*Official* Sri Lanka in India

[ret]

Tendulkar is going after the bowling, Dravid is looking aggressive too .... Appears as if Sehwag's batting has influenced others

 

[Furball]

Ha, you can watch TV on the iphone?

Yup, Sky Mobile TV app. Free download, O2 customers can get 3 months free, £6 a month after that for all Sky Sports channels plus ESPN (though most of the US sports on ESPN aren't available, which is a shame. )

 

[silentstriker]

Haha, there better not be a collapse here. Any 4th innings chase more than 150 on this pitch will be extremely tricky. They need a lead, minimum of 250 to be safe.

 

[TT Boy]

Haha, there better not be a collapse here. Any 4th innings chase more than 150 on this pitch will be extremely tricky. They need a lead, minimum of 250 to be safe.

 

[Furball]

Happened in Chennai (?) against South Africa in 2008, middle and lower order collapsed totally after a Sehwag triple.

 

[aussie]

Yup, Sky Mobile TV app. Free download, O2 customers can get 3 months free, £6 a month after that for all Sky Sports channels plus ESPN (though most of the US sports on ESPN aren't available, which is a shame. )

Damn word. I have a sidekick LX, would it work on that?

 

[Shri]

Sachin needs 35 more runs to hit 13000 test runs.

 

[Maximus0723]

Sachin's 50. Middle order is settin in.

 

[Maximus0723]

"God wanted to play, so Sachin was born"

-one of the sign

 

[Dissector]

This was a perfect opportunity for Sachin to get another hundred and inch closer to that magic 50 mark. Unfortunately given India's absurd test calendar he isn't going to get too many more chances in the next year. At least he got a fifty, which is his 97th 50+ score in test cricket.

Incidentally today's play shows how utterly remarkable Sehwag's innings was. There have been many fine attacking batsmen in cricket history and they have often played mediocre attacks on flat tracks. No one has played big innings at a run-a-ball nearly as often as Sehwag.

 

[silentstriker]

All Indian batsmen have passed 50 so far. Odds on Yuvi breaking that streak?

 

[honestbharani]

Haha do you know the story even? He took Lilee + his Aussie partner and a spinner called Lock apart.

do you know the story on over rates and field settings back then?

 

[The Sean]

Ni I was just implying that Richards still remains the only person to take a test match quality attack for 300 in a day. I was actually hoping for Shewag to do it today.

There was a bloke called Bradman who did it. In an actual Test match.

Incidentally Barry Richards never faced Lillee in a test match. Are we talking about WSC or some first class game? Richards' fastest test hundred was this knock where he scored 140 off 164 balls. Excellent especially for those days but quite far behind what Sehwag has achieved in his most destructive test knocks.

It was a Sheffield Shield match when Richards was playing for South Australia.

 

[The Sean]

I'm wondering if there has ever been a multiple-Test series with at least one score of more than 600 in every match?

EDIT - and a three-Test series with two scores of more than 700?

 

[chicane]

Should have declared earlier, but still 2 days left. Very well played Dhoni.

 

[Howsie]

Dhoni actually scored a 100, couldn't believe he played on just to get that tbh.

 

[Xuhaib]

Dhoni actually scored a 100, couldn't believe he played on just to get that tbh.

7 sessions left tbh.

 

[Sir Alex]

What a brillaint 100 from Dhoni! Amazing.. 56 runs partnership for 10th wicket saw him taking 50 runs.

 

[TT Boy]

Happened in Chennai (?) against South Africa in 2008, middle and lower order collapsed totally after a Sehwag triple.

Yes, but India didn't lose the game.

 

[social]

Indian batting, in certain conditions, is fantastic and a joy to behold

Sri Lankan bowling, in certain conditions, is woeful and an embarrasment to watch

Combine the two and it's as dull as dishwater

I spent the morning watching Namibia play 7s rugby and the afternoon watching Barney the Dinosaur because I couldnt take any more