Comments on: It’s England’s day and a potential borefest http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/its-england%e2%80%99s-day-and-a-potential-borefest Blog on cricket Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/its-england%e2%80%99s-day-and-a-potential-borefest#comment-1492 scorpicity Mon, 19 May 2008 08:22:29 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/?p=172#comment-1492 Soulberry... no complaints on test cricket... but I thought the general quality of the match was very ordinary... it was nice to see a kiwi fightback and the highly overrated vaughan do a sourav ganguly survival act. I now am hoping that the kiwis lift their batting in the second innings to make the match interesting. Soulberry… no complaints on test cricket… but I thought the general quality of the match was very ordinary… it was nice to see a kiwi fightback and the highly overrated vaughan do a sourav ganguly survival act. I now am hoping that the kiwis lift their batting in the second innings to make the match interesting.

]]> By: Soulberry http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/its-england%e2%80%99s-day-and-a-potential-borefest#comment-1491 Soulberry Mon, 19 May 2008 03:28:51 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/?p=172#comment-1491 Scorpi, I sat through a few more overs than five before I switched the channel off. Then there was the inane commentary from the box...Nasser and co. Test cricket needs time to evolve and I was ready to concede that being a test cricket enthusiast myself, but the cloud cover forbode it - a jinxed test was in the offing. Perhaps that put me off more...as subsequent events showed, England's lack of enterprise added to the earlier fears which were confirmed. Yesterday, England tumbled nonsensically from a position of dominance. We Indians are quite used to that, we play too much hit-and-giggle stuff to be a force in test cricket, but England? Scorpi, I sat through a few more overs than five before I switched the channel off. Then there was the inane commentary from the box…Nasser and co.

Test cricket needs time to evolve and I was ready to concede that being a test cricket enthusiast myself, but the cloud cover forbode it - a jinxed test was in the offing.

Perhaps that put me off more…as subsequent events showed, England’s lack of enterprise added to the earlier fears which were confirmed.

Yesterday, England tumbled nonsensically from a position of dominance. We Indians are quite used to that, we play too much hit-and-giggle stuff to be a force in test cricket, but England?

]]> By: scorpicity http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/its-england%e2%80%99s-day-and-a-potential-borefest#comment-1466 scorpicity Sat, 17 May 2008 04:24:59 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/?p=172#comment-1466 Haloa SP.. nah am not awed by the IPL pace... the first day was genuinely dull for a test match... no contest and not so great bowling... day 2 was better. Haloa SP.. nah am not awed by the IPL pace… the first day was genuinely dull for a test match… no contest and not so great bowling… day 2 was better.

]]> By: Straight Point http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/its-england%e2%80%99s-day-and-a-potential-borefest#comment-1464 Straight Point Fri, 16 May 2008 08:17:22 +0000 http://www.cricketfizz.com/cricketblog/?p=172#comment-1464 Thanks scorpy for noticing! i cant blame you after the high on adrenaline stuff of IPL you see england playing crikiiiit...no wonder only high point came from our adopted sun of IPL brendon... Thanks scorpy for noticing!

i cant blame you after the high on adrenaline stuff of IPL you see england playing crikiiiit…no wonder only high point came from our adopted sun of IPL brendon…

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