Story India's Journey To World Cup 2011 [Commonwealth Bank Series 2010]

[AkshayS]

man, the presentation is great, I loved those pictures.

Well cool for India to get those wickets, Get 6 wickets and we'll be there. Pragyan Ojha to lead the attack..

 

[surendar]

Yeah, but not only 6 wickets, it's going to be challenging to restrict within 400. Target is going to play a lot of mind games. I guess, we have chased 380 somewhere in recent past in reality I believe. So, all I can shout is --> " Com'on India! " :banana2

 

[Aditya]

Thanks for all the wonderful comments guys. I am delighted that the readers are liking the efforts I am putting into this story.

@Binnu Nice idea mate. I will think about it. Cheers for the suggestion.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Huh, Bopara should have scored a century there. Morgan to do it now though.

 

[Aditya]

India In England
India vs England
Npower Test Series : 4th Test Match
Played at The Brit Oval

So, the day 3 of 4th Npower test match started. Atmosphere in the ground was electrified. Although England were in little trouble but still there is always a chance of team returning to a test match and often winning the test match too after few bad sessions. That?s the advantage of test cricket and that?s why test cricket is called the best format of cricket.

Pietersen and Morgan started off slowly. But as the play progressed KP and Morgan started to be attacking. Especially, Kevin was going for the big shots and Morgan was just trying to settle in the middle. Harbhajan was bowling from one end and from other end Ishant was bowling. Kevin was mainly targeting Ishant for big strokes and was playing Harbhajan safely.

Just when a partnership was building Morgan lost his wicket. Ishant was getting smashed all around the park by KP but he didn?t lose his confidence and got wicket of Morgan. Ishant bowled a gull length delivery, Morgan smashed it on off side but the fielder at cover point, Tendulkar took the catch. The ball came to Tendulkar at really quick speed but Tendulkar made no mistake and took the catch. Morgan departed for 27.

Next batsman who came to bat was Matt Prior. After Morgan wicket there were no changes in Kevin?s batting tactics. Kevin continued to be attacking. On other hand Matt Prior was playing completely opposite comparing to his usual innings. Prior was playing slowly and was not going for big strokes as well. Prior was just doing the job of staying at the middle and getting settled so that Kevin Pietersen can play the way he wants!

Not much time was left for the end of session 1 of day 3 of 4th Npower test. So, Kevin Pietersen smashed few more big shots and reached to his very well made century. A really well played innings from Kevin under pressure. One of the better innings Kevin has played recently for sure. On other hand Matt Prior didn?t took much risk apart from 1 boundary he smashed early in his innings. 30 overs of session were bowled. So, the umpires decided to end the session.

A good session for both the teams! England team doing well to recover after the wicket of Morgan! Indian bowlers on other hand got the much needed wicket of Morgan. It would be interesting to see how the play goes when the session 2 of day 3 of 4th Npower test starts.

ENG : 304/5
K PIETERSEN : 114(182)
M PRIOR 18(52)
LAST WICKET : E MORGAN 27(61)
ENG TRAIL BY 199 RUNS

 

[Gaurav_7]

Good, good going by KP. No Bopara, no Morgan but KP does it. I'm sure Prior will do it as well.

 

[AkshayS]

Great innings by KP.He can get a 200 still.
I don't think this match will fetch any result.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Just wanted to share a view, I'm not really liking most of those screens. Those are all the screens taken by User Replay Patch if I'm not wrong. You can take screens from many angles, so try something else.

 

[Aditya]

Cheers for the suggestion, User. I will take screenshots from other angles for the next update just to try out some new angles. It will give the presentation a little more variety as well.

I always like to do the changes which can make this story better. Suggestions are always welcomed guys. If you have any suggestion for the story feel free to let me know by posting a comment in this thread or you can pm/vm me.

 

[Dutchmen]

Prior should have scored little bit quicker, because he's the player who normally play's his nature game, but not quite sure what was he trying to do. two days and a session left... they should be scoring quicker now.

 

[Meet]

Well if Indians want to come back in this game then they need to get KP ASAP and need to get tailenders without much trouble

 

[surendar]

Good, good going by KP. No Bopara, no Morgan but KP does it. I'm sure Prior will do it as well.

just keep dreaming while Indian bowlers are going to finish them off in another 30-50 runs Well, if they don't do it now,they can in next match

 

[Aditya]

India In England
India vs England
Npower Test Series : 4th Test Match
Played at The Brit Oval

So, the play started after tea. Harbhajan Singh was given the 1st over after tea and the over proved to be a really good one for India as India managed to get 2 crucial wickets in 1 over. :happy :banana Prior was batting, Harbhajan bowled a good length delivery, Prior tried to defend the ball but got thick edge and the ball went to the slips. Fielder at the slip, Rahul Dravid made no mistake in taking the catch.

Next batsman who got out in the same over was Stuart Broad. Harbhajan bowled a full length delivery, Broad tried to defend the ball but got edge and the ball went to Dhoni. Dhoni took a great diving catch. The catch was not a easy one but Dhoni made the catch looks easy. Broad disappointingly went o the pavilion. Broad departed for a duck. Harbhajan Singh got India back in the match. But these 2 wickets put England team on back foot.

Harbhajan in his next over got wicket of Kevin Pietersen. :happy Pietersen was on front foot, Harbhajan bowled a quicker delivery, Pietersen completely missed the ball and got bowled. We have to say that a really good innings from Pietersen under pressure. Next batsman who came to bat was James Anderson. Batsmen at the crease now were Anderson and Swann.

In Harbhajan’s 3rd over after tea there were words exchanged between Harbhajan and Swann. Umpires played their role and stopped the fight to go on. Swann replied back in a great way as he smashed Harbhajan for a 4. But in the next over of Ishant Sharma, Swann lost his wicket. Ishant Sharma bowled a slow ball, Swann picked up the slow ball and smashed it on straight but was not able to smash it well and the ball went straight in the air, Gambhir took a great diving catch at 3rd man. :happy

Next batsman who came to bat was Steven Finn. Finn was not able to do anything special as he was bowled by Harbhajan for 5. England team got all out for 325. :happy Now, Indian team has got the crucial lead of 178 runs. It would be interesting to see how Indian batsmen play in their 2nd innings. Still 2 days are left in the test match. So, it seems that we are going to get a result in this match.

 

[Dutchmen]

dude, work on your grammar to be honest. You should have written this in each of your upgrade. try to use some or the other for this "It would be interesting to see" you have used this thing in few of your upgrades. and this looks rubbish "the over proved to be a really good one for India as India managed to get 2 crucial wickets in 1 over." should be using they and for most of your upgrade you have used "Harbhajan in his next over got wicket of Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen was on front foot" "Broad tried to defend the ball but got edge and the ball went to Dhoni. Dhoni took a great diving catch." "Next batsman who came to bat was Steven Finn. Finn was not able" should be using He. so kindly improve your grammar.

 

[Aditya]

My grammar in the last few updates hasn't been too good. That's because the last few updates were quicks ones. Expect the next updates to better than the previous ones.