India in Sri Lanka

[brod]

India's hopes of drawing level in the Test series against Sri Lanka were dealt a serious blow with Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh being ruled out of the second Test in Colombo. Gambhir was racing against time to recover from a troublesome knee, and the team management decided to leave him out after a final assessment on Monday morning. Yuvraj, who struck an attacking fifty in the first innings of the first Test was down with fever, leaving India without the services of their two first-choice left-hand batsmen.

Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina, who makes his debut, took their places in the side.

India are already fielding a depleted side for the series, with fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth missing out due to injuries. Offspinner Harbhajan Singh was down with flu in the lead-up to the first Test and struggled for fitness through the course of the match

[brod]

Sri Lanka v India
2nd Test
Colombo

STUMPS DAY 2

Sri Lanka 4d/642
KC Sangakkara 219
DPMD Jayawardene 174
NT Paranavitana 100
TT Samaraweera 76*
TM Dilshan 54
India 0/95
V Sehwag 64*

[jackpot jim]

Combined total of 4/737 after 2 days play.

Really super stuff there, captivating, Exhillerating are 2 words that dont come to mind.
Fair dinkum, this kind of sh*t is killing Test cricket.
Watched a bit of the conclusion of the Sri Lankan innings and fair dinkum, i could've comfortably racked up a 1/2 century. Road of a pitch. No swing. No movement off the pitch. Defensive fields. Bowlers looked as threatening as my net bowling.

It's no wonder all the sub-continent batsmen average over 50.

Absolute rubbish cricket.

[mal]

Jackpot , your post has expessed the thoughts of many of us on SAfooty
MAYZ summed up in the PA V AU 2nd test how good it was to see bowling advantaged Test matches

The last team from the subcontinent to conquer the world for a duration of time was Genghis Khans team
The sub cont teams will enjoy short term top rankings as India do at the moment
But creating a dynasty or a decade of dominance will be difficult to achieve if they continue to create lifeless pitches for thier fast bowlers
They will invariably flounder on tours

4/737 = JOKE

[MAY-Z]

Jackpot , your post has expessed the thoughts of many of us on SAfooty
MAYZ summed up in the PA V AU 2nd test how good it was to see bowling advantaged Test matches

The last team from the subcontinent to conquer the world for a duration of time was Genghis Khans team
The sub cont teams will enjoy short term top rankings as India do at the moment
But creating a dynasty or a decade of dominance will be difficult to achieve if they continue to create lifeless pitches for thier fast bowlers
They will invariably flounder on tours

4/737 = JOKE

exactly - i dont mind the occassional test match like this but there are far too many

sub continent pitches used to be a batsmen dream early on then spin a lot later so at least some bowlers got a chance but that doesnt even seem to happen much lately

[mal]

Is this what happened ?????
SL won the first Test
Murali retires
SL one up in the series, without the greatest Test wicketaker of all time, was this always gunna be a very flat track ?

[brod]

Sri Lanka v India
2nd Test
Colombo

STUMPS DAY 3

Sri Lanka 4d/642
India 4/382
SR Tendulkar 108*
V Sehwag 99
SK Raina 66* (on debut)
M Vijay 58
BAW Mendis 2/92
S Randiv 2/108 (on debut)

[Media Park]

SACHIN!!!!

[mal]

2ND JOKEFEST
DAY 3 STUMPS
8/1024

THESE GAMES
I dont bother watching them
I dont even bother looking up the scores
Most times I find out about these games is on the SAFOOTY threads
Other times when Im watching Fox Sport News[other sports] or other times when during games like the AU V PA tests when they update those games

8/1024 = JOKE

[Rik E Boy]

4/737

I'd kill for bowling figures like those.

regards,

REB

[Media Park]

How many double tons does Sachin have now???

[brod]

How many double tons does Sachin have now???

Only 5 (48 centuries)

This was Sangakkara's 7th

[brod]

Sri Lanka v India
2nd Test
Colombo

STUMPS DAY 4

Sri Lanka 4d/642
India 9/669
SR Tendulkar 203
SK Raina 120 (on debut)
V Sehwag 99
BAW Mendis 4/157
TM Dilshan 3/50
S Randiv 2/212 (on debut)

[Media Park]

Randiv... double century on debut... very Krejza like...

[jackpot jim]

Stumps Day 4.

And the enthralling contest continues.

Match score 13/1311

Batting average of 100.85

Thats Bradmanesque like but sadly hasn't been worth watching.

Maybe the ICC need to bring in 10 day Test matches over there to make these matches relevant as all they do flatter average batsmen's averages.

Meenwhile England are 4/125 against Pakistan in what IS a GENUINE contest between bat & ball and is well worth watching.

[Gozu]

2ND JOKEFEST
DAY 3 STUMPS
8/1024

THESE GAMES
I dont bother watching them
I dont even bother looking up the scores
Most times I find out about these games is on the SAFOOTY threads
Other times when Im watching Fox Sport News[other sports] or other times when during games like the AU V PA tests when they update those games

8/1024 = JOKE

You sound about as interested in this series as I am. The series is live on the Setanta Sports channel which is a stand alone private channel you can get on Foxtel for the oh so reasonable price of $17 a month! or there is something like a 2 hour highlights package of the previous day's play on one of the Fox Sports channels each day.

[wycbloods]

How many double tons does Sachin have now???

Only 5 (48 centuries)

This was Sangakkara's 7th

I think 5 would be a fairer answer Brod. 5 is an unbelievable achievement.

[OnSong]

For a bloke who plays a majority of his innings on sub-continent roads, 5 isn't many compared to what I would have expected.
Still a great achievement, I think Brod was alluding to the fact that he, like many, would have expected more.

[wycbloods]

How many people in the history of the game have 5 Double Centuries?

[OnSong]

What's your damage? I said it's a fair achievement but I was expecting more.

DG Bradman (Aus) 12
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 9
WR Hammond (Eng) 7
KC Sangakkara (SL) 7
V Sehwag (ICC/India) 6
MS Atapattu (SL) 6
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 6
Javed Miandad (Pak) 6
R Dravid (ICC/India) 5
RT Ponting (Aus) 5
SR Tendulkar (India) 5