India v Sri Lanka | Match 8 | CB Series | Brisbane | 18/2/08

[wanted_desi]

ARe they using same pitch
i think india should win it

 

[malikvslee]

when this match start any idea

 

[malikvslee]

india should win cause they already know the pitch

if india lose they will be in big trouble

 

[Indiafan]

Sehwag sits out again. Praveen Kumar (allrounder) gets his first game and Sreesanth sits out. Interesting change!

 

[Indiafan]

when this match start any idea

Match starts in 10 min. Sl has won the toss and decided to bat.

 

[muthoo]

DPMD won the toss and will bat. Sehwag left out again!!

 

[Dhonifan]

Match starts in 10 min. Sl has won the toss and decided to bat.

it may be a good toss to lose. if our bowlers can get teh same results liek last time.

 

[Dhonifan]

DPMD won the toss and will bat. Sehwag left out again!!

he must be sick or something, or he would have been playing!

 

[Crusader]

DPMD won the toss and will bat. Sehwag left out again!!

May I know why is Sehwag dropped today?? issed:

Praveen who??

 

[Crusader]

What a rubbish team selection. If any new player had to be tried it should have been Piyush Chawla

 

[Indiafan]

May I know why is Sehwag dropped today?? issed:

Praveen who??

I am sure he was not dropped (considering India's batting flop last match, no way he could be). Has to be injured. Praveen is an allrounder I suppose?

 

[Indiafan]

What a rubbish team selection. If any new player had to be tried it should have been Piyush Chawla

Wicket does not take spin. Unless you were suggesting dropping Harbahajan.

 

[Megadeth]

What a rubbish team selection. If any new player had to be tried it should have been Piyush Chawla

Pravin kumar''s supposed to be a useful allrounder..sort of a right handed irfan... lets see if he clicks..or is it just another in the long line of indian "youngster duds" we've witnessed

 

[Megadeth]

mere PP bhaiyon...streams anyone??

 

[Crusader]

I am sure he was not dropped (considering India's batting flop last match, no way he could be). Has to be injured. Praveen is an allrounder I suppose?

Cricinfo mentioned sehwag is fine. He is dropped dude.

 

[161]

lanka should have bowled first and put the pressure on the struggling indian batting.

 

[Indiafan]

Cricinfo mentioned sehwag is fine. He is dropped dude.

why on earth His batting was good for a quick 20-30 runs which would provide the momentum in low scoring games.

 

[Indiafan]

lanka should have bowled first and put the pressure on the struggling indian batting.

Wait and watch us struggle while chasing. IMO setting a target would have reduced the pressure on them, Wicket looks to be slower than the last match

 

[Megadeth]

"Now the India team high-five the flag as has become customary of late."

How do u high-five a flag?

 

[Megadeth]

first ball 4..MM patel..pls go home and spare us the agony!!

 

[Indiafan]

6/2

 

[PlanetPakistan]

very unlucky there. Jaysuriya run out in the non striker's end

 

[161]

lanka should have bowled first and put the pressure on the struggling indian batting.

7-2 after 5 overs

both ricky and jayawardana don't want to listen to me..

 

[phoenix-suns]

ishant bowling consistantly on 140s ... munaf too bowling close to 140k.. good to see indian bowlers bowling like that.. days are gone when both opening bowlers bowling around 120k+ relying on swing. honestly i used to watch only when india bat and i wud switch off the tv or do something else while they bowl. now i enjoy watching their bowling.

 

[wanted_desi]

7-2 after 5 overs

both ricky and jayawardana don't want to listen to me..

e-mail them next time

 

[phoenix-suns]

7-2 after 5 overs

both ricky and jayawardana don't want to listen to me..

why the hell do they have to listen to you? i dont get it man. like someone said, are you alian studying human or what?

 

[rahulrulezz]

ishant bowling consistantly on 140s ... munaf too bowling close to 140k.. good to see indian bowlers bowling like that.. days are gone when both opening bowlers bowling around 120k+ relying on swing. honestly i used to watch only when india bat and i wud switch off the tv or do something else while they bowl. now i enjoy watching their bowling.

so true man..being a fast bowler, i m fan of pace and only pace... i used to hate india's bowling but all of a sudden now i actually prefer watching India bowl than bat... specially India's bowling in first 15 overs is just terrific

 

[Indiafan]

Cricinfo has this :

I Sharma to Sangakkara, no run, banged in at 187.7kph this time, defended on the back foot now

New record ot what )

 

[phoenix-suns]

Cricinfo has this :

I Sharma to Sangakkara, no run, banged in at 187.7kph this time, defended on the back foot now

New record ot what )

our pakistani friends have seperate thread for that.. where people put all the cricinfo's screw up/fk ups... but honestly i dont find any other website close to cricinfo's quality and quantity.

 

[Indiagem]

Cricinfo has this :

I Sharma to Sangakkara, no run, banged in at 187.7kph this time, defended on the back foot now

New record ot what )

hehe, i’m surprised the batsman actually saw that delivery

 

[PlanetPakistan]

very fine line from Ishant. Perhaps he is just a foot or so too short in length

 

[phoenix-suns]

so true man..being a fast bowler, i m fan of pace and only pace... i used to hate india's bowling but all of a sudden now i actually prefer watching India bowl than bat... specially India's bowling in first 15 overs is just terrific

20/2 in 10 overs... our past great fast bowlers produced this kind of bowling performance against zim or kenya.. never seen against decent battling lineup like srilanka's on a good batting wicket.

 

[Indiagem]

our pakistani friends have seperate thread for that.. where people put all the cricinfo's screw up/fk ups... but honestly i dont find any other website close to cricinfo's quality and quantity.

Yes thats true...cricinfo is good and covers a lot of matches.

