England tour of India Part II (Last 4 sessions of 2nd Test)

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Topic started by littlemaster1982 on Mon Dec 22 6:17:46 2008.

Part I

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From: dinesh13284 on Mon Dec 22 6:31:04 2008.

score plz?
From: HonestRaj on Mon Dec 22 6:58:51 2008.

India 453 & 104/4 (45.1 ov)
England 302

G Gambhir not out 42 145 3 0 28.96
V Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 17 2 0 100.00
R Dravid b Broad 0 19 0 0 0.00
SR Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 22 1 0 22.72
VVS Laxman run out (Flintoff/Prior) 15 49 2 0 30.61
Yuvraj Singh not out 14 21 3 0 66.66
From: littlemaster1982 on Mon Dec 22 7:08:43 2008.

Yuvraj-ai munnadiye anuppi irukkalaamo
From: sgokulprathap on Mon Dec 22 8:10:33 2008.

Stumps - Day4
India 134/4
Lead by 285 runs
Yuvraj - 39 (40)*,
Gambhir - 44 (155)*
From: directhit on Tue Dec 23 2:48:23 2008.

India has scored 71 runs of 11 overs today - 202/4
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Dec 23 2:49:27 2008.

They are having batting practice
From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 2:57:19 2008.

Yuvraj is practising his switch hit at the non-striker's end
From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 2:58:36 2008.

On come the medical men and Prior looks fairly groggy. Yuvraj looks decently concerned but no blame on him. Prior in some distress ... it hit him on collar bone and on the TV real-time replay you can hear the crack as it hit him.

thats v.bad.. hope thr is no fracture.. ..

From: directhit on Tue Dec 23 3:00:45 2008.

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On come the medical men and Prior looks fairly groggy. Yuvraj looks decently concerned but no blame on him. Prior in some distress ... it hit him on collar bone and on the TV real-time replay you can hear the crack as it hit him.
62.2 Swann to Yuvraj Singh, no run, he goes for the switch hit, connects and cracks the ball into Prior's shoulder. technically a drop, although Prior happy not to be more seriously hurt and can claim, when the bruising goes down, to have saved four

we jus need to take 9 wkts

From: Vivasaayi on Tue Dec 23 3:01:13 2008.

Stating-the-obvious award to TV commentator Arun Lal who has offered the insightful comment that "England appear to be out of this"
cricinfo
From: directhit on Tue Dec 23 3:01:56 2008.

Vivasaayi wrote:

Stating-the-obvious award to TV commentator Arun Lal who has offered the insightful comment that "England appear to be out of this"
Foolish-Always num oru extra award tharalam

From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 3:02:55 2008.

directhit wrote:

Quote:

we jus need to take 9 wkts Razz

ippadi vera oru nambikkaiyaa ungalukku???

Itz a draw 100%..

at least let this pair entertain the crowd..

From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 3:04:20 2008.

I hope these two come and and try to score a century each..
From: directhit on Tue Dec 23 3:04:24 2008.

hamid wrote:

ippadi vera oru nambikkaiyaa ungalukku??? Itz a draw 100%.. at least let this pair entertain the crowd..
LUCKY Dhoni irukkapla - maybe he might give the ball to Rahul Dravid and he cud get us 6-7 wkts

From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 3:05:41 2008.

directhit wrote:

hamid wrote:

ippadi vera oru nambikkaiyaa ungalukku??? ROTFL

Itz a draw 100%.. Sigh2

at least let this pair entertain the crowd..

LUCKY Dhoni irukkapla - maybe he might give the ball to Rahul Dravid and he cud get us 6-7 wkts Neutral

micham 3 wkt yaar eduppa? dhoni bowling pottu eduppara?

From: directhit on Tue Dec 23 3:09:27 2008.

runout pannuvaar
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Dec 23 3:36:11 2008.

India 1st 50 overs - 140/4 (RR: 2.80)
India next 10 overs - 76/0 (RR: 7.60)
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Dec 23 3:40:49 2008.

