Pfft, admittedly Monty may have some fine whiskers, but to compare them to the ruggedly ruggedness of Amla is just crazy talk.
Sreesanth is trying too hard which shows a bit of inexperience. The last over went completely astray.
He bowled an excellent line in that over. Some more movement on a given delivery is bound to result in a wicket. The pace isn't there which can be because of Munaf not being fully fit or the pitch. I am not really concerned regarding the reason but Patel didn't do any thing extravagant after he was smacked for four in the next few deliveries and for me, he bowled a superb over.Munaf looking out of sorts.
Agreed, Munaf is hitting a decent line and length. No pace, but I reckon if he can do something similar to Pollock, and then have Kumble on the other end, it may work.
Another aspect of Patel is that he can extract an awkward bounce. He hasn't experimented with that too much in this spell yet maybe because it is early but once he starts doing that, it could be a handful. Then again, the bowler's pace and the pitch hasn't been helpful.
...is your coverage delayed? Feel you`re behind the majority of us.
TBH, I'll take a 1-1 series anyday.
I would agree with that generally. Kumble for example is getting slow bounce off the pitch as well. Graeme Smith looked so comfortable on separate deliveries off him. However for this test match, the two teams do not have consistently good batting line ups. India managed only a bit more than 400 and there is still a very good chance of a result here.
