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

[Mihir Doshi]

congratulate India for winning in this match and upcoming series with England.

Here this is... To Prove Binnu's Point

 

[Aditya]

Stop this fight.

This thread is not made to point out each and others mistakes and fight with them. Also Binnu there is no need to fight with User2010. Also in that line i made a mistake so what is need to fight with anyone because of that line? We all make mistakes/Typos and it doesn't mean that because of that you will fight with someone in any other persons thread. We are here for enjoyment not for fighting.

 

[Prithvi]

Thanks a lot mihir, I guess you've understood that I'm from mobile btw, I typed 'ethyl alcohol' as if you drink that, you'll lose your eye sight within seconds. And I deserve an apologies. By the way, great update dude. Luke wright will be next freddie

 

[Aditya]

Thanks for understanding Binnu.

Cheers!

 

[surendar]

The efforts applied are really great. One thing which I liked & noticed from every update - Determination to improve every now & then. Keep it going, I am sure that main series is going to be a cracker. :banana2

 

[Gaurav_7]

The efforts applied are really great. One thing which I liked & noticed from every update - Determination to improve every now & then. Keep it going, I am sure that main series is going to be a cracker.

Same feelings from my side as well.You've really done a great work till now.Hope you keep going this way.Best Luck man.And it'd also look good if you could use real images of players rather than Cricket 07 players while giving the interview.Just cut them and paste the render there.

 

[Aditya]

The efforts applied are really great. One thing which I liked & noticed from every update - Determination to improve every now & then. Keep it going, I am sure that main series is going to be a cracker. :banana2

Same feelings from my side as well.You've really done a great work till now.Hope you keep going this way.Best Luck man.And it'd also look good if you could use real images of players rather than Cricket 07 players while giving the interview.Just cut them and paste the render there.

Nice to get Feedback/Suggestions.Also nice to see that people are liking my efforts.

 

[Aditya]

India Vs Durham
Natwest Series 2010
First Test Match:India Vs England
Pitch,Weather Report and Toss
Live From Cardiff


Hi and welcome to Star Cricket studio for this first match of Natwest series 2010 India vs England. Finally we are ready for this much anticipated series. I should say after India performing very well against Durham they will be surely very confident about winning this match. On other hand most of the people will be thinking that England didn't got chance to play any practice match if so than they are wrong. England Cricket Board said to their players to play in England Domestic Cricket matches. Although they will be playing some practices matches but till now they haven't. Nonetheless lets now talk about injuries in the sides. India have been impressive if we talk about injuries because till now there is no injury in their side and on other hand England have got 3 players injured and they have got replacement for them too. Now lets see how they will perform in their home conditions. I am getting the news that we are ready for pitch report so lets head to Geoffrey Boycott for pitch report.

Pitch Report.​

Hello all viewers and welcome to Pitch Report. I was just having a look at pitch and i should say i am quite impressed. This pitch is made for batsmen hang on not only for batsmen but for bowlers too. This pitch will be batting friendly just for 2 days and rest 3 days it will be a great surface for test match. Actually the cracks will open on 3rd day of this test match and that will help the bowlers. I would say that whoever wins the toss should bat and add runs of the board and then build pressure on the opponent side. Thats all from me back to studio.

Interesting thoughts coming there from Geoffrey Boycott . I would say that i am quite happy to see such kind of pitch. As we know these days 95% pitches are batting friendly and getting a even surface is really great these days. Now i am getting news that we are all set for the main toss. Lets head away to Michael Atherton for the toss.

Toss with Michael Atherton.​

Very good morning to all of our viewers. Welcome to the toss i have with me men who matter Andrew Strauss England team captain and MS Dhoni Indian team captain.

Strauss spins coin in the air,Dhoni To call......He calls Heads

And it is Heads so Dhoni yet another time winning the toss. What will you do? Bat or Bowl?

We will bat first Michael. This is good surface and i guess after 2 and half days cracks will open so it is better to bat first and then build pressure on England batting order.

Interesting that,Don't you thing overhead conditions will make any difference?

