India v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Bangalore | Day 1 | 8/12/07

[Amjid Javed]

India 19/1

 

[Plasma]

I'm liking arafats bowling, very good lenth and line

 

[Amjid Javed]

Arafat bowling nice and full! Good to see!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

whats the speed these guys are bowling at?
shoaib, sami and my choice-Arafat?

mid 80s for Arafat and low 90s/high 80s for Akhtar.

 

[the true passionist]

Arafat making the batsmen play...a good start.

 

[Plasma]

whats the speed these guys are bowling at?
shoaib, sami and my choice-Arafat?

Shoaib is 142+

Sami arounf 135

Arafat going from 132 to 136/7

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

drinks break....this half session has belonged to sami...

 

[Amjid Javed]

India 20/1 after 11 overs play

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Arafat bowling nice and full! Good to see!

would have been interesting to see him bowl that length with the new ball first up...but ooo well nothing like seeing akhtar bowlin bouncers for no wickets

 

[Rajan]

mid 80s for Arafat and low 90s/high 80s for Akhtar.

Thanks Boss.

 

[the true passionist]

We need to break this partnership because both of these batsmen are technically very correct, and once they settle down, it will be extremely difficult to get them out.

 

[Showman]

oh God, here come Shiva and Ramiz on commentary now.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

brilliant ball from M Sami but couldn't find the edge

 

[darkmoon459]

Good to see that Sami is all fired up today.

 

[Amjid Javed]

7.4 Mohammad Sami to Gambhir, OUT, Gone! short of a good length and outside the off stump, Gambhir feels for that one outside the off stump and only manages an edge as the ball moves away a fraction. The edge carries - that's a first in this series - and Kamran Akmal dives to his left and takes a good catch
G Gambhir c wicketkeeperKamran Akmal b Mohammad Sami 5 (19b 1x4 0x6) SR: 26.31

????i am not watching, just following on cricinfo. r u watching live?
was it pitched up?

Yeah i am watching live was pretty pitched up ball.

 

[Plasma]

awww 4..

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

indian batsmen set to do great on Australian pitches

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 for jaffer and then a play and miss.

 

[HIT64]

where is akhtar?????????????????????

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

whoever balls jaffer on his legs...should be spanked....

 

[iZeeshan]

Sami starting to lose it a little...

 

[Amjid Javed]

Brilliant flick of middle stick for 4!

Jaffer moves onto 13*

 

[PlanetPakistan]

fine shot from jaffer there-

 

[Plasma]

where is akhtar?????????????????????

his back isn't that good, off the field.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

28/1 - Dravid beaten again

 

[Amjid Javed]

India 29/1

 

[HIT64]

siva talking about batting now............

 

[PlanetPakistan]

good pace from Arafat- 141 kph

 

[tauseefm]

wow yasir bowled 141 k .. not bad bowling

 

[Veteran]

not good news about Shoaib's back. We don't have that much backup bowling

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

everything ok with arafats action????

 

[Plasma]

Arafat bowls one at 141.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

wow- nice cutter from yasir and then he is hit for a 4

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

very good ball...but unlucky bowlers of ours

 

[the true passionist]

Arafat has just shifted his line to outside off...I thought his line in the first over was better.

But a classic inswinger.. that is what he known for.

 

[linuxaddict]

SA UTAH fighting it out..

 

[Amjid Javed]

OOHH!

An in-dipper and it just misses the off-stick!

 

[HIT64]

Shoaib as popular as tendulkar in india.......................every1 adores him ...................

 

[Plasma]

What a delivery!!!!!!! Dravid got owned!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Classical dravid cover drive for 4 to finish over!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Jaffer has not once been drawn onto front foot!

bowl fuller to him outside off stick! ffs!

 

[dinakar]

Arafat bowls one at 141.

I got doubt speed gun. those deliveries were looking slow, but the speed gun showing 138-141 kmph speed.. the first ball Dravid slashed and ball went past him much later.

 

[Amjid Javed]

There we go a full ball and a swing and miss!

Point proven!

 

[the true passionist]

IND 38/1

we need another one before lunch.

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 for jaffer!

38/1

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

big moment in the game this might be....change of ball could help pakistan...

 

[Amjid Javed]

I recon Pathan would have wrecked havoc on this wicket india bowled 1st there is something there for swing bowlers!

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

danish 'useless' kaneria ...falling on his ass again

 

[Plasma]

yaar, no nice looking girl all throughout the tour.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Poor fielding by kaneria as per usual!

 

[the true passionist]

I recon Pathan would have wrecked havoc on this wicket india bowled 1st there is something there for swing bowlers!

I agree...we would be 3 down...He might still do it when we come out to bat.

 

[purplehaze]

Well played by Dravid for four. He's looking in good form at home ground!!

India 44/1 ...

Looks like a good cricketing pitch with a bit for bowlers/ batsman each

 

[Amjid Javed]

Dravid hammers one thru covers for 4.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

kaneria....useless....coming on to bowl....thank goodness he took off those sun glasses...

 

[Plasma]

Poor fielding by kaneria as per usual!

yaar that was ok, at least he stopped it.

 

[purplehaze]

yaar, no nice looking girl all throughout the tour.

and that makes this tour a very disappointing one for Pakistan fans, ritey?

 

[Amjid Javed]

DK onto bowl now...

 

[Amjid Javed]

Almost a c & b 1st ball!

 

[purplehaze]

Always felt Kaneria bowling is much better than what his stats suggest. Bit unlucky perhaps ...

 

[Amjid Javed]

Kaneria looks fired up here!

 

[nikred]

dani playing rough )

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

kaneria useless bowls a maiden

 

[Amjid Javed]

Maiden to start with...

 

[Logical]

the wall is brokennn as Arafat strikes !

 

[purplehaze]

Big wicket for Pakistan! Dravid departs ....

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

yaar that was ok, at least he stopped it.

maybe he should go and play in the gallis of his village then

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

youngster gets dravid

 

[the true passionist]

Dravid gone...Arafat takes his wicket.

Dravid continues his poor record at Banglore.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

good catchy by misbah

 

[Amjid Javed]

Gone!

Dravid slashes one to 1st slip!

 

[Plasma]

Out!!!

 

[Imy]

Good ball came in Indians have a big problem with in dippers ala Asif

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

i have to say....pakistanis are really at best during their initial games...when they are trying to make an impression...once they have some success their effort starts to go down the drain

 

[Amjid Javed]

Arafats 1st wicket!

great bucket like hands catch by misbah!

 

[kablooee87]

Dravid was uncharacteristically playing too many shots today. Not his usual self. I suspect he was trying to be positive to get back into form but it hasn't worked.

 

[161]

arafat did in a few overs what sami took 3 matches to do ...

 

[Amjid Javed]

Ganguly comes out to loud roars

 

[Plasma]

maybe he should go and play in the gallis of his village then

maybe you should look at the replay, it was far from him and hit hard. That was going for 4.

And what a first wicket for Arafat!! Dravidddd

 

[Amjid Javed]

India 44/2

 

[the true passionist]

where is Akhtar...Ganguly is in man!