180 off 190...in a test match.

[kablooee87]

Please give credit where credit is due.

[Amjid Javed]

which indians bowling figures were those?

[kablooee87]

Listen, I can't stand the Indian team as much as the next guy, but you have to open your eyes here. I don't care if the pitch was perfect. To score that many runs at that kind of pace is something that has to be comended.

[APOCALYPSE]

Afridi would have scored 786 runs in a day himself and would have hit 100 huge, huge sixes. Then he would have dismissed the opposition out within two overs. We all know that he is well capable of this but just lacks a slight bit of consistency. But it will happen whenever he feels like it

[skr30]

Weren't they just about to drop sehwag. If THEY don't have faith in him to perform on a CONSISTENT basis, what chance has he got with us. Give Raza as many tests and we'll talk.

[kc_subodh]

No Credits ;-)

[kablooee87]

Weren't they just about to drop sehwag. If THEY don't have faith in him to perform on a CONSISTENT basis, what chance has he got with us. Give Raza as many tests and we'll talk.

I'm not saying that he is all that and that he plays consistent or anything. I'm just saying, it's only right acknowledge the great innings that he played.

[Easa]

Superb, destructive innings.

One of the best, Sehwag.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Sehwag's innings may have been good but this is one of the flattest pancakes ive ever seen. The commentators described it best that the green tinge is a lie and the pitch has had a bad haircut. Takes a good effort to do that kind of innings so :14: anyways

[PlanetPakistan]

What a cracker!He is a shaky starter but once he gets going he becomes unstoppable!
Well done Viru!

[kablooee87]

Sehwag's innings may have been good but this is one of the flattest pancakes ive ever seen. The commentators described it best that the green tinge is a lie and the pitch has had a bad haircut. Takes a good effort to do that kind of innings so :14: anyways

I agree with that. It was a good pitch but it's still a great innings.

[skr30]

I'm not saying that he is all that and that he plays consistent or anything. I'm just saying, it's only right acknowledge the great innings that he played.

It was indeed a great innings... however we'll have to put it in context once we see W.I. bat specifically Lara. It could end up being another "flat track bully" performance.

[lahori]

great innings by Sehwag. kudos to him.

[ECB]

Actually, its not that flat as it seems

Good experienced bowlers would have got Sehwag and co in trouble actually, Sehwag made it look pretty easy thus all the kudos to him. If anyone watched few overs after lunch would agree. Ball was swinging and bounced just short of length

But we shall find out when the Windies bat, or maybe the pitched would have eased out till then

All in all, decent knock

[Aussiegod]

A very good aggreasive knock from Sehwag, credit to him.

[MIG]

Listen, I can't stand the Indian team as much as the next guy, but you have to open your eyes here. I don't care if the pitch was perfect. To score that many runs at that kind of pace is something that has to be comended.

:20:

[Amjid Javed]

It was a good knock by sehwag and its also a good omen for the west indies.

9 out of the previous 11 tons from sehwag have come in games been drawn or lost by india. Only 2 have come in match winning causes!

[Rana]

well done by sehwag,

this guy is what you call a true Batsmen!

[Amjid Javed]

St lucia has only hosted 2 test matches previous but they have been a run feast as far as batsmen go. both games drawn.

2003 - sri lanka 354 (attapatu 118) & 126/0 v west indies 477/9 (lara 209 hinds 113)

2004 - Bangladesh 416 (bashar 113, rafique 111) & 271/9 (mashud 103) v west indies 352 (gayle 141) & 113/0

its pretty much a batsmen paradise...!

[jusarrived]

It was a good knock by sehwag and its also a good omen for the west indies.

9 out of the previous 11 tons from sehwag have come in games been drawn or lost by india. Only 2 have come in match winning causes!


Don forget dravid is close to his century...n india seldom loose wen he scores a century!

[Amjid Javed]

Don forget dravid is close to his century...n india seldom loose wen he scores a century!

india have only ever lost 1 test that dravid has scored a ton in. 12 games have been drawn and 9 have been won.

[jusarrived]

india have only ever lost 1 test that dravid has scored a ton in. 12 games have been drawn and 9 have been won.

yeah...I think that one test match was aginst zim n Harrare! :(

[pakistani pride]

Good knock flat track or not to score so many so quick is something special !

Bad that it was sehwag and not gayle

[akram_rejuvinated]

yeah...I think that one test match was aginst zim n Harrare! :(

ah do not get disheartened boy... if we can wrap the windies up before the last session on day three, we will either win this or the windies might scrape another draw.

[akram_rejuvinated]

Good knock flat track or not to score so many so quick is something special !

Bad that it was sehwag and not gayle

dude i have a strong inclination that gayle will fail in the first inning. i think with a big total, indian bowlers suddenly seem invigorated enough to bowl something challenging enough to be called bowling. and suddenly flat tracks too are potent enough for them. happened before in england in 2002-2003 where following a massive first inning total, we managed to dismiss england twice in less than three days on a benign pitch.

[Amjid Javed]

This game will be another high scoring draw.

both teams have tailor made batting for such dead tracks in west indies, add to that the pop gun bowling attacks and as i predicted before this series it will be a high scoring slug feast!

[Rana]

agree with AJ, india's bowling is gonna have to be at its top to win this match,

otherwise i can say Sarwan, Gayle or Lara will be scoring double centurys!

[jusarrived]

I have a feelin india will win this one easily,probably by an innings!

