Today's cricket

[Alf]

England beat India by 9 runs. Very enjoyable game of cricket that

[Hank]

England beat India by 9 runs. Very enjoyable game of cricket that

Excellent stuff. Where did Patel's 44 off 20 come from!?

[Multiterrainer]

Nice to see Bell coming good yet again! :thumbup:

[Muddy Retriever]

Excellent stuff. Where did Patel's 44 off 20 come from!?

That wonderful little cameo at the end is what made the difference.

[Alf]

Lost again! :thunbdown:

[Stagger]

The out of form players need resting and give the others a chance.
Its tough to get in to the England team but even tougher to get dropped from it.

[Alf]

Bell finally delivers the goods and the game doesn't really matter as far as the series is concerned. The conditions were a bit more Brit friendly apparently (cold and the ball moved about a bit).

[Alf]

Steve Finn provides the "get out of jail free" for England. Not the first time a bowler has got England out of trouble but usually its with their bowling not their batting.
We just need Petersen to get his mojo back and hope for a better result in the next match. As an ex-bowler myself I'm a big fan of the Finn forward-defensive batting style

[Alf]

Its all looking a bit pear shaped over in New Zealand. Can Ian Bell bat all day? Can Johnny Bairstow step into Pietersen's shoes and knock a century ? As they only got 20 runs between them in the 1st innings then maybe not

[Alf]

I never doubted for a second the lads could pull off a draw A bit of luck was needed on the day and we needed to pull out our secret batting weapon Monty Panesar but we did it. We drew with New Zealand