Run feast expected - W.I v india (1st test)

[Amjid Javed]

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wivind/content/current/story/249077.html

Twenty matches, one quadruple century, two triple centuries, the fastest Test hundred, the highest successful fourth-innings chase, and ten draws. That pretty much sums up the history of the pitch at the Antigua Recreation Ground, one where bowlers usually turn to pea-shooters. If the last Test played here is any indication - when eight batsmen ransacked hundreds - the bowlers might as well enjoy the sights and sounds of the country. Only batsmen will mourn the passing of the ARG as an international venue at the end of this match.

West Indies have lost just three Tests here. With 365 beaches dotting the country, visiting teams have probably been a bit distracted. India's last visit here produced 1142 runs, over just two innings. VVS Laxman, who made 130, will have fond memories of that game, as will Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid, who made half-centuries. It was also the third occasion when all 11 players bowled in an innings, as the game petered out to a most boring draw.


Two days back, there was a distinct tinge of green on the pitch. On the eve of the match, there was hardly any. Yet, India would be encouraged by the fact that spinners could come into play later in the game. Nicky Boje and Stuart MacGill have had a good time here, both in West Indian defeats. England A played a game here in February this year and managed a result, thanks to Gareth Batty's seven first-innings wickets. Rahul Dravid has already hinted that the team was veering towards picking two spinners.

Anil Kumble's last visit was highlighted by him bowling with his face bandaged; now he returns as the spearhead. Harbhajan Singh didn't play then; this time he may need to shoulder a large portion of the burden. India's bowling problems mainly revolve around Irfan Pathan, who, ironical as it may sound, may be fitted into the side for his batting. With the surface likely to be pancake-flat, and this being just the first Test, India might prefer to pick five bowlers, just to distribute the load and prevent tiring them out.

For West Indies, Corey Collymore passed a fitness test this morning and could partner Fidel Edwards with the new ball. There could be a toss up between Ian Bradshaw, who troubled the Indians in the one-day series, and Jerome Taylor, who comes with a bit of additional pace. The fourth bowler is likely to be Dave Mohammed, the left-arm chinaman. He's played just two Tests before, managed only three wickets, and it's tempting to think that Indian batsmen, oriental wrists and all, would make mincemeat of him. But one just needs to look at India's previous Test to realise the folly of such a line of thinking - they were felled by Shaun Udal, 37-year old three-Test veteran, in their own backyard.

Teams (probable)

West Indies 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Brian Lara (capt), 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Fidel Edwards, 10 Corey Collymore, 11 Dave Mohammed.

India 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Rahul Dravid (capt), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Anil Kumble, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Munaf Patel.

[Amjid Javed]

intresting to see if anyone gets a double or triple ton with the bat in this match.

[kc_subodh]

A good history for the Windies. And I think Indian team is full of unexperienced guys so I hope Windies will take advantages of them and get another win over the Indians :D

[akram_rejuvinated]

why have a fracking game on a pitch so dull as this? it the pitch is a graveyard for bowlers, i can understand the motivation to use it as an ODI venue, but for a test match... thats just absurd. Its kinda like taking 5 days of your life and crumpling them like a piece of paper, just before tossing it into the bin.

[Rickz]

why have a fracking game on a pitch so dull as this? it the pitch is a graveyard for bowlers, i can understand the motivation to use it as an ODI venue, but for a test match... thats just absurd. Its kinda like taking 5 days of your life and crumpling them like a piece of paper, just before tossing it into the bin.

Exactly mate.

[Easa]

I wouldn't be suprised if Lara scores another triple. This pitch is as flat as they come ; I bet I could go there and make some runs.

Let's hope it has some green in it to make this a contest.

[Easa]

These would be my teams:

Gayle, Ganga, Sarwan, Lara, Chanderpaul, Bravo, Ramdin, Taylor, Edwards, Mohammad, Colleymore.

Sehwag, Jaffer, Dravid, Laxman/Kaif, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Singh, Kumble, Munaf, Sreesanth.

[Daoud]

I wouldn't be suprised if Lara scores another triple. This pitch is as flat as they come ; I bet I could go there and make some runs.

Let's hope it has some green in it to make this a contest.
You certainly would if the opening bowler is bowling at 115 kph ;-)

Pathan better hope he gets some swing otherwise, things could get VERY ugly

[Easa]

You certainly would if the opening bowler is bowling at 115 kph ;-)

Yeah, I was going to target Irfan Pathan and the spinners. :P

[Waseem]

Yeah, I was going to target Irfan Pathan and the spinners. :P

Indians go for PACE against Windies, Irfan Khan Pathan has been DROPPED and Indian EXPRESS VRV Singh makes debut :D

India's another matchwinner Harbhajan Singh has also been DROPPED :)

Indians go for all out PACE (Munaf, Sree and VRV are all capable of bowling above 140 kph).

