New Zealand v India, Videocon Cup final

[Amjid Javed]

indias joke record in finals - http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/video...ry/218159.html

preview to final - http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/video...ry/218145.html

come on shane bond and new zealand

[Hash]

GO KIWI!!!!

New Zealand should take this easily.

[Shohair]

Come on NEw Zealand!

[Monsee]

Cricinfo says "In a high-scoring match, it's invariably the lethal spell of bowling separates two sides, and in that respect, it's hard to look beyond Bond, whose classical action, frightening pace and immaculate control are the envy of everyone else. "





As good as Bond looked against India, he is barely touching 90MPH...if he wasn't swinging the ball like crazy, he would be express at best

I guess his current pace is "Frightening" by Indian standards



BTW, Mr. Amjid, how come no replies to my posts in few threads about a Pakistani Chucker and a WI Chucker

[KaSaNoVa_G]

is Chris Cairns playing? or is he still out?

still come on new zealand...

[Romali_rotti]

Monsee


Tell U what,, we rather face Aktar and cream him all over the ground than face Bond.. Heck even INZI 'the greatest batsmen of pace' said he is the best fast bowler he ever faced..

[Amjid Javed]

wow india have won 1 out of last 15 finals since 2000... i didnt know they had such a gud record...

[Romali_rotti]

'wow india have won 1 out of last 15 finals since 2000... i didnt know they had such a gud record...''


Damn AJ u just noticed that??? were you asleep all this time LOL...

[Immy Ji]

COME ON YOU KIWIS!

it does put a smile on my face when Bar-rat loses!

[Monsee]

Originally Posted by Romali_rotti 'wow india have won 1 out of last 15 finals since 2000... i didnt know they had such a gud record...'' Damn AJ u just noticed that??? were you asleep all this time LOL...

What a time has come when an Indian fan mocks a Pakistani over his own team's "Horrible Record"

[googly]

I'll say India has maybe a 30% chance of winning. Kiwis are by far the favorites and most likely Bond will have Ganguly hopping again in the first over.

I hope I've anti-jinxed the team!!!

[z10]

Originally Posted by googly I'll say India has maybe a 30% chance of winning. Kiwis are by far the favorites and most likely Bond will have Ganguly hopping again in the first over. I hope I've anti-jinxed the team!!!

uve jinxed them again by saying that....

[lahori]

I hope the Kiwis once and for all put Ganguly out of his misery. That scrub has been given way too many comeback chances. If he doesnt score this time I'm betting his ass is out of the team for good.

[Big Daddy]

amjad u publicity hogger, u mite as well start a thread on worldcup final of 07 already also .

[xtwo]

Ajit Agarkar has a bowling average that dwarfs Bradman's batting average.

agarkar performance since 2000:

bowler finals career ave/final avg wkts/econ rate best bowling
agarkar 8 27.26 / 108 3/6.23 1/36

[lahori]

Agarkar is probably India's fastest bowler right now. Which means he can throw down thunderbolts at speeds as high as 135km/h !

[lahori]

dupe.

[Aurangzeb]

c'mon guys...agarkar is the next imran khan and a better odi player than wasim akram...this has been confirmed by the indian cricket farters themselves...

[Juggy D]

Supporting the friendly northern neighbors this time around

[KaSaNoVa_G]

india batting 1st....

17/0 5.1 overs gorn...



COME ON NEW ZEALAND...

[Jonty]

go india! lol

[Jonty]

sorry guys, but i have a bunch of cocky black caps supporting mates

[Amjid Javed]

India 73/1 (14.0 ov)

good start by india...

[mulan]

You mean bad start by Oram....

[MIG]

no Bond ?

[Big Mac]

Bond started very well, 5 overs for 16 runs.

[Muddaser]

Woof!!!

[Big Mac]

Vettori removes Sehwag and then traps Dravid LBW for a duck.

