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[Village Trundler]

Yep...... The sprinklers would have been getting an extended run this week.

There may be some turn going in to day 8 of this test.

[kaustav]

While I was probably the most sceptical about India's chances going into the first test match, I feel that a huge bounce back might be on the cards for this one irrespective of the supposed green top.

[Manormanic]

A little out there, but I actually feel that Rashid could be the real deal, but he needs to be better managed and I thin change counties. He needs to play under a wily county pro (or an Aussie!) with an understanding of spin-bowling. He also needs to be predominately a bowler who bats a bit rather than an all-rounder. He needs to bowl plenty of overs and he need to limit the amount of 40 over crap he plays. This also needs to happen sooner rather than later, to capitalise on his golden years.

Seems to have fallen out of favour in the England set-up though!

p155 off, he's ours!


Seriously, I think he was very badly treated by England, who seemed desperately keen to have an Asian drinks waiter on their winter tours rather than a player (they did the same to Shahzad the following year) which was doubly annoying when they messed with his action and stopped him spinning it for the best part of nine months.  Where Rashid is a little bit undone at Yorkshire is in his batting do low in the order - eight at some points last season - when he really needs to be going in at the front of the game.  I still can't understand why England are so keen on Patel though when, instead of a fat slow spinner who doesn't turn it, they could have a young, lithe spinner who can bat bowl and field and who rips it square!

Dare I say, an anti-Yorkshire bias in the corridors of power? 

[jw17]

Shahzad never preformed for England or Yorkshire in the last year tbh! And how can there be an anti-Yorkshire bias when Bresnan is in Englands starting 11?

[bigboy]

Does Bresnan play for India or australia?

[Manormanic]

Shahzad never preformed for England or Yorkshire in the last year tbh! And how can there be an anti-Yorkshire bias when Bresnan is in Englands starting 11?

Shahzad did okay for England - to be honest I thought when he was selected that he was just slightly short of the required standard, but he never let anyone down; its noticeable though that he got a considerably shorter run in the team that has Jade Dernbach, despite being a markedly better bowler.

As for "bias" possibly too strong of a word, but it is noticeable that players from certain counties get much quicker elevation to and much longer runs in the England team that do Northern lads - it must be great to play your cricket in the capital, lets put it like that!  And as an aside, it is disappointing how many good young Yorkshire lads have gone off with the performance programmes and been spoilt by poor or unsuitable coaching - Richard Dawson was the first, but it also happened to David Wainwright, Adam Lyth and others.  Rashid was probably the worst - he went off ripping the ball all over the shop, but the coaches decided that he needed a higher action which left him bowling full bungers and moving the ball precisely nowhere.

[kaustav]

Alright--- time to get back to this series. What do you guys think about the second test?

[PM7]

Well for starters it kicks of an hour early which is great.

[100 not out]

id like to see an good old scrap. . . .

[jw17]

I would quite like too see warner make tonnes of runs like a 200 or something, bloody love him!

[alba caerulea]

Can't wait for the start! Test cricket of late has made for excellent viewing. May the best side win!

[kaustav]

India batting first---just got a feeling that they might turn this around.

[The_Bird]

Incredible stats!!

[kaustav]

The opening partnership will be key I feel. A session of Sehwag and it is going to be interesting 

[kaustav]

Gambhir gone just like that...lol!!