India v New Zealand | CT warm up | Potchefstroom | 20/9/09

[adarsh_bang]

india have been pretty lack lusture off late... will they get into the groove today ??? how important is this game for ms dhoni's or vettori's boys ???

 

[adarsh_bang]

newzealand batting first

 

[adarsh_bang]

end of 1st over.. maiden by pravin kumar

 

[adarsh_bang]

rp singh to ryder....

 

[jusarrived]

losing this one might be a good thing

 

[Extreme Pace]

2 maidens on trot.

 

[adarsh_bang]

why would that be ???

 

[adarsh_bang]

looks like mc cullum has scored a boundary... 1st runs for nz... why dont we have ball by ball commentary like the other night ???

 

[adarsh_bang]

another boundary ... its boring and almost meaningles without ball by ball atleast... what say jusarrived ??

 

[Extreme Pace]

3 boundaries, hopefully NZ can soften up India for our match

 

[adarsh_bang]

anither boundary now.. 13 off that over from pravin kumar

 

[sehban]

27/0 4.1

 

[sehban]

31/0 4.2

 

[Jo_Don]

Kiwis off to a pretty solid start, hope they keep the momentum going

 

[Rizie]

RP doing good on SA pitches

 

[Oxy]

Is this one of the most uneventful match threads in PP history?

 

[Extreme Pace]

70/1 after 10. NZ off to a real flier.

 

[Boi]

Jesse Ryder playing well.

 

[161]

Indian quicks getting a spanking.

As I stated before I don't think India will do well in this tournament.

Their fast bowling still ain't good enough .

 

[IAJ]

looks like mc cullum has scored a boundary... 1st runs for nz... why dont we have ball by ball commentary like the other night ???

Yeah strange, cricindia becoming cricstan?

 

[siddharth]

We depend too much on spinners,not a good sign from the bowling.

 

[PakistanFan]

the 100 mph bowler getting hammered

 

[PakistanFan]

We depend too much on spinners,not a good sign from the bowling.

whats new here.....thats the case with india thru out their cricket history.. forget about world class, u never had a decent phaasht bowler ) kapil is an unknows entity outside India

 

[Extreme Pace]

Broom going crazy, 50 off 40. NZ looking for 290+ here

 

[Saj]

India's bowlers getting a bit of a pasting today from the Kiwis - 278 for 7 with 10 deliveries to go.

 

[Rizie]

48.3
Singh to Broom, SIX, again flicked over the boundry into the crowd on the onside
48.2
Singh to Broom, SIX, big shot over mid wicket boundry

 

[Extreme Pace]

Maybe the boundaries are too small ?

6 sixes in the last 5 overs.

 

[Mohsin]

india gonna need a 100 from the serial slapper if they wanna win this.

 

[Da Best]

india gonna need a 100 from the serial slapper if they wanna win this.

Bhajji to the rescue!!?!?! Never thought I would actually ever say that. Anyway, they've got to go against the likes of Bond and Vettori here.

 

[mindless slogging]

They'll have to rely on Tendulkar. Vettori will provide good challenge for Yuvraj and Bond for Raina.

 

[mindless slogging]

Did 'Ishan't bowl slow' Sharma bowl the phaasssssst bouncers he's been practising?

 

[PakistanFan]

choker midget is not playing today

 

[deep82]

Our seam bowling is exposed again......

Parveen, RP, Ishant.....all got hammered!!! With Nehra not inspiring any confidence, we are in for some real punishment...

My stopgap solution is to go with our strength which is clearly our spin bowling ( esp against match vs Aus).....Nishra didi good today....

Ishant
Nehra
Nayar (in place of yousuf)
Bhaji
Mishra

 

[Mohsin]

This team reminds me (as usual tbh) like the old india teams of the late 90s/2000s.
Forget about the bowling, if we're gonna win; we're gonna win because of our batting (thats to say there was a VERY small period where you had a proper penetrative bowling attack with some of these guys)

 

[deep82]

This team reminds me (as usual tbh) like the old india teams of the late 90s/2000s.
Forget about the bowling, if we're gonna win; we're gonna win because of our batting (thats to say there was a VERY small period where you had a proper penetrative bowling attack with some of these guys)

Zaheer, Sreesanth & Ishant are fine for me if they keep their head with Irfan & Munaf as backup....

Unfortuantly out of 5 mentioned above, only 1 is in CT squad....

RP, Nehra, Praveen just doesn't have enough talent to sustain at Int. level ( though thye might have odd good day)

 

[jusarrived]

Zaheer, Sreesanth & Ishant are fine for me if they keep their head with Irfan & Munaf as backup....

Unfortuantly out of 5 mentioned above, only 1 is in CT squad....