Indian squad: MS Dhoni, R Dravid, W Jaffer, M Kaif, A Kumble, VVS Laxman, MM Patel, V Sehwag, VR Singh, S Sreesanth, Yuvraj Singh

[Waseem]

Windies squad is not all that bad either:

IDR Bradshaw, DJ Bravo, S Chanderpaul, CD Collymore, FH Edwards, D Ganga, CH Gayle, BC Lara, D Mohammed, D Ramdin, RR Sarwan

Bowling attack: Bradshaw, Edwards, Collymore, Bravo and D Mohammed

Batting is pretty strong too, Gayle is in good form. Lara, Sarwan and Chander make solid middle order and Bravo has been in very good batting form (batted well against Aussies), Ramdin is pretty handy with bat as well.

[Easa]

Pathan and Harbhajan DROPPED. :))) :)))

India have elected to bat first, Edwards to bowl the first over.

0-0 (1)

Good start.

[UJ]

Pathan and Harbhajan DROPPED. :))) :)))



Thats a shame for Indian fans. Their two fastest bowlers MIA!

[Easa]

Two fours hit by Sehwag.

As soon as he is in the whites, he's a completely different player. Looks much more confident, to be honest.

10-0 (2.3)

Poor line Bradshaw is bowling.

[UJ]

Jaffer is OUT!!

Edwards strikes

[Easa]

Jaffer out to a Gaffe

27-1

[jusarrived]

3 fours n edwards over for shewag!

[nadeem]

Guys, how fast is edwards bowling? Avg speed and fastest delivery please.

[Waseem]

Nadeem, it's travelling to boundary really fast yaar :(

[in_cutter]

Shewag on fire! looks a different player in Tests

[jusarrived]

shewag out of collymore's first ball 36(37)!

[khanpuria]

gone

[Easa]

Guys, how fast is edwards bowling? Avg speed and fastest delivery please.

Average is around 88 MPH.

[Easa]

Laxman GONE. Bravo strikes, Ramdin takes the catch.

72-3, Yuvraj, the man in form walks in.

Lara opting for Gayle, even when they have a specialist spinner, Mohammad.

[Uzzy]

Dravid 4 from 30 balls with a deadly strike rate of 13!!! I remember against England he made 30 runs from like 120 odd balls.

[Easa]

Dravid playing a beastly knock, 5 (34).

[khanpuria]

raz, get ur camera out!!!

[Imy]

If Shewag was playing Pakistan he would have scored a century as we would have just dropped him the slips and then again some where else.

[Rob H]

This wicket has more for the bowlers than expected. For the 2 ODIs v Zimbabwe the balls were jumping up on the batsmen for all areas. Its no more than an average batting strip. Not suprised the Indians have lost some early wickets.

[Amjid Javed]

latest - India 93/3 (dravid 11* yuvraj 12*)

india trying to re-build inns here...

[Officer Barbrady]

Windies squad is not all that bad either:

IDR Bradshaw, DJ Bravo, S Chanderpaul, CD Collymore, FH Edwards, D Ganga, CH Gayle, BC Lara, D Mohammed, D Ramdin, RR Sarwan

Bowling attack: Bradshaw, Edwards, Collymore, Bravo and D Mohammed

Batting is pretty strong too, Gayle is in good form. Lara, Sarwan and Chander make solid middle order and Bravo has been in very good batting form (batted well against Aussies), Ramdin is pretty handy with bat as well.

It's a good move to allow a specialist spinner a run with the team. Not sure Bradshaw is test material.

Some brave moves by India as well.

[Amjid Javed]

on probably one of the most lifeless pitches in the world am not surprised both teams have gone for extra bowlers.

[Amjid Javed]

India 144/4 @ TEA.

On such a good batting wicket this is a pretty poor performance thus far.

[Amjid Javed]

Kaif gone, survived LBW SHOUT ball before. next ball gets inside edge nick and is caught behind.

india 155/5

[Abid]

India in a spot of bother
Dhoni is in

[Amjid Javed]

Counter attack need from dhoni for india here.

India 171/5

[Amjid Javed]

looks like dhonis in no mood to block.

india 177/5

[Amjid Javed]

Dhoni gone. collymore the bowler and lara snares the catch.

dhonis lack of patience is his downfall.

india 6 down!

[Amjid Javed]

Dravid gone for 49, tryed to steer ball down to third man for sing but instead gives Lara catching practice.

India in the shitter!

7 down!

