketing knowledge coming to the fore yet again Ollie my good man

so they win the world cup, lose to england in ODIs. win 20/20 world cup, lose to england in that, get number test team in world, get utterly thrashed by england to lose that to england this time. yep india, what a powerhouse, so good that england make them look like (to quote nasser here) donkeys

[Ollie the Optimist]

trott world player of the year, cook test player, sagakarra ODI player and tim southee 20/20 player of the year.

[Cripps_orig]

England win the toss and will field

Thought the series was over but apparently not

Play to start at 2.40pm after being delayed by rain

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England: AN Cook*, C Kieswetter†, IJL Trott, IR Bell, RS Bopara, JM Bairstow, SR Patel, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, ST Finn, JW Dernbach

India: AM Rahane, PA Patel, R Dravid, V Kohli, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, RP Singh, MM Patel, R Vinay Kumar

Whos the Bairstow pub teamer? More importantly is he South African?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India are 53-1 currently, Dernbach got Rahane not so long ago.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

57-2, Swann gets Patel.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kohli got a century, impressive stuff.

231-3 currently, Dravid went on 69.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

284-5, Raina goes for 15.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

288-6. :lol:

Kohli got 107, well done to him. Shame he hit his own wicket though. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Patel drops another one for England. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dhoni smashes it for six.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dernbach keeps bowling wides. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India make 304-6. Good chance of a win for them, finally.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just as I say that, it's starting to rain. :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Dravids final ODI

Brings a tear to the eye

One of the all time greats

The Wall :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Play scheduled to start at 7pm

England will have 47 overs to get 295 runs.

3 overs decreased to get 9 runs less

Not sure who that favours

[Cripps_orig]

Started raining again :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Raining again now. :rolleyes:

[Cripps_orig]

England 53-1 off 9.1 overs

They need 270 off 40 overs at the start of the innings

20 overs must be bowled for a result to take place

Players are off atm as its raining again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

197-4 currently, England need 44 from 31. Bairstow has got 20 from 11 so far. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bairstow smashes another one for six.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

26 from 24 needed now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a shot from Bairstow. :lol: Tonks another one for six.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England win by six wickets (D/L). :scarf:

Bairstow. :bow: Well done to Bopara, Cook and Trott too.

India. :lol: Not a single international win on the tour.

A well earned :doh: for them.

[fakeyank]

India should hand back their World cup tbh. England are good but India made them look like West Indies of the 80s and Australia of 96-2008!

India :pal:

Bangladesh http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss338/kariamiruddin/bangladesh-flag-waving-emoticon-ani.gif

[Cripps_orig]

Another farce. No way England would have got 300+ chasing

[Ollie the Optimist]

im sorry but this indian team is a joke. if zimbabwe or bangladesh had turned up to england and not one a single match on tour we would be asking why they are playing cricket at the highest level, and it has happened. india turned up, couldnt be arsed i all three formats of the game and lost every fucking game bar the two washed out ones. what a joke of a summer from a joke of a team.

[Cripps_orig]

Working at the T20 game this friday

Should be fun

[Cripps_orig]

Aussie coach has resigned

[Cripps_orig]

Just got the call and will be working on both T20 games :dance:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Commentary?