West Indies vs India | 2nd Test | Bridgetown | June 28-Jul 02 2011

[KingKhanWC]

Another one goes. Good start from India

 

[skittles]

Chaloo, skittles. Bring on Barath, Simmons and the fours crashed to the boundary.

Sorry KK...they disappointed you today!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Lara wannabe comes in

 

[chaiwala]

Simmons not suitable for tests.

A must for ODIs though.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Off the mark straight away

 

[Bhaijaan]

half an hour to go

 

[KingKhanWC]

Sorry KK...they disappointed you today!

koi bhat ne. Darren 'Brian Lara' Bravo will do the damage.

 

[Bhaijaan]

^to whom

 

[Fawad2010]

India scored most of their runs through one partnership, WI should look for that magic partnership.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Seriously pathetic performance so far from W.I batsmen who once again have let all the hard work from their bowlers go to waste. I can see them giving India a 1st inns lead here and that like 1st test will mean catch up cricket and a loss!

 

[Fawad2010]

I think they should have sent a nightwatchman when the second wicket fell, see off the day, and then regroup and attack!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Nightwatchman against PK? )

Don't be kidding

 

[Bhaijaan]

Round the wicket to Bravo, working on a set plan

 

[skittles]

Come on! Let's get Ronnie or Fake Lara before close of play!!!!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Our bowlers are ready for England

 

[Bhaijaan]

Praveen will own Trott

 

[Bhaijaan]

Must say Dhoni has improved a lot on field placings. A lot more aggressive now which is always cool

 

[pun500]

we need atleast 1 more before stumps

 

[chaiwala]

That one moved in a little. Nice seam position from Mithun.

 

[Fawad2010]

Going good so far!

Just play out the last 9-10 overs and worry about the 1st inning total tomorrow!

 

[chaiwala]

Great delivery right there.

 

[skittles]

!!!!!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Mithun

 

[chaiwala]

Anddd GONNNEEE!!! Got the big man!

 

[Fawad2010]

why o why!

 

[skittles]

Hard to tell, didn't see any edge...but we'll take it...no UDRS

 

[pun500]

another one

 

[Bhaijaan]

Looked not out to me, compensates that Raina dismissal i would say

 

[pun500]

Hard to tell, didn't see any edge...but we'll take it...no UDRS

huge noise and since there was no contact with the pad it was only bat and ball

 

[Fawad2010]

The so called Lara Jr. needs a LOT of work on his batting. Maybe its psychological or something..

 

[Fawad2010]

Nightwatchman?

 

[Fawad2010]

Yes, Bishoo

 

[skittles]

huge noise and since there was no contact with the pad it was only bat and ball

Really? My feed didn't have any huge sound...certainly didn't sound woody. But I'm not complaining. If it was wrong, makes up for the Raina blunder. If not, then great.

 

[Bhaijaan]

And it's stumps.

WI have lost 3 wickets for 30. Good stuff from Indian bowlers

 

[pun500]

Really? My feed didn't have any huge sound...certainly didn't sound woody. But I'm not complaining. If it was wrong, makes up for the Raina blunder. If not, then great.

nope there was a noise ..commentators also heard on air. They thought it was just off the face of the bat

 

[cricketfanfirst]

I think Darren Bravo was unlucky, the ball seemed to be far away from the batsman.

 

[pun500]

had mithun got the outswing/inswing for bishoo on stumps he could have nailed him easily

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Tomorrow, we should continue the good work and wrap the innings as quickly as possible.

 

[pun500]

Tomorrow, we should continue the good work and wrap the innings as quickly as possible.

yes minimum 60-70 run lead because i see our batting fail again

 

[Fawad2010]

I hope that WI manage to get a healthy lead in the 1st innings. The series has been pretty ordinary so far!

 

[pun500]

I hope that WI manage to get a healthy lead in the 1st innings. The series has been pretty ordinary so far!

better than the last one

 

[mithun_minhas]

yes minimum 60-70 run lead because i see our batting fail again

Mukund and Vijay are major flops in this series.

After Gambit and Veeru, we do not have proper openers.

Even Kohli seems to be lost in tests. Dhoni doesn't seem to be interested anymore in batting.

