India v Sri Lanka |1st Test | Ahmedabad | Nov 16-20

[GLORY OF '92]

SL need to get at least 2 wkts in the first session. Indians as shown in Bangalore vs us in 2005 struggle under pressure in the 4th innings even with wkts in hand. A collapse in the final session?

 

[jatt799]

look like sl will win but u never now gg he bat well aginst nz.he's a good player

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Consecutive boundaries for Misra sahib.

 

[OZGOD]

Centurion No.6 coming up...

 

[OZGOD]

Mishra gone 3/209

 

[tdigi]

I am bored.

 

[tdigi]

Someone kidnap Russel.

 

[khanlala]

Russel on Dilshan,

"he is the kind of player you want in your team, and then a pause....he is the palyer you dont want in your opponent team"

ok thanks..

 

[tdigi]

Russel on Dilshan,

"he is the kind of player you want in your team, and then a pause....he is the palyer you dont want in your opponent team"

ok thanks..

 

[tdigi]

Murali's bowling average for 2nd innings in India is a staggering 70

 

[adit_sh]

Don't forget

1 double ton
4 tons
4 half tons

and most importantly

THE YUVI GOT 68

you forgot - DHONI got ton The pitch has to be a travesty.

 

[adit_sh]

GG Gone -

Travesty or Result? I dont mind INdia losing here atleast it will generate the test match interest and put series to more stiff contest.

 

[OZGOD]

Bummer. I think we're screwed. We won't be able to pull an Adelaide '06.

 

[moumotta]

Sehwag and Gambhir gave away their wickets, Dravid claimed by the umpire- Lankans can only claim Misra that too from a fantastic catch not their world class attack.

 

[OZGOD]

Sehwag and Gambhir gave away their wickets, Dravid claimed by the umpire- Lankans can only claim Misra that too from a fantastic catch not their world class attack.

You seem a bit upset Mou. Is your team's performance in this Test creating cause for concern?

 

[moumotta]

You seem a bit upset Mou. Is your team's performance in this Test creating cause for concern?

Not really, except for the first 45 minutes of day 1, every thing was as good or bad as the other team.

 

[Poison]

This is such a crap game.

 

[OZGOD]

When will they call this off? Clearly there's going to be no result.

 

[90MPH]

When will they call this off? Clearly there's going to be no result.

Probably when the little midget gets another 100.

 

[90MPH]

Unbelievable !

Why has the match not been called off ??????.........Just so the little midget Tendu can get another meaningless 100 !

What a selfish midget Tendu is.

 

[90MPH]

Even Bruce Yardley thinks its a sick joke.

 

[chandulara]

Sanga wanted to walk off but tendy begged him for some more time to get to his 100

 

[90MPH]

Bruce Yardley: "I don't understand this, this game is going nowhere"

 

[OZGOD]

Tendy 13 short of this ton, VVS 49 short. Can they make it in the 13 overs left?

 

[90MPH]

I hope the Sri Lankans bowl as wide off the stumps as they can.

 

[Indiafan]

Unbelievable !

Why has the match not been called off ??????.........Just so the little midget Tendu can get another meaningless 100 !

What a selfish midget Tendu is.

Its not his choice. Its both captain's. And please stop the name calling. Abusing players is against forum rules

 

[PapaBear]

This is ridiculous, this travesty should be abandoned, Sangakara very unhappy that match is going on. Typical India, going for personal records rather than cricket.

 

[OZGOD]

Come on Tendy, 13 to go! 2 sixes mate.

 

[Howzat]

lol....love the heartburn on this site when Sachin does well.

 

[OZGOD]

Woohoo by Tendy, 9 to go! A six and a boundary will do it mate.

 

[90MPH]

Its not his choice. Its both captain's. And please stop the name calling. Abusing players is against forum rules

Midget is not name calling.

Sorry but I have lost all respect for Tendu, this is just proven to me he only cares about personal milestones.

 

[OZGOD]

 

[PapaBear]

lol....love the heartburn on this site when Sachin does well.

Sachin always does well in meaningless matches, when is the last time he won a match for India?

 

[OZGOD]

Come on VVS, give the strike to Tendy!

 

[chandulara]

Sanga wanted to walk off but sachin wanted to carry on for his 100

 

[90MPH]

I bet even Dhoni is embarassed by this debacle.

