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India (Playing XI):
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel
England (Playing XI):
Ian Bell, Matthew Prior(w), Owais Shah, Kevin Pietersen(c), Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Samit Patel, Ravinder Bopara, Stuart Broad, Stephen Harmison, James Anderson
Team Information:
The big news for Indian fans is that Yuvraj is fit and there are no changes made to the side. Same is the case for England. They have gone in with an unchanged side too.
India have won the toss and decided to bat first
Pitch Report:
The curator is saying that this a 300 plus pitch. The pitch is rock hard. It has got a greyish tinge to it and there are a few cracks as well but that is not going to hamper the batting at all.
Hello and welcome to game two of the Hero Honda Cup. We are at Indore and the conditions here are fabulous. The ground is already buzzing with plenty of time still remaining for the game to start. Yuvraj is doubtful for this game but the good news for England is that Sidebottom might be available. We will have all that and more in a few minutes...
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TEAMS:
India (Playing XI):
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel
England (Playing XI):
Ian Bell, Matthew Prior(w), Owais Shah, Kevin Pietersen(c), Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Samit Patel, Ravinder Bopara, Stuart Broad, Stephen Harmison, James Anderson
Team Information:
The big news for Indian fans is that Yuvraj is fit and there are no changes made to the side. Same is the case for England. They have gone in with an unchanged side too.
India have won the toss and decided to bat first
Pitch Report:
The curator is saying that this a 300 plus pitch. The pitch is rock hard. It has got a greyish tinge to it and there are a few cracks as well but that is not going to hamper the batting at all.
Hello and welcome to game two of the Hero Honda Cup. We are at Indore and the conditions here are fabulous. The ground is already buzzing with plenty of time still remaining for the game to start. Yuvraj is doubtful for this game but the good news for England is that Sidebottom might be available. We will have all that and more in a few minutes...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
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Eye on the future in dead rubber
Will Brendan Nash get another chance?
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Nov 16, 2008
Start time 3pm (1100 GMT)
Big Picture
The series is in hand but having faced a lot of criticism since he was appointed captain last year, Shoaib Malik will be keen to complete a whitewash to boost the side's confidence ahead of India's tour of Pakistan early next year. The first two matches have been fairly close, with West Indies holding the edge at half-time. A nerveless performance from Kamran Akmal, when his side needed 17 off the last over, gave Pakistan the series lead while a disciplined and tight performance from the seamers handed them the series win. It's now time for the others to step up.
West Indies are not unfamiliar with a series whitewash, having lost 5-0 to Australia at home only five months back. But they head to New Zealand in December and will prefer to have a win under their belt before tackling the month-long tour. Players from both sides will want to use the dead rubber to make a case for selection for future series.
Form guide (last 5 ODIs)
Pakistan WWWWL
West Indies LLWWW
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Saeed Ajmal: He dropped two catches off Shivnarine Chanderpaul but also picked up a wicket while bowling an economical nine overs for 38 runs. He made his ODI debut against India in the Asia Cup and will be keen to make the squad for the five-match one-day series against the same opposition in February 2009.
Sohail Tanvir: He troubled the West Indies batsmen by swinging the ball both ways and dismissed the openers, Chris Gayle and Sewnarine Chattergoon, for ducks in the second game.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul: He averages 84 in his previous 10 ODIs but his only century in those games came in Friday's loss. He will hope for another big score, preferably one that will not only keep him on top of the run-getters list but also hand West Indies a consolatory win.
Team news
Pakistan are unlikely to change a winning combination despite it being a dead rubber. Saeed Ajmal is likely to keep his place over Fawad Alam, who went wicketless in the first match, as is Iftikhar Anjum, who was unlucky not get more than one wicket in the second ODI - Chanderpaul was dropped off his bowling. Malik said Shoaib Akhtar was struggling with a calf injury and his fitness will be assessed ahead of the final match. But Pakistan would not want to risk straining Shoaib in a match that holds no consequence for them.
