13th Match - India v South Africa

[Contra]

haha Sachin's at the ground and look at that roar!

 

[Flem274*]

this crowd is ridiculous. it's like a home game for india.

 

[Contra]

Sachin's WC record is phenomenal.

 

[OverratedSanity]

What's with the camera showing Tendulkar for the cheap pop from the crowd? Show us some South African chicks ffs.

 

[viriya]

AB showing why he's the best fielder of the last 8-10 years:
cricrate | Best/Worst ODI Fielding Careers

 

[Contra]

Really solid stuff this by Dhawan, glad to see him get his act together and really apply himself. Apart from those 3 short deliveries he's played the ball totally on merit. Put away the bad deliveries and block the good ones.

 

[Ferraz]

AB showing why he's the best fielder of the last 8-10 years:
cricrate | Best/Worst ODI Fielding Careers

Just wondering, any reason why Ponting's Drop % is so high?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Getting a bit cringeworthy here... enough of Sachin please.

 

[Contra]

don't lose your head guys, just bat normally.

 

[Athlai]

Is McCullum comfortably the best captain right now?

 

[halba]

don't lose your head guys, just bat normally.

not enough urgency shown, this is not going to cut it vs SAF.

its too slow

 

[Contra]

not enough urgency shown, this is not going to cut it vs SAF.

yeah what will cut it is India being 40/4 because they tried to hit deliveries that weren't there to be hit. This is a perfectly fine start, a few more runs would be nice, but wkts in hand is key.

 

[Swingpanzee]

Yeah as a SAF fan I'm desperately hoping India read halba's posts and decide to go at good balls and lose wickets.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah nah. Two new balls against the best pacers in the world. You can always catch up on runs if you don't gift wickets in the first 20.

 

[Adders]

not enough urgency shown, this is not going to cut it vs SAF.

its too slow

Is this your first time watching ODI cricket??

 

[Athlai]

Would back Dhawan and Kohli to go after Tahir though. May be worth the risk.

 

[cnerd123]

Yea it's been solid. Definitely 300+ conditions here though, so India will need to finish off strong.

 

[viriya]

Just wondering, any reason why Ponting's Drop % is so high?

It just so happens that I'm seeing his drops. It's a little unfair on him though since I only have data from 2006-, and he played the majority of his career before. One thing to notice here is that he has an insane direct hit rate - no one even comes close.

Please use:
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/65351-fielding-statistics-new-approach-12.html

for any further discussion on this so as to not derail the match thread.

 

[cnerd123]

So great to see Dhawan hit some form just as the WC has begun. Excellent.

Not great to see Rohit noping his way out each innings so far.

 

[OverratedSanity]

So great to see Dhawan hit some form just as the WC has begun. Excellent.

Not great to see Rohit noping his way out each innings so far.

Yeah pleased with Dhawan. He's applied himself solidly both matches. Don't get the hate for Rohit though... today wasn't a dismissal worthy of writing him off again.