[Rob H]

194/7, the pitch is really crap.

Kumble and Sreesanth in. Kumble is the key to get them to a respectable total.

[jusarrived]

its surely not a batting pitch as some ppl have suggested here...but india shud have got atleast 300!

[Indian]

dravid cant do jack without sachin and sourav!

[kablooee87]

I can't wait till India's bowling looks like crap against windies. How can you not include A) You best new ball bowler (Pathan) B) Your you best bowlers from the ODI series (Harbajhan and Agarkar)

[Amjid Javed]

India 202/7

new ball due in a few overs...

[jusarrived]

dravid cant do jack without sachin and sourav!


:)) here comes another blind tendu fan..ganguly's contributed a lot to indian cricket team both as a player n captain,but wen he was droped he had bcom a liability to the team...!

[Amjid Javed]

Kumble gone, drags short ball from bravo onto stumps.

india 227/8

[Indian]

here comes another blind tendu fan..ganguly's contributed a lot to indian cricket team both as a player n captain,but wen he was droped he had bcom a liability to the team...!

fair weather loser is wat u are! :30:

[spindoctor]

for guys who are watching the match...whats a good score on this pitch?

[Indian]

atleast 400

[jusarrived]

fair weather loser is wat u are! :30:


I tolerate 100's of your type's evry day,typical tendu fan!

[shan]

well another one gone

[Amjid Javed]

India 231/9

[Amjid Javed]

sreesanth dropped @ 3rd man.

India 234/9

3 overs left in days play...

[Amjid Javed]

Intresting to see what indians seam attack does tmoz.. all 3 seamers are in-experienced.

[Indian]

btw jusarrivd thats not sachin in my avatar..do you know who it is?

[khanpuria]

its shewag, no??

[Noman]

guys,, what is the pitch like??? how is it behaving..!!!

[Amir]

btw jusarrivd thats not sachin in my avatar..do you know who it is?


Its Jadeja.

[Indian]

your right. jadeja it is

[jusarrived]

your right. jadeja it is


I knew it was'nt tendulkar :)

[Amir]

I knew it was'nt tendulkar :)
They all say that after the answer is revealed.

[Geordie Ahmed]

jadeja? isnt that top fairly recent tho? when did he last play?

[Amir]

jadeja? isnt that top fairly recent tho? when did he last play?

That picture was taken during the 99 WC.

[caribbean fan]

The pitch is not a batting track.It has variable bounce but will become a good batting wicket on days 2 & 3. It will then keep slow and low for the last 2 days. :19:

We will give India a sound licking :))) :D :14:

[HAFRIDI]

Amir u seem to know quite a bit about india.. your not...ahem..

[lahori]

Dravid 49 off 173 what the...!?

[mooz]

Dravid 49 off 173 what the...!?

Dravid only seems to have one gear in test cricket.
Neutral.

[Easa]

Once again, Dhoni shows us that when the ball is doing even a tiny bit, he can't do ****. It's still pretty early in his test match career, but with his average glove work, he needs to bat really good to cement his place in the team.

[zMario]

236/9 India, Edwards to continue!

[zMario]

India has a single since start!

[Hash]

Munaf Patel has scored a massive 0 runs from 26 balls faced.

[Easa]

What a BEAST. :D:D:D

[Easa]

India bowled out for 241.

[Hash]

Munaf bowled by Edwards for a duck (28 balls)

[waquas_uk]

india all out for 241

[Rob H]

Shesanth made 29*, he's actually quite decent with the bat.

[Hash]

9 for 0 after 2.3 overs

Solid start.

[UJ]

Good opportunity for the West Indies to take control of this match. They need to bat well and they need a good solid start from these two at the crease now!

[Hash]

18 for 0

[Monsee]

why have a fracking game on a pitch so dull as this? it the pitch is a graveyard for bowlers, i can understand the motivation to use it as an ODI venue, but for a test match... thats just absurd. Its kinda like taking 5 days of your life and crumpling them like a piece of paper, just before tossing it into the bin.



Sounds like a runfeast...what's the score, anyone :21:

[Easa]

Ganga gone LBW to Munaf Patel.

18-1 (3.5)

[Easa]

Sarwan is in the form of his life in ODI's, lets see what he can do now in the TESTS.

[sohailmm]

18 / 1 OUT first wicket ,GANGA gone , LBW .
Not a good descision by ASAD RAUF ,Impact of Ball appeared to be marginally outside the off stump .

He also made a dodgy descion earlier when he declared GAYLE notout while the was dead straight .

[Hash]

36 for 1 after 7 overs (205 behind).

