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Laurrz

International Debutant
great news

8.28 local time: Dileep Premachandran, one half of our dynamic duo at the ground, says that the players have gone through their warm-ups. We have news now that a pitch inspection has been scheduled for 9.00 local time. What this means is that the toss has been delayed by half an hour, at least.

Now Jamie Alter, the other half of the duo, makes his observations: "The gates were open as early as 4 am here in Kochi, and by 8.15 the stadium had filled up sizeably with many still flocking in."

The main, and probably the only talking point right now is the weather. There is bright sunshine at the moment at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The covers are off and our sources at the ground have informed us that there is a very good chance of getting a game.

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apparently this is an 80 000+ seater.. brilliant
 
R_D

R_D

International Debutant
according to weather reports.. 50% chance of rain in Cochin.... looks like its going to be another washout.
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
According to cricinfo it's really sunny and the groundsmen are confident of getting a game. Anyway, Ganguly's out so I'd leave Gambhir to open with Tendulkar and bring Rohit Sharma in at #5, but I have a feeling the selectors will opt for Robin Uthappa. So long as Karthik doesn't play, I'll be fairly happy.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Awesome effort by the groundsmen - the hot coals on a corrugated iron thing was genius! The pitch could be interesting - those who like their ODIs with totals 350+ might want to whack in a DVD of the SA/Aus game...

:D
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Early reports indicate a few cracks on the pitch, India will likely play two spinners.
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Fox Sports are loving this. They've just played about 20 adds in a row and given us a highlight of Flintoff's 89 in Sydney.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Barry Richards was having a look at it - looks like it has some moisture in it, the surface has some give and is 'tacky', and there are grass clippings roled into it. Concur with his assessment that 250 will be a good score.
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Loving the commentator telling Gilly and Dhoni to pull their hats up so the people watching on T.V. can see their faces "in full glory". :laugh: :laugh:
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Harbhajan Powar and Hogg...on a wicket where Sachin bowling spin has two five for's !!

Should be fun.:)
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Uthappa in for Ganguly, be interesting to see whether he or Gambhir opens with Tendulkar.
 
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