India in the West Indies

[cricket_lover]

thats exactly what i said..both India and WI had their share in the test. I'm sure both teams will, in a way, be dissappointed. WI had a great chance after the second day, but they lost it by the third day. India had a great chance, after the first session on day 5 and again in the last session, but WI fought back quite brilliantly. Mohammad deserves to be lauded, it was an attacking innings he played.

You're right Sai, all the matches so far have been very very close. Lets hope for a similar contest in the second test.

 

[s2sschan]

But come on guys, I dont see anyone in the last few posts actually patting the Indians on their backs. remember, we trailed by 130 runs after a shocking display in the first innings and the windies batted pretty well and took a lead of 130 runs. we came back superbly and at the end of day 4, we were well placed. but still the windies were expected to survive or even win the final day but we fought with our bowling so well and almost got to the finishing line (1 wicket seperated us from the finishing line). it hurts when the team after fighting so much doesnt deserve credit for doing so. yeah, they should start winning these tight games, but they had done superbly well to get to this position!

WELL DONE INDIA!

Yes! Very well done India. India soared out of the hole on the third day brilliantly and took command from there on. Jaffer showed grit with his 200 and the other batsmen contributed as well.

India's bowling was very good indeed. They bowled well on a relatively flat track. Kumble as usual got a third of the opposition out. Munaf and Sreesanth did well too. Sreesanth was getting the ball to seam even on this wicket on the fifth day. The ball which got Lara out was superb. To me he looks like India's strike pace bowler. Looks like India is getting it together. Will be hard for the Windies if India keep this up.

Tremendous fight and character shown by the Windies on the last day. Their talienders have tremendous guts. The West Indies just aren't playing like they were expected to. Good Job Windies!

 

[cricket4life]

Well done sreesanth! You should have been the MoM. BS!!!!!!!!! Stupid bowler.

 

[SaiSrini]

Well done sreesanth! You should have been the MoM. BS!!!!!!!!! Stupid bowler.

why do you behave like a 3 year old? grow up dude..

what was wrong with sreesanth today? he tried his best, but simply couldnt get the final wicket. he bowled very well today and got the two prized wickets of sarwan and lara, without whom who knows, west indies might even have had a shot at the target they were set!

stop acting up like a fool, and post only if you have the brains to!

 

[surendar]

its a close finish!!!! lIt was like aussie vs england ashes where the similar situation of draw with one wicket happend!!!

So india is back to the form in tests!!!! kuble took 4 wickets!!! I think Bhaji's inclusion wud have helped India a bit... but everyone bowled well!!!!

Also Sehwag, once again picking wickets!!! So he has turned to be a handy bowler i test!!!

The overall performance was simply superb!!!!

Well done India... cheers!!!!

 

[SaiSrini]

its a close finish!!!! lIt was like aussie vs england ashes where the similar situation of draw with one wicket happend!!!

So india is back to the form in tests!!!! kuble took 4 wickets!!! I think Bhaji's inclusion wud have helped India a bit... but everyone bowled well!!!!

Also Sehwag, once again picking wickets!!! So he has turned to be a handy bowler i test!!!

The overall performance was simply superb!!!!

Well done India... cheers!!!!

The thing is, without two of our prime performers in recent times (Irfan & Harbhajan), we have been able to be in a winning position and it required luck and the attitude of the tail enders of the Windies to scrap through to a draw! Remember, they are playing at home with home support, and are coming off after a hugely successful 4-1 ODI series victory over the same opponents (except for Kumble and Jaffer)

 

[ashu2411]

The thing is, without two of our prime performers in recent times (Irfan & Harbhajan), we have been able to be in a winning position and it required luck and the attitude of the tail enders of the Windies to scrap through to a draw! Remember, they are playing at home with home support, and are coming off after a hugely successful 4-1 ODI series victory over the same opponents (except for Kumble and Jaffer)

I have to say dude tthose two guys Jaffer and Kumble made all the difference in this match. overall good performance by India after losing the one-day series and after a bad first day of the match.

 

[ronny_kingsley]

Sreesanth can take wickets and restrict runs.

"Can" and "has" two different entities mate.

And yes, good speeeds. 85 MPH is a very good speed. Faster than Pathan.

Yes faster than Pathan but not the line and length that Pathan offers.Also hasnt seen him bowl two 85mph bowls from him in the same over here in WI
Maybe you can clarify.He was bowling 83 max yesterday.

Zaheer: He was a jack of all trades. He had a good yorker and slower ball. He attempted the rest, but has fallen away of late. Was really good when he came in, but has faded out.

He still is.Remember the 4 wickets he took in the last day of the second Test V/S Pakistan.

Just had a poor ODI series and was dropped .Not quite fair.

Kuruvilla: Seriously? You must be kidding.

Read his profile here-http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30182.html

Pathan: Again, yea right. His bouncer was good in the first few years, but has become less threatining with his drop in pace. He can't swing the new ball both ways (One is an in-swinger, and one is a no-swinger), and is just learning reverse swing. He doesn't use different angles.

