New Zealand v India | 1st Test | Auckland | Day 3 | 8 February 2014

[Saeed]

Stump missed.

 

[Aman]

This cameraman needs to find another job...

 

[OZGOD]

poor keeping from MS

 

[Aman]

Another missed stumping and 400 up )

 

[Saeed]

Now catch missed.

 

[Aman]

402 run lead

 

[Aman]

Reverse sweep wohoo

 

[Gone]

This cameraman needs to find another job...

Right too slow! I was thinking the same

 

[Aman]

406 run lead

 

[Saeed]

And 2 fours in row.

 

[WebGuru]

Bad over for Sir Jaddu

 

[Square Drive]

Living on the edge here! Awesome stuff!

 

[Aman]

Boult has to bat ahead of Southee...

 

[NZcricketfan]

Sodhi is going to love this spin.

 

[Aman]

Feeling much more comfortable now

 

[Gangnam]

Ishant intimidating Wagner with his hair #bestweapon

or maybe height. Ishant Sharma trolling Indian fans since birth.

 

[OZGOD]

9/105 taking the p!ss now

Flog a couple more and if you get lucky and not get out declare when you get to 115 I reckon.

 

[mithun_minhas]

That's because cricket is still predominately an Anglo sport at the top level in OZ. It's much less multicultural than rugby league or aerial ping pong, where you get heaps of Islanders, Aborigines, Italians, Greeks playing. They seem to prefer the contact sports more. That's why we were so excited about Khawaja and also Gurinder Sandhu making it to Test and first class cricket. There was a bloke called Richard Chee Quee that played for NSW years ago that was our first Chinese first class player.

Thanks again.

 

[Aman]

India need 407 to win.

Good luck.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Finally the slogging ends.

 

[Saeed]

India chasing 407.

 

[OZGOD]

:Wagner

 

[Square Drive]

Gone at last.

 

[Aman]

Rain expected tomorrow, so likely 4-5 sessions left to chase 407.

 

[OZGOD]

Haha MIGHTY AND TALL ISHANT gives Wagner a parting spray and Warner gives it back. All out for 105

 

[Abidi110]

Advantage India

 

[Saeed]

Enough overs to get 4 or 5 wickets.

 

[NZcricketfan]

If you asked Mccullum if he would be happy having a lead of 406 at the end of third innings before the game started he would take it every time.

 

[Aman]

There isn't as much time as people think, the weather forecast doesn't look great.

 

[mithun_minhas]

India would be lucky to score close to 300.

New ball will be spitting venom and now the pitch is offering a ton of spin all of a sudden.

Jaddu would have been deadly on 4th and 5th day of this test match. Too bad, his bowling duties for this Test match is over.

 

[leatherface58]

Sir Ishant gonna play 100 more tests for India.

 

[Aman]

If you asked Mccullum if he would be happy having a lead of 407 at the end of third innings before the game started he would take it every time.

If Ish gets it right he can take a big haul here.

 

[OZGOD]

Target is 407. India have 6 1/2 sessions to do it on a wicket starting to turn.

 

[OZGOD]

If Ish gets it right he can take a big haul here.

Never seen this Ish bloke bowl, does he turn it off the pitch or is he more of a Lyon bowler that bowls straight but drifts it in the air?

 

[Aman]

Sir Ishant gonna play 100 more tests for India.

I think we've given Zaheer another 5 as well

 

[Smbhayi]

Sharma get another... mighty Sharma...

 

[Aman]

Never seen this Ish bloke bowl, does he turn it off the pitch or is he more of a Lyon bowler that bowls straight but drifts it in the air?

Big turner, has a good wrongun as well in the series against the Windies his wrongun was turning more than his leggies. He offers up a boundary ball every over though but when he gets it right he bowls some real beauts.

 

[Wassixpakistani]

It's a tragedy that this isn't being televised here in Pakistan .It's being a great test match so far .

 

[NZcricketfan]

Never seen this Ish bloke bowl, does he turn it off the pitch or is he more of a Lyon bowler that bowls straight but drifts it in the air?

He definitely turns it probably not as much as that Muirhead. His best asset though is his variations. He has a wicked googly.

 

[Aman]

30 overs to go, need 4 by tonight.

 

[OZGOD]

This is going to be a HUGE ask for Vijay and Dhawan. They have basically a session to take the shine off the new ball and protect the middle order. Gotta shelve the big shots for now so they can go into stumps with all wickets intact and then do it all again in the first innings tomorrow

 

[Statistics375]

Good strategy by New Zealand, this way they can feast on the same attack at wellington too.

