New Zealand v India | T20 | Christchurch | 25/2/09

[Random Aussie]

Match starts in about 50 minutes.

Will it rain?

 

[wanted_desi]

Sehwag 3 balls 3 sixes

 

[IronMan2009]

what the heck.. hahaha 3 balls 3 sixes.

 

[IronMan2009]

bang bang bang

 

[rahulrulezz]

3 Sixes in a row by Sehwag

 

[IronMan2009]

Clocking 140 k O brien effortlessly.

 

[IronMan2009]

They say 140 k.. batsman are too early into the shot.. something wrong with speed measurement?

 

[Sultanofswing]

holy moly, sehwag is on fire, remind me afridi in his early days, playing like a mindless slogger.

 

[IronMan2009]

Ball hardly bounced.. went under the bat. Pitch is slow. By the time bat passes the ball he had finished the shot.

 

[IronMan2009]

Bad luck Gambhir.. normally he pulls such long hops so well.

 

[rahulrulezz]

I love this new Indian Kit!!!

 

[IronMan2009]

All these NZ bowlers has good speed. Nobody falls below 138k.

 

[IronMan2009]

Sehwag went for another 6.. bowled. What an impossible shot he attempted.

 

[IronMan2009]

O brien on a hatrick.

 

[Oxy]

Its on Sky Sports 1

41-2 off 4.3 overs

 

[Sultanofswing]

man Sharma gone, india is loosing wickets, Dhoni needs to stable the inning.

 

[IronMan2009]

They just go for 6 every ball.

 

[Oxy]

2 ghastly looking kits on display. India's I expect.

Now the Kiwis! They look much better in 'all black'

 

[IronMan2009]

Already 7 sixes in this innings in 5.2 overs.

 

[IronMan2009]

Rohit continues to disappoint.

 

[Oxy]

4 wkts down!

56-4

Afridi-esque

 

[IronMan2009]

They just don't want to get used to the pitch. It is two paced as Sehwag already disclosed. Don't know why they are playing like this.

 

[IronMan2009]

Yuvi's edges will go to six.. he wasted a superb opportunity.

 

[IronMan2009]

Is the 30 yard circle boundary line?

 

[Oxy]

5 down

Dhonni beaten all ends up

61-5

 

[161]

FTBs crashing !

Somebody fuel the plane back to India

 

[Sultanofswing]

india is in deep trouble, i guess anything above 140 is unchaseble, pitch is acting completely weird, any fast bowlers will have a great time here.

 

[Oxy]

Pathan survives LBW appeal

Looked out to me!

 

[Oxy]

Yusuf Pathan's a lucky boy!

Absolutely PLUMB - hitting middle of middle - not out!

 

[IronMan2009]

Horrible collapse

 

[Khabri420]

Where's Wasim Akram?

 

[IronMan2009]

Pitch is slow. All the rash shots up the order will hurt now.

 

[Oxy]

Where's Wasim Akram?

He's tying Zaheer Khans shoe laces in the dressing room...

 

[Random Aussie]

FTBs crashing !

Somebody fuel the plane back to India

) )

 

[IronMan2009]

some balls are rolling..

 

[Oxy]

Pathan

3 balls - 3 sixes!

 

[Sultanofswing]

2 Ws n india would have packed within 50 runs. Btw Raina 3 sixes in a row. good stuff.

 

[IronMan2009]

Vettori 2-0-3-1

 

[Oxy]

Yusuf Pathan - OUT!

Could have been 4 sixes!!! But he catches it, jumps over the boundary - releases the ball - and re-catches it!

 

[Oxy]

Afridi out for 20 off 7 balls

 

[Random Aussie]

Great start to McCullum's career )

3 sixes and a wicket from 4 balls

 

[Sultanofswing]

ok its definately mindless cricket from india, they should have preserve the wickets instead of going after mindless slogging. game over for india i guess.

 

[IronMan2009]

whoa.. repeat

 

[IronMan2009]

10 sixes not even 10 overs gone.. looks like they just came here to have some fun.

 

[IronMan2009]

Come on guys 2.2 overs 3 runs.. Vettori is not that good. come on guys.. don't play like stupids.