TBH,No. Because its very chilly these days here so there is no chance for the pitch to get better for batting so surely it will be changing to a bowling friendly pitch in 2 days so i would say overhead conditions will make much difference.

OK Dhoni,Best of luck for the match hope you start well in the series.

Thanks a lot,Michael.

Now lets have few words with Strauss.

So Strauss,What would you have done if you would have won the toss?

We would have batted as well Michael. Actually what Dhoni said was absolutely correct. Cracks on this pitch will open on 2nd day so we would try and get Indian team all out as soon as possible.

Hmm,Yes Strauss. One question which was raised like fire in the media was three players getting out of the series because of injury without playing any match your thoughts.

Yes we had three quick injuries in the side although there injuries were going from a long time so i would not say anything negative against them.

Matthew Hoggard coming back into the side your thoughts.

We are very happy to have him back in the side. Lets see can he deliever good for our side.

Yes i am hoping that too. Hope you start well in the series best of luck.

Thanks Michael.

Thanks for watching toss report. Back to studio.

So the news from the center is India have won the toss and have elected to bat first. Yet another time Indian captain winning the toss. I guess its a right decision to bat first on this surface. Now lets have a look at Weather Forecast for day 1 of this test match.

The sun will be shinning today. It will be very cold throughout the five days. Light could be dull for 1/2 hours in a day so overall a good cricket playing weather.

Now lets see the playing 11 of the teams.

England
Andrew Strauss
Alastair Cook
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Matt Prior
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
James Anderson
Graham Onions
Matthew Hoggard

India
Gautam Gambhir
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
V.V.S. Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
M.S. Dhoni
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
S.Sreesanth

There are also two competitions will will be held throughout this series. First competetion is Guess Man of The Match and Man Of The Series and second is Fantasy Cricket.

The person who guess right Man Of The Match will get 3,000 vcash and person
who will guess right Man Of The Series will get 5,000 vcash.

Fantasy Cricket Rules :-

. If your team batsmen makes 1 run then you will get 2 points.

. If your batsmen makes 100 then you will get 10 points. If your batsmen make 200 or 300 then also you will get 10 points only.

. If your bowler takes 1 wicket then you will get 2 points.

. If your bowler takes 5 wicket in a innings you will get 10 points. If your bowler takes 10 wickets in a match or innings then also you will get 10 points.

. At the end of a match the member who has highest points will get 5,000 vcash,Runner up will get 3,000 vcash and second runner up will get 1,000 vcash.

So what are you waiting for? Participate and win lots of vcash.

I am getting news that we are getting really close to the start of the match and series. Now we are heading for a short commercial break after the break we will take you to live action. Stay Tuned!

 

[Prithvi]

I'll go with laxman for the motm contest and I'll select my squad later for the fantasy btw, its great update buddy.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

I think Gauti's gonna be the MOTM

 

[Aussie Team]

How Can You Do??? It Is Awesome.

Aussie Team added 13 Minutes and 45 Seconds later...

Maybe Paul Collingwood Will Be The Man Of The Match.

 

[Aditya]

Just to let you guys know that poll has been added just now.

Also fantasy cricket competetion and MOTM and MOTS competetions will just be opened till India second innings after that competetions will be closed.

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Very good presentation until now and hope you don't leave this story in the middle

I will go with Sachin MOTM

 

[Aussie Team]

And I Will Go Man Of The Series Matthew Hoggard

 

[Aditya]

India In England

India Vs Durham
Natwest Series 2010
First Match : India Vs Durham
India,First Innings
Live From Cardiff.

England VS India-Day 1,Session 1​

After India winning the toss and electing to bat the Indian openers,Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir with two umpires and England team came to field to start the much anticipated series. There was huge roar from the crowd when England team was coming to field. Gautam Gambhir marked his guard and new ball was given to James Anderson......

Horrible start for India!

