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By: sampath kumar

sampath kumar — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:50:03 +0000

Kumble, Kumble, Kumble Jai Jai Jai!!

Nearly 20 years ago, I saw Anil Kumble make 100 at Bangalore against K Srikkanth led Tamil Nadu at Chinnasamy Stadium–he can bat.

Now that he has proven that he can bowl, field,captain and bat, why not make him the next COACH of Team India!!!

By: vish2000

vish2000 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:52:19 +0000

India clearly had two contrasting phases of play. The first half saw 180 runs scored of 45 overs loosing 1 wicket (at 4.0 an over); and the second half 136 runs loosing 3 wickets (at 3.0 an over)

The main reason for the better second half for England was -

1. The frequent cloud cover which helped to generate late swing in the afternoon. This obviously demanded more caution from the batsmen.

2. A better control by James Anderson in his third and fourth spell

3. Tendulkar’s recent habit of extreme caution at the start of his innings which put the brakes on the scoring rate. Laxman has also been a slow starter.

For India, the first hour today is crucial for the Test and Series. No wickets and around 40 runs, India will show more confidence and positive intent to press on beyond 400; A couple of early wickets and England are right back in this game.

For me, the key is the swing. If the new ball swings in the morning we can expect caution from Tendulkar and Laxman and a slow scoring rate (and even wickets). If we see similar conditions to yesterday morning, England will be in the back foot and their bowlers could try the short stuff… much to India’s advantage.

If India could get through the first hour unscathed, the series win dream will be big step closer.

By: Twenty20

Twenty20 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:57:39 +0000

This karthik dude is really impressive ! Ravi shartri, Sehwag and now karthik proves No 6 batsman make gr8 opening batsman !

By: mohankaus

mohankaus — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:30:13 +0000

omment == comment!

By: mohankaus

mohankaus — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:29:38 +0000

A pithy omment from Peter Moores on jelly and saliva:
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/englandindia2007/story/0,,2145836,00.html

By: mohankaus

mohankaus — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:21:10 +0000

Sriram, I did shake my head in utter amazement as David Lloyd was carrying on about why jelly beans should be legalised. Holding put an end to the nonsensical rabbitting. I think Clive Lloyd once called David Lloyd “an idiot”. I am now convinced that the great Clive Lloyd was being unduly polite! The ball was certainly doing a heck of a lot in that passage of play. Maybe jelly beans had something to do with it!

By: Sriram

Sriram — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:07:55 +0000

What a wonderful game of test cricket. The usual yawn during the game for most of the late night TV viewers was missing ( or is it postponed to now, say about 11.43 AM AEST) .
There were few quotable comments from the elite commentary team of Sky sports.
1. A debate on jelly bean effect and the legality of it. Bubble was very earnestly trying to make it legal ( ” you know the normal saliva of human beings has a slight concentration of sugar in it “…) but the man from Caribbean was very forceful in judging it illegal . That debate was interesting.
2. The “third man” Nasser Hussain’s comments on Kevin Petersen being called back by the third umpire after a caught behing decision from the main umpire and his opinion of the logic of the same should have been applied on the “shocking dismissal” of Dada ( I thought he really took it well and I liked the way he welcomed the overnight batsmen back to the pavilion with a hearty applause). I tend to agree with Nasser, atleast on these very obvious cases. 3.Added to this Holdng’s comment ” a player gets dropped if he repeatetly fails and the same should go for the umpires as well”, I agree with you Mike.
What a Friday night it is shaping to be with the possibility of one of the three ,Tendulkar, VVS and Dhoni (long overdue) making a sizable contribution and offering feast in their own style … if it isTendulkar ..a patient knok, if VVS ..a wristy and elegant knock and if Dhoni.. a brutal knock.. It is tough to choose.. may be a taste of all the three.
Go Team India