India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Calcutta, 14-18 November 2011

Well this is a a surpise...


51.6
Bishoo to Tendulkar, OUT, 75.3 kph

SR Tendulkar c Samuels b Bishoo 38 (71b 5x4 0x6) SR: 53.52

SG wrote:So you agree this has nothing to do with the presence or absence of DRS as every top sportsperson generally benefits from umpires? He has been unlucky with umpiring a lot of times as well. Surprisingly, you didn't mention it.

More often than not, its all equal in the end.

We all know that he's had the odd crap decision, principally the one where he went head before wicket. Certainly though DRS seems more likely to give people out than reprieve him, especially where LBWs are concerned. There are guys getting fired out for leg before who would have received the benefit of the doubt in the past.

Again against Bishoo, again faltered on a back foot.

We all know that he's had the odd crap decision, principally the one where he went head before wicket.

There it shows how much you've actually followed his career.

Leave it.

2/80 in this session.

SRT is gagging in the shadow of his 100th international 100.

True. And hence I thought it wasn't a bright idea to skip WI tour.

Ton no.36 for Dravid, his 5th this year.

2nd six by Dravid.

Am I seeing it right?

skully wrote:SRT is gagging in the shadow of his 100th international 100.

5 tests since his last hundred now. i wonder if he has ever gone 2 consecutive test series of 3 or more tests without a hundred

and dravid goes at the end of the day. that was a weird dismissal

most of the indians seem to have thrown their wickets away

ishant as night-watchman?!? is yuvi pissing himself at a team score of 345-4?

and ishant goes first ball

Kraigg Braithwaite can add Rahul Dravid to his First Class list of scalps.

Seeing as the list previously only contained Jamal Smith (FC average = 13.05) and Maurice Chambers (6.72) he's quite a catch....

The One wrote:and ishant goes first ball

Instant Karma for Yuvraj?

The mighty wall again... Still, I'm sort of not surprised at him and Latchman. They're the two highest scorers at the ground. They each have over 1,000 runs there. Incredible.

The One wrote:

skully wrote:SRT is gagging in the shadow of his 100th international 100.

5 tests since his last hundred now. i wonder if he has ever gone 2 consecutive test series of 3 or more tests without a hundred

and dravid goes at the end of the day. that was a weird dismissal

most of the indians seem to have thrown their wickets away

At this rate Dravid will get to 50 before Tendulkar gets to 100. Which you wouldn't have said at the start of the year when Tendy was on 99 and The Wall had 42....

Red wrote:

SG wrote:So you agree this has nothing to do with the presence or absence of DRS as every top sportsperson generally benefits from umpires? He has been unlucky with umpiring a lot of times as well. Surprisingly, you didn't mention it.

More often than not, its all equal in the end.

We all know that he's had the odd crap decision, principally the one where he went head before wicket.

What was crap about that decision? He was just very unlucky in that the ball should have bounced higher and cleared him and the stumps easily, but it didn't ... it hit him low as he ducked very low, it hit him in line, and in the opinion of the umpire, it would have taken the stumps.

srt was on 96 at the start of the year. a hundred in the new years test in south africa and then 2 in the world cup

dravid has now made 5 since the windies tour in 9 tests. what a comeback from the man!

He's the only one of the batting line up with out man boobs.

Test starting on a Monday?

Only the BCCI would be so stupid. And shock, horror, I hear the ground was almost empty.

Shooting themselves in the foot doesn't begin to describe it.

Only the BCCI would be so stupid. And shock, horror, I hear the ground was almost empty.

Its idiotic to start a test on Monday.

There were more than 10K people in the ground, still near empty by Eden's standards.

Yuvraj making some runs.............

Not looking good for India's chances in Aus.

VVS in '90s.

Yuvraj fails again.

Even though I'd never want someone to fail if he is in Indian colors even though he is a Jacob Martin or a Sujit Somsunder, in a way I'm not too saddened by Yuvraj's continuing failures in test cricket. Probably this streak has capability to get in Srikanth's head that Yuvraj isn't made for test cricket.