 

[MIB]

10 sixes not even 10 overs gone.. looks like they just came here to have some fun.

out of 87, 60 runs from six'es alone

 

[IronMan2009]

Only Dhoni was undone by low bounce. Others just threw their wickets away.

 

[Sultanofswing]

today he is Daniel Warne

 

[IronMan2009]

I was wondering T20 experience is not required to do well. But 2 games in 15 months is showing here.

 

[IronMan2009]

Hope sehwag stays when Vettori is on in the next match.

 

[MIB]

50 more runs needed for tough target!

 

[Khabri420]

Nakli pathan gone!

 

[Oxy]

Pathan (no.2) OUT for 12 - rather tamely gives his wkt away

101-7 off 13.3

Fat bloke takes wkt

 

[Big Daddy]

its like that new zealand tour from hell never really got done

 

[Sultanofswing]

50 more runs needed for tough target!

i dont see more than 120 here.

 

[Khabri420]

good over from babloo

 

[IronMan2009]

Soft dismissal. India is losing plot like they did in T20 against australia at MCG. Glad they start with T20 instead of Tests.

 

[IronMan2009]

It is a slow pitch. They bowl lot of slower ones.

 

[Oxy]

Thse boundaries modelled on ICL! Tiny!

 

[OZGOD]

Are India getting owned?

 

[IronMan2009]

Is he a bowelr? lol man this guy is getting away with mediocre balls.

 

[IronMan2009]

Are India getting owned?

India owned by India.

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

Am I the only one who thinks India can still win this? I have a feeling that they will be able to score somewhere in 130's or more and can win this game...

 

[IronMan2009]

They pretty much did the same in SL .. sudden collapse But India had Yusuf then. Now Yusuf left. no Irfan left.

 

[Sultanofswing]

nah, its a weir acting wicket, 14 0 is really a challenging score on this pitch.

 

[Oxy]

Are India getting owned?

Too early for me to think of a BCCI/SLCB related joke...

 

[IronMan2009]

That is where Vettori belongs.. dang.. Vettori is a good bowler. But not that good to be this economical.

 

[Oxy]

NZ are a crap team - India will polish them off for under a 100

 

[IronMan2009]

11 sixes so far.

 

[Sultanofswing]

if vettori can bowl this good in T20, i demand immediate inclusion of Kaneria in pakistan squad.

 

[IronMan2009]

Seems like these guys are more experienced in T20. Good slower ones.

 

[Random Aussie]

if vettori can bowl this good in T20, i demand immediate inclusion of Kaneria in pakistan squad.

Vettori>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kaneria anywhere on any pitch in any match

 

[ammarz]

if vettori can bowl this good in T20, i demand immediate inclusion of Kaneria in pakistan squad.

Vettori has something in his head other than air, which you require in 20/20 and which our spin maestro seems to lack.
On the other hand Vettori is probably one of the best thinking odi/ 20/20 bowlers around.

 

[Random Aussie]

Am I the only one who thinks India can still win this? I have a feeling that they will be able to score somewhere in 130's or more and can win this game...

NZ can lose a match from anywhere, India might have enough. Or they might have nowhere near enough. Depends on the bowlers now.

A few years ago that sentence would send shudders down Indian spines but they have decent attack except for the Pathans.

 

[Random Aussie]

Seems like these guys are more experienced in T20. Good slower ones.

They have a good bowling attack. It is the batting which is a worry.

 

[Oxy]

Ind 128-7 off 17 overs

I think they enough runs in the bag to comprehensively win this game

 

[Sultanofswing]

Raina is claiming hard for a spot in testXI, he has been performing consistantly in ODI n T20s., definately deserves a chance in Test.

 

[ammarz]

Ind 128-7 off 17 overs

I think they enough runs in the bag to comprehensively win this game

Agreed!! Unless one of NZ batsman goes ballistic dont see them winning this one.

 

[Sultanofswing]

Raina need to take charge now, 27 from 12 balls is the way to go 2 sixes good stuff

 

[Oxy]

Raina brings up his 50 with 2 consec 6s

146-7