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

[CG123]

I'm liking our XI for this match, a lot more than the last match.
Our batting is a lot stronger with Elliot six, Oram/Hopkins at seven/eight and McCullum at nine, compared with last match where Hopkins was at six and McCullum was at seven.
Now we just need to conserve a few more wickets up top, and keep wicket in hand for the later overs where we should be able to post a decent total.
Good luck Williamson, hopefully he can come good today, and we need Guptill to find some much needed form.

 

[Chewie]

I'm liking our XI for this match, a lot more than the last match.
Our batting is a lot stronger with Elliot six, Oram/Hopkins at seven/eight and McCullum at nine, compared with last match where Hopkins was at six and McCullum was at seven.
Now we just need to conserve a few more wickets up top, and keep wicket in hand for the later overs where we should be able to post a decent total.
Good luck Williamson, hopefully he can come good today, and we need Guptill to find some much needed form.

But Ingram instead of Guptill? :sarcasm

 

[riz7khan12]

i'm not too sure about this, only going with 2 specialists seamers, too much pressure on mccullum, styris and oram to perform with the ball.

But Ingram instead of Guptill?

i'm guessing they're just taking this tri-series as a warm-up to the world cup and trying different combinations.

 

[Howsie]

Problem is Ingram really shouldn't be in contention to play at the world cup, at a guess he's probably New Zealand's sixth choice. Unless Guptill really is injured it's a strange move.

 

[riz7khan12]

looks like its raining cats & dogs, but the good thing is that there's a reserve day, when was the last time they scheduled a reserve day??

 

[Chewie]

I was thinking that as well, it's really rare to have a reserve day nowadays

 

[Chewie]

Covers are coming off so hopefully there's play. Annoyingly I won't be able to watch any of it because I have a 8am start tomorrow Hope we win! (And that Ingram gets a duck and Watling and Williamson score centuries )

Chewie added 15 Minutes and 21 Seconds later...

I see that Guptill is injured. An injured Guptill is probably still better than Peter no-feet Ingram.

 

[-D-S-B-]

The thing is, Ingram has two whole feet but can't seem to move them, whereas Guptill only has one and a half feet but moves them perfectly!

 

[AkshayS]

This might be a 35-over game, I don't wanna it to be cancelled, because this would decide one of the finalists.

 

[-D-S-B-]

I don't wanna it to be cancelled, because this would decide one of the finalists.

There is a reserve day tomorrow so it wont be canceled, today anyway.

 

[Iridium]

I see that Guptill is injured. An injured Guptill is probably still better than Peter no-feet Ingram.

Yea agreed. I don't see why he was even picked. Played a couple of good games against Bangladesh and then gets ripped apart by Australia. Poor choice.

 

[Chewie]

Looks like this game will be tonight. Much better as I stay up and watch the first innings Who else would they have picked as an opener is the problem. Redmond? How? McIntosh (lol)?

 

[Iridium]

Any of those choices would have been better. Ingram may get a good score once in a while with his no footwork style of play but the majority of the time he's going to get out cheaply, especially at international level.

 

[icyman]

This tri-series is boring. And why did they schedule it with 3 off days ?
They normally have 3 days off in between two tests. This is too slow a tournament. And it Sri Lanka against India again.

If these two meet in the World Cup final. I dont think anyone will even watch that game then.

 

[CG123]

I'm guessing the reason there are decent gaps between the games is because of the reserve days.
Also it's only two days off without a reserve day, so there will only be one day off before the next match now because the reserve day is being used.