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***Official*** Sri Lanka in India

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Anil

Hall of Fame Member
india has got off to a good start but they still only have 245 on the board and a rash of wickets early on the 2nd way could still turn the game sri lanka's way, they really have to put their heads down and consolidate....
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Looks like the Gods are definitely not with Vaas as the 300th seems to be very elusive - This nearly was it - :D
the very first ball of the day :D

75.5 Vaas to Ganguly, no run, good ball coming in after pitching,
Ganguly plays forward and gets hit on pad, a loud shout, not given
by the Umpire, it looked very close.
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
5/255 - Bandara joins Murali in the wicket takers club. 2 quick wickets and the game has swung back into equilibrium again . India still with SRT (108) and Dhoni at the wickets can build on depending on this partnership.

Poor Vaas misses out on his 300th - still waiting ! :( :(
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Another LBW - Sachin out to Murali .

6/256 - After missing out on several close LBW's yesterday - it seems they are going SL way today !! :D
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Make it 7/256
Murali takes 2 in the same over . Pathan out for a duck , caught this time .(not an LBW)

Murali takes his umpteenth 5 wicket haul. What about Vaas ? :( :(
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
And Bandara misses out on a second wicket -

83.6 Bandara to Agarkar, no run, dropped! short ball and turning away,
Agarkar cuts and gets a thickish edge, goes quickly to Samaraweera
at first slip, a tough chance put down.


I suspect that Anil Kumble and Bhajii will be rubbing their hands waiting for their turn, the way the pitch has started turning already !! :D
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Murali bowls another ball of the century to get Dhoni. It pitched at a perfect length on or just outside the legstump, turned towards the off, beat the bats edge and took the off stump. This coming from an off spinner - WOW !!

Warne will have to pitch one on or outside the off stump and take the leg stump to beat that :p
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
The number of times Avishka (Gunawardene) plays and misses or gets beaten, one feels he must have some favouritism from the Gods in terms of the chances he gets before he finally loses his wicket !! :D :D
 
atichon

atichon

School Boy/Girl Captain
21.6 Agarkar to Gunawardene, no run, short ball, ball kept low,
Gunawardene glances it and misses it, Dhoni misses and hits the
helmet behind him, 5 penalty runs awarded.
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Can someone explain to me what those penalty runs are ?
 
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andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
atichon said:
Can someone explain to me what those penalty runs are ?
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The fielding team can use a helmet for one of their players if they want to field really close to the batsman. When the helmet is not being used, it has to stay on the field. If that helmet is somehow hit, the batting side gets 5 extras. Why it's five, I don't know. So teams always place the helmet behind the wicketkeeper because they figure it's the last place the ball is going to go.
 
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Gideon

School Boy/Girl Captain
atichon said:
Can someone explain to me what those penalty runs are ?
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Sometimes fielders close to the bat wear helmets for safety. When not in use, the helmet (or any other loose equipment) may be placed on the field (usually behind the wicket-keeper, where it is unlikely to be hit by the ball). If any such loose fielding equipment is hit with the ball, five runs are scored, either to the batsman who hit the ball or as the appropriate form of byes. The ball is then considered dead and no further runs can be taken, nor can a batsman be run out.
 
James90

James90

Cricketer Of The Year
The fielding team left a helmet on the field. They placed it behind the wicketkeeper where it was less likely to be hit with the ball. The helmet was there because they had a short leg in place at one end but not from the other and they're not going to remove the helmet from the field every second over and the fielder isn't going to wear a helmet in the outfield. The penalty for the ball hitting that helmet is 5 runs.

I would give a better explanation but the official Rules & Regulations page is refusing to open.
 
James90

James90

Cricketer Of The Year
Gideon said:
Sometimes fielders close to the bat wear helmets for safety. When not in use, the helmet (or any other loose equipment) may be placed on the field (usually behind the wicket-keeper, where it is unlikely to be hit by the ball). If any such loose fielding equipment is hit with the ball, five runs are scored, either to the batsman who hit the ball or as the appropriate form of byes. The ball is then considered dead and no further runs can be taken, nor can a batsman be run out.
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The runs count as a "penalty" a seperate classification in the extras column. The runs don't count towards to batsman or as byes.
 
Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Just got back from work and logged on cricinfo to see the scores.

All I can say is DAMN! Murali is an absolute genius. What a turn around. 7-100 by a spinner against India in India is brilliant.
 
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