India V. Sri Lanka 3rd Test

[Ice goddess]

1/51 at lunch on day 1 with Sehwag and Laxman at the crease. Sehwag is captain because Dravid is ill.

 

[Ice goddess]

India struggling at 5/125.

 

[Ice goddess]

India 220/6 (66.2 ov) with roughly 20 overs left in the day's play.

 

[Ice goddess]

India has steadied : India 239/6 (72.3 ov). Pathan is a reasonable all-rounder.

 

[ablettjnr]

Better than reasonable, one of the best. What's he on?

 

[Ice goddess]

Pathan is on 38 off 63, Laxman 71. India is 6/246.

 

[Ice goddess]

Stumps score:

India 1st innings R B 4 6
G Gambhir c Tharanga b Malinga 19 33 3 0
*V Sehwag b Malinga 20 35 4 0
VVS Laxman not out 71 194 9 0
SR Tendulkar c Mubarak b Muralitharan 23 66 2 0
Yuvraj Singh c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 0 2 0 0
M Kaif c Atapattu b Bandara 4 19 0 0
+MS Dhoni lbw b Muralitharan 49 62 7 0
IK Pathan not out 39 64 7 0
Extras (b 6, lb 9, nb 7) 22
Total (6 wickets, 78 overs) 247

To Bat: AB Agarkar, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh.

FoW: 1-31 (Gambhir, 8.3 ov), 2-52 (Sehwag, 12.1 ov),
3-88 (Tendulkar, 31.3 ov), 4-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 31.5 ov),
5-97 (Kaif, 36.6 ov), 6-183 (Dhoni, 58.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Malinga 18 2 62 2 (7nb)
Maharoof 17 6 34 0
Muralitharan 21 3 76 3
Bandara 19 2 52 1
Dilshan 3 0 8 0

Sri Lanka team:
WU Tharanga, *MS Atapattu, +KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene,
TT Samaraweera, TM Dilshan, J Mubarak, MF Maharoof, CM Bandara,
M Muralitharan, SL Malinga

 

[apollo_creed]

Better than reasonable, one of the best. What's he on?

Who knows? Speed perhaps.

The guys got game.

 

[apollo_creed]

Who knows? Speed perhaps.

The guys got game.

Irfan does it again.

Can he be stopped?

Hopefully he goes on, passes go and collects another 50 tommorow. Then rip through the top order of the Lankans (again!).

 

[ablettjnr]

Irfan does it again.

Can he be stopped?

Hopefully he goes on, passes go and collects another 50 tommorow. Then rip through the top order of the Lankans (again!).

Interesting, you quoted yourself, one minute after a post...

But pretty disappointing day for India, a few starts, and similar to the Aus/SA test, it seems that patience is the key with Laxmans 71 coming off 194 balls.

 

[apollo_creed]

Interesting, you quoted yourself, one minute after a post...

But pretty disappointing day for India, a few starts, and similar to the Aus/SA test, it seems that patience is the key with Laxmans 71 coming off 194 balls.

They were 5/97 at one stage remember.

To finish the day 6/247 is a fantastic performance.

 

[ablettjnr]

They were 5/97 at one stage remember.

To finish the day 6/247 is a fantastic performance.

Definitely, but they need to be 300 before they lose another wicket.

 

[apollo_creed]

Definitely, but they need to be 300 before they lose another wicket.

I agree, but the way Sri Lanka have been batting in the series especially against Kumble they wont be making much more than 300 themselves I wouldn't think.

These two do need to go on a bit longer though, Laxman especially.

India does bat right down to Number 11 though. Agarkar, Kumble (in his 100th test) and Harbajahn can all bat.

India still a big chance of scoring about 350.

Murali's obviously the key for Sri Lanka.

 

[apollo_creed]

At lunch India are 7/319 after at one stage being 5/94. Quite a recovery, led by Laxman, Pathan and Dhoni.

India 319/7 (98.0 ov)

India RR: 3.26

Batsmen: R B 4s 6s S/R
IK Pathan (LHB) 66 131 10 0 50.38 Striker
AB Agarkar (RHB) 5 11 0 0 45.45 Non-striker

Laxman made 104.

 

[Ice goddess]

7/341, great recovery by the Indians.

 

[Ice goddess]

Pathan out for 82.

 

[apollo_creed]

Pathan out for 82.

I think its fair to say Irfan is already at 21 I think as good as Andrew Flintoff.

IMO better.

