England v India, 4th Test, The Oval, 18-22 August, 2011

... and the Indians' stance on UDRS finally pays off.

SRT into the 90s. Should by rights have been ton-up by now. KP's been bowling so real filth.

Swanny gets Mishra. 84. A lot of runs.

SR Tendulkar lbw b Bresnan 91 (172b 11x4 0x6) SR: 52.90

For once, I couldn't give a f*ck.

F*ck. Forever 99.

Oh well, I'm sure he'll grab the milestone against Australia.

Sawn off, shotgunned, finger in the air. Sipping on a powerade, Tucker is a qunt.

the only reason we could have had to smile on this tour is now gone. india will most probably lose 4-0 now. and just when things were looking up

Must admit I was a little disappointed. I mean, apart from India for him it's probably the next best place to get it because of all the ex-pats.

Still, considering he's been plumb twice and dropped, it's hardly the most unfortunate.

Highest 4th wicket stand by India at The Oval beating Shastri & Azharuddin's 139 in 1990. Misrah missed becoming the second Indian nightwatchman to make a century after Syed Kirmani (who also batted 5) v. Australia at Mumbai in November 1979. No nightwatchman has scored a century in England, Alex Tuudor with 99* v. NZ at Edgbaston in 1999 being the closest.

and there goes raina. hopefully the last time we see him in a test match. another long duck. another long walk

the darkness is closing in now. the forces of evil are taking hold. may the sun shine once again sometime soon

Zat wrote:

lardbucket wrote:

embee wrote:

Allan D wrote:Dravid aiming for the record of being on the field throughout a Test played over 5 days which I think would be unique.

It's happened around 4000 times before

whoosh, by the looks

A list, of some sort, that may or may not by complete, of players who have been on the field throughout a Test.

• Nazar Mohammed Pak v Ind Lucknow 1952-53 4 Days
  
• D J McGlew SAf v NZ Wellingtom 1952-53 4 Days
  
• C A Milton Eng v NZ Leeds 1958 5 Days (On Test debut, 2 days lost to rain)
  
• J H Edrich Eng v NZ Leeds 1965 5 Days
  
• D Lloyd Eng v Ind Birmingham 1974 3 Days
  
• G Boycott Eng v Aus Leeds 1977 4 Days
  
• Taslim Arif Pak v Aus Faisalabad 1979-80 5 Days (1 lost to rain)
  
• S M Gavaskar Ind v WI Georgetown 1982-83 5 Days (2 lost to rain)
  
• D S B P Kuruppu SL v NZ Colombo (CCC) 1986-87 5 Days (One Test debut)
  
• M A Taylor Aus v Pak Sydney 1989-90 5 Days (A 6th day was added as the first 2 were lost to rain. Day 5 was also lost to rain.)
  
• M A Taylor Aus v SAf Melbourne 1993-94 5 Days (1 lost to rain)
  
• G W Flower Zim v Pak Harare 1994-95 4 Days
  
• B A Young NZ v SL Dunedin 1996-97 5 Days
  
• R S Dravid Ind v Pak Lahore 2005-06 5 Days
  
• W U Tharanga SL v BD Bogra 2005-06 4 Days
  

Not as unique as I thought then. Good list. Many thanks.

The One wrote:and there goes raina. hopefully the last time we see him in a test match. another long duck. another long walk

the darkness is closing in now. the forces of evil are taking hold. may the sun shine once again sometime soon

Yep. It's only atmospheric conditions taking hold. Swanny got it to swing like a beast.

BTW, we're the good guys. Just ask any non-Indian. We're fighting the good fight against an arrogant super-power and we're making them grovel

really, who cares what the non-indians think. everyone's just jealous

Good old Math.

Aye, f*cking Mathed them big. Gavaskar's currently sobbing about Math.

He's not the little math-ter now is he Danny???? Is he???

Uhh. No. Nor is Mathendra Singh Dhoni. S'later Mathendra.

RP Singh two balls later. Can't think of a Math reference for this one.

262/3 to 269/8.

dire dire stuff. probably another loss by an innings

maybe india needs this. after all the euphoria of the last year the team was getting a bit too 'settled' when players like harbhajan, raina, etc were just not doing enough

some serious systemic changes are needed. i see the bcci once again has a late reaction and has asked australia for one more tour match. dont know how they will fit it in the tight schedule though

looking forward to england's series next year with south africa and then when they tour here. that will probably be their big test along with the lanka tour to see if they can break away from the rest as clear number ones

JKLever wrote:a quick 3 wickets and it changes things completely....

Called it!

Oh, you forum pesimists...

Brass Monkey wrote:RP Singh two balls later. Can't think of a Math reference for this one.

He's a tangent

RP looks like he's been eating all the Pi. Doesn't he Danny? Doesn't he?? Pi.

Jaysus - talk about a collapse.

JKLever wrote:

JKLever wrote:a quick 3 wickets and it changes things completely....

Called it!

Oh, you forum pesimists...

Yeah, but you added something about the little people at the end of the garden saying it.