The International Cricket Thread

Post #1 » by **Slava** » Tue Nov 8, 2011 3:15 am

Didn't see one for International cricket, other than the T20 leagues and Aussie cricket thread.

Currently ongoing:

Australia tour of South Africa
Pakistan tour of Srilanka
West Indies tour of India

rapaholic · Post #2 » by **rapaholic** » Tue Nov 8, 2011 7:40 pm

SA - Aus Test 1-0
Pak - Srilanka ODI - 3-2
India - West Indies Tests - 2-0

Post #3 » by **Slava** » Tue Nov 8, 2011 8:56 pm

India set 276 in 4th innings.

With Sachin and Dravid playing its easy target I'd think.

rapaholic · Post #4 » by **rapaholic** » Tue Nov 8, 2011 10:31 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:India set 276 in 4th innings.

With Sachin and Dravid playing its easy target I'd think.

Yeah a 4th day Kotla wicket should not be too bad....now just 124 with 8 wickets in hand! but you never know with uneven bounce so let's see... my money is on India of course!

BC_ · Post #5 » by **BC_** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 8:52 am

I haven't seen the score, but 276 is never an easy last innings target.

Dupp · Post #6 » by **Dupp** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 10:42 am

Aussies already lost a wicket :nonono:

Dupp · Post #7 » by **Dupp** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 10:53 am

Both the openers gone. MY GAWD! :angry:

bawkbagawk · Post #8 » by **bawkbagawk** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 10:54 am

And another.

edit, beat me to it, 2/13 yikes.

rapaholic · Post #9 » by **rapaholic** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 1:39 pm

BC_ wrote:I haven't seen the score, but 276 is never an easy last innings target.

Yes 276 in the last innings is not easy but starting your innings on the Third day of a test is not too bad... and on Indian wickets the 2nd and the 3rd days are the most conducive for batting!

easy win at the end... unless the Indies do something about facing spin I do not see them making too much noise this series!

rapaholic · Post #10 » by **rapaholic** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 1:44 pm

bawkbagawk wrote:And another.

edit, beat me to it, 2/13 yikes.

Clarke is being positive and striking well!

BC_ · Post #11 » by **BC_** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 2:27 pm

Marsh just got out. Strange scorecard.

BC_ · Post #12 » by **BC_** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 3:20 pm

Clarke has 92 off 97, the rest are 6/76 off 19 overs :nonono:

rapaholic · Post #13 » by **rapaholic** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 3:38 pm

Clarke's putting up a show!! was really hoping at least m johnson would hang around and score another century against SA

Post #14 » by **Slava** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 4:31 pm

rapaholic wrote:
SlavaMedvedenko wrote:India set 276 in 4th innings.

With Sachin and Dravid playing its easy target I'd think.

Yeah a 4th day Kotla wicket should not be too bad....now just 124 with 8 wickets in hand! but you never know with uneven bounce so let's see... my money is on India of course!

Yeah 4th day wickets are still good to bat on early in the day. When it goes beyond Tea on 4th day and 5th day it starts truly deteriorating.

Good win though and Sachin should have got the 100.

rapaholic · Post #15 » by **rapaholic** » Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:30 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:When it goes beyond Tea on 4th day and 5th day it starts truly deteriorating.

Oh yeah ask Steve Waugh!

rapaholic · Post #16 » by **rapaholic** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:13 pm

SA going to follow on! or maybe clarke wont impose it!

Dupp · Post #17 » by **Dupp** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:42 pm

rapaholic wrote:SA going to follow on! or maybe clarke wont impose it!

And then what happened?

Man what a disgraceful performance. Enoughs enough, ponting must go.

Jugs · Post #18 » by **Jugs** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:14 am

michael clarke >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rest of the AUS team

BC_ · Post #19 » by **BC_** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:24 pm

Jugs wrote:michael clarke >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rest of the AUS team

Jez2983 · Post #20 » by **Jez2983** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:52 pm

West Indies are quietly putting a reasonable team back together. Not world beaters, but solid players who know their role and work hard.

I'd be very concerned if I was an Indian fan. Spin stocks look good. Pace stocks very average. Batting stocks average once the big-3 go. And Sehwag won't be far behind.

Dhoni is an excellent player and a good captain. Can he get more out of the host of under-performing younger Indian batsmen over the next few years? Will he bat higher? Maybe give up the gloves like Sanga?