Chris Gayle not out 15
Ramnaresh Sarwan not out 7

[Hash]

Gayle wacks Nostril Man for a six

47 for 1

[UJ]

CricInfo:
"Sreesanth to Gayle, SIX, omg!"
:))

[UJ]

14 off Booty Man's over!!!

That Booty ain't shaking no more!

[Rana]

This match is bieng shown free on sky sports 4 for those who have sky and have not subscricbed to sky sports

[sneekysneeky]

14 off Booty Man's over!!!

That Booty ain't shaking no more!
:))

[Rana]

81-1

[inzamam_1]

lunch W.I 81/1. A savage and brutal attack by Gayle on the Indian "pacers"

[PapaBear]

Garbage from Cricinfo"
Chris Gayle has given West Indies a flying start and has pushed India on the back foot. The inexperienced attack wilted under his onslaught and second session should be an interesting one. But for now , as the teams head for lunch, here is a Cricinfo Stat fact for you: Among away venues where India have played 3 tests or more, St. Jonh's, Antigua, is only one of four away venues where India have a 100% undefeated record. They have, prior to this test, played 3 tests at Antigua and remained unbeaten in all three tests, while they also have a 100% undefeated record at Kandy (3 tests), Auckland (4 tests) and Georgetown (6 tests). Will that record remain unbroken or will Lara's men tarnish it? Join us for the post lunch session, this is Sriram Veera signing off for the moment. Sajan Nair will take up the live commentary in the second session.

[Monsee]

Garbage from Cricinfo"
Chris Gayle has given West Indies a flying start and has pushed India on the back foot. The inexperienced attack wilted under his onslaught and second session should be an interesting one. But for now , as the teams head for lunch, here is a Cricinfo Stat fact for you: Among away venues where India have played 3 tests or more, St. Jonh's, Antigua, is only one of four away venues where India have a 100% undefeated record. They have, prior to this test, played 3 tests at Antigua and remained unbeaten in all three tests, while they also have a 100% undefeated record at Kandy (3 tests), Auckland (4 tests) and Georgetown (6 tests). Will that record remain unbroken or will Lara's men tarnish it? Join us for the post lunch session, this is Sriram Veera signing off for the moment. Sajan Nair will take up the live commentary in the second session.



On the flip side, they should have also shown the venues list, where 'India has a 100% losing Record'...I guess they can't be blamed for not doing that:

'That List must be long and Pretty Shameful' ... :23:

[Easa]

Brutal assualt by Gayle before lunch.

Players back on now, Munafiq Patel to bowl the first over.

[Rana]

Brutal assualt by Gayle before lunch.

Players back on now, Munafiq Patel to bowl the first over.

u shudnt say that

[Easa]

u shudnt say that

:))) :)))

It was an accident. :)))

[Easa]

116-1 (20.4)

Indians getting a caning at the hands of Gayle, 68 (73) and Sarwan 24 (45).

Even Kumble's getting some stick, 2 4's in his first over.

[Fawad]

OMG Sreesanth sledging Gayle :))) .
Munaf also thinks he's tough. :D

[Rana]

gAyle gone!

[Rana]

wat a brilliant 72

[Rana]

no one is really participating in this thread, o well,

lara in

[Rana]

windies are 151-2

captian playing alongside vice captain

[Rana]

indias fastest begins the over and a cracking stroke by lara that doesnt reach the boundary

[Rana]

nearly gone there!!!

thank god he survives

[cavin420]

no one is really participating in this thread, o well,

lara in
dont worry soon indians pick up a wicket, ala lara , cartman would be jumping up n down with joy and would shortly make his way to this thread.

[Easa]

Gayle played brilliantly, now its Lara's turn. :D:D

28.6 Sreesanth to Lara, SIX, hooked away brilliantly! It was short and rising, on the off stump line, Lara shifted his weight back and pulled it over midwicket. The crowd are up on thier feet!
28.5 Sreesanth to Lara, FOUR, one-handed drive to cover fence! It was a low full-toss, outside the off stump, lara bent his knees, shaped up to drive, his top-hand came off the handle but he still found the placement and the power

[Easa]

West Indies, 153-2

[Rana]

444444444 by lara

[Rana]

157-2

[Rana]

159-2

[Rana]

Lara's average is 86 on this pitch including his quadruple century

[Rana]

lara gone!

[cavin420]

Lara's average is 86 on this pitch including his quadruple century
thanks to you perhaps ? :12:

[Easa]

Lara gone :6: :6:

I was hoping for some vintage Lara, Chanderpaul in, Windies 162-3.

Just to clear it up, he was caught at point of the bowling of Patel.

[Rana]

169-3

[Rana]

looks like its gonna rain

[zMario]

Rain? Its sunny out there...

