Cricket Thread

[McNamara That Ghost...]

453-6, Patel goes for 33. Sehwag did well to catch that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dhoni knocks one for four.

[LDG]

England close on 509-6

Morning session, then declare?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Not bad.......how long has it been since we won a series in India?

Cook

[Syn]

I hate sport.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Prior and Swann can just go out in the morning and bludgeon it.

[Ollie the Optimist]

for the next few years at least, cook and kp im sure will trade places at the top of the centuary list. who do you think is better?

for me, its cook without a shadow of a doubt, kp is a fantastic batsman, and in odi's and t20 is miles ahead of cook but in tests, cook has to face the new ball everytime and yet still scores runs, its slightly easier in times like today coming in against a side that bowled for over a day and with an old ball, but the thing that swings it for me, is cook is the ultimate team player, personal milestones mean nothing, its always always about the team, whereas kp has been guilty of trying to get headlines and getting out, trying to get that centuary with a six and skying it etc. i think in tests, cook is the better batsman, and the greatest english batsman

[Syn]

Cook's great. Cook, Amla and Clarke are the top 3 in the world. If he carries on at this rate he will of course break all kinds of records but longevity is, in itself, a rare quality.

Between Cook and KP, different styles. Cook is all about the textbook whereas Pietersen relies on his natural ability to make it up as he goes along. I find Pietersen far more entertaining and stylish as a shotmaker but Cook is an overall better batsman for sure.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Captains armband also adds to responsibility/stress so Cookie

[Dennis Bendtner]

Cook is more consistent and will end up with the better records. Pietersen plays innings that few others are capable of.

You have to be fair, Cook has cashed in quite a lot against average bowling. Whereas we've seen Pietersen hit the likes of McGrath and Warne. But he doesn't have the consistency to do that every innings and his series' have largely been one or two brilliant knocks in the middle of several low scores.