Story India's tour of England 2005 (England=CPU)

[The Champ]

Mate its a nicely presented tour i have given u 8 points, so that u improve each and every match

 

[gold639]

I agree with Champ this is very nicely presented and I love it!

a nicely presented tour i have given u 8 points

You can choose how many points to give?

 

[Rangeela]

I rate 9.

 

[m_vaughan]

I rate 7

 

[nik]

why 7? how could i improve?

 

[The Champ]

Mate u r doing very well as u know one can always improve upon the previous do improving ,my point is u have done well


There is always room for improvement

 

[faraz haider]

i rate 9.

 

[muhammad_inzi]

i rate 8

 

[nik]

thanks all, i am currently very busy, i will try and bring the whole test match on friday and saturday (fingers crossed!!) sorry for the delay

 

[The Champ]

thanks all, i am currently very busy, i will try and bring the whole test match on friday and saturday (fingers crossed!!) sorry for the delay

no problem take ur time buddy

 

[gold639]

Yeah you can take your time

 

[nik]

Quick Pre-match interviews

Botham: Hello, Sourav, what is your aim today in the test?
Ganguly: Well, hopefully we continue our form from the last match!
Botham: Have you made any changes to your team?
Ganguly: No, we decided to stick to our squad
Botham: How do you feel now?
Ganguly: Well, we have played well but we don't want to get carried away, you never know what can happen next!
Botham: OK, that is all we have time for Sourav, thanks! England are in a team meeting so we cannot talk to Vaughan at this time but we will catch up with him later! ok see you later!

 

[nik]

Analysis of Day 1's play

Hello and welcome to the highlights of the first day's play! well, it has been a mixed feelings for both teams so far but at the end of the day India are the ones with the advantage! The pitch was a very fine Lord's batting and bowling friendly pitch:

We had an interview with Sourav Ganguly and he has kept the same winning squad, so here are the teams:

England got off to a good start with the openers putting on 54 but some superb fast swing bowling from Pathan, England lost their 1st wicket

India continued their fearsome bowling and Pathan continued to take an extra 5 more wickets, including this one of Simon Jones:

Veteran Kumble didn't have to work hard for his wicket of Harmison!

India got off to a very good steasy start, special thanks to Sehwag but Giles' spin was too good for him this time!

Gautam Gambhir plays a confident shot:

Dravid continues his cover drives from the last test!

That was the end of play, here are the scorecards:

England's batting

One man stands out in this scorecard! :

India's batting:

Watch out for more interviews later.......goodbye!!

 

[jazz]

good bowling by pathan and ggod start by india in batting. looks to be a great series

 

[nik]

yes it is very exciting, i might do day 2 tonight itself because tomorrow i have about 2 hours spare time and sunday i won't be at home all day, so i could be in a rush to squeeze this test in, but next and final test (will start next weekend, hopefully) will not be as much of a rush!