India v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Bangalore | Day2 | 9/12/07

[Showman]

India are at 365/5. Shoaib Akhtar back on the field. Game on!

 

[161]

India v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Bangalore | Day 2 | 9/12/07

Good morning, afternoon and evening everyone.

Lets get these 5 wickets quickly.

Karthik is shaky and it's that tail after him.

 

[Showman]

Arafat opens the bowling today, will be interesting to see when/if Shoaib comes on to bowl....well if he doesn't bowl theres no point in having him on the field, so I expect he will bowl.

 

[12thMan]

Akhtrar won't be able to bowl for a while (2-3 hours) depending on how long he was off the field yesterday and if he came back in last session

 

[Showman]

Arafat almost gets the edge!...4 byes now though.

 

[Showman]

lol, Arafat hits Ganguly on the helmet and 4 byes again.

 

[161]

gangs head butts one for a 4.

 

[qaiser]

sami is the most unlucky bowler i've seen his good balls dont get wicket and his bad balls never get spared

 

[Showman]

That wasnt a bad delivery, Sami unlucky there to go for four though.

 

[the true passionist]

sami is the most unlucky bowler i've seen his good balls dont get wicket and his bad balls never get spared

got to agree on that.

 

[Showman]

Ah! Sami denied the lbw there! What happened there? That was out! Koertzen denies Sami!

 

[161]

wow .. fuk rudi .. that was dead plumb !!

 

[the true passionist]

that was out....no shots offered.

 

[qaiser]

rudi didnt give clear lbw
good job rudi

 

[Showman]

Sami's unluckiness there once again assisted by Rudi's stupidity.

 

[the true passionist]

Sami is furious.

 

[12thMan]

How did Karthick not get out on that LBW appeal

 

[the true passionist]

Good start for Pakistan...just want to see them play well.

Winning seems to be out of the equation already unless for a miracle.

 

[qaiser]

i am sure finger had gone up it was pak bat

 

[ahsan17]

Why does ICC continue to persist with these below average, incompetent umpires? (Rudi, Doctrove, etc) It's beyond me. These guys have proven again and again that they aren't good enough to umpire and First-class level, forget International.

 

[qaiser]

thats why they only umpire in pak matches

 

[inzibhai]

what an idiot this guy rudi is....how was that not out?

why is ICC allowing him to umpire in pakistan matches? didn't he call us cheater something? ICC is a bigger loser than Rudi..

 

[invincible]

The good thing from India's POV is Ganguly seems to continue from where he left off yesterday.

Karthik however owes a dinner to Rudi That was dead-plumb ! Dont think it will matter much though. Just a matter of couple of overs before he heads back to pavillion. Pity really to watch him struggle as such, considering he is a young and exciting talent.

 

[inzibhai]

nice feilding by shobby.....

what was that all about?

 

[invincible]

Ganguly's sublime knock continues.

12 runs off the over and signs of Akhtar struggling ! I doubt he will bowl many overs today.

 

[Showman]

Arafat goes for 12 runs in the over. Akhtar couldn't stop it!

 

[siimo]

Poor cricket from Akhtar. Terrible fielding

 

[inzibhai]

carrying around teammates can do so much to you .....nice way of training i guess

 

[12thMan]

Lawson explaining Malik what the people are doing on the ground

 

[qaiser]

sami back to bowling 5-6th stump

 

[12thMan]

maiden over

 

[invincible]

First half an hour of second day's play goes by. India have done well not to concede a wicket. Ganguly has looked good. I only hope he carries on to pile on further runs for India and bat Pakistan out of the game and eventually the series.

 

[UP]

Poor fielding by Salman at covers

 

[inzibhai]

guess thats all Lawson can do ......there are no question being ask ..just make as much money as you can and while you can....Lawson is having time of his life, so does DNA and so does Mushy ..

 

[UP]

444444444 to Ganguly

 

[invincible]

Pull shot for FOUR !

Ganguly playing aggresively here. Should take pressure off Karthik

 

[12thMan]

uniform look extra white. Surf it looks like

 

[Showman]

Theres only so much a coach can do. In the end, its the players on the field who make the difference.

 

[UP]

oh man 4 more to Karthick

 

[Plasma]

yaar we need gangu here...

 

[UP]

Ind 402-5

 

[invincible]

Superb cover drive by Karthik ! This is what we saw of him in england. Swing or no swing, he used to get to the pitch of the ball and drive authoritatively.

 

[Pathan007]

Pak playing shi8 cricket. watch Hatton vs Mayweather. it's about to start.

 

[12thMan]

bad news for India. They didn't touch 400 but skipped it. Professor warned them
Ind 402-5

 

[Pathan007]

this game is gone for Pak. we only have 2options from hereon, either to lose or draw.

 

[invincible]

Sami too afraid to attack the stumps ! Pitching it way outside the off stump to Ganguly. Must be a ploy to test his patience. Not working as of now

 

[UP]

Why it always happens to us Dravid was not given out when he was plumb at Delhi and today it was Karthick because of f*** umpiring by clowns

 

[invincible]

Why it always happens to us Dravid was not given out when he was plumb at Delhi and today it was Karthick because of f*** umpiring by clowns

What of the second test when Dravid was wrongly given out ?? These things tend to balance out. If you continue to attribute failures to luck or lack of it, you can never be a winning team !

 

[inzibhai]

ohhh...good fielding by shobby....

 

[inzibhai]

Why doesn't Gangu retire ....we have no intentions of getting him out anyway...

 

[invincible]

ohhh...good fielding by shobby....