Kaif still going strong, India 160/3 after 27 overs

[MIG]

33.4 Mills to Yuvraj Singh, OUT: short one banged in, Yuvraj swats at
the ball without going hard at it, the timing is good, too good
perhaps and the ball carries straight to Shane Bond at fine-leg

India 185/4, Partnership of 30
Yuvraj Singh c Bond b Mills 20 (32b 1x4 0x6)
M Kaif 48* (61b 5x4) KD Mills 7.4-3-37-1

That is a crucial wicket at this stage ion the match

[nadeem]

How fast was bond?

[Amjid Javed]

Sehwag and ganguly decide to just see bond rather than try 2 get afta him. bond bowled in mid 80s and got some swing early on.

[Uzi]

India 203/5 (39.0 ov)

38.5 Oram to Venugopal Rao, OUT: Rao once again charges down the track
looking to repeat the earlier shot but only this time the shot is
not timed well enough and the ball balloons up towards midwicket,
McMillan moving in from the deep takes a good catch diving well
forward

[MIG]

India 203/5, Partnership of 18
Y Venugopal Rao c McMillan b Oram 8 (16b 0x4 1x6)
M Kaif 57* (76b 5x4) JDP Oram 4.5-0-41-2 (1nb)

[offstump]

Originally Posted by nadeem How fast was bond?

bond was bowling between 140-145 and he was getting awesome seam movement in his first few overs, moving the ball into the right hander with his offcutters

[Uzi]

43.2 Styris to Dhoni, one run, fullish and on the pads, Dhoni flicks
straight to Lou vincent at midwicket who drops a sitter of a
catch! The throw comes in and the third umpire is called for but
Kaif's dive has saved him

[Uzi]

43.5 Styris to Dhoni, OUT: Dhoni goes down for the sweep and misses, the
ball appears to brush the pad on the way up to hitting the
midriff. Loud shout that is upheld. That was a strqange decision.
Was that struck in line? Was it going over?

[Uzi]

India 231/6 (44.1 ov)

[Uzi]

44.2 Oram to Yadav, OUT: short of a length and outside the off, Yadav
opens the face of the bat and runs the ball into the keeper's
gloves. You normally only see coaches doing such things, in catch
practice before a day's play. Another one bites the dust

[Uzi]

India 231/7 (44.2 ov)

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by Uzi 44.2 Oram to Yadav, OUT: short of a length and outside the off, Yadav opens the face of the bat and runs the ball into the keeper's gloves. You normally only see coaches doing such things, in catch practice before a day's play. Another one bites the dust

collapse yeyyyyyyyyyyy

[Uzi]

15 off the over. India 248/7 (46.0 ov)

45.6 Styris to Kaif, one run, fullish, Kaif paddles down to short fine-
leg for a single that will ensure he keeps the strike
45.5 Styris to Kaif, FOUR, full once more and this time Kaif lifts the
ball well back over the bowler's head, one bounce and over the
ropes past long-on
45.4 Styris to Kaif, FOUR, that is very well played, Kaif moves across
and places well through midwicket
45.3 Styris to Agarkar, one run, played down to third-man for a single
45.2 Styris to Agarkar, FOUR, full and outside the off, driven bvack
over the bowler's head, Bond runs across at long off but cannot
get to the ball and it's a boundary
45.1 Styris to Kaif, one run, fullish and on the off, driven to long-on
for a single

[Uzi]

Bond still has 2 overs to bowl, so last couple of overs should be interesting.

[Uzi]

46.4 Bond to Agarkar, OUT: full and outside the off, Agarkar gives room
and plays inside out, he has hit it well but finds Kyle Mills in
the deep, another Indian wicket goes down

[Uzi]

India 258/8 (47.0 ov)

[Big Mac]

Come Wan Kaif

[Uzi]

Bond has pulled up after that ball. He seems to have turned his
right ankle a little bit. He is now going off the field and Oram
will finish the over.

[Uzi]

India 275/9 (49.0 ov)

48.4 Oram to Pathan, OUT: fullish and outside the off, Pathan goes for
the big hit but only manages to hole out to long-off where Lou
Vincent takes a good catch

[Uzi]

India 276 All out (49.3 ov)


49.3 Mills to Nehra, OUT: short ball banged in, this time Nehra makes
contact, playing the pull, straight down the throat of Oram at
deep backward square-leg

[Amjid Javed]

277 for new zealand will be a stiff target... i recon team coca-cola may just pull a 2nd win in 16 finals...

