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World Greats Test Championship - TIME TO ANNOUNCE SQUADS FOR SERIES 2 - FREDDIE, DRAVID & INZY injured!! PLUS Pakistan v India!!
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2nd Test. The New VCA Stadium, Nagpur
Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammed Azharuddin
Ravindra Jadeja
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev
Ravi Ashwin
Jasprit Bumrah
Bishan Bedi
Kapil Dev and Ravi Ashwin added 25 a piece in differing styles and despite Andy Roberts' impressive figures on a flatish pitch, India will be delighted with 387.
After a decent platform set-up by the openers, including a half-century from Haynes, Bedi's removal of both set Walcott & Richards to start attacking on a pitch that wasn't yet turning much. They did a great job of taking to the skipper especially, Ashwin going at over 5's and leading him to go more and more to Bedi. By close they were 187-3, and it wasn't until Dev got some reverse the next morning that they finally picked up Walcott for his second successive 1st innings hundred.
Ashwin then got Lara cheaply and then took the new ball and that got Viv Richards. However, Weekes and Sobers saw that off, the later with a half-century. When Bedi got those and Marshall, they still had hopes of a lead, what they didn't count on was giving up a half-century to Michael Holding!
Sehwag's next plan to combat the short tactic was to take it on, but after three lusty blows him edged an uppercut straight to slip. Gavaskar and the Wall did manage to see out day three at 74-1, a lead of 25.
They then went into Day Four with a definite plan to ensure that Sobers didn't rip through them and by an hour in, Sobers had 10 overs for 12...but no wickets. Holding eventually bowled Gavaskar but that was the only wicket they had by the time they took the new ball 10 minutes before tea. At that point, Dravid had 90 & Sachin had 62. Dravid got his hundred just after tea before Marshall got him, Azharuddin and Jadeja in the same over. 269-2 was suddenly 271-5 (lead 222). Dhoni joined Tendulkar and decided to attack, an hour and change later, Sobers eventually got the later for 128 after a century partnership. Dev joined the party for a unbeaten 13 off 9 balls and Ashwin declared at close with the lead at 350.
350 or 10 wickets in a day to win. At 77-1 after an hour and a half, honours were even. Cue the Indian skipper getting Greenidge and then his opposite number in the space of four balls. Lara dropped anchor to ensure he was still there at lunch with Walcott, which he achieved. 97-3, 254 to win.
The Windies continued to bed down into the afternoon against Ashwin and Bedi, before the Skipper got his third after an hour, Walcott at slip for 52 and that was drinks at 128-4 (223 still needed). It was apparent by this point that the Windies, or more precisely Lara, weren't going for the win, but after surviving for over 100-balls, he went to Jadeja before tea, which came at 166-5.
Weekes and Sobers played well after tea and just at the point that the win was becoming an option for the Windies again, Ashwin got one to rag past Sobers and bowl him. 6 down, still over an hour left and a big decision about whether to take the new ball. Ashwin decided to and Marshall and Weekes showed that was by far the wrong decision, not even looking troubled by it.
So 0-0 and the 3rd test pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad AGAIN looks exactly the same as the pitch in Mumbai & Nagpur @ahmedleo414 @pillowprocter
Sunil Gavaskar
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammed Azharuddin
Ravindra Jadeja
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev
Ravi Ashwin
Jasprit Bumrah
Bishan Bedi
- Gordon Greenidge
- Desmond Haynes
- Clyde Walcott
- Viv Richards
- Brian Lara
- Everton Weekes
- Garry Sobers
- Malcolm Marshall
- Andy Roberts
- Michael Holding
- Lance Gibbs
Kapil Dev and Ravi Ashwin added 25 a piece in differing styles and despite Andy Roberts' impressive figures on a flatish pitch, India will be delighted with 387.