[zMario]

Shouldn't that be a wide?

[Hash]

175 for 3.

[Hash]

I have not been even the LEAST BIT impressed by any of these so called bowlers in this 'New India'.

I am not at all worried about India or Indian cricket. We are much better. They know it and we know it. Everybody knows it.

[Rob H]

I have not been even the LEAST BIT impressed by any of these so called bowlers in this 'New India'.
Munaf patel looks a good bowler though. He has got that extra bit of pace and accuracy than all of the other bowlers coming out of India. He's bowled well in every match he's played so far.

[PlanetPakistan]

I agree Munaf seems to be a fine bowler! I remember he bowled some excellent spells vs ENG too! I must say that it was a very strange move to drop Irfan Pathan!

[zMario]

Munaf? Wasn't he smashed alot in domestic cricket by batsman?

[zMario]

Last session of the day about to start!

[zMario]

OUT, Kumble gets Sarwan!

[zMario]

What the heck, thats a sad dismissal, didn't even try to hit the ball!

[Hash]

We are teaching India a lesson in how to bat on this pitch!

India struggling along at barely 2.5 per over and we have raced away to 182 for 3 at 4.44 per over! So much for it being a difficult pitch! Perhaps India are just crap?

We need to get a lead of at least 100 runs......350 would be perfect. Sarwan, Chanderpaul and Bravo are three key batsman. Need to get some runs.

[Hash]

ah well. So much for Sarwan getting runs. Guess Chanderpaul and Bravo have to do it then. 100 run partnership coming up!

[zMario]

3 runs taken by WI

[zMario]

Hahhaa, catch could have been taken, but nobody tried to!

[zMario]

Legbye taken!

[zMario]

Wi 187/4!

[zMario]

Kumble 2/37 off 12 overs - Expensive you indian ;)

[zMario]

What happen to the score bar on the bottom?

[zMario]

Never mind, it came back!

[zMario]

Woah, leading edge, Dravid should have put a fielder at short cover!

[zMario]

Should that not have been a wide?

[zMario]

Wi 189/4

[zMario]

Chanderpaul plays the ball very late, to his advantage. Gets a single now :)

[Hash]

should that have not been a wide?

[zMario]

should that have not been a wide?
Probably, the umpires are half blind!

[zMario]

Wi 197/4

[zMario]

LBW Shout, nah it wouldn't hit the stumps, too high and wide!

[Hash]

especially Rauf

[zMario]

Chanderpaul has an average of 86 vs India :)))

[zMario]

especially Rauf
Rauf isn't that bad... He looks very fair to me actually!

[zMario]

Great shot!!

[zMario]

West Indies 201/4

[zMario]

Over the top, FOUR runs!

[Hash]

Bravo seems to be a very handy cricketer.

[zMario]

Bravo seems to be a very handy cricketer.
That's because he is :P

[zMario]

Bravo gets another boundary!

[zMario]

What a dramatic appeal by Sreesanth!

[zMario]

West Indies 216/4

[zMario]

Windies get 1 more!

[Rana]

sreebooty has been least impresive today!

[zMario]

Sreesanth ran all the way from the boundary!!

[Rana]

220-4

[zMario]

No ball, and FOUR!

[Rana]

4444444444444444444

[Rana]

lara's 6 was absoloutley beautiful today

[zMario]

Another four through the slip cordon!

[Rana]

235-4

[zMario]

Full toss, FOUR!

[Hash]

Nostril Man has gone for 83 runs from 13 overs!

FANTASTIC! :)))

[zMario]

Hahahah, what about Butt Scratcher? Has he been expensive?

[zMario]

Another BOUNDARY!

[zMario]

West Indies lead by 2 Runs

Shows whose the better team :P

[Hash]

I do not have access to a TV anymore.

What the hell is this idiot babbling on about?......

59 b6 1 glie it to the fine leg for a single

From the ball by ball commentary on www.the-cricket-site.com

[in_cutter]

I do not have access to a TV anymore.

What the hell is this idiot babbling on about?......

59 b6 1 glie it to the fine leg for a single

From the ball by ball commentary on www.the-cricket-site.com

typo?

[Hash]

perhaps...but what could that possibly be a typo for?

gloves? How can you get glie from gloves?

[Ilyas]

Is this the revival of Windies Cricket?

It will depend if they can bowl out ndians under 200 in the second innings...

[Hash]

Chanderpaul gone

63 b2 0
Chanderpaul c Dhoni b Sehwag (25 runs, 80 balls, 3x4, 0x6)


He seemed to be struggling a bit there. We need to try and get another 100 runs....if Bravo bats the innings we could get even more.

