Indian Tour of Sri Lanka & Triangular Series, July-August 2010

[sohum]

Is this a 2-Test series?

Of course, India's bowling attack is also to blame. An experienced bowling line-up would probably have limited the Lankans to around 550, which is still above average for a Test first innings.

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What are the match times? Haven't seen The Monk bat in ages.

 

[SaiSrini]

I am a cricket maniac but have not watched a single bowl so far this series thanks to flinging pitches

Me too. And even though India will bat today, I am not watching it.

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The pitch is clearly not good enough for test cricket. They should get fined to be honest as playing on stupid pitches like this helps no one bar the Boards getting 5 days full of attendances.

The Sub Continent as a whole really have to sort out the pitches because they aren't even conductive to spin like they traditionally were.

Could the BCCI also be involved in this pitch preparation? Could they have a 'under the table' agreement with SL for preparing a pitch that will induce boredom for test cricket and eventually kill it? maybe what I said is really serious!

 

[ZexyZahid]

Is this a 2-Test series?

Of course, India's bowling attack is also to blame. An experienced bowling line-up would probably have limited the Lankans to around 550, which is still above average for a Test first innings.

sohum added 2 Minutes and 44 Seconds later...

What are the match times? Haven't seen The Monk bat in ages.

This Test series consist three Tests.

The 3rd day is about to start after 30 minutes from now.

 

[Robelinda]

Dear me, this is the exact type of pitch that Sehwag just owns, 300 on the cards for him unless he gives it away. What an awful wicket. I sat down and watched the first two days play last night and this morning, I just cant understand what any curator is thinking when he prepares this kind of pitch, SL pitches are either flat or dusty, why cant they produce decent cricket wickets??

 

[SaiSrini]

Century opening partnership and still going. Good one for India! Hope these two bat for really really long, especially Vijay.

 

[pcfan123]

huge drop

 

[khalek]

Even Malinga wouldn't have been able to do anything on this track as there's no reverse swing either

 

[Robelinda]

FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!! Gone for the six and out. :doh What did i say, 300 there for the taking unless he does something stupid. Idiotic stuff. on 99 too, crazy stuff.

 

[SaiSrini]

Damn, saw that Sehwag was nearing hundred and decided to watch the game live. And Sehwag suffers a mental imbalance on 99 and gives a huge shock!!!! WTF VIRU!!! Anyways, its the usual "thats how he plays" thing.

 

[khalek]

Mendis joins the party, nice googly.

 

[Gurjot95]

Now just wait for another collapse

 

[Flame_Blader1]

man I was afraid of this. I knew 1 wicket (especially of sehwag) would let SL back in bigtime. I still have a bit of faith till Sachin is on the wicket.

It will be interesting to see how Raina goes on here. If he can make a major contribution then Yuvi has some serious competition.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

As I said earlier Raina will get a 50 so Rohit Sharma,Pujara and others are out of the team for sure now.

This will help Raina a lot even in shot selection in ODI's though

Well play so far for him, showing good temperament.


This pitch is a piece of ████ where runs are so easy to come.

 

[Meet]

still SL bowlers bowling well than those of indians or batsman aren't batting well

 

[Iridium]

Raina on track for a debut hundred. And another 100 for SRT. Chances are this is going to be a run fest which is ultimately going to end in a draw unless one team has a gigantic collapse, which on this pitch is unlikely.

Ha! Right thread this time.