There is another one on similar lines which is also having decent commentary.
http://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores-and-commentary-2.html

 

[Crusader]

Cricinfo has this :

I Sharma to Sangakkara, no run, banged in at 187.7kph this time, defended on the back foot now

New record ot what )

Sharma will soon break 200 KMPH mark

 

[phoenix-suns]

pathan releasing the pressue... dont screw up the great effort of the opening bowlers pathan.. tighten ur line and length..

 

[Crusader]

sanga got a life....

 

[phoenix-suns]

picking praveen kumar ahead of sreesanth is a decent move.. its something i thot about when they had 3 bowlers and one allrounder and packed the team with 7 frontline batsment and one allrounder..

I thot this will give nice balance to the team.. now we have 6 batsmen and 2 allrounders.. and three frontline bowlers.. I would like either irfan or praveen batting at 3 or 4

 

[Indiafan]

So is Praveen bowling 95mph yet?

 

[Indiagem]

picking praveen kumar ahead of sreesanth is a decent move.. its something i thot about when they had 3 bowlers and one allrounder and packed the team with 7 frontline batsment and one allrounder..

I thot this will give nice balance to the team.. now we have 6 batsmen and 2 allrounders.. and three frontline bowlers.. I would like either irfan or praveen batting at 3 or 4

I think we erred by sending Irfan at 3 instead of Uthappa for two reasons

1. It would have given Uthappa batting practice and time at the crease
2. It would have kept the left right combination going

and with Irfan coming down the order, it would have given the batting depth.

Anyways, water under the bridge and a lesson learnt. Hopefully!

 

[Crusader]

So is Praveen bowling 95mph yet?

No 94.999 .... so close

 

[Crusader]

another life for sanga..damn

 

[nikred]

of all the channels i am getting crap Doordarshan stream.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

another life for sanga..damn

another life?? he is still on life # 1

 

[161]

why the hell do they have to listen to you? i dont get it man. like someone said, are you alian studying human or what?

First of all learn English ..

Secondly it's a friggin joke ..

You whiners really need to get of my case - k thnx.

 

[Dhonifan]

First of all learn English ..

Secondly it's a friggin joke ..

You whiners really need to get of my case - k thnx.

 

[Dhonifan]

excellent start by india but i am not getting my hopes up.

 

[Crusader]

another life?? he is still on life # 1

 

[Crusader]

excellent start by india but i am not getting my hopes up.

why not ?

 

[Indiagem]

on the Star Cricket channel, there was some conversation picked up when Praveen Kumar was bowling to Sangakarra, something along the lines of saamph hai, khol de tera pitara!!!

 

[Dhonifan]

why not ?

Current batting slump plus the wkt might get slower later on, and if that happens Lankan bowlers can put a lot of pressure...

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Dhoni's field placing has been very good even the good shots are earning 1s and 2s

 

[phoenix-suns]

First of all learn English ..

Secondly it's a friggin joke ..

You whiners really need to get of my case - k thnx.

LOL. guess i touched your nerves kashif..

i like it... trust me kid, if you keep writing childish comments like you have been, you will cry like this every day.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

bhai logoo lets just discuss the match

 

[phoenix-suns]

lankans started scoring freely.. not good for india. looks like they will score around 230.. which is not easy under light.

 

[OZGOD]

another life?? he is still on life # 1

Repeat something for long enough and it becomes truth!

 

[Crusader]

Sri lanka doing very well..

 

[rahulrulezz]

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[Indiagem]

Bhajji is leaking runs. Got to plug them. Bhajjihas been disapointing for some while now I feel. Don’t really think he deserves to be in the playing 11 now - would love to see P Chawla instead. How does he field - anyone in the know.

 

[OZGOD]

Good knock Sanga.

 

[Master Blaster]

107/2 28.5 overs

Good partnership between these two.

Jaya gets his 50 too !!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

these 2 playing like imran and javed did in the 1992 final

 

[161]

bhai logoo lets just discuss the match

maybe u should start banning people who don't ?

 

[XFactor]

110/2 after 30 overs. Srilanka has recovered well. They should be adding at least 110-120 runs from here?

Should be closing at around 230 - anything more than will be a bonus.

 

[Crusader]

Last 20 overs...if sril lanka score 140 they will reach 250...tough task though

 

[Master Blaster]

Sanga taken !! Taken off a no-ball !!

Good call, peter parker !!

 

[Crusader]

3rd life for sanga

 

[Crusader]

IS back

 

[161]

these two are probably the best batting pair in the world at the moment.

 

[wanted_desi]

how is pitch behaving, is it bowling pitch? or batting/

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Kumar is certainly the world's best bat.

 

[Crusader]

Ishant is getting hammered by sanga..

 

[Crusader]

India have lost the initiative they got at the start...its damn hot out there

 

[kablooee87]

Brilliant partnership from Sri Lanka's main men. I still feel they'll need a good contribution from the rest to put up a good total though.

 

[Master Blaster]

jAYA GOES ALA jAYASURIYA !!

 

[161]

sanga succeeds in achieving what the indian bowlers can't - for the second time now !

 

[Crusader]

Wow india have mastered the art of running out non strikers

 

[Crusader]

Sanga himself got 3 lives and force his partners out..hehe

 

[phoenix-suns]

kashif had told jayawardane not to come out of the crease when sanga is batting. but unfortunately jayawardane did not listen to kashif. thats why he got out like that.

 

[Crusader]

BTW india under 19 doing well against saffers

saf - 149 / 10
ind - 51 / 1

 

[wanted_desi]

kashif had told jayawardane not to come out of the crease when sanga is batting. but unfortunately jayawardane did not listen to kashif. thats why he got out like that.

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