England Comletedly Outplayed India: Boycott

[Prudent]

From Geoffrey Boycott's Column - Telegraph Newspaper - UK Who says Test match cricket isn't exciting? So often you hear people say that one-day cricket is fun, full of wickets and runs and Test cricket is tedious. But this Test match had everything.First of all, it had a fantastic pitch that allowed a fair contest between bat and ball. If you batted really well you could make runs; if you bowled well you could get wickets. If all Test matches were played on pitches such as this, people would be satisfied and thrilled with the quality of cricket. England outplayed India in batting, bowling and fielding, and deserved to win. But the Indian rope trick got India out of jail. If the rain hadn't arrived to save them, India would have lost because of their bowling in the first two sessions of the match.Their seam bowling lacked direction, commitment and intensity and allowed England the luxury of reaching 197 for one by tea. You cannot give anyone that sort of start in any sport. Fancy giving Seb Coe 50 metres start in an 800m race and then try catching him! You have to be ready from the first ball. When their bowlers got it together, India took eight wickets for 46 runs, but by that time the damage was done. That takes nothing away from England's exceptional performance - the three reserve seamers bowled out of their skin. They bowled as if every ball was important, and got stuck into India's batsmen from the word go. Their intensity and aggression blew India's middle order away. Two of the best players in the world with the best techniques, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, were made to look ordinary................... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/07/24/scboyc124.xml

[suma25]

I wouldnt say outplayed that is what they did to windies...itwas even stevens almost ....eng maybe slightly ahead till kp arrived