Sorry about the lack of updates I've been a bit ill recently so haven't bothered getting off my backside
India V Pakistan 2nd Test
Following a convincing victory for the Indians in the first test the Pakistanis have taken a risk and brought back the big name of Shoaib Akhtar. He'll certainly add some more excitement to this already huge rivalry. This game will prove the key in the series and if the Indians win they will win the series. Both sides have announced different XI's and controversially the Indians have made just the one change, Pathan in for Zaheer. It's a risk but the Indians will hope it comes off. Pakistan as well as bringing in star Shoaib have got the man who came so close to defeating India in the twenty20 world cup, Misbah, to come in and replace fawad Alam who actually batted very well in the 2nd innings and will be dissapointed to be dropped. Lets take alook at the pitch:
INDIA VS PAKISTAN
Venue: Eden Gardens
Pitch Condition: NORMAL
This is a pretty good pitch.
Expect an evenly balanced contest between bat and ball
Date: 11-30-2007
INDIA VS PAKISTAN at Eden Gardens
5 day match
Pitch Condition: Normal
PAKISTAN WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST
India 1st Innings
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[B]INDIA 1st innings[/B]
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
V.Sehwag c. Ahmed b. M.Asif 8 16 1 0 50.0%
D.karthik b. U.Gul 8 36 1 0 22.2%
R.Dravid c. Ahmed b. M.Asif 39 53 7 1 73.6%
V.V.S.Laxman c. S.Akhtar b. S.Afridi 28 161 3 1 17.4%
S.Tendulkar c. U.Gul b. M.Asif 61 61 12 1 100.0%
S.Ganguly b. S.Tanvir 18 19 2 0 94.7%
I.Pathan c & b. S.Afridi 5 9 1 0 55.6%
h.singh not out 10 49 2 0 20.4%
A.Kumble b. S.Akhtar 0 14 0 0 0.0%
S.Sreesanth c. Ul-Haq b. M.Asif 1 2 0 0 50.0%
M.Patel c. S.Malik b. S.Afridi 1 8 0 0 12.5%
Total: 188/10 Overs: 71.2 Run Rate: 2.64 Extras: 9
Day 1 3:47 PM
Sachin Tendulkar battled through on a bowlers day where the Indian batsmen struggled and got themselves in, then out again! It was the incredibly slow rate at which the Indians scored that cost them and led to the poor total. A strike rate of 17 from VVS Laxman off 161 balls says it all and the only really succesful man was the one who attacked and scored at a run a ball. Tendulkar.
Pakistan bowling
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PAKISTAN Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
M.Asif 17.0 7 36 4 2.12 0 0
S.Akhtar 13.0 3 39 1 3.00 0 0
U.Gul 12.0 4 38 1 3.17 0 2
S.Tanvir 10.0 2 28 1 2.80 0 1
S.Afridi 14.2 6 27 3 1.88 1 0
S.Malik 4.0 1 12 0 3.00 0 0
Misbah Ul-Haq 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 1 No Balls: 3 Leg Byes: 5 Byes: 0
Total: 188/10 Overs: 71.2 Run Rate: 2.64 Extras: 9
Top class bowling from Asif sent a message to the world about how he is one of the top pace bowlers on a day when Shoaib was getting all the headlines. The duo did some serious damage to the top order and bowled really tightly. Asif undoubtedly was the man responsible for giving Pakistan the advantage and he was backed up by a very good and economical performance from explosive all rounder Afridi.
Pakistan 1st Innings
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PAKISTAN 1st innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
S.Butt b. M.Patel 20 61 4 0 32.8%
Y.Khan c. R.Dravid b. M.Patel 156 251 32 0 62.2%
S.Malik c. V.Sehwag b. h.singh 42 51 5 1 82.4%
M.Yousuf c. V.Sehwag b. h.singh 50 88 10 0 56.8%
Misbah Ul-Haq c. V.V.S'xman b. A.Kumble 0 5 0 0 0.0%
Sarfraz Ahmed not out 45 84 6 0 53.6%
S.Afridi b. A.Kumble 2 14 0 0 14.3%
S.Tanvir c. R.Dravid b. I.Pathan 7 8 1 0 87.5%
S.Akhtar st D.karthik b. h.singh 0 1 0 0 0.0%
U.Gul c. D.karthik b. S.Sre'anth 0 13 0 0 0.0%
M.Asif b. S.Sre'anth 2 29 0 0 6.9%
Total: 345/10 Overs: 100.5 Run Rate: 3.42 Extras: 21
Day 2 4:31 PM
An amazing innings from Younis Khan of 156 got the Pakistanis to a total that really gives them control of the game. Lots of the batsmen got starts but he was the one who really went on and made a big score. he was backed up by a solid 50 from Yousuf and 42 from Malik. Then keeper Ahmed continued his impressive start and good batting with 45*. It was a very impressive performance all round when the team were expected to struggle like the Indians did. This time they raised their game though and got themselves into a match winning position.
India Bowling
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INDIA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
M.Patel 22.0 4 97 2 4.41 1 2
S.Sreesanth 17.5 2 49 2 2.75 0 2
I.Pathan 17.0 1 61 1 3.59 2 1
S.Ganguly 3.0 1 9 0 3.00 0 0
A.Kumble 19.0 4 62 2 3.26 0 2
h.singh 18.0 7 51 3 2.83 1 4
S.Tendulkar 4.0 1 11 0 2.75 0 1
EXTRAS Wides: 4 No Balls: 12 Leg Byes: 5 Byes: 0
Total: 345/10 Overs: 100.5 Run Rate: 3.42 Extras: 21
No one bowler stood out for India as the Pakistanis and mainly Younus plundered runs. Harbajan was the pick of the bowlers but even he didn't do enough to stop Pakistan and really they struggled to bring themselves back into the game. No-one was economical enough or took enough wickets to have done what Asif and Afridi did for Pakistan and from now it will be very though for india.