Where is Pujara?

 

[pun500]

Mukund and Vijay are major flops in this series.

After Gambit and Veeru, we do not have proper openers.

Even Kohli seems to be lost in tests. Dhoni doesn't seem to be interested anymore in batting.

Where is Pujara?

injured

 

[Fawad2010]

better than the last one

that's your opinion

 

[Random Aussie]

Good recovery from India, the batting is not so great without Tendulkar eh?

West Indies just cannot ever put in a consistent performance. They make some runs, then bowl rubbish. Bowl well, bat rubbish.

 

[skittles]

Good recovery from India, the batting is not so great without Tendulkar eh?

West Indies just cannot ever put in a consistent performance. They make some runs, then bowl rubbish. Bowl well, bat rubbish.

Which team's batting would be if you remove a player of 's calibre?

 

[majiz]

Looks like this will be a bowling shoot-out of a series with India winning due to a more resilient batting line-up. (Note Raina and Dravid in the first test, and Laxman in this one)

 

[pun500]

Good recovery from India, the batting is not so great without Tendulkar eh?

West Indies just cannot ever put in a consistent performance. They make some runs, then bowl rubbish. Bowl well, bat rubbish.

we dont have players of dravids calibre forget

but our folks get the job done. We need 3 batters for us in tests. The way thinngs are going we have a pool now with vijay , mukund, pujara , raina , r sharma ,kohli not to mention rahane waiting in the wings.

our transistion in odis is complete and now for tests we need just solid batters. Above will be good @ home

I am encouraged by the progress raina has shown. Pujara will be back (damn ipl).

 

[Fireworks11]

Fantastic day's play, India hit back after folding relatively meekly.

Should be a fascinating Test where bowlers rule.

 

[gsivak]

It looks like the younger Indian batsmen will take some time to get ready for test level. Raina finally made it good. I must admit that I wanted to have him axed from the test squad based on how he suffered in the previous series. Dhoni was indeed right (why do I even question him), players need to be given time to mature into test players. I now strongly advocate patience towards Vijay, Mukund, Kholi and company.

 

[Random Aussie]

Which team's batting would be if you remove a player of 's calibre?

None of them. But I have read a few comments here and there that India will be fine without Tendulkar, have heaps of world class batsmen etc etc. Of late, not only this series, Indian batting has looked quite fragile.

Congrats to Raina again, kid is showing heart and application in his batting. Which is more important than whether he can play a hook shot or not.

Just an observation on the opening pair - admittedly from highlights only - they both look to have techniques molded to suit low bouncing wickets in that they are kinda hunched over the ball so look in some trouble when the ball lifts up. Would be interested to hear the thoughts of others on this, my ex Indian now Aussie mate at work is a big wrap for Mukund but I just don't see class. Not like the Pujara.

 

[Romali_rotti]

But I have read a few comments here and there that India will be fine without Tendulkar, . .

You wouldnt hear that from me, the day SRT calls it quits the day I stop following Indian cricket.................

 

[what ho]

Apart from the irreplaceable Tendulkar, the Indians are also missing Sehwag, Gambhir, aren't they?

 

[Bhaijaan]

You wouldnt hear that from me, the day SRT calls it quits the day I stop following Indian cricket.................

Same here.
has set the standard so high that after him it won't be fun following Team India
is our team

 

[Swaraj!!]

Same here.
has set the standard so high that after him it won't be fun following Team India
is our team

Not sure if I would go that far, but it would be really be a big change. The first game of cricket I ever watched was Tendulkar's debut match against Pakistan.

Tendulkar to me has always been a part of Indian cricket, even when he is missing a match.

I wonder how is it going to be without him in it. Well, ........ will cross the bridge when it comes.

 

[CoolSERAZ]

good job india. just 1 question when batsmen gets out in last over of the day isnt that supposed to be stumps?
why did bishoo come out to face just 1 ball?

 

[Dr. Schaden Freud]

None of them. But I have read a few comments here and there that India will be fine without Tendulkar, have heaps of world class batsmen etc etc. Of late, not only this series, Indian batting has looked quite fragile.

Congrats to Raina again, kid is showing heart and application in his batting. Which is more important than whether he can play a hook shot or not.