[Saqib]

Can Kaif do it, YoYo did it once when ran out of partners still he manage to hit the last bal for four to get his century!

[Saqib]

dohhhhhhhhhhhh poor Kaif, he played well in the last matches deserved a hunderd couldn't get it because of Team India .

[Big Mac]

India innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   B   4  6
V Sehwag              c Vincent          b Vettori             75  65  12  1
*SC Ganguly           c Marshall         b Oram                31  44   5  0
M Kaif                not out                                  93 110   8  0
R Dravid              lbw                b Vettori              0   2   0  0
Yuvraj Singh          c Bond             b Mills               20  32   1  0
Y Venugopal Rao       c McMillan         b Oram                 8  16   0  1
+MS Dhoni             lbw                b Styris              11  16   1  0
Jai P Yadav           c McCullum         b Oram                 0   2   0  0
AB Agarkar            c Mills            b Bond                 6   5   1  0
IK Pathan             c Vincent          b Oram                10   7   1  0
A Nehra               c Oram             b Mills                0   2   0  0
Extras                (lb 5, w 13, nb 4)                       22
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs)                   276

FoW: 1-72 (Ganguly, 12.6 ov), 2-155 (Sehwag, 24.4 ov),
     3-155 (Dravid, 24.6 ov), 4-185 (Yuvraj Singh, 33.4 ov),
     5-203 (Venugopal Rao, 38.5 ov), 6-230 (Dhoni, 43.5 ov),
     7-231 (Yadav, 44.2 ov), 8-255 (Agarkar, 46.4 ov),
     9-272 (Pathan, 48.4 ov), 10-276 (Nehra, 49.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bond                         9.3    0     44      1 (1nb, 3w)
Mills                        9.3    3     45      2
Oram                         8.3    0     58      4 (3nb, 1w)
Styris                       8      0     56      1 (2w)
Vettori                     10      0     35      2 (1w)
Astle                        4      0     33      0 (1w)

Absolutely GUTTED for Kaif

[Fawad]

Kaif played well again today. If it wasn't for Yuvraj and Kaif, India would not have reached the finals. The "senior" players have done jack-*****.

[MIG]

Could Kaif be in the form of his life ?

[Amir]

Probaly yes, and if you look at Kaifs techinque you would think he was raised In England because of his straight elbow, but I think he performs better overseas than India because of his techinque. He is very techincally correct and sometimes in India, with the ball turning square you need more than just techinque. Plus, the fact that he is batting up the order helps. Like I have been saying, let him bat up because he is a innings builder not a brasher.

Moreover back to the game, but the boundaries are flying for NZ all over the place, just a mere push from Fleming and gone for four.

[Amir]

Four fours in the over so far, Fleming opening up! Make it 5! This match may be over in 20 overs! 50 up in a mere 5 overs!

[Hussain]

Nehra takes a beating of his life time



3.6 Nehra to Astle, FOUR, full and outside the off, Astle opes the face
of the bat and runs this one past the lone slip fielder to the
third-man boundary. New Zealand off to a flyer here
3.5 Nehra to Fleming, one run, full and outside the off, Fleming
drives, the ball goes past point down towards third man
3.4 Nehra to Astle, one run, short of a length and outside the off,
eased down to third man with an angled bat
3.3 Nehra to Astle, FOUR, too full, too straight, this is a suicidal
line and length, Astle flicks around his front pad with ease and
the ball races through square leg
3.2 Nehra to Astle, no run, short of a good length and outside the off,
punched down towards cover
3.1 Nehra to Astle, legbye: FOUR, full once again and on the pads, this
is not the place to bowl, glance played and missed, off the pads
down to fine-leg

[Amir]

Hussain check the next over

[Big Mac]

