*Official* - India in West Indies

[Jono]

Officially scared

 

[silentstriker]

Yea, it's pretty even I'd say.

 

[centurymaker]

west inidies match to lose.

think ishant bowled slower today

 

[hazsa19]

West Indies to make another 190 odd, on a tricky pitch, with just 7 wickets left? Can't see it myself. There's gotta be a collapse there somewhere.

 

[Daemon]

6.30am again. At least I'll get to sleep early tomorrow unless Chanders decides to bat at a strike rate of 30.

 

[Jono]

This chap Kumar doesn't look a Test bowler to me.

His action reminds me if someone - is it Graham Gooch's?

Praveen looks so distressingly rank when he gets it wrong.

For such a modestly paced bowler his control of line is pretty ordinary.

Does really swing it tho.

Reckon he should get some leeway. Obviously rattled by his warnings of running on the pitch.

Can't imagine how tough it'd be bowling like that on debut knowing you could be banned from the attack (again) if you transgress.

He needs to fix it up. He swings the ball both ways. Always going to be a valuable asset.

 

[MW1304]

Yeah there's very little chance of Windies doing it, but I really want to see Darren Bravo come of age this innings, play his usual classy way in a pressure situation, which we haven't really seen yet from such a talent.

Edit: Although admittedly he hasn't really had much chance.

 

[zaremba]

I'd put an awful lot of money on India from here. One more wicket and it all starts looking very bleak for the WI.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

6.30am again. At least I'll get to sleep early tomorrow unless Chanders decides to bat at a strike rate of 30.

Dude, you are a true test cricket lover. Respect!

Just make sure you don't end up getting a divorce notice at the end of this series.

 

[zaremba]

Reckon he should get some leeway. Obviously rattled by his warnings of running on the pitch.

Can't imagine how tough it'd be bowling like that on debut knowing you could be banned from the attack (again) if you transgress.

He needs to fix it up. He swings the ball both ways. Always going to be a valuable asset.

I'm judging him on the basis of seeing him bowl a few balls, which may not be fully fair.

But he does have "trundler" written all over him. Were he English he'd make a handy little career for himself in county cricket and play the odd unsuccessful "horses for courses" Test at Headingley when the ball would mysteriously stop swinging for him as Australia cruised to 650-4 dec. I know because I grew up on his sort, and the scars remain.

 

[Langeveldt]

Fascinating test match this, I love games where most of the innings scores are around 200.. Really looking forward to tomorrow

 

[hazsa19]

Fascinating test match this, I love games where most of the innings scores are around 200.. Really looking forward to tomorrow

It really is a great Test Match pitch. just a shame there's no-one there to see it.

 

[GotSpin]

I just can't see the Windies getting another 195 runs with 7 wickets in hand. But if anyone can do it, its Shiv!

Maybe Sammy will score a blistering 80 not out or something to bring them home

 

[MW1304]

I just can't see the Windies getting another 195 runs with 7 wickets in hand. But if anyone can do it, its Shiv!

Maybe Sammy will score a blistering 80 not out or something to bring them home

Ohh that would actually be the best thing to ever happen!

 

[Cruxdude]

Going to be an interesting day tomorrow. The number of boundaries given away is a problem here. Think Bravo is going to be a big wicket. He can score quickly and reduce the target to manageable proportions in quick time.

 

[NasserFan207]

India should win this easily IMO.

Just need one more wicket really

 

[Bun]

As I said before, we are going to wrap this up by an hour after lunch

 

[TumTum]

Yeah India have this easy. I am yet to be convinced by Bravo, on occasions he looks really classy and on others his technique looks suspect. Also I don't think he looks that much like Lara, for example against spinners he really doesn't look comfortable.

 

[Cevno]

Indian bowlers got a bit complacent yesterday and panicked when countered.
Should bowl better today.

 

[Xuhaib]

can't understand all the Bravo love watched the entire Pak series and he looked village against the spinners can't see the pattern changing in the current series.