India in Sri Lanka - July/August 2010

[HuskerFan]

I did not see any thread for the series. Since, India (#1 ranked) is being trashed in this series, I thought it is a good idea to create a thread and enjoy the thrashing.

[HuskerFan]

Saw this post on an Indian forum;

This series was arranged quickly to support Lanka not playing enough tests this year. The series was not even in the FTP. Its a waste of time trying to pacify these jealous lil black crows. And they paid back India by doubting their No.1 status. As if these idiots have even matched the Aussies one bit in their own den or the Saffricans leave alone comparing to India's performance in these countries or outside the subcontinent.

Murali was just a flat effectless chucker when he used to bowl outside Lanka
and collected a bundle of wickets playing Bangladesh and pakistan repeatedly at home. Lankan team as a whole is worse than Zimbabwe when playing outside their stupid lil balloonic island.

[Rizzy]

Originally Posted by HuskerFan

I did not see any thread for the series. Since, India (#1 ranked) is being trashed in this series, I thought it is a good idea to create a thread and enjoy the thrashing.

Have been loving the thrashing. Seems like India have finally hit rock bottom. The only reason they are high up in tests is due to their batting which consists of ancient players.

Laxman, Tendulkar, Dravid, Sehwag and Ganguly have been playing for India for 10+ years. India havent tried new players in tests as they always had these 5 in the team who score heavily. Seems like old age has caught up and reflexes have gone. Not to mention they dont have much of a bowling attack now.

These guys can bat with patience (maybe not Sehwag) like in the olden days when they started their careers where keeping your wicket was more important than scoring runs. Nowadays with the T20 hype batsman like to attack bowlers whereas these guys could last hours and hours at the crease.

[BALOCH_786]

I love the cricinfo headlines:

"SL batsmen grind tootheless India"

"Lefties loot India"

[Rizzy]

Originally Posted by BALOCH_786

I love the cricinfo headlines:

"SL batsmen grind tootheless India"

"Lefties loot India"

Must be Pakistani writers and commentators on there who are enjoying it as much as Sri Lanka

[shahrukh619]

lol these indian ppl have been braging alot about there no.1 spot. Even haroon lorgat was all over it. But its weird taht they lost all their away games and still no.1

take alook what Sangakara said:

Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka's captain, has questioned the way the ICC Test rankings work. He was responding to a query whether the players take seriously a system that has India at No. 1 despite not having won a series in Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka since 1993, and whether that system needs a change.

"You should have asked that question of Haroon [Lorgat, ICC's CEO], who was here a while ago…" Sangakkara said. "If rankings can't be understood by the public, the players, or the administrators, what's the use of having rankings? If you want rankings, they should count towards playing a Test championship.

"Rankings need to be fairly done. A fair FTP is the first step towards having proper rankings. Once every two years each side should play each other at least once, home or away. That's how you get a fair deal when it comes to Test cricket."

Sri Lanka themselves were ranked No. 2 last year without having won a Test in India, Australia and South Africa, a spot they lost after their loss to India in India. About his own side's dismal record in the three countries ranked higher than them, Sangakkara said, "I don't think we have played enough Test cricket away. Two Test matches here, two Test matches there. I think that's not good. We need to play Tests regularly.

"We have a very good balanced attack, pace and spin. From 2006 to 2009 we have done well. We have won in New Zealand, in England, and in Pakistan. South Africa, Australia and India are the three places that we need to win. We need to play often in those places."

The Test rankings, as they stand now, don't give extra weightage to victories away from home, and run over a time of three years, including "all Test series completed since August more than three years ago". The rating points earned or conceded are calculated based on the difference between where the teams stood before the start of the series. For example, if in the ongoing series India beat Sri Lanka, they will gain fewer points than they will concede if they lose the series. Same goes for Australia, who are facing a much lower-ranked Pakistan. Even if Australia end the series 1-1, they will concede three rating points.

The system, though, stands to work well only if the FTP works evenly. For example, if a side spends a year playing only home series, and uses the home advantage to win series against competitive sides, its rating points will tend to misrepresent the strength and quality of the team.

India in Sri Lanka - July/August 2010

[Rizzy]

When guys like Abhimanyu Mithun (I swear thats how you spell his first name) are opening the bowling you know you have hit rock bottom.

From a cricket crazed country with a population of over 1 billion the only bowler they could find was someone who averages 50+ in list A with his bowling and has only played 12 first class games.

Their selectors must be worser than ours.

[HuskerFan]

Originally Posted by rizzy

Their selectors must be worser than ours.

At least their selector are selecting the batsmen correctly!

[Rizzy]

Originally Posted by HuskerFan

At least their selector are selecting the batsmen correctly!

Well our selectors choice didnt result in our team losing by 10 wickets and then getting thrashed in the second test lol

[shahrukh619]

Originally Posted by rizzy

When guys like Abhimanyu Mithun (I swear thats how you spell his first name) are opening the bowling you know you have hit rock bottom.

