Before the test series, had i written a test preview of this series, i would have said "England need something special from KP here, lead by example and all that shit".
Well he gave them something special, a special load of crap.
For every trudging Strauss or Cook score, England need a little bit of magic from KP or Freddy to balance it out.
Why, because losing 5 wickets on the first day is good, if you have more than 300 runs on the board.
229 runs?
If India wrap up the tail quickly, England are going to be well short of a decent total.
They might not make 270.
Strauss and Cook are the base, they are both very good players of the new ball, Cook has problems with getting big scores, and Strauss has problems with his snooty attitude, but they do a very effective blunting job.
Strauss made his hundred at an acceptable rate for a man with his limitations.
Cook scored at a rate you would expect from him in the subbie.
But what were the others doing?
Bell 17 off 51.
KP 4 off 33.
And Freddy 18* off 64.
Me thinks a coach or strategy is in place here.
Hard to see what that is.
Bat so slowly that India are never out of the game, build a foundation that falls apart as we all sit by and twiddle thumbs, turn KP into a proper pom?
I am confused.
Ofcourse this could all be a cunning plan.
Lull India into a semi coma, and then attack with Prior and Swann.
But I don’t see it.
The one thing we have learnt from Dhoni as a captain, is that when he has the opposition playing defensive cricket, he has them where he wants them.
So tomorrow will be interesting.
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