 

[OZGOD]

OMG Laxman plays out a maiden! And total 11 balls without a scoring shot?

124.5 Welegedara to Tendulkar, no run, goes back to leaving as this pitches wide and angles across
124.4 Welegedara to Tendulkar, no run, leans into a drive to a tumbling Mathews at mid-off
124.3 Welegedara to Tendulkar, no run, full and wide, Tendulkar watches it through to the keeper
124.2 Welegedara to Tendulkar, no run, and again, it is outside off, and Tendulkar offers no stroke
124.1 Welegedara to Tendulkar, no run, well outside offstump, left alone by Tendulkar

End of over 124 (maiden) India 405/4
VVS Laxman 51* (146b 5x4) HMRKB Herath 38-5-96-2
SR Tendulkar 93* (195b 10x4) AD Mathews 15-6-29-1

123.6 Herath to Laxman, no run, fuller ball and he smothers it back
123.5 Herath to Laxman, no run, tossed up into the rough, patted away to the leg side
123.4 Herath to Laxman, no run, works it away off the pads to square leg
123.3 Herath to Laxman, no run, now he goes back and glances it out to deep square leg
123.2 Herath to Laxman, no run, again into the rough outside leg and he watches it turn away
123.1 Herath to Laxman, no run, spins well outside leg stump and Laxman watches it go by

Herath comes back with a draw around the corner. Over the stumps. Slip in place.

 

[adit_sh]

Sanga wanted to walk off but sachin wanted to carry on for his 100

Whats the big deal. Test match is no where so lets make atleast
100s? whats wrong with it.

 

[OZGOD]

Woot from Tendy

 

[90MPH]

Whats the big deal. Test match is no where so lets make atleast
100s? whats wrong with it.

The last 1 hour did not have to be played !!!

Sanga and the Sri Lankans wanted to come off because the match is dead But Tendu did not, for a obvious reason.

 

[chandulara]

Whats the big deal. Test match is no where so lets make atleast
100s? whats wrong with it.

If Lara had the same attitude he would have got 50 100's

 

[OZGOD]

OMG Laxman plays out another maiden!

125.6
Herath to Laxman, no run, pads away the ball landing outside leg stump
125.5
Herath to Laxman, no run, again outside leg stump and again he works it to the fielders
125.4
Herath to Laxman, no run, gets back and knocks this ball to square leg
125.3
Herath to Laxman, no run, makes some room and pushes the ball inside-out to extra cover
125.2
Herath to Laxman, no run, tossed up outside the pads, he goes for a paddle and misses
125.1
Herath to Laxman, no run, pitches outside leg stump, Laxman pats it back

Give the strike to Tendy!

 

[moumotta]

Sanga wanted to walk off but sachin wanted to carry on for his 100

No one stopped Sanga from walking off

 

[OZGOD]

Put Tendy back on

 

[OZGOD]

Laxman just give Tendy the strike!

 

[rvd]

The last 1 hour did not have to be played !!!

Sanga and the Sri Lankans wanted to come off because the match is dead But Tendu did not, for a obvious reason.

That is laughable. I hope you dont believe the idea that the Sri Lankans or the Pakistanis would not have done this on their home grounds in front of a large crowd. The match could have been called off 6 overs ago and it hasnt been. It will go one more over after this. There is a relatively large crowd (for a test match) there to watch the match. Why not reward them by Tendulkar getting a century? This affects you how? If it bothers you so much, then turn off the tv.

 

[rvd]

If Lara had the same attitude he would have got 50 100's

And yet Tendulkar has the higher strike rate.....

 

[OZGOD]

Laxman hasn't scored a run in the last 27 deliveries he's faced, and in the last 7 overs overall

 

[Howzat]

Sachin always does well in meaningless matches, when is the last time he won a match for India?

I love it when people open their mouth with no knowledge. That was not too long ago. Why don't you do your homework and tell me when was that.

 

[OZGOD]

Laxman at least give Tendy the strike so he can get his ton

 

[adit_sh]

Sachin always does well in meaningless matches, when is the last time he won a match for India?

Chill Dude - dont ask this question for Mahilla JW etc...

Against NZ this year http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/366628.html

Against England last year with his 4th innings 100

 

[OZGOD]

I love it when people open their mouth with no knowledge. That was not too long ago. Why don't you do your homework and tell me when was that.