[Hash]

Bravo wacks Kumble for three 4s in one over.

West Indies now 275 for 5 (34 ahead).

Bravo not out 67
Ramdin not out 2

[Ilyas]

Dravid making several mistakes...

[Amjid Javed]

West Indies 318/6 @ close day 2

lead 77

ramdin 22* bradshaw 15*

[kablooee87]

perhaps...but what could that possibly be a typo for?

gloves? How can you get glie from gloves?

glide......he simply missed the d.

[jusarrived]

if WI team has actually improved,we will only know wen they play some other team....but frankly even in the ODI's they din do anything spectacular ,infact I thot both teams played badly....Only Bravo to me is the real positive to come out of this tour!

[Hash]

Sarwan has been pretty good as well

[Long_Live_Pakistan]

did u guys see that srisanth delivery, that he bowled from boundary line almost....
i am sure that delivery will enjoy a legendry status in the history of cricket.....
what aggression he showed...kamal hi.....
all day he went for more then 7/over in test match and yet the final ball he bowled, aggresssion again.....it is a pity that he could not make it any faster then 130 km/h.......times tested speed barrier for indian fast bowlers.....but atleast he tried....

[gautham]

[Edit by Mods: A little more deeper analysis - perhaps ? ]

[Romali_rotti]

if WI team has actually improved,we will only know wen they play some other team....but frankly even in the ODI's they din do anything spectacular ,infact I thot both teams played badly....Only Bravo to me is the real positive to come out of this tour!

What the hell you talking about? WI outclassed INDIA in just about every department it aint funnyyyyyy..... So much for Dravid the matchwinner and his stupid tactics :19:

[Uzzy]

if WI team has actually improved,we will only know wen they play some other team....but frankly even in the ODI's they din do anything spectacular ,infact I thot both teams played badly....Only Bravo to me is the real positive to come out of this tour!

If WI didnt do anything spectacular then India were downright poor and pathetic in the series.

[MIG]

And play begins for day 3....

[MIG]

Und India take new ball ....

The Result ?

83.4 Sreesanth to Bradshaw, FOUR!!, beautifully cut away, gets across and neatly chops it to deep backward point

[MIG]

and it continues:

84.3 Patel to Ramdin, FOUR!!, genuine edge, in the corridor and kisses the outside edge but it runs wide of slips and onto the third man fence

[z10]

Und India take new ball ....

The Result ?

83.4 Sreesanth to Bradshaw, FOUR!!, beautifully cut away, gets across and neatly chops it to deep backward point


That would be And with an A... :26:

[MIG]

btw, 86 run lead - not enough to bother India - Sehwag can knock it off in a few overs - once the lead goes above 200 , then India have a big big battle on their hands.

[MIG]

That would be And with an A... :26:

Jee naheen - that is a German "and"...

[z10]

Jee naheen - that is a German "and"...


jae jake German board par post Qare phir

[MIG]

AND the punishment continues:

85.5 Sreesanth to Bradshaw, FOUR!!, overpitched, Bradshaw seizes the opportunity, gets forward and elegantly drives it to deep extra cover

[MIG]

jae jake German board par post Qare phir

Qaafee bardasht karna parta hai logon ko....

[MIG]

And India strike back...

Patel to Ramdin, out Caught by Patel!! good length, just outside off and draws Ramdin forward as he looks to defend it, the away movement does the rest, thin edge and Dhoni takes a low catch! D Ramdin c M Patel b M Patel 26(68) 4s-3 6s-0

Lead = 90, WI = 331/7

[hasan316]

120 to 150 lead would be enough for WI what do you all think

[MIG]

Normally, a mixture of Sehwag and Dravid could knock that off in no time but given whats happened in this match so far, WI would be odds on favs - However, right now, they will struggle to get to that lead....

[MIG]

The lead upto 110 now:

89.2 VRV Singh to Bradshaw, FOUR!!, outside off and Bradshaw drives, down to third man
89.2 VRV Singh to Bradshaw, no ball, leg byes, FOUR!!, off the thigh pads and this time it eludes Dhoni

88.5 Patel to Dave Mohammed, FOUR!!, gets forward and slams it to deep extra cover. The lead has now crossed 100

[hasan316]

Gayle, Sarwan, Lara, and Bravo can score a lot in less amount of balls.

[hasan316]

89.2 Singh to Bradshaw, FOUR, four more! good length delivery outside the off stump, nothing special there, just a slanting delivery, Bradshaw drives off the front-foot, ball kisses the outside edge and rolls away through the gap between slip and gully
89.2 Singh to Bradshaw, 5 no balls, short of a good length delivery, drifting down the leg side, Bradshaw stands his gound and has a whip at it but he fails to make contact, ball clips the thigh pad and races away past the diving keeper, it's a no-ball aswell, five runs added to the total!

