*Official* Sri Lanka in India

[Shri]

Sehwag 86 short of 6000 test runs.

 

[Oscillatingmind]

I cant watch the telecast but seriously how flat and easy going is this pitch that both batsman are striking above 80. Are these matches simply to bump up averages or something sheesh, Sehwag only striking at 100, seriously needs to up his game..

 

[jboss]

AT LAST some secent cricket(pitch aside). This should set up a game that is not headed to a draw. Go India :-)

 

[cricman]

Lanka have themselfs to blame dropping viru on 0 but instead of 180/0 it be 150/1

 

[Howsie]

What's the pitch playing like? Flat as heck I'm guessing.

 

[Shri]

Assistance to the spinners from day 3 is the pitch report.

 

[Jono]

Important to judge the pitch after both teams have batted over a few days I think.

 

[Shri]

Has anyone hit 3 300s in test cricket?

 

[Jono]

Viru out.

Dang

Good knock.

 

[NUFAN]

India are going to get 450 plus today, so crazy!

 

[Shri]

Reminds of the time when Hayden and Langer did similar things to the other teams a few years back.

 

[social]

Irrespective of how flat the wicket is and how well the batsmen have played, 300 before tea on day one is primarily a result of absolutely woeful bowling

 

[Stapel]

AT LAST some secent cricket(pitch aside). This should set up a game that is not headed to a draw. Go India :-)

As promising as a big big first innings might be, one has to fear that 307/1 at tea simply means the track is too flat to get 20 wickets.

Assistance to the spinners from day 3 is the pitch report.

Well, that's what any report says when a wicket is flat. I'm not saying it won't assist spinners later, but the pitch report is hardly a good indicator.

Irrespective of how flat the wicket is and how well the batsmen have played, 300 before tea on day one is primarily a result of absolutely woeful bowling

I agree that poor bowling is a prerequisite for such a score. However, decent batting and a flat pitch are contributing at the same level.

 

[biased indian]

i think SL playing 3 spinners is one reason for this score..i haven't seen the play ..but i feel if both the teams combined select 5 spinners in the team this pitch has to do some thing on day 4 or 5

 

[Maximus0723]

you know things may well be very different if that bowl was caught?

Wicket is fine. Far better then last time. Bowlers have little confidence after Sehwag's assault.

Also, Sanga is playing way to defensive.

 

[Raghav]

idiotic pitches..idiotic hundreds...****ing matches

 

[Jono]

Sounds like an awesome catch by Murali?

Anyone watching the match, what have SL bowlers and Sanga done wrong? Cos its obviously something.

As Social says, even if a track is flat, a test batting team should never be scoring at 5rpo on day 1. Its ridiculous.

 

[Xuhaib]

Sounds like an awesome catch by Murali?

Anyone watching the match, what have SL bowlers and Sanga done wrong? Cos its obviously something.
As Social says, even if a track is flat, a test batting team should never be scoring at 5rpo on day 1. Its ridiculous.

agreeing to play a cricket match on a motorway.

 

[honestbharani]

idiotic pitches..idiotic hundreds...****ing matches

funny how it is only idiotic when Indians score these hundres..

 

[Raghav]

funny how it is only idiotic when Indians score these hundres..

bcoz they score big boring hundreds on their own flat pitches which makes a test match dull