23rd Match, Group F: India v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet

[SciD]

The ball will bounce not more than the stumps in India during the world cup now. :laugh

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The plan of bowling on line outside off stump as wide marker has paid off for Lankans.

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Unfortunately Dhoni nowdays get pumped up only when he is playing Kings XI Punjab.

 

[sohum]

Great, Yusuf, let the balls go now. Idiot.

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We're about 20 runs short. :laugh

 

[Flame_Blader1]

Wow what a waste of a really good start. SL just need to cross 143 and they are set.

 

[Dare]

Great last 2 overs from Malinga and Perera. India would be disappointed that they couldn't get another 10+ runs.
Sri Lanka should open with Dilshan and not Jayasuriya.

 

[pcfan123]

Come on Sri Lanka, just want them to win the whole thing so that when I go to Miami its to see the World Champs of Twenty20!

 

[Dare]

LOL I was watching the last 2 overs on a website and as soon as the Indian innings ended the number of people watching went from 5000+ people to less then 3000.

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Come on Sri Lanka, just want them to win the whole thing so that when I go to Miami its to see the World Champs of Twenty20!

I want them to lose so the WI stand a better chance.

 

[SaiSrini]

Maybe we could re-calculate things a little bit here. The pitch has got slower and the Indians couldnt time their shots properly at all. Last game, Dhoni batted quite aggressively and so did Pathan and Raina. So its not as if both are out of form to bat like that. The SL bowlers bowled well but were definitely helped by the track getting slower and the ball not coming onto the bat at all.

At the beginning, if India were given 160+, they might have taken it. Even the commentators said the same thing at the start. And our bowling options are better for this game (Vinay Kumar is a slow medium bowler, who might click for the pitch has become slower). Chawla is our spinner in place of Jadeja (anyone can do better than Jadeja, and Chawla is more than decent option) and Bhajji has been awesome in this tournament. I am not losing hope yet. SL still hold the ace, but we have quite a chance here.

 

[sohum]

LOL I was watching the last 2 overs on a website and as soon as the Indian innings ended the number of people watching went from 5000+ people to less then 3000.

Have you tried the ESPNStar website? I'm not sure if it streams outside the Asia-Pacific region, though.

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At the beginning, if India were given 160+, they might have taken it.

I doubt it. It'd really depend on how big the + was. I'd say we'd hope for at least 180, especially after the start we got.

We just lacked impetus in the middle overs and got no momentum to take into the slog overs. Took the crowd out of the game, too, since I'm sure there were plenty of noisy Indian fans out there.

 

[shravi]

Have you tried the ESPNStar website? I'm not sure if it streams outside the Asia-Pacific region, though.

It works here but I don't use it because I can't see it in fullscreen. Plus there are higher quality streams on other sites.

 

[pcfan123]

Is it legal to view?

EDIT: fearsome tweak never mind "the program is not available in your country"

 

[sohum]

Jayasuriya to open.... interesting.

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Is it legal to view?

Considering it is broadcast by the guys owning the TV rights, I'd assume so. ESPN/Star is a subsidiary of ESPN.

 

[shravi]

Is it legal to view?

The ESPNSTAR one? Yes.

The ones I use? Yes, of course .

 

[Flame_Blader1]

We need one of our spinners to do a Saeed Ajmal,lol

 

[Dare]

Have you tried the ESPNStar website? I'm not sure if it streams outside the Asia-Pacific region, though.

Yea I don't think it streams outside Asia-Pacific. I got a good site for it but when there are a whole bunch of people the stream sometimes lags a bit. Better then nothing.

 

[Dare]

Jayasuriya to open.... interesting.

Jayasuriya?
All he does is put more pressure on Mahela.