Just an observation on the opening pair - admittedly from highlights only - they both look to have techniques molded to suit low bouncing wickets in that they are kinda hunched over the ball so look in some trouble when the ball lifts up. Would be interested to hear the thoughts of others on this, my ex Indian now Aussie mate at work is a big wrap for Mukund but I just don't see class. Not like the Pujara.

It's not just Tendulkar, mate. We're missing Gambhir and Sehwag as much as we miss Tendulkar. Our opening has been abysmal in the series so far and the starts have been painfully slow. For instance, at the end of 14 overs, India's score was 14/2. With Sehwag, the pressure is always on the bowlers as long as he is around and even if he doesn't last long, he ensures that we accumulate runs for the period he stays.

Rarely have we had continuous series of bad starts. But, with three out of the top four out, our batting seems to be struggling.

 

[Amjid Javed]

W.I to be out for 120 odd and India to build a match winning total there after.

 

[ahamedirshad123]

w.i to be out for 120 odd and india to build a match winning total there after.

 

[jheenga]

ok guys . wats your prediction for WI inning runs . mine is 210 .

 

[ahamedirshad123]

I go with AJ. He predicted the correct(some-how) 1st inning score...

 

[sazz]

I predict WI to be all out for 187

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Amjid Javed won the prediction for India's first innings score...

Predict WI first inning score-

freelance_cricketer - 178
KingKhanWC- 325
cricketfanfirst - 169
CoolSERAZ - 245
cricketpassion - 275
Amjid Javed - 120
ahamedirshad123 - 120
jheenga - 210
sazz - 187

continue...

 

[dani2k]

WI - all out 157.

 

[shahidafridi123]

163 all out

 

[skittles]

170 ao.

 

[Tapori]

WI will find a way of messing this up.

Still funny to see the No.1 side collapse like their neigbours to the left might have done in days gone by.

Chanderpaul + the Tail are key.

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Amjid Javed won the prediction for India's first innings score...

Predict WI first inning score-

freelance_cricketer - 178
KingKhanWC- 325
cricketfanfirst - 169
CoolSERAZ - 245
cricketpassion - 275
Amjid Javed - 120
ahamedirshad123 - 120
jheenga - 210
sazz - 187
dani2k - 157
shahidafridi123 - 163
skittles - 170

continue...

 

[pun500]

good job india. just 1 question when batsmen gets out in last over of the day isnt that supposed to be stumps?
why did bishoo come out to face just 1 ball?

coz there was still time

 

[pun500]

Amjid Javed won the prediction for India's first innings score...

Predict WI first inning score-

freelance_cricketer - 178
KingKhanWC- 325
cricketfanfirst - 169
CoolSERAZ - 245
cricketpassion - 275
Amjid Javed - 120
ahamedirshad123 - 120
jheenga - 210
sazz - 187
dani2k - 157
shahidafridi123 - 163
skittles - 170

continue...

around 134

 

[sazz]

Breaking News:

Umpire Daryl Harper has withdrawn from the third Test.


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[Poison]

Rain saves India

 

[shahidafridi123]

Predict WI first inning score-

freelance_cricketer - 178
KingKhanWC- 325
cricketfanfirst - 169
CoolSERAZ - 245
cricketpassion - 275
Amjid Javed - 120
ahamedirshad123 - 120
jheenga - 210
sazz - 187
dani2k - 157
shahidafridi123 - 163
skittles - 170
pun500: 134

continue...

 

[skittles]

Rain saves Windies

Fixed.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Play about to begin in ren minutes

 

[ads101]

I'll go with 350 West Indies

 

[shahidafridi123]

Predict WI first inning score-

freelance_cricketer - 178
KingKhanWC- 325
cricketfanfirst - 169
CoolSERAZ - 245
cricketpassion - 275
Amjid Javed - 120
ahamedirshad123 - 120
jheenga - 210
sazz - 187
dani2k - 157
shahidafridi123 - 163
skittles - 170
pun500: 134
ads101: 350

continue...

 

[Bhaijaan]

Oooooh beauty from PK

 

[cricketfanfirst]

Praveen making the ball talk!

 

[Bhaijaan]

And another beauty, causing all sorts of problems