Pakistan (probable): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Khurram Manzoor, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Misbah-ul Haq, 5 Shoaib Malik (capt), 6 Kamran Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Iftikhar Anjum, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed Ajmal.
Will West Indies give another chance to Brendan Nash, who was run out for 9 in the first game? Nash, who moved to Jamaica after not receiving a contract with Queensland in 2007, was called up to the Test squad against New Zealand. Although Nash is more of an accumulator than a one-day dasher, Gayle may want to give him some experience before the Test tour.
West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Sewnarine Chattergoon, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Xavier Marshall, 6 Carlton Baugh (wk), 7 Brendan Nash, 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Daren Powell, 10 Nikita Miller, 11 Lionel Baker.
Stats & Trivia
* Sohail Tanvir has been the most economical bowler among those who have bowled more than 15 overs in the series so far. He has conceded 3.89 an over for his five wickets at 14.80. Lionel Baker is the next-best, having given away 4.31 an over for four wickets at 20.50.
* In the second ODI, Pakistan gave away 22 extras while West Indies conceded only six.
Quotes
"We will do our best because my aim has always been to improve and be among the world's top two teams. Here is an opportunity for us to do that."
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Eye on the future in dead rubber
Will Brendan Nash get another chance?
Match facts
Nov 16, 2008
Start time 3pm (1100 GMT)
Big Picture
The series is in hand but having faced a lot of criticism since he was appointed captain last year, Shoaib Malik will be keen to complete a whitewash to boost the side's confidence ahead of India's tour of Pakistan early next year. The first two matches have been fairly close, with West Indies holding the edge at half-time. A nerveless performance from Kamran Akmal, when his side needed 17 off the last over, gave Pakistan the series lead while a disciplined and tight performance from the seamers handed them the series win. It's now time for the others to step up.
West Indies are not unfamiliar with a series whitewash, having lost 5-0 to Australia at home only five months back. But they head to New Zealand in December and will prefer to have a win under their belt before tackling the month-long tour. Players from both sides will want to use the dead rubber to make a case for selection for future series.
Form guide (last 5 ODIs)
Pakistan WWWWL
West Indies LLWWW
Watch out for
Saeed Ajmal: He dropped two catches off Shivnarine Chanderpaul but also picked up a wicket while bowling an economical nine overs for 38 runs. He made his ODI debut against India in the Asia Cup and will be keen to make the squad for the five-match one-day series against the same opposition in February 2009.
Sohail Tanvir: He troubled the West Indies batsmen by swinging the ball both ways and dismissed the openers, Chris Gayle and Sewnarine Chattergoon, for ducks in the second game.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul: He averages 84 in his previous 10 ODIs but his only century in those games came in Friday's loss. He will hope for another big score, preferably one that will not only keep him on top of the run-getters list but also hand West Indies a consolatory win.
Team news
Pakistan are unlikely to change a winning combination despite it being a dead rubber. Saeed Ajmal is likely to keep his place over Fawad Alam, who went wicketless in the first match, as is Iftikhar Anjum, who was unlucky not get more than one wicket in the second ODI - Chanderpaul was dropped off his bowling. Malik said Shoaib Akhtar was struggling with a calf injury and his fitness will be assessed ahead of the final match. But Pakistan would not want to risk straining Shoaib in a match that holds no consequence for them.
Pakistan (probable): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Khurram Manzoor, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Misbah-ul Haq, 5 Shoaib Malik (capt), 6 Kamran Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Iftikhar Anjum, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed Ajmal.
Will West Indies give another chance to Brendan Nash, who was run out for 9 in the first game? Nash, who moved to Jamaica after not receiving a contract with Queensland in 2007, was called up to the Test squad against New Zealand. Although Nash is more of an accumulator than a one-day dasher, Gayle may want to give him some experience before the Test tour.
