But England replied with gusto Trescothick catching Sehwag flinging himself full length
Posted in General on 18. Oct, 2010
But England replied with gusto, Trescothick catching Sehwag, flinging himself full length on the midwicket boundary.That galvanised the English, both players and crowd. Before long Dinesh Mongia had essayed a dreadful leg-side swipe at Ashley Giles and was bowled This brought in Tendulkar himself. He had hardly bedded in when Ronnie Irani bowled him an off-cutter which the great man missed. The lbw verdict was sound enough and the bowler ran down the pitch in understandable exultation. To some, uncertain of his international credentials, the Essex all-rounder is now known as Ronnie “Bloody” Irani. But getting out the world’s greatest batsman at Lord’s is answer enough.
Still, it was tempting to remind Irani, who bumped into the batsman as he ran down the pitch that the crowd had come to see Tendulkar bat and not Irani bowl.Nor was that all for England. James Kirtley took a spectacular one-handed diving catch at long-on to remove Ganguly. It was looking good for England but then came some more prodigious batting.The drop by Stewart was unwelcome as he dived to his right. The ball hit the glove, he could not clench the fist round it These things happen.
What might have been said had it been James Foster, not the 39-year-old comeback kid? Just a thought India have come a long, long way in 27 years.. 31 May Sapporo to Niigata
31 May Sapporo to Niigata
At last, a feeling of football. Niigata is a jumped-up port on the west coast, brash and lively. It has the potential to be a football town, but their team are in the second division of the J-League. I had planned to stay in Sapporo for Germany v Saudi Arabia, but the Roy Keane saga makes the Irish a compelling story Senegal beat an ailing Zidane-less France. The Africans deserve to win, if only for their courage and adventure.