So James Anderson finally started his run up and bowled a full length delivery to Gambhir and Gambhir did the right thing and played it on leg side for a single. First ball that Sehwag faced he 'smashed' it for four. James Anderson then scratched his head and gone back to bowl second ball. Next ball again was smashed by Sehwag for four and Anderson this time said few words to Sehwag but Sehwag didn't even bother to reply.......Next ball Sehwag faced he easily played it on leg side and took a single. Then Gambhir completed the first over with a dot ball and Anderson was very angry and he took his cap from umpire very angrily.........Many people thought that who will be the bowler who will share new ball with Anderson and it was the mighty Hoggard. England crowd roared very wildly, :happy :happy :happy That gave Hoggard confidence and he started his run up batsmen was Sehwag....Hoggard bowled a good length delivery but Sehwag was in a frame of mind to hit Hoggard for a big stroke and that was the reason he lost his wicket. He tried to hit a big stroke on straight but got thick edge and England keeper Matt Prior accepted that catch. Main thing was Hoggard got a great comeback. England crowd gone mad and was shouting very loudly. :happy On other hand Indians in the crowd got very disappointed. Dravid the wall was the next batsmen. The very first ball he faced he putted it away for a single. Then the next ball Gambhir faced from Hoggard he putted it away for four. But in the very next over of Hoggard he was bowled.....Gambhir totally losted his concentration and came on front foot and then lost his bat too and was bowled. India suffered another major blow. But on other hand England crowd and team were pretty happy. :happy Next batsmen was the little master Sachin. He got off the mark with a stunning stroke on leg side for four.Then the rest all the bowls were defended by Sachin.....Next over by James Anderson got rid of Sachin....He bowled a full-length delivery Sachin tried to smash it on leg side but somehow ball went straight to fielder,Graham Onions and thw bowler Anderson,Crowd and England team were overjoyed. On other hand Dravid was very disappointed seeing 2 players getting out in front of him in such a quick session.

Finally a partnership building!

Next batsmen was V.V.S. Laxman. All the Indian fans hoped that Laxman plays a knock which can help India to reach to a big score or to a respectable total. Thats what he and Dravid did. They didn't allowed any bowler to build pressure on them and specially Laxman he made sure that he at least take run rate to 4.00. Andrew Strauss then replaced Matthew Hoggard with Stuart Broad and it was a very bad decision. V.V.S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid played some classic drives and Stuart Broad had no clue what to bowl. Indians were finally able to have one good partnership......On other hand Andrew Strauss didn't replaced Anderson and soon he was expensive too....

Andrew Strauss desperate to get one of these batsmen out!​

After Andrew Strauss saw that Anderson is getting expensive too then he introduced Graeme Swann into the attack. V.V.S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid had a chat in between the overs and i guess they were saying to each other that 'lets play these last overs before lunch defensively and take our team in a good position.' Thats what they did they played 2 overs of Graeme Swann very defensively same was the case with Stuart Broad but he went for plenty of runs too. In this mean time Rahul Dravid got to his fine fifty. In the end Umpire said 'Common guys lets now have some lunch' and Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman Shacked hands and had a smile on their faces. Now the question is can they help India to get to a big score?

*Just a reminder to our viewers that there are few questions going on* THey are MOTM contest MOTS contest and Fantasy Cricket contest.

*Fantasy Cricket Rules are :-
Fantasy Cricket Rules :-

. If your team batsmen makes 1 run then you will get 2 points.

. If your batsmen makes 100 then you will get 10 points. If your batsmen make 200 or 300 then also you will get 10 points only.

. If your bowler takes 1 wicket then you will get 2 points.

. If your bowler takes 5 wicket in a innings you will get 10 points. If your bowler takes 10 wickets in a match or innings then also you will get 10 points.

*At the end of a match the member who has highest points will get 5,000 vcash,Runner up will get 3,000 vcash and second runner up will get 1,000 vcash.*

*Participators of MOTM are:-
Binnu-V.V.S. Laxman
RahulDravidFan-Gautam Gambhir
Aussie Team-Paul Collingwood
Yashwanth Kumar-Sachin Tendulkar

*Participators of MOTS are:-
Matthew Hoggard

Now its time for us to go for a break after the break we will take you to the live coverage.