India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata, Feb 14-18

skully wrote:Here's another record the Yarps are chasing. Lowest Test total featuring a 200-stand:

Current record:

283 - 210 for 2nd wkt NZ v WI Kingston 1984-85 GP Howarth 84/JJ Crowe 112

Obviously we have to wait for the last wicket to fall.

But as it stands, the percentage of the team total is 78.57%. Which is higher than Howarth's and Crowe's.

Skully, what is the record for one partnership accounting for so much of a team's total?

Josh Carney wrote:If India are to win they have to do it all in the first innings. Even chasing 200 will be a challenge in the fourth against the SA bowlers given the pressure of the the series / ranking on the line.

From memory in that famous Eden Gardens test against the Aussies the flurry of wickets always came in the last session.

Can the Indian batting score big in the first dig, I am not convicned they can.

One of the openers needs to dig in. Laxman and Sachin [can he repeat his last test act?] need to dig in. We have 4 experienced guys and 2 of them need to bat big like Peterson and Amla.

Paul Keating wrote:

skully wrote:Here's another record the Yarps are chasing. Lowest Test total featuring a 200-stand:

Current record:

283 - 210 for 2nd wkt NZ v WI Kingston 1984-85 GP Howarth 84/JJ Crowe 112

Obviously we have to wait for the last wicket to fall.

But as it stands, the percentage of the team total is 78.57%. Which is higher than Howarth's and Crowe's.

Skully, what is the record for one partnership accounting for so much of a team's total?

I think this one still holds the record:

79.81% 344/431 5th BC Lara (213), PT Collins (10*) and JC Adams (94) WI v Aus, Kingston, 1998-99

If SAf don't add then the Petersen/Amla partnerhsip will be the 2nd highest % of a total.

Cheers mate

This is, of course, for all-out innings. There have been plenty of declared/winning innings with one partnership making up more than 80% of the declared/winning total.

The Saffies ability to choke knows no bounds.

Aye, a world cricket constant.

There we go.

What a post tea session for India yesterday!!!

Had Zaheer got better support from Ishant things would've been way better than this!!

And Bhajji is still sh!t. He was just lucky that he got 3 wickets yesterday.

Its so frustrating to see a spinner bowling so many no-balls.

Ishant's line is still so so poor.

Yesterday's wickets would just camouflage the crapness of this Indian attack. They're still the worst attack in world cricket atm.

Ishant and Bhajji being continually picked in tests after tests is such an 'inspired' move by Indian selectors.

Now Zaheer!!! Pls finish'em off.

Some very handy runs being scored by SA's last wicket.

F*ck! Get them out already.

OK.

SA all out for 296.

What will India do without Zaheer?

I mean seriously India is such a crap bowling side even with Zaheer in it. If not for him, I don't even want to think about it.

Gambhir got to fire today.

Sehwag is away!!!

And how?

2.6 Steyn to Sehwag, FOUR!!, Viru on fire!!! back of a length delivery on off, Sehwag stands tall and punches it to sweeper cover, stand and deliver!!!

2.5 Steyn to Sehwag, FOUR!!, teriffic timing on that one, fuller delivery shaping in, Sehwag closes the face of the bat and flays it to deep mid wicket, the fielder at the deep is only a spectator

2.4 Steyn to Sehwag, FOUR!!, a touch fuller outside off, Sehwag's eyes lit up and he goews after it, slices it past the infield and the ball runs down to third man boundary

Dunno why they aren't bouncing Sehwag but I'm not complaining.

Absolutely needless runout.

Fastest 50 in test cricket is off 27 ball by Ashraful against us.

Viru is currently on 44* (22).