West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Sewnarine Chattergoon, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Xavier Marshall, 6 Carlton Baugh (wk), 7 Brendan Nash, 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 Daren Powell, 10 Nikita Miller, 11 Lionel Baker.
Stats & Trivia
* Sohail Tanvir has been the most economical bowler among those who have bowled more than 15 overs in the series so far. He has conceded 3.89 an over for his five wickets at 14.80. Lionel Baker is the next-best, having given away 4.31 an over for four wickets at 20.50.
* In the second ODI, Pakistan gave away 22 extras while West Indies conceded only six.
Quotes
"We will do our best because my aim has always been to improve and be among the world's top two teams. Here is an opportunity for us to do that."
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Australia face stiff ask to level series
It was almost farcical. If the session between lunch and tea had set up Australia's chances of squaring the Border-Gavaskar trophy, the second undid that in a puzzling manner. Australia had decisively wrested back the momentum in a thrilling afternoon session, dislodging a century opening stand and then running through India's middle order, only to let it slip with some bizarre tactics in the final session.
Instead of returning to the fast bowlers - whose ability to reverse the ball had India in trouble before tea - Ricky Ponting employed part-time spin and military medium to up the over rate. It only created breathing room for India, with a 108-run stand between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh helping the score to 295. Chasing 382, Australia's openers took 13 off the first over, but that would mean little to India at the moment.
If Australia lost the plot, it was in the final session. They came out a different team, with Ponting not calling on Shane Watson, who impressed with two wickets after lunch, or Brett Lee. Cameron White's first over went for 12 and Ponting, worried about a flagging over-rate, turned to Michael Hussey's innocuous slow medium-pace. It was rather odd, given that Australia needed four wickets. Even stranger was the time Ponting often took to change bowlers and set fields. Whatever the true reason, it only aided India's cause.
Dhoni and Harbhajan added 108 in 27.2 overs. Dhoni's weapon of choice was the sweep from outside off stump - one shot rocketed for four before anyone could move - and there were also fierce pulls when the spinners dropped short. He cramped up but still relied on strong wrists to collect 55, an innings cut short by a smart catch at silly point off Jason Krejza, who finished his debut Test with figures of 12 for 358.
Harbhajan's contribution was a busy and very handy 52 - his second fifty of the series, and fourth against Australia - which comprised nudges, sweeps, and a textbook cover drive for four. He was bowled by a gem from Watson, who finally made an appearance 26.1 overs into the session, and cleaned up the tail to take 4 for 42. Until Watson's excellent spell, India had dominated the session.
This was in stark contrast to the manner in which Australia seized the afternoon after failing to take a wicket in the morning. The first session had been one of steady accumulation, interrupted now and then with a few audacious strokes from Virender Sehwag. The Australian bowlers kept the ball well up to the bat and, although consistent, they appeared to lack the firepower needed on this batting pitch. Sehwag and M Vijay had put together a century stand, but this was overshadowed by a dramatic collapse of six wickets for 50 runs between lunch and tea. Sehwag, resuming after lunch on 59, had launched Krejza's first over for 14, including a six over long-off and a four over the umpire. The total had reached 116 when Vijay, on 41 from 81 balls, was trapped lbw by a cutter from Watson.
Watson then snapped up Rahul Dravid for 3, meaning the batsman's average of 17.14 was his second-lowest in a Test series, just better than his 15.50 in three matches against Australia in 1999-00.
More powerful sweeps and effortless punches past mid-on had taken Sehwag to 92 before Lee dismissed him. Sehwag's attempt to glance a short delivery off his hips was well snapped up by Brad Haddin. That dismissal made Lee the highest wicket-taker for Australia against India in Tests.
Those three wickets changed the complexion of the innings. Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman were patient, hardly playing a shot in anger, and the momentum remained with Australia. Watson impressed after lunch because he made the batsmen play a lot more, while Lee upped his speed fractionally and used the bouncer well. What stood out was the amount of reverse-swing Watson and Lee achieved. Watson had the ball moving both ways, while Lee primarily got it to curve out.
