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[locky801]

NZ at lunch Day 3

2/197

Young 89
Latham 82*

Williamson out right on lunch for 18

[locky801]

Taylor and Nicolls now gone as well

NZ 4/222

Latham 93*

Spinners coming into their own

[locky801]

Not sure why we need umpires on the filed anymore

They dont call no balls
They dont hold the players caps or jumpers
They refer just about everything

Just watched Latham get stumped, he is 5 paces down the pitch and is well and truly gone, umpire refers it FFS

By the time the decision was made Lathams already probably taking his pads off

[stan]

India second innings over 1.3 that one grubs along the service.

Going to be a good pitch tomorrow.

[The Dark Knight]

Taylor and Nicolls now gone as well

NZ 4/222

Latham 93*

Spinners coming into their own

Massive collapse for NZ as they lost 9/99!
Axar Patel, 5/62 from 34 overs, his 5th five wicket haul in 4 test matches this year.
Disappointing that Latham or Young didn't make a century.
India 1/14 in their second innings, Jamieson takes his 50th test match wicket playing in only his 9th test match.

[stan]

NZ bowing up a storm here in India.

India 4/51, balls flying past the outside edge, keeping low. It's all over the place here.

Jamieson and Southee have hit good lines and Patel has one as well.

[jackpot jim]

India recovered from 5/51 to declare on 7/234 to give NZ 284 to chase

With 4 overs to face til stumps, disaster struck NZ when Will Young was adjudged LBW off Ashwin to a ball that turned a mile and looked like missing leg stump by a mile. Umpire appeared to be pressured into giving it out after a prolonged shout. The 2 batsmen gathered together to have a chat but when Young finally signaled for a review he was informed time had expired. He was about 1 second too late
Ball tracking confirmed the ball would have been lucky to hit a 2nd set of stumps such how sharply it turned. Just a massive cock up all round.

NZ 1/4 at stumps

[stan]

India recovered from 5/51 to declare on 7/234 to give NZ 284 to chase

With 4 overs to face til stumps, disaster struck NZ when Will Young was adjudged LBW off Ashwin to a ball that turned a mile and looked like missing leg stump by a mile. Umpire appeared to be pressured into giving it out after a prolonged shout. The 2 batsmen gathered together to have a chat but when Young finally signaled for a review he was informed time had expired. He was about 1 second too late
Ball tracking confirmed the ball would have been lucky to hit a 2nd set of stumps such how sharply it turned. Just a massive cock up all round.

NZ 1/4 at stumps

I didn't see the end of play, sounds interesting.

Not unusual for Indians to appeal like that, that's how they are on the pitch. They have very aggressive appeals.

[The Dark Knight]

NZ managed to bat out the last day and with bad light stopping play late on day 5 managed to draw the match finishing at 9/165.

The second test starts on Friday.

Meanwhile Bangladesh are hosting Pakistan.
Bangers first innings 330
Das 114
Hasan Ali 5/51

Pak first innings 286
Abid Ali 133
Taijul Islam 7/116

Bangers second innings 157
Afridi 5/32

Pakistan second innings 0/109 at stumps day four, need 93 to win.

The second between Sri Lanka and the West Indies started yesterday, SL batting first are 1/113 during a rain affected day.

[mal]

India deserved to win , but also should have won

Gutsy declaration on face value by India
Gave NZ a target of 284 and declared on day 4

In the end the game called off through bad light ?
All 5 days were stopped early because of bad light



QUESTIONS
Did they play extra time by starting earlier the following days ?
If not, why not ?

[The Dark Knight]

India v England, Second test
Kohli is back and after a delayed start due to rain he won the toss and India and batting.

They are currently 3/81 and have lost 3/0 as Ajaz Patel dismissed Gill for 44 then Pujara and Kohli for ducks!

Kohli reviewed his LBW decision and without any conclusive evidence that it was bat or pad first the decision remained as umpires call, his reaction to it remaining out was priceless!


Kane Williamson isn't playing because of his ongoing elbow injury and has been replaced by Daryl Mitchell.
India has 3 changes- Outs are Rahane (hamstring), Jadeja (arm) Ishant Sharma (dislocated finger). Replacing them are Kolhi, Jaynet Yadav and Siraj.

Rahane was really as good as dropped anyway as he us struggling for runs so I'm not sure about him being 'injured'.

[The Dark Knight]

Meanwhile while Sri Lanka needs 2 wickets to defeat the West Indies in their second test.
SL first innings 204
WI first innings 253
SL second innings 9/345 declared
WI second innings currently 8/129

[The Dark Knight]

India v NZ, stumps day one.
Latham wanted to keep bowling the quicks and the umpires deemed the light isn't good enough for that so stumps were called.
India finish at 4/221
Agarwal 120* (his 4th test match hundred)
Saha 25*
Ajaz Patel 4/73 from 29 overs with 10 Maidens.


Sri Lanka ended up defeating the West Indies by 164 runs, rolling the Windies for 132 in their second innings. They take the series 2-0.

[Jim05]

In this day and age how can the umpires get the Kohli decision so wrong

[Armchair expert]

In this day and age how can the umpires get the Kohli decision so wrong

I think they got it right pad bat pad

[The Dark Knight]

In this day and age how can the umpires get the Kohli decision so wrong

I think they got it right pad bat pad

I reckon the umpire who gave Kohli out (Anil Chaudhary) and the third umpire might not get to officiate in another test match after giving Kohli out hahaha.

[locky801]

India 7/304

Agarwall 150

Patel 7/108

[Armchair expert]

Hope he gets 10!

[Armchair expert]

And he does!

[locky801]

Hope he gets 10!

Unbelievable cant remember the last one to take all 10 in a first class game