RP, Nehra, Praveen just doesn't have enough talent to sustain at Int. level ( though thye might have odd good day)

Nehra & PK are better ODI bowlers than Ishant an Sree , who are only good for Tests now ...its always been teh case with our bowling , very inconsistent but will win us a couple of matches & the rest our batting has to care . nothing to worry about

 

[deep82]

Now batting in doldrums....I am afraid its all going downhill for India......

Dhoni out of sorts 9(22) with his usual "let me play safe boring cricket"

raina & Darvid looke din good touch though...

Hope Yuvraj gets some time in the middle...



Sachin

 

[deep82]

Nehra & PK are better ODI bowlers than Ishant an Sree , who are only good for Tests now ...its always been teh case with our bowling , very inconsistent but will win us a couple of matches & the rest our batting has to care . nothing to worry about

My only worry is that none of the 3 pacers seems to complette their 10 overs recently...

Thats why it would be good that both bahji & Mishra play but that will screw the balance....

 

[adarsh_bang]

wow... india trying out nayar today.. good thing... did he bowl also ??

 

[jusarrived]

My only worry is that none of the 3 pacers seems to complette their 10 overs recently...

Thats why it would be good that both bahji & Mishra play but that will screw the balance....

dont worry , in Raina , Yuvi and YP , these guys are beter than some of teh frontline spinners in other teams

 

[deep82]

Going down 125/5

Yuvi cleaned up by Bond and Y Pathan playing test match........

 

[adarsh_bang]

dont worry , in Raina , Yuvi and YP , these guys are beter than some of teh frontline spinners in other teams

dam it pathan gone ... not good not good

 

[Jo_Don]

129/6, not looking good for the Indians.

 

[Khalil]

129/6, not looking good for the Indians.

129 for 6 against the hobbits )

 

[adarsh_bang]

damn.. i think we had 2 run outs today... today's game has got to be a wake up call... thankfully we have time till 26 th for our first game and our game vs west indies is the last so we'll know by exact what margin we'll need to beat em etc.....

todays game ?? bowling exposed..
batting bad bad too bad

 

[adarsh_bang]

good we're loosing today actually as jusarrived was suggesting earlier on.. btw... does this mishra guy bat ??? i think only way our bowling would be ok is to pick 2 spinners and 2 seamers....
wish ojha was picked he had a great ipl in s.a. too

 

[sehban]

malik with a boundary and he is on 99

 

[siddharth]

We are losing today,very good.

 

[adarsh_bang]

congrats to malik for a very well deserved hundred.. that'll silence his critics for now...

 

[adarsh_bang]

We are losing today,very good.

couldn't agree more brother

 

[adarsh_bang]

well played nayar.. out on 41.. but will he play in the real games ???

 

[IAJ]

well played nayar.. out on 41.. but will he play in the real games ???

Na don't think so.

 

[Jo_Don]

Game over, well played Kiwis

 

[adarsh_bang]

all over for india.. wake up guys !!!!!!!!!! comeon... showtime ..........

 

[adarsh_bang]

Na don't think so.

maybe he will get to compete with yusuf pathan for his place as allrounder

 

[Ryankhan]

So kiwis with a great win, nice to see that. glad to see bond with 2 wickets as he is my fav bowler....lets see in india could qualify for the semis

 

[deep82]

Pleasent surprise to see Mishra bat well....Nayar did well too....
Yousuf pathan is still living on IPL heriocs......time to give him a shock....

Overall pretty bad game but thank god its just a warmup...

Team against pak

sachin
gambhir
dravid
Yuvi
Dhoni
Raina
Nayar
Mishra
Bhaji
Ishant
Nehra

Kartik ( can't fit)
RP(crap)
Praveen(crap)
Y Pathan ( give a rude break to this guy!)

 

[the Great Khan]

Although a warmup this match does signify the importance of sachin..in essence if you get him cheaply likely chance is your gonna win here..looks India have gone back to relying on one man!!

 

[saqlain]

Recently, at least in my opinion, India is acting very much like Pakistan. They put on a good show one day and then a flop show the next day. It would be interesting to see how quickly they gain their form because they are up against Pakistan and Australia and that wont be easy. Especially with Pakistan and Australia with such a good form India has to come up with something special.

 

[pun500]

Recently, at least in my opinion, India is acting very much like Pakistan. They put on a good show one day and then a flop show the next day. It would be interesting to see how quickly they gain their form because they are up against Pakistan and Australia and that wont be easy. Especially with Pakistan and Australia with such a good form India has to come up with something special.

no they have been winning consistently of last 20 odd odis they have lost only 4-5

i am a little happy they got thrashed finally now we will see nayar in action who i believe is a better utility player than yusuf

besides he is a decent line and length seamer

we have to play mishra because the rest of bowling is useless

raina/yuvi/tendulkar are enough as part time spinners...hence we need a part time seamer