Only Darren Pattinson can save him. Spare no expense to­ fly him out now. First class if the ECB can run to it .­ His record in international cricket is exemplorary. why­ , oh why has he been cast asunder after one­ performance.

BRING BACK THE DAZZER NOW

England has once again succumbed to the Indians, and­ perhaps the Lighting/Fog may have had a part to play in­ the last game, and also the D/L method as well. England­ is still not playing with the will and desire to win,­ they lack that hunger! Looking at the side right now,­ there's only one player that constantly exudes a­ burning desire to want to win, and that's Freddie.­ However, cricket is such that you need more than one­ man to have the itch. KP has thus far been unimpressive­ as a captain, in as much I agree that he has tremendous­ batting potential, clearly he's not a leader. I­ think the ECB needs to review its decision after the­ Fredalo incident and look have Freddie Flintoff captain­ the one day side. As for the remainder of the team,­ Patel serves no purpose and should be replaced,­ Collingwood is terribly out of form and clearly wicket­ keeper Pryor, surely there's gotta be a better­ wicket keeper batsman!

the ball harldy swings so open with flintoff and­ bopara, broad at no 3 to get the runrate up, pieteson­ at no 4 , collingwood bell and shah at no 5, 6, 7 as i­ feel they are better players of spin , seeing bell bat­ against chawla last year.prior and patel at 8 and 9,­ swann at 10 and time to get variety sidebottom at 11.­ remember dhonis side is new , if u put the pressure­ back on them there are few questions to be asked, being­ a indian i like to see a competitive cricket i dont­ want to waste my time watching it.
with this team u­ have the variety of bowling 30 overs spin, there is no­ point stcking to the same batting order, it could be­ good in england but not in sub continent, and one other­ thing is the english batsmen in the middle orders­ against spin they tend to block it or hit it hard,­ there isnt manouvering skills bcoz they ont pick the­ ball from the hand they tend to read it from the pitch,­ which give them less time to frame where to play

england will always be hopeless as they are a nation of­ full-time losers..

Personally, I think England is still a long way to go­ and challenge India under Dhoni. Just do not forget­ that this is a totally rejuvenated young and eager team­ to perform with positive results. There may be some­ type of intimidation as well as agreession by bowlers­ of classic batsmen like Gambir and Yuvraj but having­ them banned will not deter others to step into their­ shoes and perform even better. So play a­ gentleman's game and respect the laid cricket laws­ of the day.
Narendra Gajjar.

kevin petersen is not a leader at all he needs focus on­ batting because that is what he good in.

kevin petersen is not a leader at all he needs focus on­ batting because that is what he good in.

kevin petersen is not a leader at all he needs focus on­ batting because that is what he good in.

what is this idiot below me on about!!! Its not even an­ opinion!

Excuse me TPMAC are you referring to todays match­ because in that particula one we batted FIRST!
KP ,­ however, admitted to raising the light issue at­ training yesterday so why the hell didn't he get­ something done about it instead of remonstrating like a­ spoilt schoolkid.
Personally, I thought India were well­ in control of the situation, Dhoni knew exactly what­ the situation was and slowed the game to his tempo, and­ that is probably what really p....d KP off?

Well as they say, third time lucky! Should read first.­ Honest not been drinking, that's tomorrow!

Sorry that should read second!

Unfortunately for England, at the present time they­ have now come up against the best team in the world. As­ a Hampshire man, it disappoints me to say that Kevin­ Pietersen should not be the captain. He is not a­ motivator, or has the man management skills. With the­ obvious threat of the Duckworth Lewis rule being­ implemented today, how naive to bat second!

Simple really. I've always thought it: bat first­ whatever the conditions; be able to bowl so tightly,­ that the run rate just keeps on going up and up­ afterwards. I reckon you should be able to defend 235­ most of the time, even in 2008! In 1978, when I was a­ wee wipper snapper colt at Genrothes Cricket Club, I­ used to get told to hold the ball this way and do this­ that way. SH!£e! Even in those great days, I used to­ reverse swing it ver' near sideways; okay,­ certainly a good 45 degrees. Batters couldn't hit­ the bloody thing. Of course, didn't know it would­ be called what it is today. This slogging for 90 off­ the first 12 overs is really so baffling; how can first­ class bowlers keep getting it done to them? Bowlers­ have got total advantage, but recent decades and a bit­ prove they just don't think: you hardly ever see a­ slower delivery. Mr Underwood used to have loadsa­ variation in speed. It was great to watch on the T.V.­ Remember that slower one Steve H. hit the Clarkeman in­ 2005; has he done it since? I just don't think we­ might have first class bowlers after all. Mr Thorpe was­ saying you had to be more positive at the start of an­ innings, you know, 90 off 12 stuff. Nah, bowlers just­ dinnae realise how much of an impact they should make.­ Boycott and Botham to the rescue, I say!
Stuart.

England need to positive and commited with a collective­ effort + must have the will to win. If the batsmen do­ not pile up 100 in the first 10-15 overs, you can be­ sure the game has been lost. The bowlers must rattle­ the first 5 batsmen in the 20-25 overs to cement the­ potential win.

The Indians are no more clever than­ the other national cricket teams - a few years back­ they too were at the receiving end like the England­ team is at present.

Rob above hasit spot on! Far too much media hype ­ about Fredalo/our yaapie captain/Poor boy Harmison..­ there are far better players in other cricket playing ­ countries who just play cricket not pose as ego­ tripped celebs!

Perhaps it is about time that the selectors started to­ understand that One Day Cricket is a completely­ different game to Test Match Cricket. You need a­ different mind set and a different attitute. Lets start­ picking an appropriate team for the task in hand. There­ are probably only 4 players who would fit into my­ choice for both types of the game. We need a pool of 20­ players to pick from for each form of the game not a­ pool of 20 for both forms.

Their egos are now bigger than the game of cricket. If­ they carry on under-performing in the ODIs, the tests­ will be lost, we'll then struggle against the­ Windies and before we know it will be an Ashes summer.­ Unless they turn a corner NOW, the Ashes will be lost­ next summer. I've invested in my Ashes tickets and­ hope the England team realise that there are lots of­ people who want to see them succeed, but who are­ feeling very let down by them at present. COME ON­ ENGLAND! SORT YOUR HEADS OUT AND START PLAYING!!!