Now now kiddies, no fighting over a dead match please

 

[OZGOD]

Woohoo Laxman is off strike and Tendy is on 99!

 

[OZGOD]

6.5 overs for Tendy to get his 43rd ton. 1 run needed!

 

[OZGOD]

Why is Sachin playing dot balls? Hit a four man!

 

[OZGOD]

OMG 3 dot balls from Tendy

 

[OZGOD]

Woohoo 43rd Ton for Tendy! Well done!

128.4
Welegedara to Tendulkar, 1 run, finally gets there, tapping the ball back past the bowler and setting off immediately, mid-off runs in but cannot prevent Tendulkar's 43rd Test century, one celebrated with a whoop and a big pump of the arms

Surely this will be called off now. Laxman's not even trying to score, he hasn't scored in the last 30 deliveries he's faced!

 

[adit_sh]

128.1
Welegedara to Tendulkar, no run, angles it across and he shoulders arms to that one

Discussion between captain and fielder, batsman and batsman. For what, God knows. The field is spread around the circle to try and stop the single.

 

[moumotta]

Sangkara trying to stop the unstoppable. Poor soul.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Like i said before, this SL team will maul the Indians.
They're mauling them worse than I imagined.

I said 2-0 before, I say this SL team will go 1-0 up on day 5.

Lets hope for Sri Lanka's sake you wont make anymore predictions ) )

 

[siimo]

SL have never won a test match in India.

 

[Howzat]

Lets hope for Sri Lanka's sake you wont make anymore predictions ) )

Yeah. The match ended with Srilanka running to save it's backside.

 

[Romali_rotti]

AWESOME The_Bunny slipping further and further away from SRT...

 

[OZGOD]

Match over - DRAW

Gratz to the 8 players who scored tons and the 5 who scored half tons! They still had to score the runs.

 

[nikred]

Match over - DRAW

Gratz to the 8 players who scored tons and the 5 who scored half tons! They still had to score the runs.

It's 7 tons not 8 and 4 half-tons not 5.

 

[OZGOD]

It's 7 tons not 8 and 4 half-tons not 5.

Was it? There were so many I lost track!

 

[OZGOD]

CricIndia's summary:

So that is that. In five days we've had 21 wickets and seven centuries. Two of them came today and those helped India save this Test. Gambhir and Tendulkar batted well to save this match. Tendulkar is applauded and back-slapped as he heads into the pavilion. He and Gambhir were superb in application today. Sri Lanka were rather flat on an unresponsive track. Hopefully the Kanpur track will be more productive.

 

[tdigi]

There is a lot of whining and wishful thinking in this thread....probably the only exciting feature of the match. Moving on to Kanpur...hopefully the pitch is better.

 

[fawdu]

This is exactly why I (most of the senseable cricket fans) rate Dravid 10 levels above Sachin. Dravid always scores under pressure --- wheras the Sachin always chokes at a difficult time.

Man --- what a knock by the best Indian batsman!

You convinced me. There in not much difference between Dravid and Sachin.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showpost.php?p=2099073&postcount=158

So it takes just one brilliant inning of Dravid for you to change your opinion of " there is not much difference between the two" to the 'sensible' opinion of "rating Dravid 10 levels above Sachin"?

 

[taaveez]

Another DULL match. Another test match. Another yawn.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

So it takes just one brilliant inning of Dravid for you to change your opinion of " there is not much difference between the two" to the 'sensible' opinion of "rating Dravid 10 levels above Sachin"?

) ) )

 

[Rizie]

this is why test matches sucks in terms of result

 

[12thMan]

I missed another exciting day of cricket

6.5 overs for Tendy to get his 43rd ton. 1 run needed!

I hope SL were able to bowl the full quota of overs

 

[JeeraBlade]

So it takes just one brilliant inning of Dravid for you to change your opinion of " there is not much difference between the two" to the 'sensible' opinion of "rating Dravid 10 levels above Sachin"?

Good one! This is why I like your responses! But you conveniently eliminated the last paragraph;

Anyways, seem my post #1 - I did say, I can't decide between Dravid and Gavaskar and will decide who do I go with later in the thread. Well, Gavskar is now my #1 Indian bastman, Dravid #2 and Sachin being very very close #2.2.

I said --- 10 levels difference between Dravid and Sachin but I was talking about 10 decimal places --- so what is the difference between 2 and 2.2 -- about 20 levels or 80 levels if you are count down?