South Africa vs India | 3rd test Day 3| Kanpur|

[srg]

Six by Sehwag!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

inida on course here......AWSOMEE

 

[OZGOD]

Now Steyn concedes 11 runs - India halfway to the target. Previous performances will be forgotten, all is good with the world again. Heroic draw = moral series victory!

 

[srg]

OUT. after two sixes! Well, he scored valuable 20 runs!

 

[OZGOD]

Damn Sehwag ruined my prediction of no wickets lost.

 

[saffer]

That's the way to bat on such a pitch . Attack and hope you get some luck . If S.A had done that they'd def have got more than 120 . Stupid .

 

[jusarrived]

Now Steyn concedes 11 runs - India halfway to the target. Previous performances will be forgotten, all is good with the world again. Heroic draw = moral series victory!

no moral victory here , wen you draw a series at home to a weaker team ....well played SA !

 

[jusarrived]

yessssssssss jaffer out ...hope fully now they will get rid of the guy!

 

[OZGOD]

Lame dismissal for Jaffer

 

[surfer]

Huh, two wickets down.....Indian could have won this by 10 wickets.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

30 to win with 8 wickets in hand. Do SA still have a chance?

 

[OZGOD]

30 to win with 8 wickets in hand. Do SA still have a chance?

I'd say the answer is no. They're going to get pwned.

 

[OZGOD]

Woeful keeping from Boucher, could've run Bumpcatcher out but Boucher was daydreaming!

 

[india_fan]

no moral victory here , wen you draw a series at home to a weaker team ....well played SA !

SA is a weak team ?

LOL! They beat Pakistan 2-0 when they toured Pak last year didn't they ? SA are proving that they are adapting to subcontinent conditions pretty effectively.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

SA is a weak team ?

LOL! They beat Pakistan 2-0 when they toured Pak last year didn't they ? SA are proving that they are adapting to subcontinent conditions pretty effectively.

No, they did not.

 

[Megadeth]

Dravid seems intent on finishing this on day 5... hit some 4s man!!!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Sourav Ganguly's 1st innings won it for IND.

 

[dblock]

No, they did not.

I'm sure Rediff reported as such though

Can we say that India and South Africa are two quite evenly matched sides in Tests?

 

[OZGOD]

Sourav Ganguly's 1st innings won it for IND.

That was key, but the 10th wicket partnership between Sreesanth and Sharma was crucial (60 runs).

 

[Wiji]

Any chance of a great Indian collapse? I have faith in South Africa. They have such a good fighting spirit about them.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Woeful keeping from Boucher, could've run Bumpcatcher out but Boucher was daydreaming!

neither michael clark nor ponting are playing in this game...who u referring to??? and healy retired ages ago!!

 

[jusarrived]

SA is a weak team ?

LOL! They beat Pakistan 2-0 when they toured Pak last year didn't they ? SA are proving that they are adapting to subcontinent conditions pretty effectively.

weaker than us!

yup pakistan loosing to them was surprising , they have done well on sub continenet pitches to their credit .......but pak team hasnt been that great for some time ....to me they are the 4th best side after ind , aus & eng

 

[jusarrived]

neither michael clark nor ponting are playing in this game...who u referring to??? and healy retired ages ago!!

michael slatter isnt playing either ?

 

[PlanetPakistan]

That was key, but the 10th wicket partnership between Sreesanth and Sharma was crucial (60 runs).

yeah the S African spin option was very poor. If they had a spinner as good as V Sehwag then we might have seen a better contest.

p.s this reminds me that AUS don't have too many spinners either so we could be in for a really interesting series. Probably the 1st time for 10 or 11 years that AUS will go in to the series as under dogs.

 

[OZGOD]

neither michael clark nor ponting are playing in this game...who u referring to??? and healy retired ages ago!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoc_RqY6yws

No wonder Bucknor was suspicious of you guys!

 

[Megadeth]

If it were not for the really bad "batting first" decision in the last test..we'd have won the damn series... so much for saffers... "invincible" south africa...

 

[Megadeth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoc_RqY6yws

No wonder Bucknor was suspicious of you guys!

"He who lives in a glasshouse probably shouldn't be chuckin stones at passersby"...

 

[OZGOD]

If it were not for the really bad "batting first" decision in the last test..we'd have won the damn series... so much for saffers... "invincible" south africa...

Rewriting of history has begun! Only took one Test this time.

 

[OZGOD]

"He who lives in a glasshouse probably shouldn't be chuckin stones at passersby"...

What is wrong with you man...are you having your period or something?..no reason to bring any of this up...

I was responding to someone who made a comment. I reserve the right to bring up anything that is relevant to bumpcatching, including the original Bumpcatcher.

 

[OZGOD]

"He who lives in a glasshouse probably shouldn't be chuckin stones at passersby"...

What is wrong with you man...are you having your period or something?..no reason to bring any of this up...

Also, you guys live in a glasshouse too, so you should be equally careful about who you throw stones at.