After a decent platform set-up by the openers, including a half-century from Haynes, Bedi's removal of both set Walcott & Richards to start attacking on a pitch that wasn't yet turning much. They did a great job of taking to the skipper especially, Ashwin going at over 5's and leading him to go more and more to Bedi. By close they were 187-3, and it wasn't until Dev got some reverse the next morning that they finally picked up Walcott for his second successive 1st innings hundred.
Ashwin then got Lara cheaply and then took the new ball and that got Viv Richards. However, Weekes and Sobers saw that off, the later with a half-century. When Bedi got those and Marshall, they still had hopes of a lead, what they didn't count on was giving up a half-century to Michael Holding!
Sehwag's next plan to combat the short tactic was to take it on, but after three lusty blows him edged an uppercut straight to slip. Gavaskar and the Wall did manage to see out day three at 74-1, a lead of 25.
They then went into Day Four with a definite plan to ensure that Sobers didn't rip through them and by an hour in, Sobers had 10 overs for 12...but no wickets. Holding eventually bowled Gavaskar but that was the only wicket they had by the time they took the new ball 10 minutes before tea. At that point, Dravid had 90 & Sachin had 62. Dravid got his hundred just after tea before Marshall got him, Azharuddin and Jadeja in the same over. 269-2 was suddenly 271-5 (lead 222). Dhoni joined Tendulkar and decided to attack, an hour and change later, Sobers eventually got the later for 128 after a century partnership. Dev joined the party for a unbeaten 13 off 9 balls and Ashwin declared at close with the lead at 350.
350 or 10 wickets in a day to win. At 77-1 after an hour and a half, honours were even. Cue the Indian skipper getting Greenidge and then his opposite number in the space of four balls. Lara dropped anchor to ensure he was still there at lunch with Walcott, which he achieved. 97-3, 254 to win.
The Windies continued to bed down into the afternoon against Ashwin and Bedi, before the Skipper got his third after an hour, Walcott at slip for 52 and that was drinks at 128-4 (223 still needed). It was apparent by this point that the Windies, or more precisely Lara, weren't going for the win, but after surviving for over 100-balls, he went to Jadeja before tea, which came at 166-5.
Weekes and Sobers played well after tea and just at the point that the win was becoming an option for the Windies again, Ashwin got one to rag past Sobers and bowl him. 6 down, still over an hour left and a big decision about whether to take the new ball. Ashwin decided to and Marshall and Weekes showed that was by far the wrong decision, not even looking troubled by it.
So 0-0 and the 3rd test pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad AGAIN looks exactly the same as the pitch in Mumbai & Nagpur @ahmedleo414 @pillowprocter
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- Desmond Haynes
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- Everton Weekes
- Clyde Walcott
- Clive Lloyd
- Garry Sobers
- Malcolm Marshall
- Andy Roberts
- Courtney Walsh
- Lance Gibbs
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Wow, that first paragraph was a rollercoaster. For us, Kohli replaces Azharuddin
From the minute Marshall put that down Jadeja was absolutely imperious!!
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3rd Test & Final Test. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad.
Tony Cozier: Welcome to the final test of this series, where the big news at the toss is not that the Windies lost it, but who called heads. That was Clive Lloyd, who was originally named skipper, rather than Viv Richards who has lost his place. Brian Lara does stay in the side, despite his top score being 28. They have also refreshed the pace corps, with Walsh in for Michael Holding. India have also made a change too, with Kohli coming in for Azharuddin.
The Indian twitterverse that wanted to have Sehwag binned for his inability to cope with the Windies bouncer ploy had to eat some humble pie on day one. By the time Lance Gibbs eventually got him caught behind trying to cut, he had a magnificent hundred and it was 204-2 with tea in the rear view mirror. Dravid had a century of his own by the close and India had 297-2 and it looked like only one team could try and win the series from there.
