***Official*** India in Sri Lanka

[Uppercut]

How does hypocrisy come into it at all? You're either for walking or against it. Besides, even if you were the flakey type, not/walking off at the death in the first innings of a meaningless ODI isn't comparable to not/walking off at the pivotal moment of an important Test match.

Only because Symonds was labelled a cheat as a result. It was largely just the effigy-burning fanatics i was talking about. I can't think of anyone on this board that it would apply to.

 

[kingkallis]

Well done Ishant, big wicket that!

Out of form Jayawardene joins Sanga!

 

[kingkallis]

Sanga goes - a good catch by SRT!

Go India Go...

 

[Uppercut]

Not to take anything away from this bowling, but there's a serious toss-wins-match problem with day-nighters in Colombo.

EDIT: Just checked to back this up, 26 of the 34 non-minnow day/night ODIs that produced a result at the ground since 2000 were won by the team batting first. Noone in that time has chosen to field except Sri Lanka once in an abandoned game.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Only because Symonds was labelled a cheat as a result. It was largely just the effigy-burning fanatics i was talking about. I can't think of anyone on this board that it would apply to.

Ah okay. To be fair, I don't come across those allegations to any significant degree outside the forums. If anyone does spout that nonsense, it helps to point them towards Murali Kartik not walking in the last ODI at the Brabourne (or was it the CCI?) in the ODI series preceding the tour of Australia. The anger following the Sydney Test is mainly directed towards Steve Bucknor, who has a history of saving up the atrocious decisions for India games, and Clarke/Ponting.

I think the alleged Symonds hate here is highly exaggerated. Its a country of 1.3 billion. Unfortunately the media choose to paint a few loony cases as representative of the entire general population. If there is any degree of intolerance for the guy, it has more to do with his off the field activities and the general perception of him being a grade A sook during the entire monkeygate saga.

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah, fair call. It wasn't the wisest comment in hindsight. No need for me to flog old horses.

In other news, Praveen is awesome.

 

[pup11]

Not to take anything away from this bowling, but there's a serious toss-wins-match problem with day-nighters in Colombo.

EDIT: Just checked to back this up, 26 of the 34 non-minnow day/night ODIs that produced a result at the ground since 2000 were won by the team batting first. Noone in that time has chosen to field except Sri Lanka once in an abandoned game.

Yeah i hate this, i think the same holds true for D/N games at Durban too, it just not fair on the side batting second imo, and when a venue has a history of this problem, only day games should be played there.

 

[TT Boy]

Yeah i hate this, i think the same holds true for D/N games at Durban too, it just not fair on the side batting second imo, and when a venue has a history of this problem, only day games should be played there.

Yeah Durban at night is usually goodnight Charlie, as is Cape Town. Ball does some strange stuff at Kingsmead at night, made RP Singh look world-class and at Cape Town, Nehra became a legend in his own lunchtime.

Sri Lankans need to make a move soon. Required run-rate is getting silly now.

 

[Lostman]

this SL innings should be a tutorial on how not to go about on a chase.

 

[TT Boy]

Sri Lanka waiting for Murali to come out before they take the PowerPlay.

They could end up losing by 30 odd runs but they haven't been close all game.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Yeah Durban at night is usually goodnight Charlie, as is Cape Town. Ball does some strange stuff at Kingsmead at night, made RP Singh look world-class and at Cape Town, Nehra became a legend in his own lunchtime.

Nehra's 6fer was at Durban too, not the Cape. James Anderson had a similar performance to Nehra's at the same venue a few days earlier.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I reckon the Lankans have put off taking their powerplay too long. The 4th and 5th bowlers have completed their 20 overs between them. Its going to be tough going at 9 an over in the powerplay against Ishant, Zaheer and Praveen.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Okay, they've taken it now. Make or break time.

 

[Uppercut]

I reckon the Lankans have put off taking their powerplay too long. The 4th and 5th bowlers have completed their 20 overs between them. Its going to be tough going at 9 an over in the powerplay against Ishant, Zaheer and Praveen.

Don't think I'd agree with this, I'd say the 40th or 41st over is usually a pretty good time to take the powerplay. SL's mistake is going at 2-3 an over in the middle overs instead of aiming for 4. It doesn't even mean hitting boundaries, just playing more strike rotating shots- sweeping the spinners, opening the face of the bat on your forward defensive, nicking to third man- Jayawardene and Kandamby didn't do enough of it and left too much to the death. If they win now it'll be in spite of their tactics rather than because of them.

 

[Harry Harrison]

Kandamby reminded me of great Javed Miandad. Really cool.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Kandamby reminded me of great Javed Miandad. Really cool.

Yeah, Miandad had an ODI SR in the sixties too.

 

[TT Boy]

Wow bowled him but the bails don't come off and Sri Lanka get four byes. The ball went hard into the stumps as well. Bizarre.

 

[Uppercut]

What a ball from Ishant.

 

[TT Boy]

Gone this time. Should be game. Good death bowling from Sharma.

 

[Lostman]

wonder who the umpires have $ on?