[Hash]

I have a feelin india will win this one easily,probably by an innings!

seems likely at the moment.

Sehwag played well.

[jusarrived]

seems likely at the moment.

Sehwag played well.

whos's this? ;-)

[Hash]

whos's this? ;-)

I hacked into Hash's account ;-)

[jusarrived]

I hacked into Hash's account ;-)

was obvious from your not so hate-india post :D

[Sultan Yusuf]

All credit should go to the groundsman!

[MIG]

All credit should go to the groundsman!

I think the plan was for WI to win the toss and bat first but unfortunately - no plan B ( or so it seems !)

[chuck]

Contrary to what a lot of ppl think it's not a flat track. There are loads of green patches ... ball has started reverse swinging and there is invariable bounce. To Sehwag's credit he did not let other bowlers settle down to any rhythm. Later, Pedro Collins utilized the conditions well and I think it was a very special effort by Sehwag to score 180 off just 190 balls.

[jusarrived]

WI bowled vry poorly to him mostly feeding to his strength esecially in the first session....anyways wen shewag gets a huge score most pitches look flat...another interesing thing is he has converted 8 of his 12 ton's into 150+ scores..thats an awesome conversion rate!

[Easa]

Contrary to what a lot of ppl think it's not a flat track. There are loads of green patches ... ball has started reverse swinging and there is invariable bounce. To Sehwag's credit he did not let other bowlers settle down to any rhythm. Later, Pedro Collins utilized the conditions well and I think it was a very special effort by Sehwag to score 180 off just 190 balls.

When are you gonna declare yourself India? :P

[skr30]

Kaif has just scored 137.. guess that puts Sehwags innings into perspective.

[the_game]

Yeah if Kaif can score that freely on this pitch, it must be a really good one. So no credit to Sehwag. Thank you.

[Hash]

Yeah if Kaif can score that freely on this pitch, it must be a really good one. So no credit to Sehwag. Thank you.

:)))

[akram_rejuvinated]

Yeah if Kaif can score that freely on this pitch, it must be a really good one. So no credit to Sehwag. Thank you.
actually kaif is a rather skillful player who has been in poor form lately, but i admire the team management for sticking with the poor bloke and his confidence has really blossomed thanks to the three 50s he got in the ODIs.

[cavin420]

actually kaif is a rather skillful player who has been in poor form lately, but i admire the team management for sticking with the poor bloke and his confidence has really blossomed thanks to the three 50s he got in the ODIs.
i agree, jumping up n down in the field is a real art :19:

[jusarrived]

The reason why I have always said kaif shud play ahead of yuvi n our test team!

[cavin420]

The reason why I have always said kaif shud play ahead of yuvi n our test team!
because of his jumping like a monkey whilst fielding :13:

[jusarrived]

because of his jumping like a monkey whilst fielding :13:

my response was for a_j !

[Raz]

Yeah if Kaif can score that freely on this pitch, it must be a really good one. So no credit to Sehwag. Thank you.

But, but but, woah woah woah hold your horses man!!! Dhoni scored 9 off 34, therefore it was a seaming track, the ball was swinging all over the place. It just cannot be a good pitch to bat on if Dhoni scored 9 off 34!!

[jusarrived]

WI 60/3 ..our bowling must be awesome to do it on a flat track like this one!

[akram_rejuvinated]

WI 60/3 ..our bowling must be awesome to do it on a flat track like this one!
not particularly. but our bowling unlike some others is often so invigorated by a first inning total of sizeable proportions that they graduate from pie throwers (with the exception of kumble) to nightmarish bullies.

[sohailmm]

Afridi would have scored 786 runs in a day himself and would have hit 100 huge, huge sixes. Then he would have dismissed the opposition out within two overs. We all know that he is well capable of this but just lacks a slight bit of consistency. But it will happen whenever he feels like it



wishfull thinking man ,,u can think whatever u want but u cant deny the truth & that is afridi has not done anything close to 180-190 in Tests so far .Let alone 786 etc

But shewag has delivered as usual another destructive innings ,top class proformer he is . :19:

[Hash]

wishfull thinking man ,,u can think whatever u want but u cant deny the truth & that is afridi has not done anything close to 180-190 in Tests so far .Let alone 786 etc

But shewag has delivered as usual another destructive innings ,top class proformer he is . :19:

In 24 tests, Afridi has got 5 hundreds and 8 fifties. Shewag, in 46 tests, has had 11 hundreds and 11 fifties. Shewag, however, has far higher average. Afridi averages 39 while Shewag averages 51.......however Afrido is a far better fielder and his bowling is much more useful.

As for Afridi not coming close to 180.....he actually made 156 a few months back which isn't too far off 180. It wasn't a fluke either because he has done similar before (141, also against India in front of a hostile Chennai crowd on a pitch that was starting to cause trouble......without that innings we would have almost certainly lost the game)

[kablooee87]

wishfull thinking man ,,u can think whatever u want but u cant deny the truth & that is afridi has not done anything close to 180-190 in Tests so far .Let alone 786 etc

But shewag has delivered as usual another destructive innings ,top class proformer he is . :19:

uhh, I think you missed the sarcastic nature of his post....

[ShowStopper]

india have only ever lost 1 test that dravid has scored a ton in. 12 games have been drawn and 9 have been won.

So I can a draw is more immenent than an Indian Victory. :D

[Invictus]

Good innings from Sehwag but Windies bowling was sad. Credit where its due you still have to put your hand down and play.