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New Zealand v India | 3rd Test | Wellington | 3-7 Apr 09

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NZ will probably try to go for it as they have noting to lose. If they draw the match, which by itself is very difficult, then they still lose the series. So might as well, just get a defeat here and lose 2-0 trying...
 
Just saw the Indian wkts from yesterday for the first time;

Dravid: what anticipation from McCullum
Tendulkar: Excellent catch low at first slip by Taylor.
Laxman: Does he attract getting bowled by beauties or what? (Gul, Asif, and now O'Brien)
 
let's get these guys and go for the 2-0 and the 100th test win! Zindabad boys!
 
Good cameo by Dhoni in the end , I think he averages close to 60 as a captain even in test cricket !
 
another exciting day
and Dravid takes a catch in slips. Apple out ct off Zaheer you beauty
NZ 30-1 - need 587 to win
 
12thMan said:
another exciting day
and Dravid takes a catch in slips. Apple out ct off Zaheer you beauty
NZ 30-1 - need 587 to win
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If he was an Apple product, he'd surely be called iBlock
 
On_the_up said:
If he was an Apple product, he'd surely be called iBlock
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:)) I didn't know how to spell his name. TV right now is showing it as McINTOSH (uppercase is on TV) and I would have put Mac but rest in lowercase
 
Bublu Bhuyan said:
How about a draw ?
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Even a draw is very unlikely, India will most probably easily win this unless the rain saves NZ. They still have close to 130 overs to bat through, which is not going to be easy. Dhoni factor works for India well and we can see that even in this series :)
 
checkers.llvllaster said:
Even a draw is very unlikely, India will most probably easily win this unless the rain saves NZ. They still have close to 130 overs to bat through, which is not going to be easy. Dhoni factor works for India well and we can see that even in this series :)
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haha.. agree... but i guess why it works is that Dhoni not only is miles better batsman than any other Indian keeper but mainly miles better 'WICKETKEEPER' than Droptik (D. Kartik) and Droparthiv Patel...so when Dhoni plays we actually have a genuine wicketkeeper and a batsman... though DroParthiv Patel is a good batsman too
 
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rahulrulezz said:
haha.. agree... but i guess why it works is that Dhoni not only is miles better batsman than any other Indian keeper but mainly miles better 'WICKETKEEPER' than Droptik (D. Kartik) and Droparthiv Patel...so when Dhoni plays we actually have a genuine wicketkeeper and an batsman... though DroParthiv Patel is a good batsman too
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And when the wicketkeeper starts dropping catches the rest of the team usually follow. Wicketkeeper sets the fielding standard.

Ssshh don't tell Pakistan :akmal
 
rahulrulezz said:
haha.. agree... but i guess why it works is that Dhoni not only is miles better batsman than any other Indian keeper but mainly miles better 'WICKETKEEPER' than Droptik (D. Kartik) and Droparthiv Patel...so when Dhoni plays we actually have a genuine wicketkeeper and an batsman... though DroParthiv Patel is a good batsman too
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That's true as well, but I think there is certain charm that Dhoni has in his captaincy too. India looks totally different with Dhoni as a captain then without him.

If we look at this series, both the games that Dhoni played, India have outplayed NZ and NZ was in back foot throughout the whole game. The one game that Dhoni missed and Sehwag was captain, India almost lost and were outdone by NZ. Similar thing happened in Australia, when Kumble drew a test match, then under Dhoni they won with the same team, and then again the third match was drawn when Kumble captained.

So, while I agree with you that Dhoni certainly is a really good wicketkeeper and batsman, his effect on the Indian team seems more then that. Although, time will tell if this keeps continuing or not...
 
Random Aussie said:
And when the wicketkeeper starts dropping catches the rest of the team usually follow. Wicketkeeper sets the fielding standard.

Ssshh don't tell Pakistan :akmal
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Kamran doesn't only drops catches, but he smiles after that like nothing has happened.
 
rahulrulezz said:
haha.. agree... but i guess why it works is that Dhoni not only is miles better batsman than any other Indian keeper but mainly miles better 'WICKETKEEPER' than Droptik (D. Kartik) and Droparthiv Patel...so when Dhoni plays we actually have a genuine wicketkeeper and an batsman... though DroParthiv Patel is a good batsman too
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You had me at Droptik but destroyed the joke with Droparthiv Patel. May I suggest Droptiv Patel?
 
checkers.llvllaster said:
Kamran doesn't only drops catches, but he smiles after that like nothing has happened.
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:))) :))) Just imagine the level of annoyance experienced by the bowler seeing that smile.
 