From a cricket crazed country with a population of over 1 billion the only bowler they could find was someone who averages 50+ in list A with his bowling and has only played 12 first class games.

Their selectors must be worser than ours.

damnn he is worse then sami

[HuskerFan]

Sangakara taking Mithun to cleaners on 2nd morning;

Right then. All set, Mithun to bowl to Sanga.
90.1 Mithun to Sangakkara, FOUR, 76.5 mph, Sanga is standing well outside his crease and what a roaring start! What a cracker. What a guy! He leans well forward and smokes a full--length delivery through to right of mid-off

90.2 Mithun to Sangakkara, FOUR, 79.4 mph, This is fun! Sanga is in some mood. He flicks this one through midwicket. the buffet bowling continues.

94.5 Mithun to Sangakkara, FOUR, Sanga on the offensive here. He leans forward, picks the full-length delivery and whips it through wide midwicket

94.4 Mithun to Sangakkara, FOUR, 82.0 mph, The second slip was just removed and it obviously has to go through there. 150 up. It was a delivery that cut away from him and Sanga opened the bat-face and partly guided it deliberately and perhaps, partly edged it past first slip

94.3 Mithun to Sangakkara, FOUR, 79.9 mph, Flamboyant! Fullish delivery around off and Sanga creams it past the non-striker. Not a man move.

[zeenix]

I liked this one comment on cricinfo

@shnshan did you notice that there was a result in the first test match with a 'dead' pitch, even after losing a day for rain? If India played against Australia on that 'live' pitch, Australia would have made 400 and India would have lost by innings. Pakistan at least has a bowling attack to make use of that pitch. So instead of blaming the pitch, accept that fact that India has a boring, toothless bowling attack.

[HuskerFan]

Comments on Cricinfo commentary sent by the fans during 2nd test:

Sham: "I remember viru said once that Bangladesh can not bowl out India. But I throw the same question to him can your team bowl out Srilankans at least for one innings?"

Prasad: "We want yorkers, yorkers, yorkers. We want yorkers, yorkers, yorkers. We want yorkers, yorkers, yorkers." Garner, Akram and Waqar are retired na.

Liju: "Sreesanth will be thanking GOD for giving him an injury at the right time! His fate wouldn't have been different at this pitch..."


Rohit: "It would not be a bad idea to try VVS Laxman, S Tendulkar, R Dravid, M Vijay?" And Dhoni?

thiru: "Indian bowlers average and Indian batsmen average are almost the same, Averaging between 35 and 55. Excellent team composition for India .. Great "

Mani: "Tomorrow's headlines: "Anil Kumble recalled to play in the third test of the ongoing Sri Lanka tour"


Sundeep: "Dhoni has an intl. wicket in only 12 balls bowled. So not a bad option! (No catches seem to come Dhoni's way anyway, so no need to be concerned for WK)"


Elaborator: "Re: Mani: More like "India confers citizenship to Murali in time for third Test" Right! after all he did marry an Indian

Al: "My Mum and me would have a double hundred partnership vs. the Indian bowling on this wicket." But the question is Can you or your Ma bowl?!


Ram Kaundinya: "Enough Sanga..get out now. You gotta give Samaraweera also a chance to get an easy 100."

[Rizzy]

Originally Posted by HuskerFan

Comments on Cricinfo commentary sent by the fans during 2nd test:

Sham: "I remember viru said once that Bangladesh can not bowl out India. But I throw the same question to him can your team bowl out Srilankans at least for one innings?"

Prasad: "We want yorkers, yorkers, yorkers. We want yorkers, yorkers, yorkers. We want yorkers, yorkers, yorkers." Garner, Akram and Waqar are retired na.

Liju: "Sreesanth will be thanking GOD for giving him an injury at the right time! His fate wouldn't have been different at this pitch..."


Rohit: "It would not be a bad idea to try VVS Laxman, S Tendulkar, R Dravid, M Vijay?" And Dhoni?

thiru: "Indian bowlers average and Indian batsmen average are almost the same, Averaging between 35 and 55. Excellent team composition for India .. Great "

Mani: "Tomorrow's headlines: "Anil Kumble recalled to play in the third test of the ongoing Sri Lanka tour"


Sundeep: "Dhoni has an intl. wicket in only 12 balls bowled. So not a bad option! (No catches seem to come Dhoni's way anyway, so no need to be concerned for WK)"


Elaborator: "Re: Mani: More like "India confers citizenship to Murali in time for third Test" Right! after all he did marry an Indian

Al: "My Mum and me would have a double hundred partnership vs. the Indian bowling on this wicket." But the question is Can you or your Ma bowl?!


Ram Kaundinya: "Enough Sanga..get out now. You gotta give Samaraweera also a chance to get an easy 100."

[pakmufc]

What a whooping. 624/4 dec....

[Rizzy]

Now this is what you call taking the piss

[Rizzy]

This is what happened back in 1997, highest total in an innings.


http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63762.html

[zeenix]

Originally Posted by rizzy

Now this is what you call taking the piss

This is insane.. What a pasting Indian bowlers have gotten...

