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[ppccopener]

Eh up look who has woken up!! 

[WalkingWicket37]

England's Test scores v.s India this winter
537 & 260-3 Dec
255 & 158
283 & 236
400 & 195
477 & 207

On only three occasions did they exceed the 350 they made in 50 overs (and they failed to even get to 250 in any 2nd innings!). Maybe we need to get some of these one day lads into the Test side and just give them licence... 

[petehosk]

Is 350 enough though?
India on form and with the talent and confidence they have at the moment are capable of chasing this down with ease!
400 would have been a real challenge, even for India! But 350 is very doable for them! We will need to bowl REALLY well and take wickets at regular intervals if we are going to win this one!
Would be nice to take a 1-0 lead and see how India do under a bit of pressure but I see India as slight favourites to chase 350 down! I hope I'm wrong but just think that cricket is based on form, which in turn is based mainly on confidence. And there is no more confident team at the moment than India (for good reason!)

[procricket]

Very good masterclass from VK

[WalkingWicket37]

I think it says a lot about modern one day cricket that the England innings seemed slow.
They got 105 off the last 8 overs to bring up 350, but India are still firm favourites as it's below 400. Gone are the days where posting 300 meant you were virtually guaranteed a victory...

[JB]

Very good masterclass from VK

I could watch him all day, top class

[petehosk]

I could watch him all day, top class

Hopefully we won't watch him all day today, otherwise India will chase it down in 30 overs!!!! 

[rickjames]

A lot of his game just seem to be mental an common sense. Great to hear how he changed his technique et al

[JB]

He's got some plain white NB spikes on that are lovely during the masterclass!

[JB]

Rewound it to get a pic

[smilley792]

Kohli's bat looks humongous!

[manno]

Kohli's bat looks humongous!

Is it just me or does it look about 5mm too wide?? 

[rickjames]

What a ball from the Big Willey!

[smilley792]

Is it just me or does it look about 5mm too wide?? 

It could be 5mm to thin and kohli still smash it!

[roco]

Love a bit of Willey

Can kholi be fined for taking the piss?