*Official* New Zealand in India Thread

[lord_of_darkness]

yea but a person like Ghambir could have used the opportunity better and i reckon it gives the team more depth..

Also i reckon yuvrajs bowling isint really a great asset when people like Tendulkar . Sehwag can bowl part timers aswell

 

[esgallindeion]

A few hours left for the 2nd test to begin. It will be Dravid's first test as captain. He has a fantastic ODI record as captain.

What do you reckon the captain winning the toss should do?

 

[gibbsnsmith]

I dont know much about the pitch but id assume to bat first is a good idea.

 

[warrioryohannan]

So far as 5 bowlers not being likely to do the job if 4 can't, even the Aussies have recently gone into Tests with a 3 seam 2 spin attack if the pitch has been flat - a lesson they learned from their lost tour of India perhaps, and even more significant when you consider the quality of their bowling attack!

They didn't do that in many test matches, and DON"T forget, Australian WK happens to be a class batsman, so they atleast had 6 specialist batsman, Indian test keeper on the other hand isn't much of a batsman.Getting into the match with a additional pacer in place of a specialist batsman would be suicidal for India!

 

[Anil]

A few hours left for the 2nd test to begin. It will be Dravid's first test as captain. He has a fantastic ODI record as captain.

He has captained in 4 matches....of which he won three, too early to judge him as a captain, he has had a good start, for sure....

 

[Andre]

India: Yuvraj in, Sourav out

NZ: Butler in, Oram out :O

 

[Neil Pickup]

Oram's injured.

New Zealand are 168/0 at tea - Richardson 62*, Vincent 80*

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Yep strained calf muscle or something close.. poor him was doing well with the ball and could have done something with his batting..

New Zealand 174/0

Go NZ ouch'ies to India...!

 

[esgallindeion]

What the ...

I just came home from school to see... NZ - 173 / 0

:!(

India should even stop hoping to do well in australia without 5 regular bowlers.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

71.2 Kumble to Vincent, FOUR, just short of a length, and Vincent sweeps
that away to midwicket for four and gets to three figures, his
second Test century, and he looks very glad to have gotten there!!
This is now the third highest opening stand for New Zealand of all
time

New Zealand now 215/0.

L Vincent 101 not out
M Richardson 83 not out

 

[Neil Pickup]

247/1 at close

Richardson 102*
Vincent lbw b Kumble 106
Styris 7*

Zaheer 0/62 [18]
Balaji 0/39 [17]
Tendulkar 0/12 [9]
Kumble 1/57 [28]
Harbhajan 0/48 [17]
Sehwag 0/0 [1]

Ouch.

 

[marc71178]

Should've gone with AA!

 

[Mr. P]

Tendulkar 0/12 [9]

Yep, the little master, economical as always.

 

[Craig]

Why isnt Ganguly playing? Injuried or what?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Exploding boil on the groin.

 

[Craig]

OUCH!

That has made me wince away in pain and yet it is happening to Ganguly.

 

[Rik]

L Balaji...actions speak louder than words...

 

[esgallindeion]

No, I still think Agarkar shld be India's 3rd choice of seamer. The first 2 being Zaheer and nehra respectively.

 

[Rik]

No, I still think Agarkar shld be India's 3rd choice of seamer. The first 2 being Zaheer and nehra respectively.

Nehra had a successful World Cup but other than that he's done nothing of note. I think he would need to do a bit more to be India's 2nd seamer. Anyway what's happened to Srinath?

 

[Anil]

New Zealand look like batting India out of a win atleast......even drawing this so-called revenge series will be akin to winning it, for them.