Story The Natwest Pentangular 2005 -- Begins April 24th

Who will win the Natwest Pentangular?


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Harsha Bhogle : At the end of their 50 overs, England scored 282/5 but they must be dissapointed on not reaching 300 inspite of good contributions form Strauss,Flintoff and Vaughan . Your thoughts on that , Ravi !

Ravi : 282 is a big target and will take some getting .I thought Flintoff was outstanding in his innings and I don`t think it was a brave move by Dravid to bowl himself inspite of having Z.Khan`s quota of overs left . In the end it proved to be a tactical error and Zaheer bowled just 6 ovrs . He was the pick of the bowlers in my opinion . Patan was disappointing . An year ago , he was the emerging superstar of Indian cricket but now , all that sems to be a thing of the past . The swing which we associate with pathan seems missing . I hope he gets it back . Vaughan was outstanding in the anchorman role .The only criticim I feel one could make is that he batted just a bit too slowly in the slog overs
India have a target to chase and Sehwag and Sachin will have to fire together which has not hppened for quit some time now . If they fire , we have a match on our hands . I would prefer kaif batting at No.3 and Dhoi at No.7 if a wicket falls early .
 

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Rahul dravid bowling?????

awesome start by england india need wickets in hand to get the total.
 
India off to an indifferent start ! Sehwag out after scoring 19 off 5 balls !

Ravi Shastri :
What and eventful first over ! 6,4,2,4,2,Nb,OUT ! England must be thanking Vaughan for holding on to that catch . I Sehwag stayed there for another 15 overs , the game could have been over in a jiffy but now India have to bat sensibly and keep wickets in hand for a late surge . I think that it is a great move by Rahul to send Kaif at No.3 . It gives him time to settle down and play his own game and him being a good runner , if he stays in the middle overs , singles and twos can be picked at will . Sachin Tendulkar will be the key as always . I would like him to play an attacking game and the others must rally around him .
21/1 after 3 overs . Things can go either way . We are in for an humdinger !

NOTE : Please keep posting regularly as I can keep the updates coming . As multiple posting is not allowed and as only 3 attachments are allowd in one post , I have to wait for someone to post in order to post my updates .
 

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More than anything, your screenshots are brilliant!! You have a fantastic graphics card.

Superb story. Welcome to the stories section. I predict India to win here!!
 
INDIA WIN IN GRAND STYLE ! SACHIN SMASHES A STUNNING 100!

Harsha : Welcome back to Star sports and I think some of you might be pinching yourselves to check whether what you just saw was real . Sachin Tendulkar has steered India to an outstanding victory . It was as if the little man was out there to show the world that he was the real boss when it came to batting . I hope it will silence his critics once for all. Your comments Geoff !

Geoffery : Superb ! FAbulous . I though my mum was bowling. The way he was batting , he could have hit it with a stump ! The English bowling was made to look ordinary . Dravid --- what did he have for lunch . He hit 3 sixes , didn`t he ! What was this Indian team doing all these days ! Superb batting .

Ravi : It was great to see the Indians attack the bowling . Great batting from scchin and I believe this is the way to go for the Indian team and what better place to o it than Lords. Dravid was fantastic as well and Yuvraj`s innings showed that there was nothing wrong with his form . With th batting back in good form , India will be a definite force to reckon with in this natwest pentangular . Mark my words !!

Harsha : Now the presentation party is ready with Paul Allot .

PRESENTATION :
Paul Allot : A fantastic start to the Natwest Pentangular , England in the end wre thoroughly outplayed by a rampaging Sachin Tendulkar . I would first like to call upon Michael Vaughan to have a chat .
Michael, tough luck !

Vaughan : I must congratulate India and Sachin for a superb innings and thoroughly entertaining this crowd at Lords . We thought we had a good total and India chased it down easily because of the great man and he was superbly supported by Dravid and Yuvraj . Our bowlers , I thought were decent . They just had an off day . Hope to get things right at The Oval tomorrow against Pakistan .

Paul Allot : Good luck Michael .
Now I call upon the winning captain R.Dravid . Rahul , a dream start !

Rahul : Yes , I think it was a great team effort . Sachin was outstanding and today`s innings must surely silence his critics .

Paul : You batted decently as well and so did Yuvraj , What id You guys have for lunch ??

Rahul : Nothing actually !:cool: . I think , there is something with Lords and India . We always seem to do well here . I would like to thank the crowd who gave great support and were vocal throughout the match . Now that we have got a grat start, we must go on to achieve greater things .

Paul : Good luck Rahul , for the next game against Pakistan at Birmingham .
Rahul : Thank You Paul !
Paul Allot : Now the man of the match award decided by the Sky Sports Public Poll . It is none other than the `Little Master` SAchin Tendulkar . Sachin , if you can come up an collect your cheque and a magnum of champagne .
Sachin : It was a good wicket to bat on and the bowlers did well to restrict Englan to 282 which I thought was achivable and the start veeru gav us was outstanding . I was timing the ball well right from the first ball and I decided to play an attacking game and it paid off . Looking forward to doing well against Pakistan . We havenot had a good record agaionst them recently an hope to get things right at the right time .

Paul : Good Luck and that is the end of the presentation party , Ladies and Gentlemen . See You at
The Oval for the `ENGLAND Vs PAKISTAN` match .
Till then , goodbye .
 

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More Screens from Game 1 / Dravid and Yuvraj Screens

A few more Screens
 

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