***Official*** India in Sri Lanka

[SJS]

This is the 15th time a team has had four centurions in a match - 4th time for Sri Lanka and 5th time against India !

One more hundred and they will join Pakistan and Australia at the top.

 

[masterblaster]

This is an absolute demolition job and is getting really painful to watch. This ageing Indian side looks really tired and I don't like our chances of batting out this match. Although the endurance levels in the likes of Tendulkar and Dravid are phenomenal. I'm not really expecting too much from Karthik, Ganguly or Laxman in this game.

 

[stumpski]

Sri Lanka finally declared at 600-6 - the seventh time they've reached that mark in Tests, six of those since 2001.

 

[lionheart]

what the **** does welegedera have to do to get back into the side?

 

[chaminda_00]

what the **** does welegedera have to do to get back into the side?

Last I heard he was injuried, but with his lack of pace and inability to bat, he will struggle.

 

[Manee]

He does not have a lack of pace, he looked pretty sharp when he bowled against England, got up to 140kph.

 

[duffer]

Loving this Dravid v Mendis. Hope Rahul is up for a huge one and Gambhir is looking nice out there too. Not as impressed with Arun Lal, he's been particularly painful to listen to today.

EDIT: Crap Gambhir out as I typed that. Crap crap crap.

 

[duffer]

Mendis gets Dravid first pole in Tests. Bamboozled him too. We're up **** creek here now.

 

[Lostman]

Mendis + Murali !!! this was worth the wait for the last 2 days and staying up the whole night.

 

[duffer]

Rahul's face after that ball was Gattingesque after Warne got him.

 

[duffer]

Mendis + Murali !!! this was worth the wait for the last 2 days and staying up the whole night.

Great effort by Sri Lanka if they can force a result on a pitch like this. Not a terrible surface by any stretch. Watching Ganguly that over, he's trying to play Mendis really really late. Not sure anyone is confident of picking him.

 

[Leslie1]

I wonder if Murali's praise on this kid Mendis is well deserved... "break all sorts of records"

 

[duffer]

Reckon Ganguly got lucky against Murali last over. Lanka should've reviewed that. Meanwhile Sachin taking the other route against Murali and getting fully forward and smothering the spin.

 

[duffer]

Another review now, Mendis to Ganguly

EDIT: Not out, fair enough call for mine.

 

[duffer]

Murali gets Sachin now, trying to pull his bat away last second and draggin it back on.

Innings defeat coming up here. Gutted.

 

[Leslie1]

This is rusty Indian batting... compared to Sri Lanka coming off a series.

 

[TT Boy]

Mendis + Murali !!! this was worth the wait for the last 2 days and staying up the whole night.

Indeed. It’s been great watching these two operate in tandem.

 

[duffer]

Looking at the dismissals again, Sehwag just leaves me gobsmacked. No stranger to throwing his wicket but I think today took the cake trying to hook a ball that was heading close to first slip.

Gambhir closed the face on a ball he thought was a doosra and got a leading edge, while Rahul was just done good. Looking at the Sachin wicket he seemed to pick the doosra just fine but for some reason didn't tuck the bat behind the pad and let the ball spin past.

I'll probably jinx him but Ganguly looks decent although he had one hairy lbw that should've been referred.

And now bad light saves us for now with two spinners bowling.

 

[TT Boy]

I'll probably jinx him but Ganguly looks decent although he had one hairy lbw that should've been referred.

I thought he was out on the one that was referred.

 

[duffer]

I thought he was out on the one that was referred.

Hawkeye had it clipping the outside of leg didn't it? I thought fair enough to be not out. And also if the third umpire sends back any doubt I think what will happen is the onfield umpire would probably choose to stick with his initial decision rather than change it.