Feed Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 England show they've got the bottle for the toughest form of cricket: Nasser Hussain More... England show they've got the bottle for the toughest form of cricket By Nasser Hussain 30th May 2011 You can keep your Indian Premier League and the one-day game. It is Test cricket that is for the players who are the strongest mentally and that is exactly what England were in Cardiff on Monday night. Test cricket is the hardest form of the game and England won by remaining switched on while too many Sri Lankan players seemed to still be stuck in IPL mode. There was a theory doing the rounds on Monday morning that England should have batted on for the play that was left, perhaps to give Eoin Morgan more time in the middle and try to tire out the Sri Lankan attack ahead of Friday's second Test. Yet even if there is just a one per cent possibility of victory you have to go for it and I am delighted that Andrew Strauss pounced on Sri Lanka to turn an almost inevitable draw into the most dramatic of wins for England. Strauss's captaincy was excellent. He was a bowler short but the way he marshalled his troops, made changes at the right time and led England's superb fielding effort was spot on. But Strauss might like to learn a little lesson from his decision to bat on for Ian Bell to reach his century. If England had got Sri Lanka nine wickets down at the close there would have been questions asked about the four overs wasted while that happened. As it turned out, all was well that ended well.
Feed Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 England's quest to reach top of game More... Snakes and Ladders: England's quest to reach top of game Tuesday, 31 May 2011 England have fixed their sights on becoming the world's No 1 Test team – and sooner rather than later. Given a good run of results, and a fair wind, they could be crowned by the end of a summer, which sees them start against fourth-ranked Sri Lanka and then tackle leaders India. Knowing England, though, their journey from today in third spot is unlikely to be without its ups and downs. Or snakes and ladders. Independent Sport will monitor England's progress on a daily basis throughout the summer's seven Tests. Up: KP may have his problems with left-arm spinners but he is a whiz when it comes to keepy-uppy. We counted nine on the trot, so to speak, during a warm-up session – maybe Chelsea will pay England a handsome transfer fee. Up: You can never have too many batsmen in good form – and Ian Bell looks ready to enjoy a summer of heavy scoring on the evidence of his sweetly struck unbeaten 103 at Sophia Gardens. Downp: The list of candidates to replace side strain victim Jimmy Anderson in Friday's second Test is no longer quite so long. Well, not if Ajmal Shahzad's figures for Yorkshire against Sussex (31-2-145-1) are anything to go by. Up: Who needs five bowlers? Or four? Or three for that matter? With Jimmy Anderson not on the field and Stuart Broad unable to do any damage, the deadly duo of Chris Tremlett and Graeme Swann reduced Sri Lanka to nervous wrecks. State of play on the snakes and ladders board: Jump forward two spaces England.
bihutoli Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Why the needless backhanded swipe at India? This man has got a problem!
BERGKAMP Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 He is just bitter than India is the major force in cricket now, both on and off the field. Let him keep barking like the dog he is.
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 This guy is one of the main reason i hate English cricket. So we better fully prepare ourselves and beat them. Otherwise you cannot shut this guy up.
Sachinism Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Whats wrong in what he says? Nobody cares about IPL really, people may watch it, but just coz its cricket and passes time England did a great job on SL. SL were poor, but gotta give credit to England for winning from that position Now we'll see how good they really are, when we tour here.
Ramzz Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Now we'll see how good they really are, when we tour here. And how good they are when they tour India :--D Goes both ways. We won in England in 2007.
FairCricket Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 do england success in subcontinent ? , england players are FTB's in subcontinent .
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 So much hate for Nas' date=' but he is an indian :idunno:[/quote'] he is an Indian. but he has so much hate for India.
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 first of all congratulations to england on a great victory . england really looked good in all departments , specially to bowl out srilanka on a flat wicket in 24 ovrs with only 3 bowlers is an outstanding effort , as far as nas's comment is considered he is right, i donno why ppl here are calling him loser and saying hateful stuff against him .dont u ppl think test matches are the real and the most toughest form of cricket , has nas said anything wrong ? He had to drag IPL into this to feel good about himself? This is not an isolated thing. He takes a dig at India and Indian players at every given opportunity for years.
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Nasser is still burning that SL whopped them in the world cup handsomely and more importantly India won the whole thing. That is what means by "you can keep your one day game" :hysterical:
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 why are we so sensitive about ipl ? & as far as nas, i remember under him & fletcher they had this system of giving their main players breaks from county cricket , he believes int players should play mainly int cricket. Not just the IPL also One dayers. Just listen to his commentary. Every 5 minutes he can't go without taking a jibe at India.
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 maybe it the grapes are sour syndrome for nas ' date='but still i cant disagree with someone let alone nas if it is stated that test matches are ahead of odi and ipl[/quote'] We are no.1 in that. So there is no point in taking a dig at those formats as if India is neglecting Test format. We all know how he was gloating after T20 win against Australia. He is just a hypocrite. Only reason he is saying this because his team got prison pounding in the world cup.
Guest Gunner Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 So much hate for Nas' date=' but [b']he is an indian :idunno: Hunh? Dude he is British, I don't understand why you keep talking crap like this based on ethnicity. He may very well have been born in India but so did Rudyard Kipling, how Indian does that make him?
vvvslaxman Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Hunh? Dude he is British' date=' I don't understand why you keep talking crap like this based on ethnicity. He may very well have been born in India but so did Rudyard Kipling, how Indian does that make him?[/quote'] If you tell about KP, Trott, Strauss.. he will say they are british not south africans :cantstop:
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