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I thought India had no chance after their tour in England to bowl us out twice. I changed my mind after the saffa test match. I think the key for India is to bring swing bowlers especially those who love to cut the ball. Praveen Kumar could be a handful for us despite being a medium pacer. They...

I can't believe we went with our Ashes fast bowling attack. Didn't we learn anything from that series? But in fairness this match was not their fault. For once. Johnson should be dropped though. I can't believe Bollinger is not in the squad. The batting look shonky. Give Hughes 2-3 more tests...

England have 3 different captains for 3 different formats. Thanks to injury the 20-20 captaincy has been a bit of a revolving door. Broad got injured, then Morgan got injured (though he captained against Ireland which might have been a tactical move to draw the crowd) and then Swann got a couple...

During the world cup did anyone see such petulant behaviour from the English team (with the exception of Broad)? I didn't. Even when they lost to Ireland, no one really behaved that aggressively to the opposition, their team mates or the umpire. What changed? Captain? Maybe Strauss gels the...

I don't know what's worse: the batting, the bowling or fielding? I think India need to sure up the batting. That lower order is pathetic. Irfan Pathan anyone :p But congrats to England. They are starting to look like Australia of old... ofcourse consistency is needed. I think Morgan's place is...

Why can't Brad Hodge and Stuart Macgill be 10 years younger... Not a bad choice. Marsh should be in at 6 because I don't see too many good players of spin. Also perfect opportunity for Phil Hughes to cement a spot. I don't see a strong pace attack so he might benefit. The middle order will have...

Mukund Yuvi Dravid Tendulkar Laxman Raina Dhoni Harbhajan Kumar Ishant Sreesanth Lol I still have faith in Bhajji. Sreesanth v Munaf is difficult. And yes YUVI has to open. No point stuffing the order up just to let the princess have a cushy seat in the middle order. If he wants to prove...

Hey I hear India struggle at Lords. It's a flat pitch though and it is difficult to bowl sides out. I wonder if the pitches in early to mid 2000s and the 90s were different (more seamer friendly). Any veteran out there who can enlighten me? Btw Zoraxdoom I like your team. That's definitely...

These two teams are incredibly erratic. Whoever ends up number 1 won't have it for a substantial long period of time. They lack the temperament Australia and West Indies had. Well I don't mind tbh :p It'll be interesting to see who peaks at the right time. I'm tipping Cook, Trott, Morgan, Khan...

From India's perspective the lack of fast bowling doesn't bode well for the South African tour. Sreesanth should be played in the next text considering his previous success in that country. As for the Ashes i can honestly say that everything depends on Ricky. I hope he starts plugging a few...

Who else can stake a claim if both players are dropped? Mind you JP's test career parallels a certain Phillip Hughes. JP definitely needs time in the domestic game. I wouldn't discard Prince just yet considering the experience, injury time and possibly lack of match practice (doesn't play...

I must admit there is some truth in what captainOZ states. Perhaps its because the current team is taking the torch from perhaps the greatest side ever (Windies of the 80s and Bradman's boys might argue otherwise) and are behaving in a similar way. Or maybe we're just being over critical. Let...

If Australia played with their full attack? We could've lost it with them. Thats how good Tendulkar's knock was. Knowing B Lee and Johnson they could've been absolutely destroyed tonight. I suggest World Champion stay away from that sort of thinking :) I admit i stopped when Yuvraj got out...

ahem :P At 1iram1 nah he hasn't retired and i agree he would've been a good edition- remember the Dehli ODI required a stump to stump bowler and thats what AUS lacked. btw he could potentially captaining the NSW side. Anyway yeah on the Aliens thing they can create such things and not be...

hmmm need India's batting is pretty reliant on Gambhir, Yuvraj and Dhoni trio. Tendulkar seems to hold the nostalgia for the fans while Sehwag is on a come back trail. You need the youngsters to step up. That or get a domestic veteran. Badrinath was his name? Heard a lot of good things about...