It was spin, however, which captured the next wicket, at 163 for 3. Lured forward by Krejza's teasing length, Laxman inside-edged onto leg stump for a 34-ball 4. What happened next was stunning. Sourav Ganguly walked out to plenty of cheer in his last international innings, took guard, and was out first ball. Shaping to turn a flighted delivery off his pads, he got a leading edge back to the bowler. It was a tame end to the career of the most fascinating modern-era Indian player. Krejza didn't achieve his hat-trick, but Australia ended the session with the run out of Tendulkar, inexplicably searching for a risky single to the penultimate ball.
What transpired after the interval was quite something else, and Australia now find themselves with 369 to win.
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Australia face stiff ask to level series
It was almost farcical. If the session between lunch and tea had set up Australia's chances of squaring the Border-Gavaskar trophy, the second undid that in a puzzling manner. Australia had decisively wrested back the momentum in a thrilling afternoon session, dislodging a century opening stand and then running through India's middle order, only to let it slip with some bizarre tactics in the final session.
Instead of returning to the fast bowlers - whose ability to reverse the ball had India in trouble before tea - Ricky Ponting employed part-time spin and military medium to up the over rate. It only created breathing room for India, with a 108-run stand between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh helping the score to 295. Chasing 382, Australia's openers took 13 off the first over, but that would mean little to India at the moment.
If Australia lost the plot, it was in the final session. They came out a different team, with Ponting not calling on Shane Watson, who impressed with two wickets after lunch, or Brett Lee. Cameron White's first over went for 12 and Ponting, worried about a flagging over-rate, turned to Michael Hussey's innocuous slow medium-pace. It was rather odd, given that Australia needed four wickets. Even stranger was the time Ponting often took to change bowlers and set fields. Whatever the true reason, it only aided India's cause.
Dhoni and Harbhajan added 108 in 27.2 overs. Dhoni's weapon of choice was the sweep from outside off stump - one shot rocketed for four before anyone could move - and there were also fierce pulls when the spinners dropped short. He cramped up but still relied on strong wrists to collect 55, an innings cut short by a smart catch at silly point off Jason Krejza, who finished his debut Test with figures of 12 for 358.
Harbhajan's contribution was a busy and very handy 52 - his second fifty of the series, and fourth against Australia - which comprised nudges, sweeps, and a textbook cover drive for four. He was bowled by a gem from Watson, who finally made an appearance 26.1 overs into the session, and cleaned up the tail to take 4 for 42. Until Watson's excellent spell, India had dominated the session.
This was in stark contrast to the manner in which Australia seized the afternoon after failing to take a wicket in the morning. The first session had been one of steady accumulation, interrupted now and then with a few audacious strokes from Virender Sehwag. The Australian bowlers kept the ball well up to the bat and, although consistent, they appeared to lack the firepower needed on this batting pitch. Sehwag and M Vijay had put together a century stand, but this was overshadowed by a dramatic collapse of six wickets for 50 runs between lunch and tea. Sehwag, resuming after lunch on 59, had launched Krejza's first over for 14, including a six over long-off and a four over the umpire. The total had reached 116 when Vijay, on 41 from 81 balls, was trapped lbw by a cutter from Watson.
Watson then snapped up Rahul Dravid for 3, meaning the batsman's average of 17.14 was his second-lowest in a Test series, just better than his 15.50 in three matches against Australia in 1999-00.
More powerful sweeps and effortless punches past mid-on had taken Sehwag to 92 before Lee dismissed him. Sehwag's attempt to glance a short delivery off his hips was well snapped up by Brad Haddin. That dismissal made Lee the highest wicket-taker for Australia against India in Tests.
