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[SelectCricket]

Have to admit that I checked the odds for an India win earlier! Seriously though England can't mess this up can they?

One wicket early tomorrow, Harbajan or Gambhir; then the game is done.
Harbajan and Gambhir can be dangerous on their day!

[alba caerulea]

What total do people think is enough to make the England batsmen a bit twitchy?

[SelectCricket]

What total do people think is enough to make the England batsmen a bit twitchy?

150 lead

[Nickauger]

150 lead

Your posting seems a bit eccentric lol, getting bored of you repeating every-one else's views or stating the bleeding obvious. You din't need to make 150+ posts a day to be a valued member of the forum...... tone it down a wee bit!

[ajmw89]

Top bowling performance capped off with a small, but easy chase!  Shame it had finished just as I turned the tv on!

[tushar sehgal]

Well done england now Indians need to start complaining about the pitch hehe we are overpaid!!!

[yvk3103]

Well done england now Indians need to start complaining about the pitch hehe we are overpaid!!!

England spinners outclassed their Indian counterparts by a long way. Wake-up call for Team India and the BCCI.

Being overpaid is a understatement - I think with all they money they spend most of the time spending it or planning how to spend it than thinking about the game.

High time SRT called it a day.

Monty was superb and a good lesson for Swann on how to live with playing second fiddle.

KP's knock set-up the game very well for England and I was very amused to see his highly controlled celebration.

[Manormanic]

actually I thought Swann bowled as well as Monty did for the most part, especially with his tactical full bunger!

[tim2000s]

actually I thought Swann bowled as well as Monty did for the most part, especially with his tactical full bunger!

Yes, inclined to agree there. Don't think Swann was second fiddle at all.

[ajmw89]

Monty had more success due to most of India's batters being right handers.  It's harder for a batsman to play the ball turning away from them

[Manormanic]

the thingis, Monty is a one trick pony; admittedly he does that trick pretty damn well, and will always take wickets on surface that have good (ideally inconsistent) grip and bounce in them such as this one, the old deck at OT etc, but he does not have the subtlety of thought and approach to vary things when necessary, whereas Swann has grown into a very, very strong reader of the game who can adapt to a wide range of situations.  When the conditions suit Monty, he might edge the returns but over a long period and a variety of conditions, its Swann every time.

[Johnny]

I haven't really seen much (any?) footage, but from reading various columns people are saying that Monty bowled very well on a wicket that suited him, but most would still back Swann as more versatile and able to make more of a contribution when conditions don't suit - I can't remember who, but someone did suggest that on turning wickets where we still pick 3 seamers, maybe Monty should get the nod ahead of Swann.

[Johnny]

^ this posted was written before I saw Manormanics reply, but he's eerily saying exactly the same thing

[alba caerulea]

Swann will never be 2nd fiddle to Monty. Watching it this morning it looked like he was talking him through his overs at times. Graeme Swann is a very intelligent bowler.

I am a big fan of Monty and would pick him in every game in these conditions alongside Swann. If I had to pick one spinner in more seamer friendly conditions it would be Swann every time regardless of their respective batting and fielding abilities. I rate him as a better bowler

Stuart MacGill often took more wickets than S K Warne in the Tests they played alongside each other yet no man in their right mind would pick him as first choice when Warne was available

What are the expected changes in the Indian line-up for the next Test? Is Tendulkar droppable?

[The_Bird]

Funny and quite touching story coming out of India, not the first disagreement between these two either.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/unhappy-eden-gardens-pitch-curator-goes-medical-leave-074149358.html