India look doomed now. They do rely a lot on Kohli, Dhoni, Rahani and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order.
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Originally Posted by Clarkie66:
“India look doomed now. They do rely a lot on Kohli, Dhoni, Rahani and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order.”
“India look doomed now. They do rely a lot on Kohli, Dhoni, Rahani and Rohit Sharma at the top of the order.”
especially when they rest ashwin and jadeja from ODIs so they dont have as much depth
maybe wrote this game off too soon
good little partnership here between patel and mishra to keep things interesting
good little partnership here between patel and mishra to keep things interesting
Yes, their test team is a more impressive unit and they must want to save Ashwin and Jadeja for the England tests as there isn't much rest between them.
I must have missed it at the start of the Bangladesh tour, but is Fiz (? Mustafizur - apologies if misspelled) injured? He would add a lot to their team.
I must have missed it at the start of the Bangladesh tour, but is Fiz (? Mustafizur - apologies if misspelled) injured? He would add a lot to their team.
Ah just when things were picking up a stupid run out. NZ fielders are too good to take chances like that.
Originally Posted by Clarkie66:
“Yes, their test team is a more impressive unit and they must want to save Ashwin and Jadeja for the England tests as there isn't much rest between them.
I must have missed it at the start of the Bangladesh tour, but is Fiz (? Mustafizur - apologies if misspelled) injured? He would add a lot to their team.”
“Yes, their test team is a more impressive unit and they must want to save Ashwin and Jadeja for the England tests as there isn't much rest between them.
I must have missed it at the start of the Bangladesh tour, but is Fiz (? Mustafizur - apologies if misspelled) injured? He would add a lot to their team.”
yeah he had shoulder surgery in august and is expected to be out for around 6 months
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“maybe wrote this game off too soon
good little partnership here between patel and mishra to keep things interesting”
“maybe wrote this game off too soon
good little partnership here between patel and mishra to keep things interesting”
my turn for a jinx
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“yeah he had shoulder surgery in august and is expected to be out for around 6 months”
“yeah he had shoulder surgery in august and is expected to be out for around 6 months”
Thanks. It's a shame for him after he made such a breakthrough. I hope the surgery improves his long term outlook rather than being the start of a long run of problems like it sometimes can be be
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“i know this isn't a glamour series for SKY but wondering if this is the start of the changing of the guard in their test commentary team with the likes of Key and Cork involved”
“i know this isn't a glamour series for SKY but wondering if this is the start of the changing of the guard in their test commentary team with the likes of Key and Cork involved”
Very much a Sky "B" team methinks.
Anyone fancy theBangladesh trip? Knight, Cork & Key put their hands up. Cork (hopeless) never turns down work, Key is improving, Knight is hopeless - just shut up Nick, please
Originally Posted by GrouchoM:
“Very much a Sky "B" team methinks.
Anyone fancy theBangladesh trip? Knight, Cork & Key put their hands up. Cork (hopeless) never turns down work, Key is improving, Knight is hopeless - just shut up Nick, please”
“Very much a Sky "B" team methinks.
Anyone fancy theBangladesh trip? Knight, Cork & Key put their hands up. Cork (hopeless) never turns down work, Key is improving, Knight is hopeless - just shut up Nick, please”
i know that botham and gower probably wouldn't fancy a trip to bangladesh but at some point there will have to be a change, bumble is getting on a bit as well
knight and cork are a bit hopeless but key seems to be someone they are pushing
Wasn't Cork there anyway for the host broadcaster? Therefore it makes sense for Sky to use him as opposed to sending an additional man out there.
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“what does hales losing his spot in the test squad after choosing not to tour bangladesh have to do with morgan, given morgan didn't have a spot in the test team to lose anyway ?”
“what does hales losing his spot in the test squad after choosing not to tour bangladesh have to do with morgan, given morgan didn't have a spot in the test team to lose anyway ?”
You cannot be serious. Morgan and Hales refused to tour Bangladesh
Originally Posted by SULLA:
“You cannot be serious. Morgan and Hales refused to tour Bangladesh”
“You cannot be serious. Morgan and Hales refused to tour Bangladesh”
i think i am aware of that but what does morgan have to do with hales decision not to go to bangladesh meaning he has lost his spot in the india test squad ?
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“cook dropped a bit of a hint about 4 spinners yesterday so i thought ansari might come in for woakes”
“cook dropped a bit of a hint about 4 spinners yesterday so i thought ansari might come in for woakes”
I am not optimistic about Ansari. His first class stats for batting and bowling are not impressive.
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“i think i am aware of that but what does morgan have to do with hales decision not to go to bangladesh meaning he has lost his spot in the india test squad ?”
“i think i am aware of that but what does morgan have to do with hales decision not to go to bangladesh meaning he has lost his spot in the india test squad ?”