Those three wickets changed the complexion of the innings. Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman were patient, hardly playing a shot in anger, and the momentum remained with Australia. Watson impressed after lunch because he made the batsmen play a lot more, while Lee upped his speed fractionally and used the bouncer well. What stood out was the amount of reverse-swing Watson and Lee achieved. Watson had the ball moving both ways, while Lee primarily got it to curve out.
It was spin, however, which captured the next wicket, at 163 for 3. Lured forward by Krejza's teasing length, Laxman inside-edged onto leg stump for a 34-ball 4. What happened next was stunning. Sourav Ganguly walked out to plenty of cheer in his last international innings, took guard, and was out first ball. Shaping to turn a flighted delivery off his pads, he got a leading edge back to the bowler. It was a tame end to the career of the most fascinating modern-era Indian player. Krejza didn't achieve his hat-trick, but Australia ended the session with the run out of Tendulkar, inexplicably searching for a risky single to the penultimate ball.
What transpired after the interval was quite something else, and Australia now find themselves with 369 to win.
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Tendulkar shines on see-saw first day
Almost everything Sachin Tendulkar did today - from opening his account with a brush off the pads for four, to punching gloves with VVS Laxman at lunch to strutting back after tea - pointed to a batsman full of intent. His efforts paid off, despite a run-out chance on 74 and drops on 85 and 98 off the persevering debutant Jason Krejza, as he scored his 40th Test hundred to lead India's recovery, after a pre-lunch flurry of wickets, to 311 for 5 on the opening day in Nagpur.
India lost debutant M Vijay, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in 29 deliveries towards the end of the first session before the two in-form veterans shored up the innings. For nearly three and a half hours, Tendulkar and Laxman batted gracefully for 146 runs, their stand the highlight of India's day.
Tendulkar looked at ease since replacing Dravid - out for a duck - driving straight and impregnable in defence. He was the early aggressor in the partnership with Laxman, unfurling a slog-sweep over midwicket and a lofted on-drive in one Krejza over to raise India's 150. While the faster men were driven through cover, flicked to midwicket quite fluently or on-driven with laser-like precision, the spinners were tackled with excellent footwork.
Laxman, not at his most silky and sublime, collected his runs slowly and mechanically. As in Delhi, where he stroked 259 unbeaten runs, he stood firm, as has become his trademark. Even when the ball stopped on him, Laxman relied on those supple wrists and worked Krejza over the infield. The only phase when he was troubled was during Brett Lee's second spell, when the bowler obtained a bit of reverse-swing.
The scoring rate dipped with each session, from five - after Sehwag had blazed away - to four and under, but the objective rarely wavered. The pair scurried hard singles and dispatched anything loose - of which there was plenty - and almost always picking their mark whenever they went aerial.
Tendulkar slowed down as tea approached, perhaps mindful of his mistakes in Mohali and Delhi. His teatime 62 comprised eight fours, seven of which were muscularly hit on the leg side. He still outpaced Laxman on resumption, adding another 47 in the final session. A fierce sweep from outside the off stump and over wide mid-on took Tendulkar into the eighties and he should have stayed there. Tendulkar waltzed down to Krejza, didn't get to the pitch of the ball, and Mitchell Johnson dropped a comfortable chance running back from mid-off. The next delivery, Laxman coolly went past fifty with a drive wide of sweeper-cover, but a loose shot against Krejza, making room to cut, was snapped up on the second attempt by Brad Haddin.
Proximity to his century seemed to have fired up Tendulkar, who dashed out, very untypically, against Krejza on 98 and looked on as Lee spilled a running catch at mid-off. Having spent 11 deliveries on 99, Tendulkar raised his bat in the warm Nagpur air after raising his hundred - and tenth against Australia - with a spanking cut. He hardly played a shot thereafter and fell lbw to Johnson for 109 with 15 minutes to go.