[MIG]

Bradshaw goes - WI lead by 118 ( 2 wickets in hand )

[Hash]

Any more runs from now are a bonus but 118 lead is always a very healthy one.

West Indies are well and trully on top of this match.

[MIG]

WI and SL both showing up potentially stronger teams but both have let go of good advantages - if you consider that India have a newbie bowling attack, I would have expected Lara and others to have done better than current position.

[MIG]

WI 371 All out - lead is 130.

[Romali_rotti]

WI and SL both showing up potentially stronger teams but both have let go of good advantages - if you consider that India have a newbie bowling attack, I would have expected Lara and others to have done better than current position.

I agree Miggy, WI still in the drivers seat although they were capable of atleast 50 more runs :11: ..

[MIG]

Indian reply begins...

[Rob H]

Sehwag means business, already hit a maximum and going at better than a run a ball.

[Rob H]

2.6 Edwards to Sehwag, SIX, OMG! amazing slash over point for a six! It was short and outside the off stump, about chest high, or maybe a shade lower, and Sehwag threw his bat at it, and it screamed fast and flat over backward point!

didn't know Cav worked for Cricinfo

[MIB]

IDR Bradshaw 1-0-10-0

[MIB]

V Sehwag (rhb) 15 18 2 1 83.33 striker
W Jaffer (rhb) 11 22 2 0 50.00 non-striker

[MIB]

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
W Jaffer (rhb) 25 41 4 0 60.97 striker
V Sehwag (rhb) 37 42 6 1 88.09 non-striker

Bowlers O M R W Econ
IDR Bradshaw (lfm) 4.4 0 33 0 7.07 (1nb, 0w)
CD Collymore (rfm) 3.0 0 14 0 4.66 (0nb, 0w)

[hasan316]

sewag needs to get out now

[Rana]

wat channel is this bieng shown on sky?????

[Rana]

oh its bieng shown on sky sports 1

[James]

60 runs behind, all 10 wickets left. Match is finely poised!

[hasan316]

16.6 Collymore to Sehwag, no run, short delivery pitched close to the off stump line, Sehwag leans back and cuts hard but once again he fails to get it past the fielder at gully
16.5 Collymore to Sehwag, no run, defended outside the off stump
16.4 Collymore to Sehwag, no run, width offered outside the off stump and Sehwag cuts late, a good looking and extremely well timed shot but the placement was poor, ball went straight to the fielder at gully
16.4 Collymore to Sehwag, no run, width offered outside the off stump and Sehwag cuts late, a good looking and extremely well timed shot but the placement was poor, ball went straight to the fielder at gully

[jusarrived]

shewag gone,dissapoints again after a promising start!

[Hash]

That is a very important wicket for the Windies. Sehwag could have taken the game away from them in a flash.

[Tupac]

mixture of west indian flair and sri lankan curry, are ya today Hash?

[James]

Damn you Sehwag! One of my fave players to watch. Now Dravid will begin playing his usual slow knock and take the pressure off the Windies bowlers again.

[Hash]

mixture of west indian flair and sri lankan curry, are ya today Hash?

Sri Lankan curry? Nah.......don't particularly like South Indian/Sri Lankan food.

But yes....I am West Indian and Sri Lankan while these two games go on.

[James]

Oh, so Laxman's out there. Ooops, I'd forgotten he had even been recalled. No doubt if he gets his big hundred every 10 innings he will become the bestest player ever again.

[jusarrived]

18 runs behind with 9 wikts n hand...game is pretty even now,considering WI has to bat last !

lax-16
Jaffar-51

[akram_rejuvinated]

Jaffer seems to be rather suspect against Edwards bowling, though i think he has good measure of Bradshaw and Correy now. I think its a blessing that Edwards is out with an injury. Any update on his status? Is he going to return? coz if he does not, there is a good chance India would escape with a draw, infact i wont rule out an Indian victory in the absence of Edwards.

[jusarrived]

Jaffer seems to be rather suspect against Edwards bowling, though i think he has good measure of Bradshaw and Correy now. I think its a blessing that Edwards is out with an injury. Any update on his status? Is he going to return? coz if he does not, there is a good chance India would escape with a draw, infact i wont rule out an Indian victory in the absence of Edwards.

we will see a result for sure..WI batsmen are not capable of playing out a draw!

[pakistani pride]

Big question is how is the wicket playing and will it change on the next days ?

