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***Official India in New Zealand***
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Hmmm...New Zealand are doing very well at the moment. Excellent knock by Ryder, crafting a double ton when NZ were typically in the poo early on. Fine support from Taylor, McCullum, Vettori and Franklin too. Unfortunately for New Zealand, their pace line-up is still fairly modest (although not exactly crap).
Burpmybelly
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Sachin Tendulkar is such a wussy. If he wants to be called as one of the greatest batsmen, he should show the guts to come in at any time.
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
I thought it was a good decision. Benefit of the doubt must go to the batsmen in situations like that.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
To round this off, the Indian bowlers are flat-top victims. They don't have the firepower to take twenty wickets on a docile track as this. That said, it was an off-day for the fielders yesterday, and the after-effects were felt today. Harbhajan was criticised for not trying enough, and may even be suspect in a first-innings scenario. Yet, he took two wickets, which is more than what was achieved by some other bowlers. Patel was out of sorts, with no wicket, going for plenty. Sehwag and Yuvraj, called on to bowl 24 overs, were less than dire. They were missing Amit Mishra, clearly, with the effect that the New Zealand spinners had. This is something that needs to be thought of for the next Test.
The Indians' apparent weakness on green-tops isn't much of an issue, when there are none. They are, however, under a lot of pressure, when trailing by a massive total, and it has showed, even on flat wickets. Sehwag's dismissal is a matter of bad luck, but the same can't be said of Gambhir, who clearly threw his wicket away. Then there was a bizarre decision to send in a night watchman- and they sent in a sitting duck of a tailender.
The Indians, however, still have a good chance of making a comeback, and putting up at least 500. Dravid and Tendulkar are there in the middle, and both are in good form. We don't expect them to play such rash shots as the openers, so a much bigger partnership is expected. They still have Laxman, Yuvraj and Dinesh Karthik, all of whom can use a track like this to get big scores, and while Ishant was laughably inept here, Bhajji and Zaheer can do a lot better. They need to exploit this track fully, rather than let pressure get the better of them.
The Indians' apparent weakness on green-tops isn't much of an issue, when there are none. They are, however, under a lot of pressure, when trailing by a massive total, and it has showed, even on flat wickets. Sehwag's dismissal is a matter of bad luck, but the same can't be said of Gambhir, who clearly threw his wicket away. Then there was a bizarre decision to send in a night watchman- and they sent in a sitting duck of a tailender.
The Indians, however, still have a good chance of making a comeback, and putting up at least 500. Dravid and Tendulkar are there in the middle, and both are in good form. We don't expect them to play such rash shots as the openers, so a much bigger partnership is expected. They still have Laxman, Yuvraj and Dinesh Karthik, all of whom can use a track like this to get big scores, and while Ishant was laughably inept here, Bhajji and Zaheer can do a lot better. They need to exploit this track fully, rather than let pressure get the better of them.
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You've out-done yourself lad
adharcric
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Unless India's batsmen go crazy, it's still a draw IMO. Sehwag and Gambhir got out due to extra aggression (not good deliveries), whereas Dravid and Tendulkar didn't seem too troubled by these bowlers on this pitch. NZ need to strike early tomorrow and then India will really be under the gun.
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Note to Xuhaib: This is cricket, when there's no batsman at the other end, this means your team is "All Out".
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Zinzan
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Man, how can you say Sehwag's was bad luck?
He played what looked like a premeditated slog-sweep to a slow ball outside off-stump spinning away. It's neither uncommon or unlucky to get a toe-end or under-edge from a wreakless shot like that
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I thought they were both very good balls. Well, clever in Vettori's case and excellent flight from Patel.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
The way Sehwag bats, you don't tell him what to do- best results come when you let him do his own thing. On another day, that may have gone for a second six. He looked like running away with a massive partnership, and it would take a good ball or just good luck to get him out.
African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
I agree. Zaheer is a very good lower order batsman who actually gets in line.