India v South Africa, 3rd test, Kanpur, 11-15 April

Some valuable runs being scored in last few overs,

1 4 1 . 2 | . . . . 4 . | 4 2

Proteas in big trouble here. Choking big time. Also shows how poorly they batted yesterday. They need to find a spinner and they need to learn how to play spin.

Dhoni gone after playing another cameo.

Dhoni stupidly throws his wicket away when his team needed him to battle on for another hour or two and support GinGan . . . stupid subi!

Perhaps Dhoni is a tad overrated. He doesn't seem to make many half tons, let alone tons. And fails quite a bit. When he gets a start he needs to cash in.

Like his chum Yuvraj Dhoni also plays an impatient stroke and loses his wicket.

These 2 got to understand that this isn't ODI cricket and such cameos won't be of much worth in test cricket.

the tails not particularly long. both hrby abd piyush can bat a bit, hopefully they stick around and support gangers....not like yuvi/dhoni who got out to rash shots

But why wildly charge the spinner 3 overs before the new ball with Harby next in? FFS!

Perhaps Dhoni is a tad overrated.

I think hardly anyone rates him as a test batsman, though his WKing is getting better with each passing day.

SG wrote:

Perhaps Dhoni is a tad overrated.

I think hardly anyone rates him as a test batsman, though his WKing is getting better with each passing day.

His keeping looked ordinary in first 2 tests . . .

tac wrote:Dhoni stupidly throws his wicket away when his team needed him to battle on for another hour or two and support GinGan . . . stupid subi!

Seems an odd thing to do with no specialist bats to come, but I guess that's the way he plays.

SG wrote:Like his chum Yuvraj Dhoni also plays an impatient stroke and loses his wicket.

These 2 got to understand that this isn't ODI cricket and such cameos won't be of much worth in test cricket.

I think some of the Saffers similarly perished. McKenzie and Harris had terrible rushes of blood.

Ganguly is playing such an important innings on a tough pitch and that too at a S/r of 70+.

SA lead less than 10 now.

Strangely enough many critics had written Ganguly off halfway through last test. I think SA had the perfect opportunity to take a huge initiative after winning the toss but their batting was not up to it. They needed Kallis to step up to the plate.

steyn bowls one at over 150k, first of the match, and harby nearly caresses it for 4!

trail by 2 now

Steyn would be disappointed with his showing to this juncture.

India are ahead now.

Has Doni ever scored any runs against truly decent oppostion?

Bhajji gone.

arun lal and siva put botham, lawry and willis to shame with their biasedness...

harbhy gone to steyn who entering his mop up tail mode

India will probably push on to win the test but as Roebuck suggested it's more of a reaction rather than solution for them. Everyone knows the Proteas are toast on one of these types of pitches but they would have been disappointed that they couldn't beat them on pitches that were more set-up for an even contest.

If SA want to stay in this they need to clean up the tail real quick. The money would have top be on India now with their superior spin attack.

Eric Air Emu wrote:Has Doni ever scored any runs against truly decent oppostion?

Many would say no. I was disappointed with his output in Australia. He got 50 odd last test in a lost cause with a few lives along the way.

Has Doni ever scored any runs against truly decent oppostion?

Quite a few actually.