Indians found themselves in
a different position when the 3rd Test started here....... in an
alien land, where we generally fare badly in the first Test, we salvaged an
honourable draw and managed to win the 2nd one handsomely. Stuart Binny has been shabbily treated
despite a good innings – and now a fix for something not broke made – much clamour
is about Rohit Sharma who replaced him.... and some say, they could have done
that with Ravichandran Ashwin, who to some, is a better batsman than
Binny. – let us see whether the aggressive
Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli fire
here. Cook won the toss and survived a straightforward when Jadeja missed off
debutant Pankaj Singh. Earlier, the first delivery of the match was perfect
from Bhuvneshwar, pitched on good length, moved, found the edge but did not
carry to 2nd slip. By the
end, England had made a very good start.
Cook made runs but was out at 95 .... good now ......... though at a
later stage, if he were to fail –his critics can say, he has not made a hundred
for ......... so many innings.
How much Jadeja’s mess of
Cook affects Pankaj Singh, a tall and strapping right-arm medium-fast bowler
from Rajasthan remains to be seen as Rajasthan gets represented after close to
4 decades after Parthasarathi Sharma played for India in 1975-76 against
touring West Indies led by Clive Lloyd.
The Rose Bowl, Hampshire's fourth home and its most state-of-the-art,
was designed by award-winning architects Michael Hopkins & Partners and
hosted its inaugural first-team match in 2001. The ground, shaped like a circular
amphitheatre, and its highlight - the three-storey pavilion with canopied roof
- is a splendid feat of architecture. The
ground's development - costing a whopping £24million - ran into financial
difficulties in 2000. The Rose Bowl (also known as the Ageas Bowl for
sponsorship reasons) is a cricket ground in West End,Hampshire, England,
located between the M27 motorway
The Port of Southampton is a
major passenger and cargo port located in the central part of the south coast
of England. It benefits from a sheltered location, unique "double
tides", close proximity to the motorway network and good rail links. It is
the busiest cruise terminal and second
largest container port in the UK. The port is located ten miles (16 km) between
the confluence of the rivers Test and Itchen and the head of the mile wide
inlet known as Southampton Water. It has
a long history - It is stated citing archaeological findings that the area has
been inhabited since the stone age. The Anglo-Saxons formed a new, larger,
settlement across the area. Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, Southampton
became the major port of transit between the then capital of England. The city walls include God's House Tower,
built in 1417, the first purpose-built artillery fortification in England. During
the Middle Ages, shipbuilding became an important industry for the town. Henry
V's famous warship HMS Grace Dieu was built in Southampton. The port had been used
for military embarkation, including during 18th-century wars with the French. In 1912, the
ill-fated RMS Titanic sailed from
Southampton. The Supermarine Spitfire
was designed and developed in Southampton. Heavy bombing of the factory in September 1940
destroyed it as well as homes in the vicinity, killing civilians and workers.
World War II hit Southampton particularly hard because of its strategic
importance as a major commercial port and industrial area.
Hampshire is a county on the
southern coast of England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, the
former capital city of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the
birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force. Hampshire has a long maritime history and two
of England's largest ports, Portsmouth and Southampton, lie on its coast. The
county is famed as home of such writers as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Gordon Greenidge, Andy Roberts, Malcolm
Marshall, Chaminda Vaas, Michaele Clarke, Shane Bond, Wasim akram, Glenn
Maxwell are some of the famous overseas players to have played for Hampshire.
In the Anderson incident - Ravindra
Jadeja was found guilty of an offence lesser than the one he was charged with -
Level 1 instead of Level 2 - but Indians
feel that their allrounder did no wrong and should not have been fined 50% of
his match fee. ESPNcricinfo understands that at the hearing England witnesses,
Ben Stokes and Matt Prior, suggested to match referee David Boon that Jadeja
had turned threateningly towards James Anderson, and the England fast bowler
had acted in self defence. Dhoni
questions that stating that when somebody speaks from behind, it is natural to
turn and that Jadeja's bat had stayed tucked under his arm all through. India
see a minor victory in Jadeja's hearing, in that England in effect agreed that
Anderson did push Jadeja. Dhoni insists
that Jadeja had not been aggressive in
his conduct. Dhoni was also unhappy
about not being allowed an appeal because the first guilty verdict for a Level 1
offence does not have a provision for an appeal. India has pressed Level 3
charges against Anderson, who will have his hearing on August 1.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
28th July 2014.
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