We will win the next 2 tests and draw the series.

[CG]

Now as we have shewag,,gambhir back and bhajji out mishra will come in and if zak is fit i see india turning this around .What gives me hope is england batsman have also struggled against us and not everyday their tail will save them,i like mishra agianst their tail .

[Sidhoni]

But most imp. change is Mishra fr Harby, coz im not sure that'll happen

[ganeshran]

Hope so :nervous:

[pinkfreud]

Haven't you learned anything from those other 'we will win' threads? Anyway, I think bringing Mishra in would be a huge mistake. We're better off with an all out pace attack.

[Sidhoni]

Haven't you learned anything from those other 'we will win' threads? Anyway, I think bringing Mishra in would be a huge mistake. We're better off with an all out pace attack.

Over rate is a problem, and I am confused why is Dhoni not fined?Coz every time they showed up the over rate,we were behind

[Cricket Tragic]

Over rate is a problem' date=' and I am confused why is Dhoni not fined?Coz every time they showed up the over rate,we were behind[/quote'] Because the BCCI runs the ICC brah.

[TheWall]

difficult to comeback in this series

[pinkfreud]

Over rate is a problem' date=' and I am confused why is Dhoni not fined?[/quote'] Actually, what I don't understand is if the Pommies can manage to stick to the over rate, why does Dhoni have such a problem?

[Vijay.Sharma]

Now as we have shewag' date=',gambhir back and bhajji out mishra will come in and if zak is fit i see india turning this around .What gives me hope is england batsman have also struggled against us and not everyday their tail will save them,i like mishra agianst their tail .[/quote']Welcome to the species I thought went extinct - The Eternal Optimist Fan. I dunno if we will square the series but I will definitely put my money on the following things: a. England won't win another Test in this series b. India will win at least one Test in the remaining two

[Indian Pride]

Sehwag will be heavily undercooked. They will target him with short deliveries. Don't expect miracles from him. Hopefully he will come good in 1 or 2 of the remaining 4 innings. Not playing Harbhajan will be the biggest plus. The english batsman have figured him out and play him comfortably. And Harbhajan doesn't look like he can, or he won't change his bowling style to counter. Mishra may not run through the english but will be a much welcomed and refreshing change to what seems a stale attack. Hopefully, with Sachin starting to come into form, our big 3 can put some runs on the board and finally pass that 300 mark, so our bowler can finally apply some pressure to their batsman.

[Yoda-esque]

It seems like there is no middle ground on this forum.Its like either we win everything or we lose everything.Players are either great or they are crap . On what basis are you saying that we will win the next 2 matches? Do you think Sehwag,Gambhir,Zak will join and we will start winning right away ? This series is gone Brother.I appreciate your optimism but its time to get real.

[Roshanrocks]

is this thread inspired from Mariyam's thread :hmmm:

[ganeshran]

Even KT is not making wild predictions this time...

[Laaloo]

We're gonna win the Edgabston test and the last one will be a runfest draw

[Ultimate_Game]

Don't think we will win both... most probably we will win 1 and draw the other to lose the series 2-1.

[deepak_sach]

Don't think we will win both... most probably we will win 1 and draw the other to lose the series 2-1.

we will retain no 1 ranking and eng will be unofficial no 1.Then we win against Aus. and they say how can you be no 1 when you cant beat england,And the debate will start again...

[vvvslaxman]

That is a brave proclamation after every tom, dick and harry in their team whopped us big time. They have 11 batsmen who are in better form than most of our top order batsmen. Enough said.

[wobblydoggy]

I think we will get one each for the following reasons: Either Strauss or Cook will fire alongside some of our other batsmen and waggy tail. The Fourth test at the Oval Tremlett will be back on a fast track Gambir and Sehwag lack match practice Dhoni is struggling in his positioning on field We bat too deep to be skittled four times and lose two tests

[Ultimate_Game]

we will retain no 1 ranking and eng will be unofficial no 1.Then we win against Aus. and they say how can you be no 1 when you cant beat england' date='And the debate will start again...[/quote'] Don't care what folks say but if we manage to beat Aussies in Aus we would have done pretty well.

[Cricket Tragic]

I think we will get one each for the following reasons: Either Strauss or Cook will fire alongside some of our other batsmen and waggy tail. The Fourth test at the Oval Tremlett will be back on a fast track Gambir and Sehwag lack match practice Dhoni is struggling in his positioning on field We bat too deep to be skittled four times and lose two tests

What happened to the pessimistic England fans that I've seen all my life? I remember the 1997 Ashes when Australia were bowled out for 100 and England made close to 500 (Nas made 207). My English mate at the end of England's first innings still felt that Australia were the favourites and England had about 10% chance of winning.