 

[srg]

India win inside 3 days!

 

[Rickz]

Well done India!!!

 

[OZGOD]

SA pwned inside 3 days. SA's 2nd innings would have to go down as a choke of mammoth proportions - they had a series victory in their grasp but threw it away. Gratz to India.

 

[pullshot]

Well done India!!!

congrats india

 

[FAM]

Congrats India. Well played.

 

[Savak]

South Africans beat the Indians in conditions which suited them in the second test and the Indians beat the South Africans in the third test in conditions which suited them. In the end, Indians cant match the Saffies in seaming conditions and the Saffies are no match for India in spinning conditions. Thus both teams evenly matched in the end.

 

[Perth93]

the positives:
1.ganguly showing the other more talented bats the fighter he is.
2. ishant proving he can bowl unfazed on dusty tracks.
3. sreesanth buckling down and batting like a veteran
4. morne impressing everyone with his potential.


the negatives:
1. Ishant not taking a 6fer.
2. bhajji getting cheap wicktes and cementing his undeserved test spot.
3. Indian media getting another chance to forget past failures and gloat over immediate success.
4. Still no solution to the opening conundrum - who after Jaffer? bring back Akash chopra I'd say. Gambhir is another wafter.

Did anyone miss Tendy btw?

 

[invincible]

South Africans beat the Indians in conditions which suited them in the second test and the Indians beat the South Africans in the third test in conditions which suited them. In the end, Indians cant match the Saffies in seaming conditions and the Saffies are no match for India in spinning conditions. Thus both teams evenly matched in the end.

Well, India won against the same team earlier in South Africa on a seaming pitch. Also, South Africa won the third test in that series on what was a slow and turning pitch.

Its more down to the fact as to who raised their games more!

 

[srg]

This is the first instance when two consecutive Test matches in India have got over in three days.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

the positives:
1.ganguly showing the other more talented bats the fighter he is.
2. ishant proving he can bowl unfazed on dusty tracks.
3. sreesanth buckling down and batting like a veteran
4. morne impressing everyone with his potential.


the negatives:
1. Ishant not taking a 6fer.
2. bhajji getting cheap wicktes and cementing his undeserved test spot.
3. Indian media getting another chance to forget past failures and gloat over immediate success.
4. Still no solution to the opening conundrum - who after Jaffer? bring back Akash chopra I'd say. Gambhir is another wafter.

Did anyone miss Tendy btw?

Who's Tendy? )

Well played India. You deserve the win.

 

[f.b.m]

There was a banner saying "gibbs v miss u".

Wierd.

 

[f.b.m]

I'd still say that overall, SA were the better side throughout the series.

 

[moumotta]

This is the first instance when two consecutive Test matches in India have got over in three days.

LOL, Dhoni said he had 15 days of good cricket. His maths still not good/

 

[moumotta]

I'd still say that overall, SA were the better side throughout the series.

I wouldn't conclude that. They seem better balanced but perfomance wise there is not much to choose one over the other.

 

[invincible]

I'd still say that overall, SA were the better side throughout the series.

India was missing their premium batsman for a good part of the series. He was their top scorer in the past couple of series . In the first couple of tests, Ishanth wasn't there. RP wasn't match fit. And the whole team was coming into the series after a long tour in Australia.

South Africa I felt were better prepared for the series and were fresh into their cricket season after couple of tours against Bangladesh and Pakistan who are relatively weaker compared to us. Ofcourse, presenting the other side of the coin, they did cope well with all the off field issues.

Also, nothing taken away from the proteas. They were excellent and gave an excellent fight till the last day of the series. Just pointing out an additional point you may not have considered while coming to the above conclusion.

 

[f.b.m]

India was missing their premium batsman for a good part of the series. He was their top scorer in the past couple of series . In the first couple of tests, Ishanth wasn't there. RP wasn't match fit. And the whole team was coming into the series after a long tour in Australia.

South Africa I felt were better prepared for the series and were fresh into their cricket season after couple of tours against Bangladesh and Pakistan who are relatively weaker compared to us. Ofcourse, presenting the other side of the coin, they did cope well with all the off field issues.

Also, nothing taken away from the proteas. They were excellent and gave an excellent fight till the last day of the series. Just pointing out an additional point you may not have considered while coming to the above conclusion.

I see what you mean, but Sachin and Zaheer were both injured due to cricketing reasons (not getting hit by a bus, or tripping over a rock) so the fact that they're injured counts against them. Overall, I dont care about who isnt playing or what might have happened if xyz wasnt injured. Its the playing XI that matters.

I say that SA were the better (slighlty better) team because these were extremely hot and humid conditions that they had to adapt to and their fielding standards rarely dropped, pacers were still bowling extremely quick, etc, etc..... ... well, that and ridiculous margin of victory in the 2nd test.

