West Indies in India ODI Series - 4th ODI

Toss Lara has chosen to bowl first. "I think the fast bowlers could get something from this track."


Pitch news There is a layer of fresh green grass, in patches, on the track. It has been raining last couple of days. Obviously there should be bit of moisture on it but the experts reckon it will take spin later on.


Team newsDwayne Bravo is out due to injury, while Jerome Taylor has been rested and Runako Morton is dropped. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith are the replacements

I expect D Powell to do some damage early!

D Powell and Taylor will be their key bowlers and Gayle need to score some runs.
I hope WI win this one.

yaar taylor has been rested...you are the one who told us!

6/0 after an over

huge lbw shout turned down

looked plumb

7/0 after 2 overs

a very poor decision

14/0 after 3 overs

India 29/0 (5.0 ov)

India RR 5.80

About 20 years ago if i had told to a W Indian fan that in year 2007 they would have some one as mediocre as DR Smith open the bowling then i am sure i would have been ridiculed!

AR Uthappa c Gayle b Powell 28 (17b 3x4 2x6) SR: 164.70

How times change. From Holding, Marshall, Ambrose and Walsh to.....Smith!

End of over 7 (17 runs) - India 47/1 (RR: 6.71)

R Dravid 0* (3b) DB Powell 4-0-33-1
SC Ganguly 13* (22b 2x4) DR Smith 3-0-13-0


6.6 Powell to Dravid, no run, drifts in on to the pads, tickled to square leg
6.5 Powell to Dravid, no run, again banged in short, outside off, Dravid jumps up, gets on top of the bounce and pushes it out to cover
6.4 Powell to Dravid, no run, outside off, left alone
6.3 Powell to Uthappa, OUT, Revenge! kicks up from short of length, outside off stump, Uthappa stabs at it and ends up steering it straight to first slip.
AR Uthappa c Gayle b Powell 28 (17b 3x4 2x6) SR: 164.70
6.2 Powell to Uthappa, SIX, Wallop! What a shot! He just leans forward to slightly short of length delivery and just goes through with the line. That ball has disappeared over long-on
6.1 Powell to Uthappa, SIX, Sehwagish! Short and outside off stump, Uthappa upper cuts it, short-arm jabs it over wide third man!
6.1 Powell to Uthappa, 5 wides, Way down leg side. Uthappa tries to pull, misses, so does Ramdin.




We need some quick wickets.

DR Smith is bowling quite well, its Powelll that is getting beaten!

don't forget about Garner and Roberts!
To be fair to Smith he is doing a much better job than his partner who happens to be going at over 10 runs/over!

Bumpcatcher's been in pretty good form since his international career was resurrected, eh.

the guy is one of the greatest openers in the history of ODI cricket!

37.4 Bradshaw to Tendulkar, no ball, FOUR!!, good length delivery on the middle and leg, Tendulkar goes on the backfoot and flicks it to deep mid wicket, past the fielder, he didn't try to hit hard, just pure timing, ominous signs for West Indies
37.3 Bradshaw to Tendulkar, FOUR!!!!, fractionally short again, Tendulkar goes on the backfoot and pulls it to deep mid wicket, Tendulkar is pressing on the gas now!!!
37.2 Bradshaw to Tendulkar, FOUR!!!!, short of length delivery outside the off stump, Tendulkar goes on the backfoot and cuts it square of the wicket, he picked the small gap between the fielders square of the wicket on the off side to perfection

The WI are getting Tendy back in form...

not WI but flat tracks of India

India: 266/3 (43.3 Ovs)

43.3 Samuels to Dravid, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the new batsman in

great partnership comes to an end....good bowling(yea right) by Samules.

Dravid's wicket= blessing in disguise

46.3 Powell to Dhoni, SIX!!, fullish delivery on the stumps, Dhoni comes on the frontfoot and smashes it straight down the ground with one hand, that was a Dhoni special shot!!!!

What a shot! MSD on LSD!

47.1 Samuels to Dhoni, SIX!!, flighted delivery on the stumps, Dhoni comes down the track and smashes it over deep mid wicket, that is huge, massive, enormous, ohh search for all the adjectives, that ball is gone forever...

47.5 Samuels to Tendulkar, SIX!!, flighted delivery on the stumps, Tendulkar kneels down and slog sweeps it over deep mid wicket, that is going, going and gone, bye bye ball, another lost ball here into the trees

All the live scorecards aren't loading......India must be doing well because it looks like the Indians have flooded them all.

48.2 Emrit to Dhoni, SIX!!, fuller length delivery on the middle and leg, Dhoni comes on the frontfoot and Dhonis it over long on, another signature Dhoni swat to raise the fifty partnership off just 30 balls

321 for 3. Dhoni's 3rd six

From cricinfo:

48.2 Emrit to Dhoni, SIX, That bottom-handed twirl again. A classic You Tube moment. Full and right in the slot, the wrists works over time, the bat goes under the ball and sends it flying over long-on. Quite an amazing shot.

Can someone explain what a classic YouTube moment is???

this should be the post of the week!

something that a lot people would put on you tube!

Tendulkar on 89 coming into the last over ... looks like he'll miss that century once again. Probably a blessing in disguise for India!!!

48.5 Emrit to Tendulkar, FOUR, Lara drops a dolly! The cricketing goddess loves irony. AFter the special effort the previous delivery, he drops a simple catch. What's more it runs away to the boundary. Tendulkar had driven uppishly to cover.