   4.6 Pathan to Fleming, FOUR, and here we go again! Overpitched and
        width outside the off, smashed away through cover. That is some
        over for New Zealand!
   4.5 Pathan to Fleming, FOUR, short this time and BANG! Fleming sees
        that early, his eyes light up, he almost has time to say thank you
        very much, before pulling for four
   4.4 Pathan to Fleming, FOUR, full and outside the off, carved away to
        third man where Ajit Agarkar makes a complete mess of things, not
        contending for the spin as the ball beats him
   4.3 Pathan to Fleming, FOUR, full and wide, again the line and length
        is very poor, Fleming climbs into this one, crashing it past point
        for a boundary
   4.2 Pathan to Fleming, no run, short of a good length and outside the
        off, left alone to the keeper
   4.1 Pathan to Fleming, FOUR, fullish and on the off, driven well, the
        timing is excellent, mid-off has no chance and the ball races to
        the fence

[Nawazb]

5.6 Agarkar to Astle, no run, full and outside the off, left well alone
to the keeper
5.5 Agarkar to Astle, FOUR, quick one outside the off, Astle slashes
hard at this and the ball flies off the outside edge past the
slips cordon to the third-man boundary
5.4 Agarkar to Astle, FOUR, once again width and too short, cut away
well past the man at point for another boundary
5.3 Agarkar to Astle, no run, good length ball outside the off, left
alone to the keeper
5.2 Agarkar to Astle, FOUR, short of a length and too much width, Astle
clatters this to the fence just behind point
5.1 Agarkar to Astle, no run, short of a good length, outside the off,
left well alone to the keeper

[Amjid Javed]

Fantastic stuff - Fleming gets his 50, and NZ are 106/0.

[Nawazb]

112-0 off 15

what a start

[MIG]

When they collapse - they make Pakistan look like Australia ( or England ) ! Still some time to go - lets see what happens when harbhajan bowls - can he turn the game around ? What about Yadav and Yuvraj ?

[Amjid Javed]

come on kiwis win by 9 or 10 wkts...

[Amjid Javed]

New Zealand 121/0 (18.0 ov)

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/f...06SEP2005.html

[Amjid Javed]

18.1 Sehwag to Fleming, OUT: tossed up and on the off, Sehwag holds this
one back a touch, Fleming drives early and Sehwag is well in place
to accept the return catch. End of a top innings from Fleming

[mulan]

Slower bowlers doing the trick....

[MIG]

Harbhajan will also strike - just a matter of time....

[Uzi]

18.5 Sehwag to Marshall, OUT: flatter and on the stumps, Marhsall goes
back to play, misses and is hit on the pad, loud shout from
Sehwag, umpire Harper takes his time and gives it

[MIG]

18.5 Sehwag to Marshall, OUT: flatter and on the stumps, Marhsall goes
back to play, misses and is hit on the pad, loud shout from
Sehwag, umpire Harper takes his time and gives it

New Zealand 125/2, Partnership of 4
HJH Marshall lbw b Sehwag 3 (3b 0x4 0x6)
NJ Astle 48* (45b 9x4) V Sehwag 1.5-0-8-2

[Monsee]

Originally Posted by MenInGreen Harbhajan will also strike - just a matter of time....

Miggy is Indian

[MIG]

Sehwag is "turning" it on !

[Uzi]

NZ still should win it from here. They need Astle to go on and get a big one.

[MIG]

Originally Posted by Monsee Miggy is Indian

You are right... in reality ( As he takes off his Tom Cruise Mask ) , I am Anshuman Gaekwad - the evil Indian superstar and I am in control of your ship Mawhahahahahahahaha

[Uzi]

A run a ball 50 up for Astle

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by MenInGreen Harbhajan will also strike - just a matter of time....

nope sehwag has...

[Amjid Javed]

Kiwis need to milk the spinners and just wait for buffet seamers to
come back on...

[Uzi]

Runs are drying up a bit here. The great spin of Sehwag does the damage.

Maybe he will be up for spinner of the year award.

[mulan]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed Kiwis need to milk the spinners and just wait for buffet seamers to come back on...

milk....buffet....suddenly I'm hungry...

[Monsee]

Originally Posted by mulan milk....buffet....suddenly I'm hungry...

That reminds me of the size of some the Whales that are in line at the buffet places usually...May I ask, if it's not a big deal, How much do you weigh