 

[invincible]

I see what you mean, but Sachin and Zaheer were both injured due to cricketing reasons (not getting hit by a bus, or tripping over a rock) so the fact that they're injured counts against them. Overall, I dont care about who isnt playing or what might have happened if xyz wasnt injured. Its the playing XI that matters.

I say that SA were the better (slighlty better) team because these were extremely hot and humid conditions that they had to adapt to and their fielding standards rarely dropped, pacers were still bowling extremely quick, etc, etc..... ... well, that and ridiculous margin of victory in the 2nd test.

You got the wrong side of what I meant. When a premium player is missing along with the captain, you saw India raise their game and go on to win the test. Would the same have happened with South Africa had Steyn and Smith missed a test ? Its arguable. But proof from the past (like the 1st test in the India-South africa series when Steyn got injured) suggests they may not have done what India did.

Ofcourse, this is all for argumental sake. Pure hypothesis

 

[f.b.m]

Oh, ok. Goes to show that India deserves its #2 Ranking.

 

[invincible]

Oh, ok. Goes to show that India deserves its #2 Ranking.

Sure do !

 

[Lambu]

Sure do !

i second that

 

[Tupac]

Zindabad India!

Have to say though that Saffies have GREATLY improved the way they play spin bowling. They were clueless in 05. I don't think they have proved themselves just yet, but they definitely have improved.

Congratz to SA for fighting all the way and making it to a drawn series. Well played!

And congratz to my own team to come from behind and draw the series.

 

[tmac4real]

Haha everything Dhoni touches turns to Gold it seems. Hand him the reigns to the test side and India win in 3 days. not saying it was entirely his doing, but he's got good luck.

 

[tmac4real]

tremendous comeback by Bajji too, who ended up nabbing player of series.

 

[Megadeth]

Haha everything Dhoni touches turns to Gold it seems. Hand him the reigns to the test side and India win in 3 days. not saying it was entirely his doing, but he's got good luck.

It was gr8 captaincy...!!... I don't think kumble or dravid or even ganguly would entrust sehwag with the ball so early into the innings... the rest would've shuffled all the main bowlers till they;re dead exhausted and SA have rattled up runs..before turning to the likes of sehwag who;'s massively underrated as a bowling option...dhoni seems to have a knack of tossing the ball to the right ppl...

 

[siddharth]

It was gr8 captaincy...!!... I don't think kumble or dravid or even ganguly would entrust sehwag with the ball so early into the innings... the rest would've shuffled all the main bowlers till they;re dead exhausted and SA have rattled up runs..before turning to the likes of sehwag who;'s massively underrated as a bowling option...dhoni seems to have a knack of tossing the ball to the right ppl...

Yes ,i will give full credit to Dhoni for this test win .One person can change the whole matters so quickly .

 

[tmac4real]

Yes ,i will give full credit to Dhoni for this test win .One person can change the whole matters so quickly .

Dhoni is class, IMO karthik should not even be an option to take his place at the keeping post atleast. Have him open if u want to, but leave Dhoni in the team. He (Dhoni) is being groomed to take over the reigns of India fulltime when guys like Kumble/Dravid retire in a couple of yeras.

 

[Manish26]

Excellent series but the Saffers yet again and again choked under conditions that were incredibly testing for the batsmen, and the fact that they rely heavily on smith and kallis to fire otherwise everybody falls like a flock of cards.
The second test was a clinical performance and India were unable to challenge them,however that will not be the case when they will be playing against the Aussies and the defensive mindset needs to change otherwise they will and should be mauled badly this winter.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Dhoni is class, IMO karthik should not even be an option to take his place at the keeping post atleast. Have him open if u want to, but leave Dhoni in the team. He (Dhoni) is being groomed to take over the reigns of India fulltime when guys like Kumble/Dravid retire in a couple of yeras.

Opening?
He is barely keeping his place as a #7 keeper batsman so how do you expect him to survive as an opener?

 

[india_fan]

There was a banner saying "gibbs v miss u".

Wierd.

errr.. it was the bookies who were holding the placard )

 

[tmac4real]

Opening?
He is barely keeping his place as a #7 keeper batsman so how do you expect him to survive as an opener?

I was referring to Dinesh karthik.......

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

I'd still say that overall, SA were the better side throughout the series.

what r u basing that on?

the series was drawn 1-1, the first test was a high scoring draw,

the second s/a crushed india, and now the 3rd india hit back strongly in both innings....esp the first when s/a were 150 or so for 1 wicket.

I cannot see either side being better than the other .....unless of course there were some bad decisions made by the umpires.

 

[Crusader]

Yes India and Dhoni rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hip Hip Hurrayyyyyyyyy!!

 

[Romali_rotti]

Well, well, well lol. Chockers have chocked no suprises here LOL. I am sure a bit of 'confidence' is down for certain chocker supporters )

 

[bablu_khan]

where did saffer run.

he was saying lot of Indian fans ran away after saf won 2nd test.. though all Indian fans were here.. however saffer has shown that he can 't take defeats.. unlike other good saf fans like "just another fan"