A 98-run partnership between India's new opening pair occupied much of the morning session before Australia fought back, led by Krejza's double-strike. Sehwag took care of the new-ball threat from Johnson, driving and scooping him through backward of point, slashing him over third man, and whipping him delectably across the line. A genuine outside edge off Johnson, which bounced low in front of Matthew Hayden at first slip, when Vijay was on 11, was the nearest Australia came to a chance early on.
Sehwag's panache was complemented by Vijay's solidity on perhaps the easiest track to make your debut as a batsman. Allowed to drive on the up mid-way through the first session, he also tucked the straighter deliveries for singles that kept the score ticking. Vijay was shaping well, and India had the ideal platform, when Shane Watson struck. Sehwag looked set for a hundred, hitting nine fours and a six in his 66, but couldn't capitalise on his good start, and dragged a turning delivery from Krejza back onto his stumps shortly after Dravid fell.
One down in the series, with a highly creditable draw in Delhi following a drubbing in Mohali, Australia were aiming to salvage their bruised pride. Evenly split in pace and spin, but mellowed by another under-performing display from Lee, Australia relied on Krejza to handle the bulk of the bowling. He came in under a degree of pressure and showed enough stomach for a fight after he was mauled in his first three overs. The Tendulkar drops would have hurt, but Laxman's wicket was reward for an encouraging debut.
Lee, steady of line, lacked in speed. Watson lacked variety, and though he mixed up his pace he remained innocuous after removing Vijay. Cameron White, employed only reluctantly, turned his legbreak painfully slowly and never threatened. Johnson obtained disconcerting lift but his tendency to pitch too full made it easy for the batsmen. Over the next four days, Australia will need to be far more productive in their attempt to avoid their first series loss since 2005
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Tendulkar shines on see-saw first day
Almost everything Sachin Tendulkar did today - from opening his account with a brush off the pads for four, to punching gloves with VVS Laxman at lunch to strutting back after tea - pointed to a batsman full of intent. His efforts paid off, despite a run-out chance on 74 and drops on 85 and 98 off the persevering debutant Jason Krejza, as he scored his 40th Test hundred to lead India's recovery, after a pre-lunch flurry of wickets, to 311 for 5 on the opening day in Nagpur.
India lost debutant M Vijay, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in 29 deliveries towards the end of the first session before the two in-form veterans shored up the innings. For nearly three and a half hours, Tendulkar and Laxman batted gracefully for 146 runs, their stand the highlight of India's day.
Tendulkar looked at ease since replacing Dravid - out for a duck - driving straight and impregnable in defence. He was the early aggressor in the partnership with Laxman, unfurling a slog-sweep over midwicket and a lofted on-drive in one Krejza over to raise India's 150. While the faster men were driven through cover, flicked to midwicket quite fluently or on-driven with laser-like precision, the spinners were tackled with excellent footwork.
Laxman, not at his most silky and sublime, collected his runs slowly and mechanically. As in Delhi, where he stroked 259 unbeaten runs, he stood firm, as has become his trademark. Even when the ball stopped on him, Laxman relied on those supple wrists and worked Krejza over the infield. The only phase when he was troubled was during Brett Lee's second spell, when the bowler obtained a bit of reverse-swing.
The scoring rate dipped with each session, from five - after Sehwag had blazed away - to four and under, but the objective rarely wavered. The pair scurried hard singles and dispatched anything loose - of which there was plenty - and almost always picking their mark whenever they went aerial.
Tendulkar slowed down as tea approached, perhaps mindful of his mistakes in Mohali and Delhi. His teatime 62 comprised eight fours, seven of which were muscularly hit on the leg side. He still outpaced Laxman on resumption, adding another 47 in the final session. A fierce sweep from outside the off stump and over wide mid-on took Tendulkar into the eighties and he should have stayed there. Tendulkar waltzed down to Krejza, didn't get to the pitch of the ball, and Mitchell Johnson dropped a comfortable chance running back from mid-off. The next delivery, Laxman coolly went past fifty with a drive wide of sweeper-cover, but a loose shot against Krejza, making room to cut, was snapped up on the second attempt by Brad Haddin.