Yuvraj vs Pietersen

"You are not God, you are a cricketer, and I'm a better one."

Kevin Pietersen to Yuvraj Singh during an on-field chat. The stump mic was alert
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"[When] you've got a pie-chucker like Yuvraj Singh bowling at you I really don't mind...When you've got Zaheer Khan bowling from one end and you get left-arm filth like that it makes you feel really good."

Fresh from his hundred against India, Kevin Pietersen fuels the rivalry with Yuvraj Singh
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"His bowling action is useless though and mine is much better. But if he works hard he can be a good bowler. I'll give him some tips and show him how to bowl in the rough if he likes."

Yuvraj Singh doesn't rate Kevin Pietersen as a bowler
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"I asked a few people [what "pie chucker" meant] and they told me it was a useless kind of a bowler. Well, a useless bowler getting him out five times, that's useless batting, I'd say."

Yuvraj Singh isn't going to take Kevin Pietersen's comments lying down
From: Sourav on Tue Dec 23 4:10:06 2008.

India 244-6 (70) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir not out 94 218 6 0 43.12
V Sehwag run out (Bell) 17 17 2 0 100.00
R Dravid b Broad 0 19 0 0 0.00
S Tendulkar c Swann b Anderson 5 22 1 0 22.73
VVS Laxman run out (Flintoff) 15 49 2 0 30.61
Yuvraj Singh run out (Bell) 86 93 6 4 92.47
*MS Dhoni c and b Panesar 0 2 0 0 0.00
Harbhajan Singh not out 1 3 0 0 33.33
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Dec 23 4:18:10 2008.

Gambhir also missed century.
From: Sourav on Tue Dec 23 4:20:19 2008.

ya...oopppps.

G Gambhir c Bell b Swann 97 229 6 0 42.36
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Dec 23 4:21:44 2008.

India - 251/7 declared
Eng need 403 runs from 44 overs.
Ofcourse with the kind of weather existing, we won't be getting 44 overs to play.
its definitely goin to b a draw.
From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 6:33:46 2008.

And Dhoni will bowl. All this session needs is a funny hat and a comedy nose and it would be a complete farce. Anyhow, this will be the last over. Laxman keeping wicket in short-leg pads.

hmm.. enna kodumai ithu.. superb ODI series and test match..but all ends in this dull and stupid pointless session
From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 7:05:09 2008.

Zaheer Khan is Man of the Series. That's a pleasing, if slightly surprising, award. It's often the batsmen who get honoured more, but Zaheer has bowled well especially with his reverse swing. "We are working well as a unit. I was hoping to get more wickets. It's been good since I cam back from injury and we all enjoy the success of each other. It's been a great year for Indian cricket."

Gautam Gambhir is Man of the Match. "I'm very honoured," he says. "If someone told me I'd get so many runs I'd have taken it. I've had a hunger for runs and have been in good form. All innings you play for your country are special. It was a good wicket, we should have won 2-0."
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Dec 23 7:09:31 2008.

Centuries don't matter, victories do

Given that there were still 68 overs to be bowled when the teams finally took to the field, you could scarcely blame India for batting on. After a week when seemingly insurmountable targets have been achieved with ludicrous ease, there was no point taking any chances. An hour of batting made a lot of sense, and in that time Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir rattled off 82 in just 13 overs. At lunch, with the lead 367, there was no way England could win. Even Vivian Richards and Collis King would have struggled with such an asking rate.

When the Indian batsmen reemerged after lunch, the sense of disbelief was palpable. What was the purpose? To make the game safe, when it was more secure than a hilltop castle surrounded by 12 moats? To rub it in, when the two batsmen had done enough of it in the first hour of play? Or to lapse back to former Indian type and shamelessly pursue individual records?

The 10 overs that followed told you what you needed to know. Only 35 runs were scored. Thankfully, neither batsman scored a century. Yuvraj was run out by a direct hit from short fine leg and Gambhir sliced one uppishly to point. At that point, the declaration was applied. England had 43 overs to get 403 runs. Piece of cake.

