froggg Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Cook just dropped an easy chance in the slips my goodness Kinell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Plunkett wow 6 down Dhoni bowled all over the place and gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Dhoni clean bowled Plunket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 This will end a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Told you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Top work predicting the draw form that position, should have had a bet Lets hope the Lords pitch is a bit lively, can't imagine anyone would be happy seeing another track like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 India 290-9 end of day 1 at Lord's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Tenth wicket to be the downfall again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Cook out for 10! Anybody else & they would be dropped. The team are carrying him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 It's no longer a question of whether Cook should captaining the side, and now should he be anywhere near the squad.... FFS here we go again, Robson out cheaply as well now, 31-2...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 As things stand Anderson is top of the batting averages and Cook is top of the bowling averages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Jimmy to get 100 runs this time hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Gary Balance had a great innings today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Gary Balance had a great innings today. 2nd Test Hundred. ex Derbyshire . Was given his chance at the Racecourse County Ground and has never looked back . Cook needs to get some runs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Cook needs to get some runs though. Along with most of the rest of the top order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Think Cook will score the runs again, just needs to quit the captain role never been the same player since he got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Can't really get behind the argument he's not been the same player since getting the captaincy. He made centuries in (I believe) 6 of his first 8 matches as captain, led the team to their first series win in India for many, many years and won an Ashes series 3-0, although it was obviously closer than that score suggests and he personally struggled a bit for runs. The wheels really came off for him in Australia, but he was not helped at all by any of his previously reliable players. Trott deserted the team completely citing a stress-related illness that later turned out not to be, Bell, KP and Prior suffered from similar loss of form as Cook did leaving us with no runs at all in the top or middle order. To compound the problem the bowlers weren't up to the task either and our best spinner in decades was forced to retire through injury. I suppose you could blame Cook for the poor performance in Australia, failing to inspire his team etc etc but you'd be ignoring the fact those same players had won several series' previously (under the same captain) and shouldn't have needed any more inspiration or motivation for an Ashes tour down under. A month later, KP is axed and Cook is forced to take the brunt of the outrage, piling more unfair pressure on him. Then a slightly cautious declaration (probably a decision made by the coach) costs us a win in the first test vs Sri Lanka, we manage to lose the series and here we are now at the India series. Cook is under pressure to score runs and this is compounded by critics in the media, many with an agenda against him (Warne is the main one), unfairly criticising every decision he makes in the field and in fact everything that even happens in the field. The one that really gets me at the moment is blaming him for the tail scoring runs. Sorry but our bowlers must take the majority of the blame if they can't get 9-10-11 out without them putting on 100. But no, every time it's Cook's fault. So yea I guess what I'm saying is, he's on an awful run but I don't think it's particularly due to him being captain. However, it will now be harder for him to get his runs now due to the extra pressure he's under because of the unfair scrutiny and criticism he gets from sections of the media. Really hope he can lead us to victory with a ton in the 2nd knock here, he's comfortably the best England opener I've ever seen and I'd hate for his career to be ruined by our press, helped by an orange, rat faced Aussie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Cook is just all over the place at the moment. Unless he can cut it, he hasn't got a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 India 235-7. Anderson gets Vijay caught behind for 95 with the new ball. India lead by 211. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLACML Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Don't get me wrong, I love the grind of traditional test cricket but I also love what Sir Jaddu has done in this innings. India under huge pressure when he arrives, hits a ballsy quick fire half century and starts to take the game away from England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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