Well Srilanka can't loose it from here... All i see is a draw...

What kind of a pitch was this...

[Rizzy]

Seems like a T20 batting pitch.
Don't really see a result coming from this. Sri Lanka arent playing any decent bowlers. Vaas doesnt play anymore, Muralitharan retired, Kulasakera isnt playing and Thushara also isnt playing. Matthews isnt a test bowler and Fernando isnt much of a bowler.

[Rizzy]

This is what happened in 1997 when India posted 537 in 1st innings, (Tendulkar was captain)

[shahrukh619]

wow i thought cause of ipl india will now improve in bowling, but it has gone worse

[HuskerFan]

412 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 87.4 overs @ 4.70 runs per over!!!!

Somebody in BCCI or SLCB really want to kill test cricket!

[attidude.asif]

this is what makes me hate test cricket...sehwag was bowling with a round cap on...man was he even a bit serious...... they made the lankan feel bored as welll....therefore they declined.... i think lankan should have kept on playing n made some sort of record was a nice chance really...anyways no one is watching this match....

[Omar]

This is what makes test cricket boring, having pancakes in the sub continents so that bowlers can toil hard without much luck in the heat while the batters smack them all over the park and make records.

Why cant the ICC step in and check the standard of pitches being used in the sub continent and work on improving the standard of pitches provided for games...

[shahrukh619]

Originally Posted by Omar

This is what makes test cricket boring, having pancakes in the sub continents so that bowlers can toil hard without much luck in the heat while the batters smack them all over the park and make records.

Why cant the ICC step in and check the standard of pitches being used in the sub continent and work on improving the standard of pitches provided for games...

But becuase of these pitches we have got great bowlers. If it wasnt for these pitches our bowlers would had not tryed hard.

and besides these pitches are gona be fun to watch at icc world cup 2011

[Rizzy]

162.1
Dilshan to Tendulkar, OUT, 47.7 mph, Tendulkar is gone! Dilshan has struck, would you believe it.. that turned into Sachin from round the stumps and Sachin got a feather as he looked to close the face of the bat, onto the pads and pops up for an easy catch for Prasanna Jayawardene, who runs across and takes it this time

Rahul's info was all wrong as a lot of you point out. Please ignore. Harbhajan Singh, the most entertaining batsman in Test cricket, walks out. I am right.. Afridi has retired now.

commentary from India game on cricinfo

Even the Indians admit Afridi is the most entertaining batsman

[HuskerFan]

3rd test about to start.

Gambhir and Thappar Singh are out due to injury. Sri Lanka won the toss and are batting. I am sure Sri Lanka will put another 600+ run show.

[iHammad]

Great batting by Sanga and Mahela.

SL killing India's toothless bowlers atm....228/3

[BALOCH_786]

Originally Posted by iHammad

Great batting by Sanga and Mahela.

SL killing India's toothless bowlers atm....228/3

looks like its gonna be another 500+ score lol

[BALOCH_786]

indian left arm spinner is bowling good deliveries

[HuskerFan]

83.2 Sharma to Mendis, FOUR, Wow! Stunner! He moved outside leg and lifted it inside-out to deep cover boundary! one bounce and over. His team-mates erupt in the dressing room. Mendis laughs. Not a gentle weak smile but a laugh!

81.3 Sharma to Mendis, FOUR, The best of the three. What a shot. He moved outside leg, Ishant followed him with a full delivery and he knifed it up and over to the straight boundary. Great shot. Malinga jumps and applauds!

81.2 Sharma to Mendis, FOUR, Slasher Mendis! He has a laugh. It was the short delivery outside off stump and he went for the carve over point and it flew over Dhoni!

81.1 Sharma to Mendis, FOUR, The slog is out now. He took the front leg out of the way, outside leg and went for the big heave-ho across the line. It was the full delivery and it ran of the edge past the leg stump

Mendis showing Ishant Sharma who is the boss!!

[shahrukh619]

damn mendis batting good

[shahrukh619]

hey can u pass me the link from where u got that thread

[HuskerFan]

Originally Posted by shahrukh619

hey can u pass me the link from where u got that thread

From Cricinfo's match commentary:
India vs Sri Lanka | Live Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

[shahrukh619]

Originally Posted by HuskerFan

From Cricinfo's match commentary:
India vs Sri Lanka | Live Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

no i need the link of the forum. from wheree u got that post on the fist one

[HuskerFan]

India is 93/4 in 32 overs and India needs 164 more to win.

One spinner (Randiv) has taken all 4 wickets and has bowled 16 out of those 32 over. Mendis on the other has not bowled a single over yet on the 5th day even after ball is 32 over old.

Sangakara presenting this match to India on platter!

[HuskerFan]

Even after 34 overs, Mendis is not bowling when Mendis has dismissed Laxman SEVEN times in test matches!

What a pathetic captaincy (or match fixing?) by Sangakara.