India v England - 3rd Test at Calcutta

[Badger]

Bring back Broad....

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

not a particularly helpful or insightful post for thsoe of us not watching!

ignore it then and read the others, i'm sure you'll live

 

[Triggaaar]

I take it India won the toss again, making it 3 times in a row, which should make a big difference in India, where the pitches deteriorate. It makes me think they should toss a coin for the first match, and they can take turns every match after that.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

very informative

 

[pasty]

268/7

Ashwin 26 b Anderson

9 balls left today

 

[Simster]

7 down

 

[Badger]

273-7 at close, not a bad days work from the England bowlers

 

[LamieRobertson]

gd to see anderson getting 3 wickets

 

[simmo]

Cook ton again. Superb

 

[larus]

India 316 England 153/0 (51.4 ov)
Cook 101
Compton 53

What a turn-around from the 1st test.

 

[larus]

Cook ton again. Superb

On CricInfo they said he's the youngest person to 7000 test runs.

 

[Bold Seagull]

23 Hundreds for Cook, England's highest number of centuries. 7000 test runs, the youngest player ever to reach that figure. 27 years old. Take a bow son!!!

 

[Badger]

They're turning into the India we played last year.

 

[Bold Seagull]

They're turning into the India we played last year.

They relish a good hard fight in the field.

 

[simmo]

On CricInfo they said he's the youngest person to 7000 test runs.

If he can remain injury free and retain the sort of form he is showing now, he is going to obliterate all English Test batting records, he may even challenge Ponting and even Sachin's test records. To show how young he still is Compton is 2 years older than him.

 

[Badger]

Compton gone. We're DOOMED.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Compton gone, sorry, I probably caused that...

 

[Deleted member 18477]

i havent been watching much of this series due to the time of it and having work etc but have been watching the highlights when i can. Cook has the best technique i've ever seen from an english batsman IMO. Trescothick and Vaughan come close in recent times but Cook is simply a technician! what a player and i seriously cannot wait for the back to back Ashes series coming up in 2013 (In Eng) and 2013-14 (In Aus)! it will be Cook vs Clarke - although i think the rest of our batsman are better and our bowlers are seriously good in both the english and aussie conditions. Anderson, Broad, Finn, Tremlett, Bresnan, Swann, Panesar.... is this our most golden era in cricket? i will cherish this while it lasts at least...

 

[larus]

If he can remain injury free and retain the sort of form he is showing now, he is going to obliterate all English Test batting records, he may even challenge Ponting and even Sachin's test records. To show how young he still is Compton is 2 years older than him.

My thoughts exactly; hadn't given any thought to the fact that he's younger than Compton.

We should savor this; to get a true world-class player is a special thing. By this I mean someone who consistently performs; not in fits and starts.

Also, that's 5 tons in his first 5 tests as captain.

 

[Badger]

I think England have just about SHADED it today