I think just about every six Afridi has hit is on YouTube!!!

49.3 Bradshaw to Tendulkar, FOUR, Dwayne Smith drops another dolly. Second life for Sachin. A fullish ball on the legs was whipped away, in the air, to long leg where Smith had all the time to take the catch. Ends up palming it to the boundary.

tendu racing towards century!!!

S Tendulkar* 97(74)

2 more balls left,,

Score Update anyone?

India: 340/3 (49.5 Ovs)

India 337/3 (49.4 ov)

*SR Tendulkar (rhb) 97
MS Dhoni (rhb) 40

yea it has been such a while now...Afridi hitting sixes sounds like ancient history to me!

S Tendulkar* 99(75)

1 more balls left,,

According to cricinfo ... Tendulkar has had a few lives. Maybe its Windies plan to let Tendi get that century as it will give them a better chance of winning.

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE well played SRT. Totally deserved 100....... 2 THUMBS UP FOR THIS INNINGS...

S Tendulkar* 100(76)

sachin got century

100!!! Brilliant innings from the littler master!

Tendulkar had two lives after crossing 85. It doesn't matter much.

The Little Master has slapped the critics in big style, he has shown that he is still the best, magnificent knock!!!

shut the f up its a great innings

Dhoni and Tendulkar put up 75 in 39 balls ... nice late hitting there ... India have been pretty poor in this department.

M Dhoni 40(20)

No need to get personal there ... he didn't say anything to belittle Tendis inning.

By the way ... here is what I was saying about Tendulkar and hundreds ....

Interesting stat 2003 TVS Cup against New Zealand in Hyderabad was the last time India won when Tendulkar scored a hundred. His next four hundreds have been in lost causes.

I don't undestand why Lara opted to bowl first. I guess he's going to be hoping for a massive Gayle force wind to fire to get close to this target. Plus Pathan is playing ... which is good news for the windies.

wooh! Bad news for IND!

Mascare in last 10 overs......

India 341/3 (50 overs)

Sachin 100*(76)
Dhoni 40*(20)

WOuld like to see a similar innings from Gayle or Lara!

Congrats sachin-for a change he did bat well.......hopefully he will continue to give solidity to middle order in world cup too.....

Team for the world cup is finally sorting it out for us with Sachin, Dravid, Yuvraj & Dhoni certain to be India's middle ordere......

Now only good thing to come for india is Pathan bowling well today and Sehwag coming good vs SL...that would seal the world up spots!!

SRT .. you may be worshipping Tendulkar. But read what i meant before accusing me like a 5 year old kid. Grow up.

Agree it was a childish response by SRT but ur comment wasn't great either.....sachin played well for his 85...he got 2 chances when going for slogging in slog overs......what's wrong with that...WI didn't grab the chnaces....its not sachin's fault.......it seems u were discrediting his 85 runs.......I am not a scahin worshipper or even a fan but played well today and did deserves accolades...

The side definately looks stronger now that you have got rid of some of the rubbish like Sehwag, Raina and Kaif, but still too early to get all your hopes up. From the sounds of it this is a perfect batting pitch and only after the windies bat can you start praising this team. Bowling wise your still a bit weak unless you get a spinning track which this may be a bit of.

By the way I see Yuvraj is in the team. I guess India need him to find some form before the WC. The SL games will be crutial for him.

C'mon you guys if anyone ever says Tendulkar was dropped how does it automatically mean that he played rubbish or didn't deserve a century. You guys need to take a chill pill! Tendulkar played well.

Short Highlights

http://cricketvideosunplugged.blogs...dies-odi-4.html

India 341/3 (50.0 ov)

I just critisized tendulkar on another thread today and said that he should
be dropped. Looks like he heard me and went back to his previous
style of batting. What I have seen lately is that Tendulkar putting too
much pressure on himself. This is what I don't like, if he plays his natural
game the way he played his Ranji trophy debut game than no one can even
come close to him. I still remember listening on the readio his ranji debut
century live commentary.

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W.I 29/1 FROM 7 OVERS

need to pick the rate up here...

Chanderpaul hits the square leg umpire, denied 3 runs!

Chanderpaul gone...

flicks a short ball straight to deep square leg!

32/2

zaheer strikes...

this is problem with Pak & Indian board/management. they make pitches batting paradise at home and then batsmen suffer when they have to play on fast pitches away from home

W.I 52/2 - Dev smith and samuels need to put a partnership together here...

Deep82.. i probably have to use the same response. My post was to in reply to someone who had asked about lives Tendulkar got.

Guys.. read it twice, thrice, four times before making your own interpretations. I think some people understood what i said.

83/5 good fielding by india. First the catch and now this run out

West Indies: 90/5 (20.0 Ovs)

I am sorry,jackal. I didn't took into account the refernce of ur post. Only when I have read the relevant post(s) did I understand what u actually wanted to convey. Sorry again.

West Indies are 5/148
30.1 overs

Samuels 55 (64)
Ramdin 35 (46)

Pathan, Agarkar and Khan all have 1 wicket each while Pathan and Raina have a run out each.

Meanwhile, Samuels has been caught by Pathan off Kumble's bowling.
6/148 after 30.2.

Ramdin now out. Caught by Kumble off Harbajan Singh's bowling for 40.

WI now 7153 after 31.3 overs.