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[Kulli]

Nearly there....given the conduct of the Indian side and those ridiculous "revenge" statements, if I were Cook I would refuse to shake hands early and keep them out int he field to the very end of the days play...

Indeed, part of me hopes he's a bigger man than I'd be, but part of me wants to see them ground into the dirt!

[Manormanic]

Indeed, part of me hopes he's a bigger man than I'd be, but part of me wants to see them ground into the dirt!

Ruthlessness is a very important skill for an international skipper, and this Indian side (and their board) really don't deserve any significant pity...

[Manormanic]

though actually, they should declare as soon as Joe Root is averaging 100 in Test Cricket...

[tim2000s]

I reckon they'll wait until Dhoni brings himself on!

[Manormanic]

Dhoni from one end and Gambhir from the other, first to take a wicket gets to skipper the next series!

[tim2000s]

Dhoni from one end and Gambhir from the other, first to take a wicket gets to skipper the next series!

And here comes Gambhir.... Game up...

[Manormanic]

I called it!

If he gets wicket, they can announce ME as India's new skipper tomorrow!

[tim2000s]

Dhoni not on yet though... Still Ashwin!

[tushar sehgal]

Well done England, Poor cricket and Poor attitude from India. Hope things improve from here on, we need them to...

[RoCo Da Pixie]

India need to realise they aren't the great test team they once were. Produce pitches to encourage their seam bowlers otherwise they will be struggling in future test series.

Saying that I expect India to win the ODI's

[PedalsMcgrew]

England deserved it in the end. Nice to see Dhoni citing Anderson as the big difference between the two sides although I would think he must of been a little worried at how his spinners were outbowled by England's! Papering over the cracks?

It will be interesting to see where India go from here. It would be a huge mistake to lose Duncan Fletcher. They really ought to give him full authority to mould a completely new team. You get the feeling he's not had much input so far. Maybe the last we'll see of a lot of established Indian players if that's the case.....I can just see the likes of Gambhir, Sehwag, Khan etc loving a regime that involves actually being physically fit! 

You get the feeling though that if they win the 2 T20's this week it will all be forgotten.....

Looking forward to the NZ series now. One of my favourite to watch!

[Manormanic]

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