Feed Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Strauss hopes Dutch trouble deceives India More... Strauss hopes Dutch trouble deceives India 23 February 2011 Nagpur, Feb 23 (AFP): England captain Andrew Strauss hopes his side's unconvincing start to the World Cup will lull co-hosts India into a false sense of security for the blockbuster clash on Sunday. The reigning World Twenty20 champions had just eight balls to spare in defeating the Netherlands by six wickets on Tuesday after a ragged bowling and fielding display that helped the Dutch notch 292 for six. Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate cashed in with a career-best 119 before England, led by Strauss, who scored 88, managed to avert a major upset to match their defeat at the hands of the Dutch at the 2009 World Twenty20. "Hopefully India will take us lightly after this performance," Strauss told reporters at the VCA Ground in Nagpur. "We generally raise our games against better sides. We are very excited about playing India in Bangalore." "There will be a great atmosphere and we will back ourselves to beat them," he insisted. India crushed co-hosts Bangladesh in their opener on Saturday. But Strauss, who shared a century stand with new opening partner Kevin Pietersen, readily conceded England would have to improve their fielding display after a "shemozzle" against the Netherlands. Asked if England's performance had been acceptable for the opening match of a World Cup, Strauss replied: "Certainly not. The first 50 overs was a very poor performance, and certainly the last 10 overs was exceptionally poor." One of England's most inept moments was a reprieve for ten Doeschate on 47 when James Anderson and Pietersen let an outfield catch drop between. There was also a no-ball called after England had too few men inside the circle, allowing Dutch captain Peter Borren to be recalled after being bowled by Stuart Broad. "We were a little bit shell-shocked by what happened in those last 10 overs," Strauss said. "You can't afford to drop that many catches and we were pretty untidy on the ground as well." "That meant Holland probably got 30 or 40 more than they should have done. We were way off where we want to be in the field." "We came in very determined to start the tournament well. But it was one of those days in the field where everything seemed to go wrong." As for the Borren blunder, Strauss said: "It was just a miscommunication." "I said to Stuart Broad 'do you want a man out there?' and Paul Collingwood thought I said 'go out there'. Strauss added that ten Doeschate, who also took two wickets, deserved acclaim for his innings regardless of England's ineptitude. "I think you've got to give a lot of credit to Ryan ten Doeschate for the way he played." "We've seen him do that for Essex, but on the big stage it's a hard thing to do and he played exceptionally well." Meanwhile the England captain took some heart from his side's run-chase. "We needed to get back on the horse pretty quickly with the bat and make sure we put in a good, solid, professional performance," he said. "It was a little bit tighter than we wanted it at the end. We probably didn't use the powerplay as we would have liked, but I think we always had the batting under control." "We can take some confidence out of that."
saneindian Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 India will hammer you like they did when you were here in 2008.
DomainK Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Hope is good, because thats all they can do against India.
kabira Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Two spinners must. I see similar wicket as warm up
FairCricket Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 lol , ind , sl , sa , aus , all will trash them without big effort :haha:
goose Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 England have already lost the the India clash before stepping into the ring.
cowboysfan Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Two spinners must. I see similar wicket as warm up I will lose a lot faith in Dhoni if he doesn't go with two spinners after playing the warmup game in bangalore and noting the assistance the spinners got off the pitch.
ViruRulez Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Strauss said blah blah :yawn2: Even the mind games of the overrated team are boring. Leave apart UV and India even the minnows are smashing their so called one of the best pace attacks in the world. They are a highly overrated team who such on Indian conditions. They are only somewhat good in English conditions and a highly overrated team.