Bad luck to Pathan though, he'll get other oppurtunities and the runs he scores were invaluable to his team in a pressure situation. Just like his 93 or whatever it was in the Second Test opening the batting. What a cricketer!

Has a fantastic attacking game and a very solid defence.

And Kumble will be getting a bowl soon in his 100th test match.

 

[Ice goddess]

Stumps score below.

India 1st innings R B 4 6
G Gambhir c Tharanga b Malinga 19 33 3 0
*V Sehwag b Malinga 20 35 4 0
VVS Laxman b Maharoof 104 237 14 0
SR Tendulkar c Mubarak b Muralitharan 23 66 2 0
Yuvraj Singh c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 0 2 0 0
M Kaif c Atapattu b Bandara 4 19 0 0
+MS Dhoni lbw b Muralitharan 49 62 7 0
IK Pathan lbw b Maharoof 82 162 12 0
AB Agarkar b Malinga 26 69 2 0
A Kumble c Jayawardene b Bandara 21 52 2 1
Harbhajan Singh not out 8 8 0 0
Extras (b 15, lb 13, w 5, nb 9) 42
Total (all out, 122.4 overs) 398

FoW: 1-31 (Gambhir, 8.3 ov), 2-52 (Sehwag, 12.1 ov),
3-88 (Tendulkar, 31.3 ov), 4-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 31.5 ov),
5-97 (Kaif, 36.6 ov), 6-183 (Dhoni, 58.6 ov),
7-308 (Laxman, 95.3 ov), 8-345 (Pathan, 107.1 ov),
9-384 (Agarkar, 119.2 ov), 10-398 (Kumble, 122.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Malinga 32 4 113 3 (9nb, 1w)
Maharoof 27 11 52 2
Muralitharan 36 4 128 3
Bandara 24.4 3 69 2
Dilshan 3 0 8 0

Sri Lanka 1st innings R B 4 6
WU Tharanga c Dhoni b Pathan 2 14 0 0
*MS Atapattu c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 40 69 6 0
+KC Sangakkara b Harbhajan Singh 41 91 4 0
DPMD Jayawardene c Kaif b Harbhajan Singh 0 1 0 0
TT Samaraweera c Kaif b Harbhajan Singh 1 16 0 0
TM Dilshan not out 27 39 3 0
J Mubarak not out 11 16 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 6) 9
Total (5 wickets, 40 overs) 131

To Bat: MF Maharoof, CM Bandara, M Muralitharan, SL Malinga.

FoW: 1-14 (Tharanga, 2.6 ov), 2-74 (Atapattu, 23.3 ov),
3-74 (Jayawardene, 23.4 ov), 4-82 (Samaraweera, 27.6 ov),
5-105 (Sangakkara, 33.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Pathan 10 1 36 1
Agarkar 6 2 18 0 (6nb)
Kumble 13 2 50 0
Harbhajan Singh 11 3 24 4

 

[Smokin_Joe]

I think its fair to say Irfan is already at 21 I think as good as Andrew Flintoff.

IMO better.

Bad luck to Pathan though, he'll get other oppurtunities and the runs he scores were invaluable to his team in a pressure situation. Just like his 93 or whatever it was in the Second Test opening the batting. What a cricketer!

Has a fantastic attacking game and a very solid defence.

And Kumble will be getting a bowl soon in his 100th test match.

Apollo wait until he plays away more and against better opposition , sri lanka is a pretty crap side to base someones career on so far, especially at the moment and at home.

Most of his runs have been against minnows , lets see him in SAF away, England away and Australia away before u properly judge him. But i dont deny he is a genuine talent , he just hasnt been properly tested yet.

 

[Slander]

Apollo wait until he plays away more and against better opposition , sri lanka is a pretty crap side to base someones career on so far, especially at the moment and at home.
Most of his runs have been against minnows , lets see him in SAF away, England away and Australia away before u properly judge him. But i dont deny he is a genuine talent , he just hasnt been properly tested yet.

Batting against Murali on the sub-continent is a fair intiation.

 

[Smokin_Joe]

Batting against Murali on the sub-continent is a fair intiation.

Thats a good point. But has he faced a Mcgrath or a Harmison or a fully fit Shane Bond on anything but a dustbowl.

 

[Ice goddess]

India looks in an impregnable position here. They lead by 479 with 1 wicket left at stumps.

 

[jagx00]

For closure's sake, India won by 259 runs to win the three Test series 2-0.
Next for Sri Lanka is an ODI series in NZ.
India travel to Pakistan for the long awaited three Test series.
First Test is in Lahore on Jan 14.