India v England 2012-13

[P_R]

Also very glad that Cook is the star of the series and not KP.
That gives leeway to interpret the loss to SA at home as something heroic :P

[satissh_r]

bajA diyA angrezon ka band- appadinnu sonnavanai naan pArkkaNumnu aasaippadurEn

Antha dog ah than nanum thedren....

[littlemaster1982]

England kooda nalla viLayAduvaanunga pOla irukkE - 'ngra mAdhiriyE adhisayamA kEttAinga.
yOv, ammA saththiyamA rowdy-yA. nambungayyA- range-ku dhum katti pEsa vENdiyadhA pOchchu social circles-la.

adhu dhaan ippo kooda pongi pongi varudhu.

That's because they were a "sotthai" team for quite long

[SoftSword]

Also very glad that Cook is the star of the series and not KP.
That gives leeway to interpret the loss to SA at home as something heroic :P

paadon... when kp failed in the first test, england failed...

[P_R]

paadon... when kp failed in the first test, england failed...

Hello brother, not just KP. Everyone failed. Only Cook 'stood tall and rose to the challenge'.
Second test - my MoM would have been Monty. KP of course put them in a commanding position, but Cook's knock is not to be forgotten, like his Premadasa knock has been forgotten.
This match - Cook again.

It would have been bad if Eng came across as dependent on KP for winning. I'd've hated it then. ippo mana niRaivA irukku. Anderson, Swann, Monty, Trott - all have come good.
Maniyan Nagpur-la century pOttAn-nA, wishlist complete aayirum.

[P_R]

And that is not to mention Swann's role in Premadasa.
Many folks see England as - there's KP and then the rest of the team is rubbish. The contribution of others in the wins, fights put up by others in losses would be conveniently underemphasized and forgotten.
I am so glad such a point can't be made now.

maththapadi KP pudikkAdhu'nu ellAm kidaiyAdhu.
Empire-la ellArumE amma payaha dhaan.

[MADDY]

side effects of IPL are showing up.....sour grapes, yeah, maybe........Ashwin trying to bowl six different lengths, lines, variations in one over shows it.......u've got to be monotonous in test match..........Virat kohli dancing down to Swann and getting bowled - i havent seen such dismissals with any other country's batsmen.........it all looks bleak for India from now on - players who are just T20 fit which is a gamble anyways - no players who have the temperament to last in test formats.........IPL is slowly but steadily dismantling the test match structure of Indian cricket

[19thmay]

side effects of IPL are showing up.....sour grapes, yeah, maybe........Ashwin trying to bowl six different lengths, lines, variations in one over shows it.......u've got to be monotonous in test match..........Virat kohli dancing down to Swann and getting bowled - i havent seen such dismissals with any other country's batsmen.........it all looks bleak for India from now on - players who are just T20 fit which is a gamble anyways - no players who have the temperament to last in test formats.........IPL is slowly but steadily dismantling the test match structure of Indian cricket

+1 All the dismissals in the second innings [ except Sachin ] are due to ODI/T20 shots. Currently except Pujara none has that temperament, hopefully Kohli learns that soon.

What we miss are

1. Strong openers
2. Strong lower middles order
3. Very good fast bowlers
4. Good spinners.
5. Strong leader.

Currently only one down looks satisfactory.

[SoftSword]

+1 All the dismissals in the second innings [ except Sachin ] are due to ODI/T20 shots. Currently except Pujara none has that temperament, hopefully Kohli learns that soon.

What we miss are

1. Strong openers
2. Strong lower middles order
3. Very good fast bowlers
4. Good spinners.
5. Strong leader.

Currently only one down looks satisfactory.

vivek: kannu avinjupOchu... kai kaal OnjupOchu.... nenju kaanjupOchu...

[P_R]

No wonder India doesn't want DRS.