Followed up well by Sami

 

[rahulrulezz]

i dont know whats wrong with some pakistani fans... always whining about umpiring decisions....

 

[161]

amer sohail saying that yk didn't pick the right final 11 .. but was it his call or our overbearing selectors ?

 

[qaiser]

danny boy bowling, fielding like 70 yr old.

 

[invincible]

Ganguly gets a single off the last ball to long-on. Moves onto 149* !

 

[UP]

What of the second test when Dravid was wrongly given out ?? These things tend to balance out. If you continue to attribute failures to luck or lack of it, you can never be a winning team !

mate when Dravid was not given out in Delhi it was the most crunch time of the game and it demoralized Pakistan and if he had gone out at that time who knows what would had happened ?

 

[invincible]

i dont know whats wrong with some pakistani fans... always whining about umpiring decisions....

Hey Good day for piling on runs for us

 

[rahulrulezz]

abhi..... dont you think its time for Manoj Tiwary to come...see that guys average, strike rate in Test, ODIS and T20.... highest scorer in domestic in all formats...I donnt know why selectors keep ignoring this guy...

 

[Monsee]

i dont know whats wrong with some pakistani fans... always whining about umpiring decisions....

Stop taking the Pis.s, even Arun Lal said "I don't know how he (Karthick) got away with that; it was going to hit the off stump!"

Not every time someone mentions a poor decision, he is automatically whinging...

 

[invincible]

Indians going at 4.1 rpo. All credit to Yuvi !

 

[UP]

i dont know whats wrong with some pakistani fans... always whining about umpiring decisions....

Mr Rahul that was plumb and even commentator said how he got away with that even 10 year old would have given it out.

 

[invincible]

abhi..... dont you think its time for Manoj Tiwary to come...see that guys average, strike rate in Test, ODIS and T20.... highest scorer in domestic in all formats...I donnt know why selectors keep ignoring this guy...

Yeah, he has an average of 60 in first class I think. He was picked for the Bangladeshi tour but got injured mid-way. He needs to be given a good run in the ODI`s before any chance of entering into the test arena. And entering into the ODI squad seems quite tough especially with the recent sucess of youngsters like Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, and Gambhir.

 

[Oxy]

Pak playing shi8 cricket. watch Hatton vs Mayweather. it's about to start.

Thats where I am - just checking PP for updates...

 

[qaiser]

dani boy is going to hurt somebody. now who its going to be keeper or someone from out field

 

[qaiser]

sami tiring out

 

[invincible]

Pakistan have been appalling in the field today. Way too many mis-fields and balls let through. Morale is quite low and effort is minimal.

 

[invincible]

50 partnership comes up India in the driving seat.

Sami bowling high 130's now !

 

[UP]

50 partnership comes up special thanks to Mr Rudi

 

[Lightning]

Why the Fukin hell is Kaneria in the team? I've had it with this brainless idiot of a bowler. Absolute rubbish spinner. Every effin ball is a half volley!! **** man.

 

[qaiser]

that lbw could have made a big difference, but nothing we can do

 

[JosheelaKaptan]

mate when Dravid was not given out in Delhi it was the most crunch time of the game and it demoralized Pakistan and if he had gone out at that time who knows what would had happened ?

and numerous LBW shouts that were not given of Salman Butt, Yusuf and a caught at Forward Shortleg(clear inside edge if you remember) of YK(just the ball before he got got out in second innings)..in Delhi match..
What about Sami LBW and Misbah cuaght at Fourward short leg in last match.. none of this mattered either..
STOP Whining.. You are losing with a whipping..Not to forget RD's caught behind in last match.. they are all decisions that went for Pakistan..
Atleast we arent escaping on nicks..
Karthik's decision had enough doubt.. ball was hitting off and none was sure how much it will come in.. Impact was outside off and sure it added to doubt even if no shot was offered..

 

[qaiser]

changing the whole team sparing yunus, yusuf, misbah is needed

 

[qaiser]

i would be surprised if pak lose this match. looks like heading for draw and selectors and chairman will take credit as if they won.

 

[invincible]

and numerous LBW shouts that were not given of Salman Butt, Yusuf and a caught at Forward Shortleg(clear inside edge if you remember) of YK(just the ball before he got got out in second innings)..in Delhi match..
What about Sami LBW and Misbah cuaght at Fourward short leg in last match.. none of this mattered either..
STOP Whining.. You are losing with a whipping..

So true !

 

[Lightning]

Kaneria sucks. Has to be the dumbest specialist bowler to have taken 200 wickets.

 

[qaiser]

another sitting half wolley by dani boy. in india, he wont be even selected for first class matches

 

[161]

GONE !!



i'm going to bed


wake me up when shoaib is back.

 

[rahulrulezz]

GONE !!



i'm going to bed


wake me up when shoaib is back.

SIX!!

wake up at six am canadian time because thats when match gets over and most probably thats when Shoaib will come back

 

[Lightning]

Arafat takes 4.

 

[Dhonifan]

and numerous LBW shouts that were not given of Salman Butt, Yusuf and a caught at Forward Shortleg(clear inside edge if you remember) of YK(just the ball before he got got out in second innings)..in Delhi match..
What about Sami LBW and Misbah cuaght at Fourward short leg in last match.. none of this mattered either..
STOP Whining.. You are losing with a whipping..Not to forget RD's caught behind in last match.. they are all decisions that went for Pakistan..
Atleast we arent escaping on nicks..
Karthik's decision had enough doubt.. ball was hitting off and none was sure how much it will come in.. Impact was outside off and sure it added to doubt even if no shot was offered..

Beat that, Pakistan!