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[MD2812]

Binny batted well at trent bridge(and yes should of got man of the match award)

Disagree completely!!

James Anderson: 4 wickets, Match batting average : 81. 1 innings, played out his skin, gave great entertainment and also save England from either an outright loss, or a tension filled last day trying to draw with backs against the walll. Highlight: First FC 50.

Stuart Binny: 0 wickets, Match batting average: 39.5 2 innings, 1 a failure 2nd stopped England having any chance of winning, but didn't give India any chance of winning (which Jimmy's potentially did).

Jimmy was a fair man of the match.

For test coming up: I don't see where Kerrigan fits into the team, i'd stick with same team and request a normal Lords pitch.

[The Palmist]

Disagree completely!!

Jimmy was a fair man of the match.

Neither Jimmy nor Binny. I think fair man of the match would have been Kumar with outstanding batting in both innings and a 5 wicket haul.

[ajmw89]

To be fair, I thought Bhuvi Kumar deserved MOM more than Jimmy. 2 Fifties and a 5-fer on a placid pitch

[The Palmist]

England have never been shy of complaining in the past when it suited them. Dhoni was generous with Bell run out few years ago.

It is time that conducts like this is highlighted. Teams from subcontinent have suffered a lot of "differential treatment" from the likes of Australia, SA and England so it is about time everyone is given a taste of their own medicine.

I don't believe India are doing anything wrong in raising the issue, in fairness ECB have retaliated with a similar complaint which indicates something did happen.

If Anderson is banned, it will be a shame as he is a great bowler.

[ppccopener]

yes of course i meant kumar for MOM not Binny

wickets on that track were hard to come by,and he batted well.

[tim2000s]

To be fair, I thought Bhuvi Kumar deserved MOM more than Jimmy. 2 Fifties and a 5-fer on a placid pitch

However Jimmy's 81 effectively saved the match for England, which was more important.

[petehosk]

I know if India had of won the Test then Kumar would have had to have been MOM.
And if England had of won the Jimmy would have been in the hot seat!
For the draw it had to be close between the two if them! I would suggest that the reason Jimmy scraped the MOM award is due to being the number 11 batsman and the last stand? Whereas Kumar was number 9 batsman?
I'm not sure on that but logically that may have swung it by a whisker?
Either way, they both played a massive part in their teams! And should both be incredibly proud of the way they played!

[tim2000s]

Well put Pete. I think, if Jimmy hadn't had that last stand, the match would have been India's, whereas with it, the ECB got a full five days of ticket money and catering. Neither of Kumar's two knocks were quite so important to their coffers.

[The Palmist]

Well put Pete. I think, if Jimmy hadn't had that last stand, the match would have been India's, whereas with it, the ECB got a full five days of ticket money and catering. Neither of Kumar's two knocks were quite so important to their coffers.

If Jimmy hadn't batted, all it would have meant was that England may have batted again and may have had a shot at winning. It was always going to be a draw though.

[csnew]

Got to love how England were moaning about the Sri lankan's and spirit of cricket, but now they're calling reporting abuse and physical contact tactics by India.

Anderson's got away with a lot to be fair including ball tampering

[Buzz]

What I find odd about these accusations is that there will have been a Sky Sports camera following the players off the pitch - if Anderson and Jadaja were having a heated discussion, then this would have been picked up on and the cameraman would have zoomed in on the impending fracas!

Now something must have happened - but surely there must be some footage of it.

[Kulli]

I presumed that whatever happened (or otherwise) happened inside the pavillion.

[mini998]

Anderson and England should just deny everything if there is no evidence.

[Dhiraj]

England have never been shy of complaining in the past when it suited them. Dhoni was generous with Bell run out few years ago.

It is time that conducts like this is highlighted. Teams from subcontinent have suffered a lot of "differential treatment" from the likes of Australia, SA and England so it is about time everyone is given a taste of their own medicine.

I don't believe India are doing anything wrong in raising the issue, in fairness ECB have retaliated with a similar complaint which indicates something did happen.

If Anderson is banned, it will be a shame as he is a great bowler.

Absolutely agree with you.
If Jimmy is found guilty he should be banned. There is nothing cunning about it.

May be there is a reason the Aussies reserved special treatment for Jimmy.

[ajmw89]

A ban may do Jimmy some good.  A bit of enforced rest can't hurt, can it?