‘Traumatised’ England head back to India

Rest assured, England will be glad they chose to come. The reception they will receive in India will be fabulous and one they will cherish for the rest of their lives.

The quality of cricket might go down a little if some top players don’t play and there is distraction but that is ok – that happens often enough with Bangladesh playing anyway.

And good thing is the first test will be at Chennai – the most sporting and knowledgable cricket crowd in India – they will surely pack the stadium to the rafters to make it an occasion to remember. Unfortunately I can’t claim the same about Mohali.

Finally yes a big thumbs up to Kevin Pietersen. He has been superb through this entire episode and his positive attitude should rub off on the rest of the team.

Kevin Peitersen’s popularity in India is higher or as high as shane warne’s.The Indian crowds have taken to him.
He doesn’t start blame -games after the match & generally got a firm round of applause after every game at the presentation ceremony.Ponting could learn a thing or 2.Hayden,my favourite,too can have a teaspoon of what KP’s having.
& It pains me to say this but Good on You ECB.There I just said it.

Mr.Gaurav,
I agree that Madras is a great test venue & people will flock to the stadiums.I’m pretty sure though that the crowd in Punjab is more sporting.Just not as passionate.Not nearly.But if I learnt my stuff correctly in primary school-Doesn’t Madras have their rainy season right now?

Will,
(When Oz came recently the Bangalore game was jampacked.South India games are always housefull)

Do you think it wouldn’t have been a farce & like a charity match if the terror attacks wouldn’t have happened?
Terrorism has nothing to do with the quality of cricket & cricketers England produce.
NZ & SA have won a CT each.Pak has a WC.India has a 20-20 & a 50-50 WC alongwith a CT.Lanka has a CT & a WC.Lets not even talk about Oz & the Windies.
England??
Poor lil England.
I’m of the opinion that they’re almost as bad in the test match format too.
Is that wrong,
We’ll find out.

I, too, think Pietersen has handled himself well. How the boy has grown up in the past three years.

Hope the Tests go ahead, though dammit we don’t get them on TV here.

Hope the publicity, defiance in the face of terrorism, etc, brings out good crowds to the games.

And let’s hope the word “traumatised” doesn’t get debased further — it’s a bit rich to use it for people who’ve watched something awful on TV, rather than for those who experienced it first hand.