New Zealand v India | 1st Test | Auckland | Day 2 | 7 February 2014

[Justcrazy]

:4

Sharma plays a cheeky shot

 

[Sandeep]

Few good shots from Sharma.. But alas, where is the consistency!?

 

[Space Cat]

Wagner stop bowling short you are a midget. Let Southee do the bouncing.

 

[Bilal7]

Sharma playing well here, I feel that he should be batting above Kohli.

 

[Aman]

Hate Steve Davis...

 

[Justcrazy]

Close !!!! Not Out

 

[Aman]

Davis gave a similar delivery out yesterday..

 

[Justcrazy]

That was bit high

 

[Aman]

DRS would have given it.

 

[Space Cat]

Why are there so few people at the ground? Weather? Because it's a Friday? I see more people at NSW first class cricket games. Will there be more people on the weekend, especially with India on the ropes?

Makes you really think about what a thrill cricketers get when they play Boxing Day Tests at the MCG in front to 80k people eh.

They made it 45 dollars a ticket which is stupid.

But Aucklanders have never showed up for test matches. I don't know why they get to host them.

 

[Statistics375]

Lucky Rahane.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

75 / 4

 

[OZGOD]

So thats why #BCCIdoesntwantDRS

 

[Space Cat]

That LBW looked pretty plumb.

 

[Justcrazy]

DRS would mean doom for India here

 

[Sandeep]

DRS, where are thou? #BCCIrules

 

[Justcrazy]

This is davis 51st Test as Umpire

 

[Seen Sheen]

Rohit wakes up with a couple of beautiful shots.

Wagner as usual bowls one beauty and then tries to emulate it every ball.

That's what I was trying to say. He just tries to bowl magic balls every delivery. Doesn't concentrate on bowling in the right channel. Not good enough as a support bowler. Bracewell any day over him.

 

[Space Cat]

That was similar to the Fulton LBW to ZAK.

 

[Saeed]

How is steve jobs even umpiring, I will never know.

 

[Justcrazy]

I think India can save this game , if and Jadeja can get runs

 

[Aman]

That was similar to the Fulton LBW to ZAK.

Yep, thank god he wasn't the umpire for Kohlis dismissal.

 

[Space Cat]

That's what I was trying to say. He just tries to bowl magic balls every delivery. Doesn't concentrate on bowling in the right channel. Not good enough as a support bowler. Bracewell any day over him.

Bracewell got injured and lost form.

Personally i would get Matt Henry in there for a crack.

I do see the value of Wagner though. He steams in hard on flat decks and makes things happen.

 

[BlackThunder]

lol Steve Davis give him the IPL contract already #BCCI #IPL #Power

 

[Justcrazy]

out been shown

 

[Aman]

I was tempted to go to the game today, but rain and the price were off putting.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sharma looking good after long time.

 

[Justcrazy]

79 / 4 , Kiwis would love to get another here .

 

[Space Cat]

Groundsman running out with a sledgehammer to put India out of their misery.

 

[Aman]

I expected the tickets to be $5-10

 

[Seen Sheen]

Bracewell got injured and lost form.

Personally i would get Matt Henry in there for a crack.

I do see the value of Wagner though. He steams in hard on flat decks and makes things happen.

Must be doing something right to be the12th man. Would be harsh if a rookie by passes him. After all he won you a test in Australia. Can't become bad overnight. No harm in trying him again.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Sharma looking good after long time.

He seems to be like Ishant.

Scores runs after many failures.

Credit to Nohit, he played a couple of good knocks in ODI series.

 

[battler]

Even shami had a plumb lbw not given yesterday.

 

[Sandeep]

I expected the tickets to be $5-10

Should be free entry given how well we've played. Worse than Bangladesh I guess..

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis bowling with passion here

 

[Aman]

Indian batsmen have to remember this isn't SA you can't just leave #inswing

 

[mithun_minhas]

With a bit of cloud cover, the ball is still moving slightly.

India desperately need blazing Sun there.

 

[Space Cat]

Southee back. No doubt will try to bounce out Rahane.