Bublu Bhuyan said:
:))) :))) Just imagine the level of annoyance experienced by the bowler seeing that smile.
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Akmal certainly has his favorites who he loves to drop off catches, the one that certainly comes to mind is Danish Kaneria :)) :))
 
167-4 at stumps, play ended early due to bad light. Match has lost the intensity as the result of the series is beyond doubt now, onlt question is the margin of victory.
 
Actually India has played poorly here, what was the need to bat on as they did.
Now tomorrow there will be rain and NZ will save the test.
Indians are always defensive have the defeatist mentality. If it was Pakistan we wouldnt have settled for 1-0 but 2-0.
 
USaqaf said:
Actually India has played poorly here, what was the need to bat on as they did.
Now tomorrow there will be rain and NZ will save the test.
Indians are always defensive have the defeatist mentality. If it was Pakistan we wouldnt have settled for 1-0 but 2-0.
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Pakistan hasn't won a test series since 2006!

And India played poorly after making 379 and bowling them out for 200? Ok then.

And I thought it was going to be 3-0 to NZ ? Too bad huh?
 
Amir said:
You had me at Droptik but destroyed the joke with Droparthiv Patel. May I suggest Droptiv Patel?[/QUOTE]

Actually Karthik was a far better keeper when he made his debut and did quite well when Pak toured us in 2005. I guess the emergence of Dhoni has unnerved him . I do remember Dhoni even commenting that he wanted to open sometime around Indias tour to England in 2007 - just before he was given the captaincy, because he wanted to shut Karthik out of his way as Karthik was doing quite well as an opener then.

Then the T20 WC happened and Dhoni hasn't looked back since then. Unfortunately it has been all downhill from there for Karthik. Being given sporadic chances since then and being always under pressure (to prove his credentials) has affected his performances for sure. Its amazing how much of a mind play cricket is (even if you have loads of talent)!
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India took foot of the gas. Rain might save kiwis. Declaration was at the right time. But Indians seem like settling for 1-0 instead of very much possible 2-0 which is sad.
 
I think they are not taking the rain factor into consideration at all. They are just counting on one full days play. There might be some merit to it.

Earlier the Nz Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/) forecasted for rain tomorrow in Wellington. The latest forecast says just "wind" . So we could expect a decent days play tomorrow.
 
India just needs 40-50 overs at most on the last day. NZ will not last over 2 sessions and they can be done in one session too, just need 2 wickets
 
We should ban NZ from test cricket for just being pathetic. They suck big time in all departments. I reckon the Banglas could have em.
 
Guli Danda said:
We should ban NZ from test cricket for just being pathetic. They suck big time in all departments. I reckon the Banglas could have em.
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Bangladesh? Atleast NZ has an excuse that they lost too many players in a short period. Infact they could have won a test in England. They blew it in the 2nd innings. Also in Australia they played well in one of the Test. NZ deserves some bad patches as they were reasonably competitive under Fleming. Bangladesh on the other hand never had any good patches in Tests.
 
dani2k said:
Was it against India they won last by any chance?! :)
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yeah the series wer they gave us a target of 600 in Karachi test , atleast we are leading the series 1-0 here & someone says india are being defensive here :))
 
USaqaf said:
Actually India has played poorly here, what was the need to bat on as they did.
Now tomorrow there will be rain and NZ will save the test.
Indians are always defensive have the defeatist mentality. If it was Pakistan we wouldnt have settled for 1-0 but 2-0.
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First, I will agree to some extent that India has not shown the killer instinct that teams like Aus have when it comes to playing in the 2nd innings to win a test match. Australia developed supreme confidence due to a winning streak of a decade, while India has recently begun to show that kind of confidence. The defensive mind set is still there but it's improving day by day. Second, by no means India has played "poor" cricket.

May be you lose one session due to rain, but Gambhir did say that India does not deserve to win this match if the bowlers cannot take 10 wickets in 3.5 sessions. There was ample of time available to bowl out NZ, so batting an extra hour does not make any significant difference. But a lead of 619 gives the opposition a psychological blow because the opposition now thinks that they cannot win this match. Remember that this is still a good batting pitch, so ruling out the possibility of NZ win was top priority for India.


