India v England, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 23-27 November, 2012

The brave pick would be to pick Meaker for Broad. I just don't see the point of England playing bowlers who struggle to reach 80mph these days on these pitches. Just pointless. And batting-wise, Meaker at least has a couple of first class 50s. Can hold up an end.I'd go with-

Cook(c)
Compton
Trott
Pietersen
Bairstow
Patel
Prior+
Swann
Meaker
Anderson
Panesar

Wont happen though. They'll be all "Ooooh, Bressy did the business in Melbourne 2010, so he deserves another chance. Oooohh the speed guns around the World have been wrong for the last year, Bressy still has nip. Oooohhh, he's a good lad. Tells jokes, sings songs, self deprecating Yorkshireman, I want him in the trenches, ooohhhhh. Yeeeeeaaahhh!!!!!"

Klämmssøn wrote:The bowling stocks are looking so marvellously deep and reassuringly consistent, these days.

Whoever comes in, you just know they consistently aren't going to take any wickets.

nominated for Forum Gold Thread

this series continues to throw up some rolled gold comedy

Henry wrote:The brave pick would be to pick Meaker for Broad. I just don't see the point of England playing bowlers who struggle to reach 80mph these days on these pitches. Just pointless. And batting-wise, Meaker at least has a couple of first class 50s. Can hold up an end.I'd go with-

Cook(c)
Compton
Trott
Pietersen
Bairstow
Patel
Prior+
Swann
Meaker
Anderson
Panesar

Wont happen though. They'll be all "Ooooh, Bressy did the business in Melbourne 2010, so he deserves another chance. Oooohh the speed guns around the World have been wrong for the last year, Bressy still has nip. Oooohhh, he's a good lad. Tells jokes, sings songs, self deprecating Yorkshireman, I want him in the trenches, ooohhhhh. Yeeeeeaaahhh!!!!!"

wow...and they say Victorians are bitter....time to get off the solely citrus diet Trev..

Bres the Clydesdale will always provide yeoman service!

Bresnan is sh*t horrie. End of. WAS half decent, but is now sh*t, and no amounts of "credit in the bank" (and he's surely used all that up) is going to change that. The man is spent. It happens.

Come on... anything but a completely different bowling line-up equals a shit stab for the Angles, Totally nowt going for us.

We may as well pick nine batsmen, Prior, and Swann.

You can pick 11 batsmen and pass on the spinner and keeper too if they all bat like in the first innings last time.

India batting again

India win the toss and bat.

Game over.

Too many spinners for us.

Bannie pitches are seriously sh1t.

JGK wrote:Bannie pitches are seriously sh1t.

Oh for a 'brave', 'manly' Aussie pitch.

Gambhir gone.

^^ Not to worry Gambhir and Sehwag average 50 as openers. Gambhir says so himself, so we should be fine.

Huzzah for Jimmy.


And Viru avoids a duck in his 100th test.

furriner wrote:^^ Not to worry Gambhir and Sehwag average 50 as openers. Gambhir says so himself, so we should be fine.

Cheers, that's reassuring. How could I doubt him.

agree on the huzzah for Jimmy...he put his back into in the 1st test unlike Broad

usually 350 is a good score here. india may rue not picking another seamer, you need a balanced attack on this pitch

two edged boundaries for sehwag off anderson. anderson certainly looking a lot better here

Far better bowling this.

Sehwag gone.

Montehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

the montesaurus shd have played in the first test

Sachin's time surely. Nice ball though.

Ta, SRT.

Surely SRT is only playing to get to 200 tests now.

He is a shadow of his great self.