I'm English so my pessismism know's no bounds, so I'll say India will put on 140 for the first wicket and will finish the day on 300-5, this is based on the conditions, forecast, Lord's, day 3 and India's batting lineup.
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Majik, if they bowl out our entire team for 10 in the second innings, we will still win this test match
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Great bowling from the boys. Nearly a 200 lead, glad to see anderson grab a couple of late wickets and broad obviously back on song.
Good luck to India's 2.5 man attack!
Well played Dravid
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Anderson two wickets, the lucky man. One of course was a one legged cripple.
posted on 23/7/11
Good bye sharma, good bye India. Come to England illprepared and you will get your ar ses tanned Now our boys can bat under no pressure what so ever. The first partnership is on about 180 even before we lose a wicket hahaha
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Good for us though Hopeforthebest that Andersen kept going, kept getting used, and picked up 2 tidy wickets in the end? Gotta to keep him interested and in form? What a great testmatch we are playing?
posted on 23/7/11
Support the players, hopeforthebest, and if necessary criticise after the game is finished.
Whatever the outcome, if Anderson needs "resting" (IMO not) for the 2nd test then, oh dear, we'll have to call on Bresnan, Finn, Shahzad, Dernbach or Onions to replace him.
Hardly the end of the world!
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Anyways, another fantastic day of cricket from England. More of the same tomorrow...sure i'll see you around maksi.
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Anderson came on only because Tremlett had a problem of some kind but I agree it's good for his confidence that he took wickets. Let's hope he bowls well in the second innings.
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I rarely criticize our players but Anderson was so disappointing today and he is our lead bowler. After 21 overs for 86 runs, 52 of them were in boundaries. That's not the Jimmy Anderson we know.
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Take care guys and see you on here tomorrow. Lets see how Strauss goes about winning this match from here on in. Personally I think we outclass India in every department and will do it with little trouble.
Majik, as you say, our team would not even be weakened, not one little bit, if we picked any of those bowlers and brought them in. I like the 3 that we are using and they are doing a superb job.
Have a great evening fellas