There's no guarantee that India could have bowled out England in 55 overs after lunch. But given the winning culture that's taken root this season, and the fact that the last six English wickets added just 22 in the first innings, it was certainly worth a go.

At Bangalore last December, Anil Kumble bowled seam-up and Pakistan were seven down within 48 overs when bad light saved their blushes.

It came down to priorities. What mattered more? The chance, however slim, to win a Test match? Or utterly meaningless second-innings centuries for two of your batsmen? Of course, they would have mattered to Gambhir and Yuvraj, who have just seven hundreds between them, but in the context of the game, they would have meant nothing. Only someone obsessed with statistics would consider such a hundred worthy of consideration. Those that know anything about the game would tell you how a match-turning 83 [Sehwag in Chennai] is infinitely more valuable.

It's a shame that a team that has encouraged such selfless cricket fell into the selfishness trap in Mohali. Dhoni himself cares little for personal milestones. Time after time, when quick runs have been needed, he has come in and sacrificed his wicket in their pursuit. That attitude must permeate right through the team.

Gambhir batted 577 balls in this Test match, almost as many as Rahul Dravid faced at Adelaide [616]. One match is unlikely to be remembered even 12 months now. The other will never be forgotten as long as India plays cricket. That should tell you something. Centuries don't matter. Victories do. By denying itself the chance to accomplish what mattered by pursuing what didn't, Indian cricket let millions of fans down today. It wasn't how such a great year should have ended.
From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 7:21:32 2008.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni "We played very well. We needed a big partnership in the first Test and Tendulkar and Yuvraj stood up. Here there was a bit of moisture in the wicket, but there wasn't much in it for the spinners and there was the lost time. When we went into bat we weren't sure about the fog, we started well today and both Gautam and Yuvi deserved their centuries but sadly couldn't get them. We are just concentrating on our plans and are enjoying the cricket we are playing. We'll just to prepare well in the future."

Kevin Pietersen "There's a lot to learn from a tour of India. We've enjoyed comeback for the Tests. We got into a position to win in Chennai but couldn't pull it off. I'm really proud to be captain of a bunch of lads who jumped on a plane back and their concentrated on their cricket. The way they got themselves into a good position last week they can take a lot from."
From: hamid on Tue Dec 23 7:23:00 2008.

India take the series 1-0 and congratulations to them. It caps off a fine year and they move to second in the ICC Test rankings.
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Dec 23 7:58:25 2008.

India
From: sgokulprathap on Tue Dec 23 8:01:31 2008.

I think a draw in 2nd test for SA wud help them to move to 2nd place again.

From: sgokulprathap on Tue Dec 23 8:04:42 2008.

hamid wrote:

And Dhoni will bowl. All this session needs is a funny hat and a comedy nose and it would be a complete farce. Anyhow, this will be the last over. Laxman keeping wicket in short-leg pads.

hmm.. enna kodumai ithu.. superb ODI series and test match..but all ends in this dull and stupid pointless session Sigh2

indha season la North India la climate ippadi irukum nu nallA therinju yEn anga match vechAnga?
I think the result of 2nd match is already known when they announce the venue.
when everyday the match starts late and ends early, what better result can we expect?

From: ajaybaskar on Tue Dec 23 9:53:42 2008.

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/rankings/content/current/page/211271.html
From: P_R on Tue Dec 23 11:03:44 2008.

What nonsense happened today ???
From: directhit on Tue Dec 23 21:27:31 2008.

'We wanted them to score their centuries' - Dhoni
http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/indveng/content/current/story/384073.html

"It's not always so easy," he said after the game. "There was not much wear and tear [in the pitch]. We were leading the series 1-0 and it wasn't 100 percent sure that if we put them in to chase, we'd get them out to win the series 2-0. At the same time, we saw the importance of Gauti [Gautam Gambhir] and Yuvraj's batting on in the match. We wanted them to score their centuries.
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Dec 23 23:00:21 2008.

Ivare oppudhal vaakkumoolam kudukkaraaru

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