Proximity to his century seemed to have fired up Tendulkar, who dashed out, very untypically, against Krejza on 98 and looked on as Lee spilled a running catch at mid-off. Having spent 11 deliveries on 99, Tendulkar raised his bat in the warm Nagpur air after raising his hundred - and tenth against Australia - with a spanking cut. He hardly played a shot thereafter and fell lbw to Johnson for 109 with 15 minutes to go.
A 98-run partnership between India's new opening pair occupied much of the morning session before Australia fought back, led by Krejza's double-strike. Sehwag took care of the new-ball threat from Johnson, driving and scooping him through backward of point, slashing him over third man, and whipping him delectably across the line. A genuine outside edge off Johnson, which bounced low in front of Matthew Hayden at first slip, when Vijay was on 11, was the nearest Australia came to a chance early on.
Sehwag's panache was complemented by Vijay's solidity on perhaps the easiest track to make your debut as a batsman. Allowed to drive on the up mid-way through the first session, he also tucked the straighter deliveries for singles that kept the score ticking. Vijay was shaping well, and India had the ideal platform, when Shane Watson struck. Sehwag looked set for a hundred, hitting nine fours and a six in his 66, but couldn't capitalise on his good start, and dragged a turning delivery from Krejza back onto his stumps shortly after Dravid fell.
One down in the series, with a highly creditable draw in Delhi following a drubbing in Mohali, Australia were aiming to salvage their bruised pride. Evenly split in pace and spin, but mellowed by another under-performing display from Lee, Australia relied on Krejza to handle the bulk of the bowling. He came in under a degree of pressure and showed enough stomach for a fight after he was mauled in his first three overs. The Tendulkar drops would have hurt, but Laxman's wicket was reward for an encouraging debut.
Lee, steady of line, lacked in speed. Watson lacked variety, and though he mixed up his pace he remained innocuous after removing Vijay. Cameron White, employed only reluctantly, turned his legbreak painfully slowly and never threatened. Johnson obtained disconcerting lift but his tendency to pitch too full made it easy for the batsmen. Over the next four days, Australia will need to be far more productive in their attempt to avoid their first series loss since 2005
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Rivalry needs a boost in series-decider
November 5, 2008
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Start time 9.30am (0400 GMT)
Big Picture
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy heads for a climax with much more at stake than the bragging rights in cricket's most enthralling current rivalry. The events of the next five days in Nagpur will be watched with keen interest not just in Mumbai and Melbourne but in London and Lahore and across the cricket world. Apart from a flurry of celebrations and farewells, there are two key questions: Do Australia have the mettle to perform under this intense pressure? And will India's new captain, now in a permanent role, apply his usual attacking instincts when a draw will give him the series?
Australia have been restrained so far but now is the time to let loose all inhibitions because there is only one way they can take the trophy back with them. Those who have seen them play catch-up ever since Bangalore feel more than just the trophy may slip out of their hands: their supremacy is clearly on the line.
But the cricket, and the contest, hasn't been of the highest quality and intensity. Only the Bangalore draw has so far lived up to what we have come to expect of India-Australia clashes. While Bangalore was tantalising, Mohali was too one-sided, and Delhi was dead once India started dropping catches on the fourth day.
The Kotla pitch didn't help matters, and the pitch at the new stadium in Nagpur is an unknown quantity. That shifts the focus to India's approach going into the final match with a one-match lead. On the last two occasions they led 1-0, they looked to defend the lead, and not double it. At The Oval in 2007, not only did India not enforce the follow-on but also took their time in setting a target. In Bangalore, against Pakistan in 2007-08, the declaration came too late on a crumbling final-day pitch.
