Story India Embarks On an International Season- so does the whole world
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sachinisgod
International Cricketer
Sportscenter Update on the International Season
Jason Dacy: Welcome to the ESPNStar Sportscenter. I am Jason Dacy and I am going to update you all on the latest happenings in the International Season. Quite a few matches were either taking place with or took place after, the rout of Australia by India at Kolkata - namely:
1) Sri Lanka was defeated by New Zealand by 31 runs in a Frizzel Test Match at Colombo. They also suffered a setback when their star batsman and vice-captain Mahela Jaywardane suffered a rib injury and was declared unfit for at least two weeks.
Rest all the matches were of the Second Division:
2) The Frizzel Test Match between Pakistan A and Canada couldn't reach a result at Leeds.
3) Namibia drew their Frizzel Test Match against Netherlands at Centurion.
4) Australia A defeated South Africa A by a huge margin of 338 runs in a Frizzel Test Match at Adelaide.
5) India A also recorded a comfortable win over Kenya at Chennai in their Frizzel encounter.
6) Kenya seem to be on a downward roll. Namibia were able to beat them at Centurion in an International League ODI by 31 runs.
Jason Dacy: Welcome to the ESPNStar Sportscenter. I am Jason Dacy and I am going to update you all on the latest happenings in the International Season. Quite a few matches were either taking place with or took place after, the rout of Australia by India at Kolkata - namely:
1) Sri Lanka was defeated by New Zealand by 31 runs in a Frizzel Test Match at Colombo. They also suffered a setback when their star batsman and vice-captain Mahela Jaywardane suffered a rib injury and was declared unfit for at least two weeks.
Rest all the matches were of the Second Division:
2) The Frizzel Test Match between Pakistan A and Canada couldn't reach a result at Leeds.
3) Namibia drew their Frizzel Test Match against Netherlands at Centurion.
4) Australia A defeated South Africa A by a huge margin of 338 runs in a Frizzel Test Match at Adelaide.
5) India A also recorded a comfortable win over Kenya at Chennai in their Frizzel encounter.
6) Kenya seem to be on a downward roll. Namibia were able to beat them at Centurion in an International League ODI by 31 runs.
The Champ
International Coach
Excellent coverage
m_vaughan
Chairman of Selectors
Well done Canada!!!
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
Next Match: India Vs England. International League ODI at Lord's
Harsha: I welcome all of you on this gloomy morning to an interesting One Day game from the first division of International league. India meet the hosts England at the Mecca of cricket - Lord's.
Ravi: Yes it indeed looks pretty gloomy. Let us see how the weather and pitch conditions are going to be:
Harsha: And Ganguly has made an interesting decision, considering the conditions. He has decided to bat first.
Ravi: England have gone in with four fast bowlers and Giles. They have a very big bonus in Freddie Flintoff. That guy is a batsman when they are batting and is a fine bowler when they are fielding. One of the best allrounders in the business and that allows England to keep five specialist bowlers in their One day XI.
Harsha: And India have gone in with four specialist bowlers and 6 specialist batsmen. M.S. Dhoni gets to play his first game of the League. They say he is a fine bat. Let's see.
Harsha: I welcome all of you on this gloomy morning to an interesting One Day game from the first division of International league. India meet the hosts England at the Mecca of cricket - Lord's.
Ravi: Yes it indeed looks pretty gloomy. Let us see how the weather and pitch conditions are going to be:
Harsha: And Ganguly has made an interesting decision, considering the conditions. He has decided to bat first.
Ravi: England have gone in with four fast bowlers and Giles. They have a very big bonus in Freddie Flintoff. That guy is a batsman when they are batting and is a fine bowler when they are fielding. One of the best allrounders in the business and that allows England to keep five specialist bowlers in their One day XI.
Harsha: And India have gone in with four specialist bowlers and 6 specialist batsmen. M.S. Dhoni gets to play his first game of the League. They say he is a fine bat. Let's see.
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
India 216 all out in 33 overs. Saurav Ganguly 41. Harmison 3 wickets
Sunny: The pathetic batting form of most of the Indian batsmen continued. Every one of them got starts. Some blazing ones. Some docile ones. But the fact is that none of them converted these starts.
Geofferey: It was really abysmal batting by the Indians. Only the Prince of Kolkata looked like he was playing at his favourite ground and scored a well planned 41. But he too didn't carry it any further.