Guli Danda said:
We should ban NZ from test cricket for just being pathetic. They suck big time in all departments.
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This is non sensical. A nation of just 4 million people have come up with some very good players and NZ is still a young side. They have shown good resistance and with the addition of Shane Bond, the side should be better. No way worthy of a ban. Stop smoking....
 
If you look at Number of wins per head of population, the Hobbits actually come out pretty well, considering their No1, No2 and No3 sports are rugby, rugby and rugby. Their dominance in rugby is unbelievable and is the same as the dominance OZ used to have in cricket, except it goes back over a hundred years. In fact the saying used to be that NZ could field two or three international class rugby teams.

Cricket just isn't their game, but they're punching above their weight when it comes to population. Bit like WI.
 
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If you look at Number of wins per head of population, the Hobbits actually come out pretty well, considering their No1, No2 and No3 sports are rugby, rugby and rugby.
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is No4 sailing?
 
NZ will have a great side in the coming years. Ryder and Taylor are two fantastic bats, and Patel is a good spinner as well. Guptill looks pretty good. They need to find another opener, get Bond back in the side as well. They will be a good unit soon.
 
Tupac said:
NZ will have a great side in the coming years. Ryder and Taylor are two fantastic bats, and Patel is a good spinner as well. Guptill looks pretty good. They need to find another opener, get Bond back in the side as well. They will be a good unit soon.
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Can't really see it, where are the bowlers.
 
12thMan said:
is No4 sailing?
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This is a fair ranking--->

1 Drinking :D
2 Rugby Union
3 Rugby League
4 Cricket (popular summer sport)
5 Netball (most popular women's sport)

And then you have swimming, golf, sailing, rowing...etc.
 
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I got a good feeling that flamboyant Chris Martin will get his first maiden Test century today.

C'mon CS Martin, I know you are not that bad. :)
 
match started already.
Taylor 103(161) - Franklin 38(139)
NZ 222-4 after 77 overs - trail by 395 runs
magical mystical move by India. Tenulkar bowled the last over
and no daad no Wah Wah for Taylor's 100 :inti
 
Tendulkar bowling paid off.

77.4 Harbhajan Singh to Taylor, OUT, Harbhajan has yorked Ross Taylor! It was full, drifting in superbly from round the stumps, lands on the middle stump line, Taylor moved forward to push it to the off side but it dipped on him and he ended up yorking himself as he pushed inside the line. The drift took the ball away. A fine innings, though. He started off slightly shakily yesterday before he counterattacked for a brief while before settling down for the long haul.
LRPL Taylor b Harbhajan Singh 107 (261m 165b 16x4 0x6) SR: 64.84

NZ 226-5 - need 391 more to win
 
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Tendulkar strikes

84.1 Tendulkar to McCullum, OUT, Huge wicket. McCullum falls. Was there an edge, though? It was the flighted leg break around the off stump line, McCullum went for the drive, the bat hit the ground, the ball turned past the edge, hit Dhoni's gloves before lobbing to Dravid at first slip. What a turning point . New Zealand six down.Hot spot shows no edge. Oh well.

BB McCullum c Dravid b Tendulkar 6 (25m 16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.50

NZ 244-6 after 84.1 - need 373 more to win

This will be exciting finish
 
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A fine innings by Taylor. Now, McCullum the danger man is gone.
It was not out but India will take it :D
 
86.3 Tendulkar to Franklin, OUT, SRT strikes again. What a spell he is having. This one turns in from outside off stump, sharply, Franklin shuffles across, doesn't pick the extent of the turn, pushes outside the line and is struck in front of middle and leg. Tendulkar pumps his fist in the air in celebration, then turns around to appeal and see Harper's fingers go up. India close in on the series win. Three more now.
JEC Franklin lbw b Tendulkar 49 (250m 171b 7x4 0x6) SR: 28.65

NZ 253-7 - need 364 more to win
 
That's the end. Vettori aside, the tail REALLY is the tail.
 
NZ getting mugged in broad daylight! the last 2 dismissals weren't even out!
 
IronMan2009 said:
But lot of leg befores were denied. I wouldn't say robbed.
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not lots..and only one decision that was really in our favor.

No problems, you win some, you lose some. Today was our lucky day. If only this damn rain will lift!
 
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