[akram_rejuvinated]

true, save for chanderpaul, all the other batsmen are too attacking to actually attempt saving a match... but that is still much longer down the line. india still needs to accumulate runs like enron executives accumulated wealth :)))

back to vlsi...

[Uzi]

Laxman gone.

[akram_rejuvinated]

stupid punk! at least we could have kept a scoring rate in excess of 3.5 an over as long as laxman and jaffer were around. now dravid is gonna play well but he will not be easing the throttle as much. observe that both india and west indies lasted a comparable number of overs (west indies played only 6 more than india) but it was their higher scoring rate that hoisted heir total. thats a trick india is missing every now and then. with sehwag's dimissal, according ot the last statistical study, indian scoring rate drops to about 2.8 as opposed to a 3.8 when he is at the crease.

[pakistani pride]

Dravid is 2 slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[hasan316]

yeah I hate his batting cause he is sooooooooo slow.

[Rickz]

Indias got a slight advantage at the moment.

[Noman]

What is he doing??????

R Dravid (rhb) 21 75 0 0 28.00 non-striker

He has played 75 balls... and scored 21 runs and has s strike rate of 28...... what the hell is he thinking....

He is trying to confirm a draw!!!!!!!

Thats i rubbish............. I hope he soon gets out..!!!


Have to say he is a boring player...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The most consistent boring player ever>!

[khanpuria]

What is he doing??????

R Dravid (rhb) 21 75 0 0 28.00 non-striker

He has played 75 balls... and scored 21 runs and has s strike rate of 28...... what the hell is he thinking....

He is trying to confirm a draw!!!!!!!

Thats i rubbish............. I hope he soon gets out..!!!


Have to say he is a boring player...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The most consistent boring player ever>!

ITS A TEST MATCH!

[akram_rejuvinated]

go watch a one day dude... i think he is playing himself in, and at best, his strike rate will probably approach 40, never higher. All i am concerned is that maybe this over cautious approach is costing us runs that are there to be made (i.e. maybe a little risk can be afforded as the pitch is becoming progressively insipid).

btw... he averages the third highest amongst all contemporary batsmen and i will accept that over a better strike rate any day.

[Easa]

That was a good hundred by Jaffer.

Let's hope the Windies get some early wickets today.

[Amjid Javed]

India 241 & 264/2 v West Indies 371

India lead by 134 runs...

intresting game at moment.

[MIG]

If India bat out the day, they will be an in impregnable position by day 5 - WI have to get their thinking caps on - now is the REAL test.

[Amjid Javed]

Intresting to see how many runs india think are enough? I think india will declare just before close of play so that they can have a short period at the west indies.

Should be a cracking last two days.

[Amjid Javed]

Highest total chased in test here is 418 by west indies v australia a few years ago.

[zaf1986]

yes, no total declared is safe here (or so it seems).

India will need at least 500 to feel safe.

[Amjid Javed]

India 305/2

India lead by 175 runs....

dravid batting for a draw with snail like batting!

[Amjid Javed]

Dravid sending everyone to sleep with his continual block. block, block on a dead wicket.

[Easa]

India: 241, 308/2 (96.0 Ovs)
W Jaffer 172(326)
R Dravid* 50(141)

[Big Mac]

Jaffer on strike now, 199*

[Easa]

Great double hundred by Jaffer. Well done.

As I type, Dravid dismissed!

Dave Mohammed to Dravid, out Caught by Bradshaw!! finally Dave Mohammed breaks the partnership, Dravid goes for the sweep shot, the ball bounces just a bit more than he expected, a bit of a top edge and Bradshaw at deep square leg takes a well judged catch R Dravid c I Bradshaw b D Mohammed 62(177) 4s-2 6s-0

[Easa]

352-3

Jaffer unbeaten 200*.

[Big Mac]

That's the 4th double ton by an Indian on Caribbean soil following on from Sidhu, Sardesai and Gavaskar

[Rana]

whats the lead now?

[Big Mac]

236* by Gavaskar in Chennai is the highest score by an Indian against the Windies.

220 (again Gavaskar) is the highest score by an Indian IN the Windies so those are the scores to beat for Jaffer.

[jusarrived]

gr8 effort from jaffer,india is a different team wen its openers contribute..jaffer has done more than any one had expected out of him...but he is well known in domestic cricket for getting big scores...think even last season he got 2 triple centuries!

Never knew sidhu had a double hundred n WI.

[James]

Well done Jaffer. Looked a decent player against us, certainly seems a better option as opener than Gambhir, Uthappa or Dravid.

Of the above, 1 is crap, 1 is inexperienced, 1 is a lot better at no.3 or 4 playing the anchor. Jaffer is the man to open with Veru!