Courtney Walsh had gone for almost 5 an over on day one, but he came back well and removed both overnight batsman to have India 339-4 but most teams don't have Virat Kohli & a red-hot Ravi Jadeja in that situation. Kohli took a back seat as Jadeja attacked like he had literally just picked up his bat from Nagpur and continued where he had left off. His hundred came off 130 balls, at which point Kohli had 35 off 124. Marshall may have eventually bowled the left-hander but by tea, the score was 518-5. Kohli scrapped his way to his own hundred, but at a Dravid-like pace and when they were bowled out for 598, just an over before the close of day two, there were question marks about if they had batted too long.
Both openers went cheaply in terms of scoring but faced 121 balls between then and India were facing heading into Tea on day two with just those two wickets before a miscommunication saw Lara run-out. The Indian captain eventually got Weekes for 82 and then his opposite number cheaply but by the end of Day three at 213-5, Walcott was still there.
Given how dangerous he'd been all series, you would think getting rid of him would be key at the start of day four. It wasn't, because Bedi removed Sobers and after Walcott played out the left-armers next over, Marshall faced up to his next and he went, then Roberts & Walsh did all in the same over to identikit dismissals. Walcott edged to slip trying to farm the strike shortly afterwards and that was it. 244 all out and the follow on enforced...
...or so we thought. With just over five and a half sessions left, it seemed crazy when Gavaskar and Sehwag came back to bat. It was a disconcerting sight to see the Windies pace battery bowling to ultra-defensive fields, especially with Lloyd refusing to bowl Gibbs to take as much time out of the game as possible. It proved very difficult to score quickly against them, with Marshall especially enjoying the stat-padding. The declaration coming to give the Indian bowlers half-hour before tea.
A nominal 510 to win, or over four sessions to survive. However, by the morning of Day Five it was still 10 wickets to take. By lunch, it was 148-1 and the only person taking the heat online heat off of Ashwin was Sehwag for dropping a sitter that would have removed Lara. It took another hour to remove Lara, with the second new ball and on a pitch that should have been turning square, India had three hours to take eight wickets.
They didn't. They may have got two but by that point it was academic other than the celebrations of a terrific hundred from Gordon Greenidge.
I would NOT want to be Ravi Ashwin tonight!! (Editor's note: I have NO idea what he was thinking not enforcing the follow-on)
3rd Test & Final Test. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad.
Tony Cozier: Welcome to the final test of this series, where the big news at the toss is not that the Windies lost it, but who called heads. That was Clive Lloyd, who was originally named skipper, rather than Viv Richards who has lost his place. Brian Lara does stay in the side, despite his top score being 28. They have also refreshed the pace corps, with Walsh in for Michael Holding. India have also made a change too, with Kohli coming in for Azharuddin.
The Indian twitterverse that wanted to have Sehwag binned for his inability to cope with the Windies bouncer ploy had to eat some humble pie on day one. By the time Lance Gibbs eventually got him caught behind trying to cut, he had a magnificent hundred and it was 204-2 with tea in the rear view mirror. Dravid had a century of his own by the close and India had 297-2 and it looked like only one team could try and win the series from there.
Courtney Walsh had gone for almost 5 an over on day one, but he came back well and removed both overnight batsman to have India 339-4 but most teams don't have Virat Kohli & a red-hot Ravi Jadeja in that situation. Kohli took a back seat as Jadeja attacked like he had literally just picked up his bat from Nagpur and continued where he had left off. His hundred came off 130 balls, at which point Kohli had 35 off 124. Marshall may have eventually bowled the left-hander but by tea, the score was 518-5. Kohli scrapped his way to his own hundred, but at a Dravid-like pace and when they were bowled out for 598, just an over before the close of day two, there were question marks about if they had batted too long.
Both openers went cheaply in terms of scoring but faced 121 balls between then and India were facing heading into Tea on day two with just those two wickets before a miscommunication saw Lara run-out. The Indian captain eventually got Weekes for 82 and then his opposite number cheaply but by the end of Day three at 213-5, Walcott was still there.