Thanks for making my day.Great joke mate.

Irfan cant swing the ball ??????? (My vote for the funniest post of the year)

Reverse swing-Ask Waugh and GIlchrist about it and they will testify for you that Pathan reverses and that too from his first series.

Munaf: All I've seen from him is reverse swing, and a good yorker. He may be able to do all this stuff, but he definately hasn't. Must not be confident enough, Sreesanth is.

You must have missed the England series then.

Confidence ,I agree with you.HE surely doesnt have it cos he doesnt have the license to do anything and get away with it which Sreesanth has.

Wha? Haven't seen him try wide of the crease, then come in close to the stumps the next ball.

Even the biggest distractors of Munaf would tell you how much he uses the crease.Infact was no-balled yesterday for cutting the line sideways.

Umm...no. He got 4 out of his six wickets in his 6/55 from the slower ball.

4 wickets of the highest order and that too all in the boundary line slogging.
Thats are what are lottery wickets

I remeber atleast one mistimed hook which was caught, and several Pakistani and English batsman (Prior, for instance) who didn't see it coming.

Yes that of IMRAN FARHAT,need I say more ?

Could anyone? He reverses it well, whether or not they brought him wickets is out of contxt.

So what, it is bad? His death bowling has been excellent from what I recall.

Excellent as in just economy of just 5.7rpo.

Also his main intention isnt to take wickets.He just bowls for fun.

Then what is "in context " mate ???

Pahtan was in poor form.

Sreesanth was even poorer in the ODI series as I have prooved before.

He is not even considered an allrounder at domestic level!! He has barely bowled in tests since that, and hardly bowls in ODIs anymore!!

Still has a 5 wicket haul and a 4 wicket haul .Strike rate is very similar to Sreesanth and economy better than him.

 

[Manohar]

Well done sreesanth! You should have been the MoM. BS!!!!!!!!! Stupid bowler.

Indications are that we could very well have an Indian version of Asif in the making here!

Still has a 5 wicket haul and a 4 wicket haul .Strike rate is very similar to Sreesanth and economy better than him.

You both (Ronny.. and Zorax..) could have a one on one arguements concerning Sreesanth vs the rest and leave the rest of us alone. It is getting to be monotonous and long and am skipping all of these.

 

[SaiSrini]

I have to say dude tthose two guys Jaffer and Kumble made all the difference in this match. overall good performance by India after losing the one-day series and after a bad first day of the match.

Agreed!

And a warm welcome back buddy! Long time, no see!

Indications are that we could very well have an Indian version of Asif in the making here!

You both (Ronny.. and Zorax..) could have a one on one arguements concerning Sreesanth vs the rest and leave the rest of us alone. It is getting to be monotonous and long and am skipping all of these.

Dont compare him with Asif. He is not yet like Asif. Asif bowls with great economy, and at the same time, gets lot of wickets too.

I agree, the argument is getting to be "boring to read".

 

[sohum]

I am happy with India's performance, though obviously kind of disappointed that we could not wrap it up. It would have been nice to score a resounding win after being beaten in the ODI series 1-4. But it was a fantastic test match.

I think the key thing in the second innings is that we played well against Bravo. He has tormented us in this series, so far, but we negotiated him off, well. The next step would be to smash him all over the park.

I don't think India played their best XI and that probably also had a lot to do with our inability to finish it off. VRV Singh bowled 26 overs in the two innings put together--unfortunate. It reminds me of how we chose Piyush Chawla and then neglected using him. I feel he is almost certain to be dropped for the next game, and must work on his fitness, if anything. Harbhajan Singh could have been very successful, if the Monk's performance with the ball was anything to go by.

All in all, a lot of positives to take out of this game, and the momentum should be backing the Indians, going into St. Lucia. There's talk of Pedro Collins coming back into the team for Fidel Edwards. Just seems like the Monk may have been let off the hook, here.

And, lastly, the one reason we didn't win yesterday: the Monk wasn't given the last over. The Monk had it all set up well, with one wicket to get from 6 balls, but Dravid didn't have the infinite wisdom to toss the ball to the Monk, who has infinite wisdom.

 

[Bilal91]

India performed really really well in the last two innings but i thought the westindies earned the draw although the only had 1 wicket left...

 

[sohum]

India controlled this game from Day 3 onwards. West Indies couldn't sustain the pressure over India for a lengthened period of time. Dujon's comment about "Test cricket being a test of character and strength" when talking about the Indian bowlers came back to bite him.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

VRV should have bowled more, he is a lot better than the skipper thinks he is.
All hail the Monk :hpraise
The Monk sould have bowled the second last over, Kumble the last.
Also, a nice little knock from Mohammed...

 

[sohum]

Yes, I feel Asad Rauf would have been much more likely to give Kumble some of his LBW's.