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[James]

Looking more and more than an Indian victory here I'd say. Picking a 4 wicket win to them.

 

[biased indian]

Time for dravid to retire..i would love to see rohit sharma, robin othapa, surish Riana and afew other young batsmans replacing him..

 

[biased indian]

Looking more and more than an Indian victory here I'd say. Picking a 4 wicket win to them.

aap ke mooh main ghee shakar

 

[Neil Pickup]

I'm not convinced that was quite as brilliantly bowled as Shiva suggests, but bugger me we needed that.

 

[biased indian]

I'm not convinced that was quite as brilliantly bowled as Shiva suggests, but bugger me we needed that.

i have checked score out twice today and India have lost a wicket both the times

so taking break from this will only check the score now 1 hour into post lunch session

if are to win think these 2 need to have a 100 run partnership now !!!!!

 

[Top_Cat]

Cricinfo weirdness;

Laxman faces his first ball;

43.6 Anderson to Laxman, no run, back of a length outside off stump and played to point

Then afterwards;

'VVS Laxman walks out'

Where's the going?!

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm not convinced that was quite as brilliantly bowled as Shiva suggests, but bugger me we needed that.

I do think he bowled it out there deliberately, but I agree that it wasn't the most awesome piece of bowling you'll ever see take a wicket.

 

[pskov]

I do think he bowled it out there deliberately, but I agree that it wasn't the most awesome piece of bowling you'll ever see take a wicket.

Yeah, to me it seemed like after Gambhir wafted at one out there earlier in the over Anderson thought well I'll give him another one there and see what happens.

And just as I'm typing, Bumble said exactly that.

 

[Athlai]

Bet365 still has India as favorites quite considerably.

Need 200 runs with 7 wickets in hand on a 5th day pitch.

With only 1 batsman in currently and a Yuvraj who can't buy a run to come.

 

[Goughy]

All India need is 1 partnership.

Certainly is possible.

 

[R_D]

100 runs partnership between Sachin and Laxman would be handy right now
Looks like Gambhir thought he was playing an one-day match..... thats seem to be his favourite shot is ODI's. Forgot there's usually fielders in that area in test matches.

 

[silentstriker]

A quality spinner does not bowl this many four balls in the fourth innings, especially on a pitch like this.

 

[Precambrian]

Bet365 still has India as favorites quite considerably.

Need 200 runs with 7 wickets in hand on a 5th day pitch.

With only 1 batsman in currently and a Yuvraj who can't buy a run to come.

You underestimate the batting prowess of Harbhajan Singh.

 

[Neil Pickup]

A quality spinner does not bowl these many four balls in the fourth innings, especially on a pitch like this.

A quality spinner also has variations in flight and pace. Just another of the several reasons why Panesar is not a quality spinner.

 

[Athlai]

You underestimate the batting prowess of Harbhajan Singh.

I also forgot Sidebottom wasn't playing.

 

[Athlai]

A quality spinner also has variations in flight and pace. Just another of the several reasons why Panesar is not a quality spinner.

Yeah if Vettori and MSP combined they'd be one helluva bowler though the overall losses in fielding and batting would be far too great to have this costly procedure done.

 

[steds]

Slipping into melancholy here.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Right, back to bed. See you later.

 

[Precambrian]

82/2 in 24 overs in that session. Awful Overrate but understandable.

 

[biased indian]

Not bad but would have been happy with one less wicket down

a similar session after lunch with one wicket is the order of the day ...think wont be bad idea for dhoni to come ahead of yuvi