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

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

Not bad Laz, Pi RP squared (up).

Michelle for Swanny.


One to go.

9 down. gambhir goes

don't know why he was made to bat to be honest. he looks like he should be resting in a hospital room

Bannies might avoid the innings loss here.

G-G-G-G-G-Gash-sh-sh-sh-bir.

sreesanth is an embarassment. despite all the antics he has a pea-sized heart

"India trail by 8 runs with 1 wicket remaining"


I wonder if they'll send one of the bowlers in to knock off the winning runs.

All over, Red rover.

that last slog just summed up the series for india. mindless and mostly heartless

well done england. that was quite the drubbing, a complete performance. indian cricket will hopefully have a large restructuring process. wouldn't hold my breath though

The Swanner! The Sreesanth! The gate! F*ck off Sree!

Smashgasm.

JGK wrote:Bannies might avoid the innings loss here.

That was a careful "might".

Brass Monkey wrote:The Swanner! The Sreesanth! The gate! F*ck off Sree!

Smashgasm.

You should get the job as team psychologist, Danny.

JGK wrote:Jaysus - talk about a collapse.

A. Mishrable time of it, once that fourth wicket went down.

Whitewash. Well played Swanny, and well played Engulund. Smashed 'em.

Has the number one side in the world coming into a series ever been white washed?

PeterCS wrote:
You should get the job as team psychologist, Danny.

The new Snape? Only I won't twat off to Gloucester, develop a 'moon-ball' and then whore myself to anyone who looks at me.

4-0, it's like a cricket score....oh wait.

vilkrang wrote:Has the number one side in the world coming into a series ever been white washed?

saffies vs aus

The One wrote:

vilkrang wrote:Has the number one side in the world coming into a series ever been white washed?

saffies vs aus

when was that? Only a 3 match series I assume.

Collapse = 7/21.

Meaning they only reached 300+ once. In 8 innings. And that was a scrape.

I mean, even Bangladesh reached 382 within 4 innings.

last 7 wickets for 21 runs. unbelievable stuff

or just par for the course for this series

May that soggy collapse hasten a proper review for your team, TO.

vilkrang wrote:

The One wrote:

vilkrang wrote:Has the number one side in the world coming into a series ever been white washed?

saffies vs aus

when was that? Only a 3 match series I assume.

yeah. they had a home and away series of 3 tests each in the early part of this century. aussies won 3-0 in aus and then the first 2 tests in saffieland. they lost the last dead rubber to leave the final score at 5-1

Well, that somewhat makes up for the disaster that was 1992-3

PeterCS wrote:May that soggy collapse hasten a proper review for your team, TO.

one hopes so. but one also does not really expect it. i am not sure if the bcci will pay much heed

besides the various other issues on this tour from pre-series preparation to low fintness levels, the most shocking was india's policy with regards to injured players and their selection. now we find sehwag's shoulder is still not totally fine. zaheer's injury was a ridiculous soap opera. the standbys were not like for like. the bcci could not have planned a worse series if they tried

i sincerely hope we lose the odi series as well so that there is nowhere to hide for the bcci