Day One of the third and final Test match. India lead the series 1-0. Teams: England: AJ Strauss, AN Cook, MP Vaughan, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior, CT Tremlett, RJ Sidebottom, MS Panesar, JM Anderson India: W Jaffer, KD Karthik, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, A Kumble, Z Khan, RP Singh, S Sreesanth India won the toss and will bat. Let battle commence! Good toss to win, we've got our work cut out to level the series now.
India now 232 for 3. I'll probably take the draw now if you're offering. Tendulkar and Ganguly have played themselves in and are beginning to cut loose. And to make things worse Sussex are getting absolutely THRASHED by Warwickshire. *Sigh* I am dee-pressed.
India 1st innings KD Karthik c Prior b Sidebottom 91 W Jaffer c Pietersen b Anderson 35 R Dravid b Anderson 55 SR Tendulkar not out 32 SC Ganguly not out 33 Extras (b 17, lb 2, w 1, nb 3) 23 Total (3 wickets; 74.6 overs) 269 (3.58 runs per over) I think now we can say it is a very good start for India and now it is on middle order where they will take the match
Indians going strong again. Ganguly got another rough decision. Buck up Poms ! I fancy India to pile up the runs so that they wont lose the Test. They will be playing for a draw , I guess with Tendulkar already anchoring the innings beautifully.
Score of 600 would be really good, sachin must stay there, and dhoni has to prove that he is really capable of being first ever 2020 world cup captain to represent team india!
yeah, i really really hate the umpires calling the game. Karthik could have easily gotten his century
End of Day Two and India a massive 664 all out and England 24 for 1 in reply. Andrew Strauss falling just 94 runs short of a century. (A bit like my batting). Well at least Sussex are finally making a bit of a fight of it against Warwickshire.
ZK is reallly reallly turning out to be our spearhead... even on a flat pitch, he has figure of 22-13-32-3.... something to be proud of for Zk and India..... we'll need ZK's services in Aus now, so we have to use him very very misely IMO
India has a good chance of winning this Test match too! England's last wicket is about to fall and I think it will fall soon tommorow morning!
England all out for 345 in their first innings.. India has not enforced the follow on. So India will bat again..