India Tour Test Series 2011

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

KP and Bell get 350 partnership and KP is c&B Raina for 175!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Oh, good - that's all clear then. I was wondering about it all. One of our local schools is just about to become an Academy, according to the local paper. It has an excellent reputation and the Head, whom I know slightly, is of great experience and is generally considered to be efficient and competent - and a very nice chap into the bargain.

How sad, then, that he's been stupid enough to "fall" for a "bribe". Alomg with, I suppose, all his governing body.

I must ring the school and tell him to visit us on here and ask for an elaboration of Eine Alpensingfonie's wise advice, drawn, I'm sure, from vast experience and wide knowledge...

I would agree with your "suggested course of action", but becoming an academy is irreversable, so you'd be wasting your time.

Of course, we are veering off-topic, as was David Cameron when he made the "plug" on a cricket programme.

[Simon]

I would agree with your "suggested course of action", but becoming an academy is irreversable, so you'd be wasting your time.

As you clearly did when you studied English...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

:)

But returning to cricket, on this wicket, India could just make a good impression, for once. There's no chance of them winning though.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

monday's weather does not look too good, it would be great if Tendulkar could make his 100th 100 ...

[Anna]

They are 536 for 5. My neighbour has just said when Bell is out they should declare and make it more of a match?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

when Bell is out they should declare

i hope no hostage to fortune by this but the way he is playing that could be the back end of next week ..... they might also want Bopara to play himself in and see what he can do .... the weather makes a draw a very likely outcome ...and if Tendulkar can play it out getting his ton so much the better ... [unless the England attack starts skittling wickets of course]


wouldn't you just know it Bell is lbw three minutes after this was posted!

[amateur51]

i hope no hostage to fortune by this but the way he is playing that could be the back end of next week ..... they might also want Bopara to play himself in and see what he can do .... the weather makes a draw a very likely outcome ...and if Tendulkar can play it out getting his ton so much the better ... [unless the England attack starts skittling wickets of course]

I agree that Bopara should be given a chance, poor bloke, even if Sir Geoffrey doesn't rate him. Bell has put his nay-sayers to the sword over last couple of years - what a truly classy batsman as well as a phenomenal fielder - hooray!

[Anna]

I posted that about Bell and declaring before venturing forth into the murk and drizzle here ..... on returning I saw no play before tea so decided to watch Wales v Argentina ...... Well, Duw, Duw!! What a finish to the first half, from being 0-3, scrappy match, visitors dominant, Wales, in the last two minutes, turned it around to finish 14-3 !! Fingers crossed for second half

Edit: I won't reveal the final score except to say it was tidy!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I didn't know they played cricket in Argentina.
But congratulations to Wales - Land of my Student Days.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

ah cruel fate Tendulkar lbw at 91, india lose seven wickets for twenty one runs this afternoon so no they did not manage to show very much at all

283 all out England 4 - 0 victory




phew now i have my life back! [suffer from a pathetic addiction to TMS when play is on ... stops everything when the match gets interesting ... ]

[amateur51]

ah cruel fate Tendulkar lbw at 91, india lose seven wickets for twenty one runs this afternoon so no they did not manage to show very much at all

283 all out England 4 - 0 victory




phew now i have my life back! [suffer from a pathetic addiction to TMS when play is on ... stops everything when the match gets interesting ... ]

Now then Calum, although the team is known as England it is in fact representing the England AND WALES Cricket Board so the flag of England is only part of the story

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

i plead incompetence m'lud! [getting one smiley was a challenge!]

[amateur51]

i plead incompetence m'lud! [getting one smiley was a challenge!]

Bendigedig, Calum

[eighthobstruction]

I do hope we aren't going to get like those uncouth Australians boasting and crowing about winning....it's a sad sad day for Indian cricket, but I hope we at least keep this winning streak in proportion....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqZTP8-8wIs