Sunny: Starting with Sehwag - he was really moving his feet well. He kept flicking the wayward English quick bowlers time and again - like this:
Geofferey: But the same aggro brought him down to earth. He didn't account for Harmison's outswing and got an edge that was well held on to by Trescothick.
Sunny: Dhoni came and for a few overs it seemed that India's all rounder troubles are over. He stroked the ball with such fluency and power that could only be matched by the batsman he had replaced on the crease.
Geofferey: But he too missed Harmo's line and paid the price of playing down the wrong line.
Sunny: Just when it looked that Tendulkar was settling in his groove, he became involved in a pathetic mix up with his skipper and got run-out.
Geofferey: The run out season continued and Yuvraj was the latest to indulge in this latest fashion of gifting your wicket away.
India - 100/4
Sunny: Dravid didn't last long as he scooped up one good length ball in the hands of Gough at Mid Off. He was really angry with himself for it.
India - 106/5
Geofferey: The skipper tried very hard to make sure that no more wickets fell. And once he was assured of his own form, he even stroked a few elegant strokes:
With Kaif keeping him company, with a slow paced innings, it did look that they are going to get India out of the woods, when Ganguly played a rash shot, only to be caught by Collingwood in the final over of Gough.
Sunny: The pathetic batting form of most of the Indian batsmen continued. Every one of them got starts. Some blazing ones. Some docile ones. But the fact is that none of them converted these starts.
Geofferey: It was really abysmal batting by the Indians. Only the Prince of Kolkata looked like he was playing at his favourite ground and scored a well planned 41. But he too didn't carry it any further.
Sunny: Starting with Sehwag - he was really moving his feet well. He kept flicking the wayward English quick bowlers time and again - like this:
Geofferey: But the same aggro brought him down to earth. He didn't account for Harmison's outswing and got an edge that was well held on to by Trescothick.
Sunny: Dhoni came and for a few overs it seemed that India's all rounder troubles are over. He stroked the ball with such fluency and power that could only be matched by the batsman he had replaced on the crease.
Geofferey: But he too missed Harmo's line and paid the price of playing down the wrong line.
Sunny: Just when it looked that Tendulkar was settling in his groove, he became involved in a pathetic mix up with his skipper and got run-out.
Geofferey: The run out season continued and Yuvraj was the latest to indulge in this latest fashion of gifting your wicket away.
India - 100/4
Sunny: Dravid didn't last long as he scooped up one good length ball in the hands of Gough at Mid Off. He was really angry with himself for it.
India - 106/5
Geofferey: The skipper tried very hard to make sure that no more wickets fell. And once he was assured of his own form, he even stroked a few elegant strokes:
With Kaif keeping him company, with a slow paced innings, it did look that they are going to get India out of the woods, when Ganguly played a rash shot, only to be caught by Collingwood in the final over of Gough.
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
Sunny: Kaif too didn't last very long. In fact in the very next over, after his skipper left, he too played a rash shot and paid the price. Looking dejected after it didn't help much.
Geofferey: Harbhajan Singh, whose batting is a funny treat to watch, played a nasty and quickfire innings of 19 before becoming the third vicitim of Harmison. Harmo was ecstatic:
Sunny: Pathan couldn't continue the good batting form of the last two test matches. After flicking Flintoff for four, he got out, LBW - plumb -the very next ball.
India 186/9.
Geofferey: Nehra and Kumble stoically played out some overs and added valuable 30 runs, before Giles was brought on. He foxed Nehra on his third ball and it was all over for the Indians.
Sunny: There wasn't much to be seen in the stats either:
Geofferey: Harbhajan Singh, whose batting is a funny treat to watch, played a nasty and quickfire innings of 19 before becoming the third vicitim of Harmison. Harmo was ecstatic:
Sunny: Pathan couldn't continue the good batting form of the last two test matches. After flicking Flintoff for four, he got out, LBW - plumb -the very next ball.
India 186/9.
Geofferey: Nehra and Kumble stoically played out some overs and added valuable 30 runs, before Giles was brought on. He foxed Nehra on his third ball and it was all over for the Indians.
Sunny: There wasn't much to be seen in the stats either:
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
thanks to all of u for watching this thread...it helps to keep me going...btw I have switched to SAC2K4 ODI patch for this ODI...
The Champ
International Coach
Thanks for the entertainment mate