Both refused to go to Bangladesh. Neither should have been picked for India, One days or tests
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“he would almost certainly have been there for the ODI part of the tour if he had been available”
“he would almost certainly have been there for the ODI part of the tour if he had been available”
oops, so much talk of 7 tests in a row i completely forgot about ODI's and Hales decent level of performance in that format.
Originally Posted by SULLA:
“Both refused to go to Bangladesh. Neither should have been picked for India, One days or tests”
“Both refused to go to Bangladesh. Neither should have been picked for India, One days or tests”
i'll keep this simple for you
hales decision to not go to bangladesh has cost him his place in the test side
morgan was not in the test side so his decision to not go to bangladesh is irrelevant to hales's situation as he had no place in the test side to lose
i am starting to remember why i stopped engaging with you in the past ...
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“i know that botham and gower probably wouldn't fancy a trip to bangladesh but at some point there will have to be a change, bumble is getting on a bit as well
knight and cork are a bit hopeless but key seems to be someone they are pushing”
“i know that botham and gower probably wouldn't fancy a trip to bangladesh but at some point there will have to be a change, bumble is getting on a bit as well
knight and cork are a bit hopeless but key seems to be someone they are pushing”
Rob Key does seem to be quite well liked, which is good, and Knight and Cork not so, which is also good because i'd rather not see either of those two regularly on sky's test commentary team.
Botham, Gower & Bumble were never going to go on a tour that involves spending virtually the whole time either at a cricket ground or holed up in the hotel under armed guard. And i don't blame them. I was pleasantly surprised to see Athers out there
Commentary details
Dominic Cork wasn't working for Sky, he was working for the host broadcaster. Bumble tweeted that Botham, Nasser and Athers are going to India.
Dominic Cork wasn't working for Sky, he was working for the host broadcaster. Bumble tweeted that Botham, Nasser and Athers are going to India.
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“especially when they rest ashwin and jadeja from ODIs so they dont have as much depth”
“especially when they rest ashwin and jadeja from ODIs so they dont have as much depth”
Actually quite surprised how low key the odi series has been.
2nd or 3rd string side, think only 2 or 3 players expected to play in test.
not much media hype or public interest in India either for the series.
Feels very odd for India to concentrate purely on Test cricket for a long period of time.
The england vs india odi series will probably be the same considering only 3 odi games are played and then 3 t20 games.
Saying that India looks a bit under cooked before the Champions trophy they probably not going to have played with their best 11 before the champions trophy.
Originally Posted by Bhaveshgor:
“Actually quite surprised how low key the odi series has been.
2nd or 3rd string side, think only 2 or 3 players expected to play in test.
not much media hype or public interest in India either for the series.
Feels very odd for India to concentrate purely on Test cricket for a long period of time.
The england vs india odi series will probably be the same considering only 3 odi games are played and then 3 t20 games.
Saying that India looks a bit under cooked before the Champions trophy they probably not going to have played with their best 11 before the champions trophy.”
“Actually quite surprised how low key the odi series has been.
2nd or 3rd string side, think only 2 or 3 players expected to play in test.
not much media hype or public interest in India either for the series.
Feels very odd for India to concentrate purely on Test cricket for a long period of time.
The england vs india odi series will probably be the same considering only 3 odi games are played and then 3 t20 games.
Saying that India looks a bit under cooked before the Champions trophy they probably not going to have played with their best 11 before the champions trophy.”
almost feels like we are in a parallel universe
india focussing on tests more than ODIs, england getting good at ODIs and india about to use DRS in a test series
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“almost feels like we are in a parallel universe
india focussing on tests more than ODIs, england getting good at ODIs and india about to use DRS in a test series
”
“almost feels like we are in a parallel universe
india focussing on tests more than ODIs, england getting good at ODIs and india about to use DRS in a test series
”
yeah feels very odd, had to chuckle 2 month ago when most pundits in india forgot about the 7 odi and 3 t20 and just focused on the 13 Test matches.
certainly the first time I seen players getting rested for a strong odi team.
Originally Posted by Darren Lethem:
“Commentary details
Dominic Cork wasn't working for Sky, he was working for the host broadcaster. Bumble tweeted that Botham, Nasser and Athers are going to India.”
“Commentary details
Dominic Cork wasn't working for Sky, he was working for the host broadcaster. Bumble tweeted that Botham, Nasser and Athers are going to India.”
Yeah cork was getting called Mr Bangladesh because he the main presenter for Gazi tv and Rob Key and Nick knight were joking saying he got the job because he was sending emails every day till he got the job.
dont know if this has been talked about in the broadcasting forum but saw a couple of adverts on BT sport last few days about their coverage of the australia-SA series that starts next month
i'm assuming they will be using the CH9 feed but not sure who they will have doing the studio bit
i'm assuming they will be using the CH9 feed but not sure who they will have doing the studio bit
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