Attended the opening day of the Test Match at Lords yesterday. England won the toss and as you all now know, batted steadily, reaching 268 for 4. Vaughan and Pietersen left the pitch at 5.25pm because of bad light. Can't say I blame them, but on the way home I heard John Major, who was also present at the match, talking about his new book (More Than A Game). When asked about the match, he commented that the fact that the Indians could only manage 13 overs an hour was not very impressive, remembering people had paid £60 to watch them. I agree with the former PM, but it will be interesting to see if England do any better.
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With regards to the over rate, England seemed to have doen the same. I think both teams want the field position to be spot on and that is one of the reasons for delay.
I also think the overrate specified may be possible with two spinners, but with two seamers it is going to take a while. May the ICC can look into it?
So what did you think of the first test? Did you think Vaughn shoudl haev declared earlier and had a go at the batsmen? Or was he correct in doign what he did, I would never under estimate the Indian batting line up so I think he called it right. It's a pity that England [the ar better team] didn't get a result due to the weather gods.
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