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis made a mistake playing Sodhi . The pitch and opponents do not suit him, same mistake SA made by playing Tahir.

 

[Aman]

With a bit of cloud cover, the ball is still moving slightly.

India desperately need blazing Sun there.

You think the sun's going to come out?..

I've got some bad news for you..

 

[Aman]

Waiting for one of the batsmen to be bowled or lbw leaving

 

[Space Cat]

Kiwis made a mistake playing Sodhi . The pitch and opponents do not suit him, same mistake SA made by playing Tahir.

The pitch has a lot of turn and the footmarks are quite big even on day 2.

 

[Justcrazy]

I think Kiwis have benefited a lot from Bond as coach

 

[Seen Sheen]

Davis, by the looks of it, has powerful contacts in ICC that keep him in elite panel despite his woeful vampiring.

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis hitting good length spot here.

 

[Space Cat]

Chris Martin in the stands appreciating this batting.

 

[Justcrazy]

Still long time for the Test match , its just 2nd day

 

[Seen Sheen]

With a bit of cloud cover, the ball is still moving slightly.

India desperately need blazing Sun there.

Which city are you talking about? Delhi?

 

[Aman]

Chris Martin in the stands appreciating this batting.

Whatta burn

 

[Justcrazy]

will the pitch get bad on day 4 and 5 ?

 

[Aman]

Need to get Rohit, he's played his shots, now to get out!

 

[Seen Sheen]

will the pitch get bad on day 4 and 5 ?

Going by the way India is playing, that would remain a mystery forever.

 

[Aman]

B Macs Test #224 and his score today 224

 

[Justcrazy]

Gavaskar praising Maccullum for been close to 5000 Test Runs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sharma looking good so far

 

[Justcrazy]

This two have to stitch a partnership here , India can save the game.

 

[Aman]

Rohit looks like he's in for the long haul.

 

[Sandeep]

Somehow I will never be convinced about Rahane, he is too loose for International cricket :/

 

[Aman]

Somehow I will never be convinced about Rahane, he is too loose for International cricket :/

Good strokemaker but he's a mental midget.

 

[Aman]

Superb shot from Rohit.

 

[Sandeep]

Pujara should look at how the NZ bowling lost that 'extra' sting after the ball got a little old and kick himself hard in his unmentionables. Who would play that shot in the first over!

 

[Justcrazy]

beautiful shot :4

 

[Justcrazy]

A rare failure for Pujara today

 

[Sandeep]

I somehow feel these are useless runs from Sharma (read 'place saving'). He'd never rise to the occasion when he need him to..

 

[Justcrazy]

I have a feeling that Jadeja would bat well today

 

[Justcrazy]

96 / 4

Drinks

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Why do these players always spit when the camera goes on them?

 

[Sandeep]

A rare failure for Pujara today

He wasn't disciplined today, which he did so well during South African series! Worse, this can actually take him into a mental block or rough patch

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwi bowlers need to bring at least a couple of balls back into right handers to create doubts

 

[mithun_minhas]

Which city are you talking about? Delhi?

Yesterday, the Sun was shining bright when McCullum and Anderson was batting.

I am talking about Auckland.

 

[Sandeep]

That backfoot drive on the offside from Sharma reminded me of you-know-who ! Boy, we have nothing to look forward to in test matches, not even the great man

 

[jattafridi]

Pitch is good for batting now so India should score 450

 

[OZGOD]

With a bit of cloud cover, the ball is still moving slightly.

India desperately need blazing Sun there.

This is the Shire. Only two types of weather: cloudy and raining.

 

[Sandeep]

What's up with Kiwi bowlers?!

 

[Sandeep]

This is the Shire. Only two types of weather: cloudy and raining.

But hey, Kiwis are no Hobbits, they look as good as some Rohan warriors

 

[Aman]

Ish back, need Rohit's wicket.

 

[Sandeep]

Ish back, need Rohit's wicket.

Don't you worry, he's already finished his quota of runs, now the time for the usual brainfart. Even we've been waiting

 

[Justcrazy]

Sodhi needs to bowl fuller

 

[Justcrazy]

:century for India

 

[Justcrazy]

There was turn !!!