Story The Natwest Pentangular 2005 -- Begins April 24th

[aditya123]

India in trouble at 33/3 !

Alan Wilkins : The Aussies are right back on top thanks to a superb spll by Mcgrath and a great piece of fielding by Symonds . India are 33/3 and have lost SAchin Sehwag and Laxman . Sehwag was bowled of a dream delivery by Mcgrath ! The overcast conditions helping the ball play plenty of tricks . Sachin was caught plumb in front by a Mcgrath inswinger and Laxman out to a drilliant direct hit by Symonds . ATM Dravid and Kaif are fighting it out and India are 35/3 after 8 overs . Expect a tight finish today , Mike !

Michael Slater : Alan, I feel Australia will win it unless Dravid plays one of the knocks of the tournament . The Indians , I feel were complascent about the total and batted a bit loosely . Its a sin to b run out at crucial times an India are repeating it time and again ! I`ll bet on an Aussie win !

 

[aditya123]

India in further touble ! 126/5 after 24

Alan Wilkins : The Aussies getting 2 more wickets of Yuvraj and Dravid who was controversially run out . The last recognised pair are batting and it is a great opportunity for the young wicket keeper to prove himself an help his partner Kaif to guide India through to victory . The Aussies are bowling superbly ATM and look lik taking a wicket every ball ! Navjot, any sidhuisms on the Indian performance !

Sidhu : `Never kill a man who is trying to commit suicide` ! The Indian running between the wickets is like a man in an Indian autorickshaw ! There hav been 5 run outs in the last 2 games . Unpardonable ! Mohammed Kaif will have to repeat what he did at Lords in 2002 . Remember, he has a youngster at the other end who fears nothing . He is facing the world champions for the first time and has no inhibitions about it ! All India need is to bat with common sense . `Common sense is seeing things as they are and doing thm as they ought to be done` !

 

[jazz]

good bowling by the aussies

dont worry adiyta. members are on at different times so dont worry memners will post in you thread

i will be following this series very closely its very exciting

espesciall the match beyween indiia and pakistan

 

[The Champ]

India down in dumps Great bowling by Aussies.


This a great story thread aditya, superb effort buddy

 

[aditya123]

The match all set to be a classic ! India 161/7 after 33

Harsha Bhogle : What a match in progress here at Trent Bridge ! Every time India look to sneak ahead of Australia, the aussies have picked up a wicket . The partnership between Dhoni and Kaif looked ominous but Hogg came in nd got them the breakthrough ! Kaif played a good innings . The six off Lee was reminiscent of the one he hooked Flintoff for six in the Natwest Series Final at Lords in 2002 . The runout of Kaif showed us why India have not done so well in ODIs as in tests ! The running between th wickets has been appauling and must be looked into if India have to be a force in ODI cricket ! India look to b starring down the barrel with Pathan and Khan batting and Singh and Balaji to follow . There are still 47 runs to get and the Aussies will make it as difficult as possible for India . Irfan Pathan has a chance to proove himself as an allrounder and if he can do it , he can justify his place in th ODI squad ahead of Nehra .

Sunil Gavaskar : The Indian batsmen have commited hara-kiri according to me ! Three runouts of top batsmen is unpardonable and a side like Australia will nver let you recover after that . Irfan Pathan , as Harsha said has a good oppurtunity to prove his talnt with the bat . Zaheer has the world record for the highest score by a No.11 in tests . I hope they take India through .

 

[aditya123]

Natwest KNOW-BALL CHALLENGE !

Harsha Bhogle : We have another competition running for you . We hav been pleased with the response to the Predicta Contst . Now it is time for the Knowball challenge by Natwest. All you have to do is to look at the picture below and tell us the GRID you think the ball is ! If you think it is in the A-row and column-5 , post A-5 . Its very simple indeed . The answers must come in before the end of this match ! So get ready to earn more Vcash !

 

[aditya123]

India 200/9 ! 7 to win !

INDIA HAVE REACHED 200/9 with the help of a fighting partnershib between Balaji and Khan . Six runs needed with one wicket in hand !!! Anybody`s game !

 

[SaiSrini]

Wah.. What a match going on here?? C'mon India. Win this one for us. Beat the Aussies.

 

[jazz]

the wicket that mcgrath took of sachin looks too high for me

 

[aditya123]

The Match ends in a tie !

Harsha Bhogle : A game which had all our hearts pumping as fast as a ferrari has ended in a tie . This has been without doubt the best match of the series . In the end India will be quite happy that they did not lose the game ! The aussies will be disappointed having let the Indians escape with a tie !

PRESENTATION ,PRESS CONFERENCE AND EXPERT COMMENTS TO FOLLOW !!

 

[aditya123]

Predicta Challenge Results

Since no one predicted the result right, there is no winner for the Predicta challenge for this match .

THE ADIDAS KNOW BALL Contest will be open till the start of the India V West Indies match next up ! So answer quickly guys ! I repeat the procedure for those who have not caught up with it Y`day !
All you have to do is to look at the picture below and tell us the GRID you think the ball is ! If you think it is in the A-row and column-5 , post A-5 . Its very simple indeed . The answers must come in before the end of this match ! So get ready to earn more Vcash !

 

[m_vaughan]

C1

 

[jazz]

D1

 

[aditya123]

Presentation Cremony and Press Conference !

Tony Greg : Welcome to the Presentation ceremony for the Game 5 of The Natwst Pentangular 2005 . We have witnessed one of the best ODI matches ever played in England . A tied gam between the World Champions and the World Cup Runners Up . I would like to call upon Ricky Ponting to have a chat ! Ricky, any finger-nails left ?

Ricky : Not many actually ! A fabulous game but we are disappointd on not winning this one after having them at 173/9 . We bowled far too many extras . Credit to Mohammad Kaif and the tailenders for the way they hung on . We`ll have to sort out some areas of our game if we are to gt back out winning streak .

Tony : Good Luck fo the next game Ricky ! May I now call upon RAhul Dravid to come up and have a chat ! Heart pumping at a more normal rate , Rahul !

Rahul : Not yet . We thought 207 was chaseable but we lost a few wickets too many early on and three crucial runouts put us on the back foot . In the end Kaif batted outstandingly well under pressure and got us back in the match . Full credit to Dhoni,Irfan ,Balaji and Zaheer for hanging on and salvaging a tie , though a win was definitely possible !

Tony : thank You Rahul . Now its time for the Natwest MOM decided by the Sky Sports Comm. Team . Today since the match was a tie , we have decided to award it jointly to A.Symonds and Mhd.Kaif !
Kaif, you seem to have a habit of scoring runs under pressur in England, don`t you ?

Kaif : I certainly enjoy playing in England and the good luck seems to continue . Iam disappointed on not winning the game for India . Hopfully, we`ll do well against the Windies in the next match .

Tony Greg : Andrew Symonds is feeling unwell and unavailable for the Presentation . So the Presntation ceremony concludes with this . Thank You All for witnessing this superb game . See you at Manchester for th India V Wst Indies match .

 

[The Champ]

What a game of cricket we have witnessed thanks aditya for the entertainment