Given how dangerous he'd been all series, you would think getting rid of him would be key at the start of day four. It wasn't, because Bedi removed Sobers and after Walcott played out the left-armers next over, Marshall faced up to his next and he went, then Roberts & Walsh did all in the same over to identikit dismissals. Walcott edged to slip trying to farm the strike shortly afterwards and that was it. 244 all out and the follow on enforced...
...or so we thought. With just over five and a half sessions left, it seemed crazy when Gavaskar and Sehwag came back to bat. It was a disconcerting sight to see the Windies pace battery bowling to ultra-defensive fields, especially with Lloyd refusing to bowl Gibbs to take as much time out of the game as possible. It proved very difficult to score quickly against them, with Marshall especially enjoying the stat-padding. The declaration coming to give the Indian bowlers half-hour before tea.
A nominal 510 to win, or over four sessions to survive. However, by the morning of Day Five it was still 10 wickets to take. By lunch, it was 148-1 and the only person taking the heat online heat off of Ashwin was Sehwag for dropping a sitter that would have removed Lara. It took another hour to remove Lara, with the second new ball and on a pitch that should have been turning square, India had three hours to take eight wickets.
They didn't. They may have got two but by that point it was academic other than the celebrations of a terrific hundred from Gordon Greenidge.
I would NOT want to be Ravi Ashwin tonight!! (Editor's note: I have NO idea what he was thinking not enforcing the follow-on)
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CC23 AI is on another level man
I know, to be fair, it suits the narrative about the Ashwin captaincy decision though.
@Disharies 1st test pitch at Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy. Need your XI.
1st Test. Lords.
With reports of so very cloudy conditions on Day two, it was a very good toss to win and Graeme Smith won it. Problem is, you still have to bat against Anderson, Trueman, Broad and a fully fit Stokes in English conditions. The headbanded one was the only one to not pick up a wicket on the first morning. Meaning that Graeme Pollock & Kallis had a rebuilding job after lunch. A session without wickets is what they needed and what they got, albeit with Kallis playing and missing and surviving several LBW shouts. At that stage, it looked like Pollock was playing on a different pitch to everyone else. Not after Tea though as Jimmy removed him pretty quickly and 154-3 became 186-8. Only Shaun Pollock, along some scrapping by Donald and Steyn, got them to 235.
You want two guys to bat in English overhead conditions though and Hutton and Cook would be a decent duo and they proved it with a partnership of 137, which was only broken when Smith tossed the ball at Hugh Tayfield. He also removed Barrington and when Steyn finally got Hutton, tea came at 183 for 3 and a chance to maybe get into the game.
Steyn & Tayfield continued the fightback and at 204-5, they were one wicket away from Knott and the bowlers. Compton and Stokes saw things off until the new ball but then Pollock removed Stokes and then Compton got run-out by Knott next ball. They then tried to bounce out Broad, which worked once Proctor yorked him but not before a few successful hooks had taken the lead into the 40's.
Steyn and Kallis finished the job at the start of day three but by that point the lead was 68.
Smith wanted to recover the situation himself though and alongside Richards, had put on 50 by lunch. Anderson eventually ended the partnership at 88 and Smith was gutted to miss out on a century when nicking Broad behind but he would have been very happy taking tea at 161-2. By the end of day three Smith was smiling from ear to ear as the lead was now 186...and they were still 2 down.
England were crying out for the new ball on the fourth morning and when Trueman used it to remove Pollock there was hope. Hope that Nourse extinguished by completing an excellent hundred by lunch with the score 327-3. He then went on the attack with Kallis and while both were out by tea, they were effectively 385-5.
What you don't want in that situation if you are England is AB de Villiers with freedom to attack, but when he was removed for a breezy 37, that had them 9 down and with Day Five set to be sunny, Smith called them in rather than send Donald out to bat.
The one thing that did do was give England enough time to at least consider the 420 to win, not that it looked like it on the fourth evening as they batted 19 overs for 28 runs, with Steyn getting Hutton at short leg to boot.
