Predator_05 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 My predictions If IND bat; 226/7 at stumps If ENG bat; 300/5 at stumps Top scorer; Laxman or Pietersen Top wicket-taker; Kumble or Widebottom Let's hear yours ! Link to comment
Lurker Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 England bat first - 278/7 England wobbles at 43/3 with Sreesanth 2 and Zaheer 1. Then Bell and KP build, score reaches to 200/3 when Kumble takes quick wickets and have England at 210/6. Matt Prior holds the fort and India again fails to dismiss the tailenders. Hoggy falls at the end of the day and India close in with a somewhat satisfactory 278/7. India bat first: 309/6 India start bad, 23/2 then VVS and Dravid build. Both score 50's before VVS gets dismissed at score 176. Sachin carries from where Dravid left and India are in a strong position at 273/2 when as usual we lose 3 quick wickets. India end at 309 with Dravid standing solid at 109* Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Vaughan win toss bats first. Eng 287/7 cook 123* KP 4. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 if Eng batz then eng score @ end of day 1 - 315-3 and as day ends, ppl would be creating threads "pant coat saala umpire didn't give lbw out etc" if India bats then Indian score @ end of day 1 - 270-5 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 "pant coat saala umpire didn't give lbw out etc" :hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 LOL, 'tics. How sweet would it be if the Lords wicket for this test is like the one England and Australia played on in the Ashes opener 2 years ago Link to comment
Gambit Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Eng 321/4 OR Ind 265 all out; Eng 54/0 Link to comment
sgusa Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 eng 289/4 Ind 274/3 Ind 360/2, SRT 100+ with SR > 90 (anyone that dares wake me from this dream, I will hunt and kill) Link to comment
Gambit Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Ind 360/2, SRT 100+ with SR > 90 (anyone that dares wake me from this dream, I will hunt and kill) :hysterical: Link to comment
observer1 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 rain-interrupted day. india 115 for 4 (jaffer a thoroughly unexpected 0, karthik 8, dravid 4, ganguly 21, tendulkar n.o. 30s and laxman not out 30s, the rest in wides if harmison plays) or england 150 for 1 (cook out in 60s, strauss and vaughan not out) Link to comment
King Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 If England bats first : Few early wickets including getting KP out cheaply. I reckon it will be about 100/4 but then by the end of the day England will have 310/5 India bats first : 280/4 Few early wickets but Rahul and Laxman consolidate. Ganguly chips in with some runs. Link to comment
fineleg Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Ind bat first - India 178-8 on a rain curtailed day...late middle order and tail doing rescue act after a shabby 93-5 SRT disappoints. (i like SRT, but by now he is a Maharathi) Eng bat first 240-3 (curtailed day) Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 What the hell is a "Maharathi". I hear this word all the time on these forums...does it refer to old people from Maharashtra ? Link to comment
fineleg Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 What the hell is a "Maharathi". I hear this word all the time on these forums...does it refer to old people from Maharashtra ? Nothing to do with Maharashtra...this was a term coined by CoverPoint (or rather his sister's father-in-law I think!) - this has to do with Mahabharat - the Maharathis. As of today - many of our "paper tiger" batsmen of the yore have become "Maharathis" and the term has caught on. Link to comment
coverpoint Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Yes. the term refers to our supposed 'super stars' the great ones ... the maharathis who unfortunately play like 'pyadas' Link to comment
sgusa Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Nothing to do with Maharashtra...this was a term coined by CoverPoint (or rather his sister's father-in-law I think!) - this has to do with Mahabharat - the Maharathis. As of today - many of our "paper tiger" batsmen of the yore have become "Maharathis" and the term has caught on. Maha - Big Rath - the chariots In the old days, the bigger, more powerful/skillful/higher up the order champions were given the best and biggest raths - hence MahaRathi. All the footsoldiers would run in front and get killed while these guys got drivenn around inthe comfort and protection of their raths. How this applies to cricketers is rather obvious :) Link to comment
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