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[pacman75cricket]

Not disagreeing at all suspect Bresnan may be the fall guy through no fault of his own.

[steyn92]

Or they'll make no changes

[Buzz]

Definately one change as Bell is coming home, not sure if Morgan will get the nod because he is a lefty, or bairstow.
the next game starts on Friday, so Finn may play too.

[uknsaunders]

Anderson is terrible in Asia, his average is 4 runs higher per wicket than his career average. Shocking.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8608.html?class=1;continent=2;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;orderby=default;template=results;type=allround

Anderson and Broad did a terrific job in the UAE last year. I think we'll see:-

Cook
Compton
Trott
Pieterson (lucky)
Morgan
Bairstow
Prior
Broad
Swann
Panesar
Anderson

No reason for pie chucker/eater Samit with Monty is playing. KP can bowl a few overs of spin also. Big issue with 2 seamer attack is if the wicket helps the seamers in the first session. Your change option is Trott! Play Bresnan and Prior bats six instead of 7 and the specialist batsman only number 5.

[mdl_1979]

I'm not sure Samit will be dropped.  He had 2 stinking LBW decisions in this game.  I think Bairstow for Bell and Panesar for Bresnan will be the changes.  They may contemplate Finn for Broad.

[Cover_Drive]

If Cook saves this match he will turn out to be undisputedly one of the best English captain IMHO.

[Vantage_Cricket]

If Cook saves this match he will turn out to be undisputedly one of the best English captain IMHO.

no chance, it's just a good performance by a few individuals. If he gets some sort of result in the whole series, then we can start to talk like that.

He's got a lot to do as a captain.

[Jenko]

Swann out playing a switch hit in a test match where they are getting pumped?? I hope that's a misprint on the cricinfo site....

[Vantage_Cricket]

unfortunately it wasn't a misprint. Awful shot giving the circumstances - Swann will never bat in another way though.

[Kulli]

Swann's one of only 3 players to bother turning up, so pretty hard to have a go at him.

[lastmanstand]

just hope england win the toss next fri, will make it a lot easier not to get smashed.

alot of draws in India, even 1-0 is a long way back

[Number4]

Poor game by England with the exception of a couple

[Buzz]

Poor game by England with the exception of a couple

I agree. trott's drop of the Indian no3 when he was on 8 really cost the team. but to not lose a test in India, 400 in the first innings is crucial. Bresnan and Broad were toothless, it will be interesting to see if they drop the vice captain.

he is on of those players whose stats seem to flatter him. as many others, I remain not a fan.

[PeteW]

So - changes for the next test..

Personally I wish we had another spin option other than Monty - I tend to agree with the Duncan Fletcher school of thought that says everyone should offer more than just one thing to the team. Bringing in Monty weakens both the batting and the fielding. He has to take top order wickets and provide control to justify his place in the team.

[Red Ink Cricket]

I agree. trott's drop of the Indian no3 when he was on 8 really cost the team. but to not lose a test in India, 400 in the first innings is crucial. Bresnan and Broad were toothless, it will be interesting to see if they drop the vice captain.

he is on of those players whose stats seem to flatter him. as many others, I remain not a fan.

for me we have to drop bresnan and broad. neither bowled with any pace and neither looked likely to get a wicket. I would bring in finn and monty. that extends the tail slightly but to be honest the way broad is batting at the moment i think finn and monty may hang around longer. Jimmy and finn to open and then rotate around the spinners. see if sewag and pujara like a bit more pace on the ball.

Batting wise i think the middle order has been terrible. the only ones who can hold their heads up are compton ( for the second innings- showed alot of skill and mental strength on debut) cook and prior. Bell needs a bat wrapped around his head for his first innings shot and trott and kp need to wake up. i really dont understand what kp was trying to do against ojha. his first innings he pushed the bat in circles rather than playing straight and got out to an average delivery which i could have kept out.