The certainly wasn't any chance of chasing it very quickly, as the fifth morning became the Dale Steyn show, Cook, Barrington, Hussain and suddenly it was 38-4. Donald got one to get big on Root and lob to mid-on and by lunch, South Africa were halfway there. That became 6 down four balls afterwards with Donald getting Compton fending to short-leg.
You won't get two much more stubborn cricketers in that situation than Stokes and Knott and they saw things out until tea. The key was always going to be the new ball two overs afterwards though. Smith gave it to Pollock and Steyn and the latter completed his five-for by getting Stokes with one that went down the hill and taking the edge. That opened the floodgates and Smith didn't need to make another bowling change.
Safe to say the 2nd test should be a result pitch: @Aislabie @RUDI teams please
With reports of so very cloudy conditions on Day two, it was a very good toss to win and Graeme Smith won it. Problem is, you still have to bat against Anderson, Trueman, Broad and a fully fit Stokes in English conditions. The headbanded one was the only one to not pick up a wicket on the first morning. Meaning that Graeme Pollock & Kallis had a rebuilding job after lunch. A session without wickets is what they needed and what they got, albeit with Kallis playing and missing and surviving several LBW shouts. At that stage, it looked like Pollock was playing on a different pitch to everyone else. Not after Tea though as Jimmy removed him pretty quickly and 154-3 became 186-8. Only Shaun Pollock, along some scrapping by Donald and Steyn, got them to 235.
You want two guys to bat in English overhead conditions though and Hutton and Cook would be a decent duo and they proved it with a partnership of 137, which was only broken when Smith tossed the ball at Hugh Tayfield. He also removed Barrington and when Steyn finally got Hutton, tea came at 183 for 3 and a chance to maybe get into the game.
Steyn & Tayfield continued the fightback and at 204-5, they were one wicket away from Knott and the bowlers. Compton and Stokes saw things off until the new ball but then Pollock removed Stokes and then Compton got run-out by Knott next ball. They then tried to bounce out Broad, which worked once Proctor yorked him but not before a few successful hooks had taken the lead into the 40's.
Steyn and Kallis finished the job at the start of day three but by that point the lead was 68.
Smith wanted to recover the situation himself though and alongside Richards, had put on 50 by lunch. Anderson eventually ended the partnership at 88 and Smith was gutted to miss out on a century when nicking Broad behind but he would have been very happy taking tea at 161-2. By the end of day three Smith was smiling from ear to ear as the lead was now 186...and they were still 2 down.
England were crying out for the new ball on the fourth morning and when Trueman used it to remove Pollock there was hope. Hope that Nourse extinguished by completing an excellent hundred by lunch with the score 327-3. He then went on the attack with Kallis and while both were out by tea, they were effectively 385-5.
What you don't want in that situation if you are England is AB de Villiers with freedom to attack, but when he was removed for a breezy 37, that had them 9 down and with Day Five set to be sunny, Smith called them in rather than send Donald out to bat.
The one thing that did do was give England enough time to at least consider the 420 to win, not that it looked like it on the fourth evening as they batted 19 overs for 28 runs, with Steyn getting Hutton at short leg to boot.
The certainly wasn't any chance of chasing it very quickly, as the fifth morning became the Dale Steyn show, Cook, Barrington, Hussain and suddenly it was 38-4. Donald got one to get big on Root and lob to mid-on and by lunch, South Africa were halfway there. That became 6 down four balls afterwards with Donald getting Compton fending to short-leg.
You won't get two much more stubborn cricketers in that situation than Stokes and Knott and they saw things out until tea. The key was always going to be the new ball two overs afterwards though. Smith gave it to Pollock and Steyn and the latter completed his five-for by getting Stokes with one that went down the hill and taking the edge. That opened the floodgates and Smith didn't need to make another bowling change.
Safe to say the 2nd test should be a result pitch: @Aislabie @RUDI teams please
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CerealKiller
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I didn’t get an alert for the tag. Did you copy paste the tags, or edit them in later? That doesn’t send an alert
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We will go with an unchanged lineup at the Gabba.