Sachinism Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Is this a joke? Can't imagine anyone saying something like that
Feed Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Tendulkar surprises at practice session by batting left-handed More... Tendulkar surprises at practice session by batting left-handed PTI The Hindu Sachin Tendulkar surprised everyone during a practice session on Wednesday by batting left-handed in Bangalore. Tendulkar sent the very first delivery he faced over the ropes before stepping out to hoist another six sixes, missing only one out of eight deliveries. Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday surprised everyone when he opted to bat left handed during the team’s practice session at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here. Indian cricket team, which has been camping here for their crucial Group ‘B’ league match against England on Sunday, had a rigorous batting session at the National Cricket Academy before shifting to the stadium. Tendulkar grabbed everyone’s attention by choosing to bat left-handed with a few of his teammates and local bowlers bowling at him. He also did not wear gloves, while all other batsmen, who faced two deliveries each, wore their cricketing gears. Tendulkar sent the very first delivery he faced over the ropes before stepping out to hoist another six sixes, missing only one out of eight deliveries. Besides the rigorous batting session, the team also went through a brief 10—minute catching practice session. Today, for the second consecutive day, Virender Sehwag did not join the team for the training session while off—spinner Harbhajan Singh also skipped practice today. Pacers Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra had light training session at the NCA gymnasium to strengthen their backs. Like yesterday, Kirsten spent more time with youngsters such as Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Yusuf Pathan.
Feed Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Swann wants England to silence Indian crowd More... Swann wants England to silence Indian crowd 23 February 2011 Nagpur, Feb 23 (AFP): Graeme Swann wants to silence the passionate home crowd when England face World Cup co-hosts India in Bangalore on Sunday. The Ashes-winning off-spinner returned to international action for the first time since the birth of his son with an impressive two for 35 during England's tournament-opening six-wicket win over the Netherlands on Tuesday. But the 31-year-old's bowling was one of the few highlights in a lacklustre display in the field littered with dropped catches and wayward fast bowling on a good batting pitch. India launched their campaign with an 87-run victory away to fellow co-hosts Bangladesh in Dhaka and are strongly fancied to add a second title to their 1983 World Cup trophy in front of their adoring fans. "The fact it's against India in India is going to make it a huge game," said Swann after England saw off the Dutch with eight balls to spare. "We had a very poor time of things in the one-day series here a couple of years ago, so that's certainly something we want to turn around because there is nothing better than silencing an Indian crowd." "You don't want them to be screaming all day because its ear-shattering. Come Bangalore it will be a huge game and one we will need to raise our standards for, particularly in the field because, let's face it, we were like a bunch of schoolboys (against the Netherlands)." The worst moment was when Dutch all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate, who went on to make a century, skied Swann on 47 only for James Anderson at long-on and Kevin Pietersen at long-off to leave the chance to each other as the ball fell safely between them. "They both got the glare," Swann said. "When it goes 80 yards in the air and two of your best fielders stand and watch it land between them, it's never great as a bowler but I can't really complain because I dropped that high swirler near the end. Everything evens itself out." Swann was England's lone spinner in a match where the frontline quicks, especially Anderson, whose 10 wicketless overs cost 72 runs, proved expensive. England do have another slow bowler in left-armer Michael Yardy who, like Swann, performed well in the team that won the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean last year. Swann though warned it was a mistake to think Indian pitches offered excessive help to spinners. "I think it is hit or miss in India with spin. People always say that spin plays a massive part and wickets turn square over here. They don't and there was a little bit of spin (against the Netherlands) but it wasn't huge." Swann, who had been struggling with a knee injury, was pleased by the way he bowled upon returning to international cricket "I'm delighted because I've let the team down a couple of times before after a bit of a break and promised I wouldn't do it this time, so I'm glad I lived up to my word." Swann joined up late with the squad following the birth of his son, Wilfred, and he admitted: "Within two days of the little fellow coming into the world I'm saying a teary goodbye. That's our lot as international cricketers." "On the plus side, I get to come here to play in a World Cup so in 18 years' time when he is giving me grief for not being there for the first six weeks I'll be able to say but I had to go and beat Holland."
asterix Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Agar England jeet gaya na to bohot kirkiri hogee..Ijjat ka bhaji pala ho jayega..Indian team is capable of doing that..
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