 

[Aman]

This is going to be a HUGE ask for Vijay and Dhawan. They have basically a session to take the shine off the new ball and protect the middle order. Gotta shelve the big shots for now so they can go into stumps with all wickets intact and then do it all again in the first innings tomorrow

Dhawan is a hack he won't last long defending.

 

[mithun_minhas]

I am expecting India to choke massively against New ball.

Difficult conditions to bat on.

 

[Aman]

Dhawan has to go for it or else he wont last long.

Better he score some runs than none.

 

[OZGOD]

Big turner, has a good wrongun as well in the series against the Windies his wrongun was turning more than his leggies. He offers up a boundary ball every over though but when he gets it right he bowls some real beauts.

He definitely turns it probably not as much as that Muirhead. His best asset though is his variations. He has a wicked googly.

Well as long as they keep it tight at the other end if he leaks runs you do have a lot of runs to defend. Always good to see a leggie in action. They can be expensive but its about taking wickets. That slows the run rate down more than anything.

 

[OZGOD]

Rain expected tomorrow, so likely 4-5 sessions left to chase 407.

Thought it was 10% chance of rain tomorrow

 

[OZGOD]

Dhawan avoids the pair

 

[Aman]

Thought it was 10% chance of rain tomorrow

Going off what my bro said.

 

[Aman]

The hack is dropped <.<

 

[Aman]

Baz <.<

 

[BlackThunder]

If we can survive today without losing any wickets Kiwi's will be under the gun #gameon

 

[Statistics375]

Dropped.

 

[leatherface58]

Macca what the...?

 

[Aman]

Right approach by Dhawan, he won't last long against the moving ball.

 

[leatherface58]

Dhawan not twirling the 'stache these days yo!

 

[BlackThunder]

Kiwi's starting to choke even on the field #crumbling

 

[Gone]

Have a feeling india will chase this down #recordstobebroken

 

[Silly Point]

Dhawan not twirling the 'stache these days yo!

He was smirking big time on the flat tracks and in the champions trophy. He thought he was Lara. How the arrogant have fallen. Batting like the hack he is in this test.

 

[Gone]

dhawan living dangerously

 

[Aman]

Talk about luck

Everything seems to have gone against us today, I just pray we don't have Davis adjudging close lbws for us.

 

[mystical man]

Have a feeling india will chase this down #recordstobebroken

Highly Doubt it but would be glad to be proven wrong otherwise...

 

[mithun_minhas]

Vijay looks so much more assured.

 

[Aman]

One wicket will open the flood gates, just need to be patient.

 

[BlackThunder]

Kiwi's look really demoralized if we don't give them any wickets until the end of play they will give us this game #battleaway

 

[mystical man]

Kiwi's look really demoralized if we don't give them any wickets until the end of play they will give us this game #battleaway

Demoralized for what?Setting a target of 400 runs or dismissing India for 200 runs?

 

[Aman]

Need to bowl fuller

 

[OZGOD]

India have already scored 20% of NZ's second innings runs in 4 overs. Told you there were no demons in this wicket

 

[soso_killer]

This is just beyond pathetic by New Zealand

 

[Xoib]

One wicket will open the flood gates, just need to be patient.

when it comes to test cricket none chokes more then you guys.

 

[Aman]

Bowling the wrong lines.

 

[OZGOD]

If the Hobbits contrive to lose this Macca will be in the unique position of being both the hero and the zero - hero for his 224, zero for his suicidal runout. Man of the match for both NZ and India

 

[Aman]

when it comes to test cricket none chokes more then you guys.

Our best athletes don't choose cricket -.-

 

[Aman]

Ball not doing much, I'd bring on the spinners.

 

[Xoib]

Our best athletes don't choose cricket -.-

does not excuse you to throw away a 300 run lead.

 

[asadee]

Why didn't NZ enforce follow-on??

 

[Aman]

does excuse you to throw away a 300 run lead.

Pakistan wouldn't even have a 300 run lead to throw away

 

[OZGOD]

Kiwi's look really demoralized if we don't give them any wickets until the end of play they will give us this game #battleaway

The doubts are going to start creeping in if they can't take a wicket or two before stumps. 16 wickets fell today so if they can't scrounge up a couple the self doubts are going to be bothering them at bed tonight

 

[Aman]

Need a special spell from Boult or Wagner.

2-3 wickets will kill off any thought of a chase.

 

[Aman]

Baz got us into a winning position and then into a losing one...

200, followed by a run out and dropped catch

If we had taken Dhawan India would have been on the back foot.