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[Buzz]

in this game the fans have to walk 15 kms to get to the ground as it is in the middle of knowhere.

[Manormanic]

India have shown up a bit like Newcastle in terms of passionate fans..

could not believe that people were queuing until the tea break to get tickets but still waited - thats beyond dedication!

[procricket]

Where have they been for the other games.

In Other countries you get your applause for good play not in India.

They always talk about passion for the game I have not seen this half empty stadia and poor support when losing.

Maybe it a cultural shift towards t20 and iPl I bet it would not be empty for that

[The_Bird]

I think it shows how much pressure they are all under and that without any big characters in the team to prevent the Kohli/Dhoni debacle. In my opinion Dravid would not've let these players throw their toys out of the pram. I'll go back to what happened to Ian Bell in what was a hugely respectful thing to do in calling Bell back. Dravid was instrumental in that piece of sportsmanship and the younger players don't have that I believe. Ashwin was a complete dick in the conference afterwards and sounded like a child. Blame the BCCI not the umpire.

[charlie15]

I actually thought the behaviour of Dhoni and others in particular Kohli was appalling.  They've decided to got without DRS and that the umpires word being final, so mobbing the umpire and the batsman isn't really going to help their cause, nice o show that snicko showed it not out. 

[charlie15]

I think it shows how much pressure they are all under and that without any big characters in the team to prevent the Kohli/Dhoni debacle. In my opinion Dravid would not've let these players throw their toys out of the pram. I'll go back to what happened to Ian Bell in what was a hugely respectful thing to do in calling Bell back. Dravid was instrumental in that piece of sportsmanship and the younger players don't have that I believe. Ashwin was a complete dick in the conference afterwards and sounded like a child. Blame the BCCI not the umpire.

Didn't hear the Ashwin bit, what did he say?

[Alvaro]

Fan turnout has be relatively good in the whole series, then three out of the four games have been played where Test cricket has traditionally had support.

What did Ashwin say? Poor Babs

[97notout]

Trot did well to hit it, I've seen them missed in the past at club level. I'd have told Kholi to f...off and mind his own business.

I'm with Bumble and Botham in that the match referee should step in and sort it and would Kholi have the balls to front someone like Viv Richards or Alan Border, me thinks not

Disappointed with Ashwin as he is one of their better players, I'm sure our boys will get their own back and sledging sounds a lot better in English than that irritating Indian clucking. 

[petehosk]

I think the attitude if the so callled Inidian 'fans of the game' has been a bit sad!
I realise that they are eager to see their team perform well, and they are not at the moment. But fans of the game?
I don't think they are!! The only cheer seems to be when an Indian does something half decent or hits a couple of runs.
When the opposing team hits a 50 or a 100, very few even clap!

I'm not saying that any fans are perfect. But if you get a member of the opposing team score a ton at Lords or another ground, or even pull off a great shot.....then most of the fans applud it! That to me is enjoyment and appreciation of the sport, something that seems to be lacking in India at the moment. Even if an Aussie hits a ton then the English fans stand and clap (even though it pains us to  )

[The_Bird]

He was dissapointed in Trott for hitting Jadeja's pea roller and said he would never've done that. He also said trott had been out numerous times in his innings so that brought about the bad blood. It was his demeanor tho, sounded like a hard done by school boy.


Exactly poor Baba.....

[Manormanic]

Sooky-la-la if you ask me!

[Alvaro]

Ha, 'out' in the way Cook was in both innings, I bet.

[alba caerulea]

Kohli has been very quiet all series. One decent knock and he starts mouthing off like his opinion matters. Ishant Sharma had a lot to say aswell for a distinctly average bowler. I wouldn't have been as restrained as Trott with my reply

I think the Indians know the series is slipping away and they are getting very desperate

Would love England to bat just past tea tomorrow and set India a ridiculous total from 20 overs - just to make a symbolic point about their fascination with T20

[The_Bird]

Sooky-la-la if you ask me!

Spot on, I think the players are starting to get frustrated at the lack of DRS as they clearly don't share the same view as President Srinivasanistham in that the unpire's decision is final. It must be hard when the rest of the cricketing world are not following that same mantra.

Ha, 'out' in the way Cook was in both innings, I bet.

haha, and the host broadcaster play their part as well by convienently not showing glaring mistakes when India get the rub of the green. It's like it never happened if they don't show replays!!

[Manormanic]

Got to observe that the standard of umpiring in this series has been somewhat lower than we have come to expect over the past three or four years.