India have enough distractions they need to stay clear of: this is Sourav Ganguly's last Test, VVS Laxman's 100th, and Gautam Gambhir, the leading run-scorer in the series, has been ruled out for the match. It's not even been three days since India's most successful bowler, and the first-choice captain for the series, Anil Kumble, retired. As a result, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will perhaps for the first time attend the team meeting as Test captain. On the last two occasions he captained - winning both times - he came to know of Kumble's absence only on the morning of the match. It will be interesting how he changes from being a stop-gap captain to a full-time one.
Australia, too, enter new territory as they go into the last match knowing the best possible result will amount only to a drawn series. Since the 1999 series, when they drew against West Indies by winning the last Test in Antigua, this is only their second such experience. In the 2005 Ashes, England held on to a tense draw, and their 2-1 lead, at The Oval.
This is also a series during which Australia are coming face to face with the limitations that the retirements last year left them with. Apart from Mohali, their batsmen have stood up well enough to make sure they don't lose despite a blunt-looking bowling attack. Especially heartening will be Matthew Hayden's return to form during the Delhi Test. Three out of their top five have managed a century each, and Shane Watson has been handy at No.6. But if Australia are to draw this series on a pitch that will most likely be to India's liking, their bowlers will have to turn up, individually and collectively as a unit. Twenty wickets will not be easy for this attack, and therein lies Australia's test of character. The winds of change are very much in swing, and this Australian team wouldn't want to be blown away.
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Nov 6-Nov 10, 2008
Start time 9.30am (0400 GMT)
Big Picture
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy heads for a climax with much more at stake than the bragging rights in cricket's most enthralling current rivalry. The events of the next five days in Nagpur will be watched with keen interest not just in Mumbai and Melbourne but in London and Lahore and across the cricket world. Apart from a flurry of celebrations and farewells, there are two key questions: Do Australia have the mettle to perform under this intense pressure? And will India's new captain, now in a permanent role, apply his usual attacking instincts when a draw will give him the series?
Australia have been restrained so far but now is the time to let loose all inhibitions because there is only one way they can take the trophy back with them. Those who have seen them play catch-up ever since Bangalore feel more than just the trophy may slip out of their hands: their supremacy is clearly on the line.
But the cricket, and the contest, hasn't been of the highest quality and intensity. Only the Bangalore draw has so far lived up to what we have come to expect of India-Australia clashes. While Bangalore was tantalising, Mohali was too one-sided, and Delhi was dead once India started dropping catches on the fourth day.
The Kotla pitch didn't help matters, and the pitch at the new stadium in Nagpur is an unknown quantity. That shifts the focus to India's approach going into the final match with a one-match lead. On the last two occasions they led 1-0, they looked to defend the lead, and not double it. At The Oval in 2007, not only did India not enforce the follow-on but also took their time in setting a target. In Bangalore, against Pakistan in 2007-08, the declaration came too late on a crumbling final-day pitch.
India have enough distractions they need to stay clear of: this is Sourav Ganguly's last Test, VVS Laxman's 100th, and Gautam Gambhir, the leading run-scorer in the series, has been ruled out for the match. It's not even been three days since India's most successful bowler, and the first-choice captain for the series, Anil Kumble, retired. As a result, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will perhaps for the first time attend the team meeting as Test captain. On the last two occasions he captained - winning both times - he came to know of Kumble's absence only on the morning of the match. It will be interesting how he changes from being a stop-gap captain to a full-time one.
Australia, too, enter new territory as they go into the last match knowing the best possible result will amount only to a drawn series. Since the 1999 series, when they drew against West Indies by winning the last Test in Antigua, this is only their second such experience. In the 2005 Ashes, England held on to a tense draw, and their 2-1 lead, at The Oval.
This is also a series during which Australia are coming face to face with the limitations that the retirements last year left them with. Apart from Mohali, their batsmen have stood up well enough to make sure they don't lose despite a blunt-looking bowling attack. Especially heartening will be Matthew Hayden's return to form during the Delhi Test. Three out of their top five have managed a century each, and Shane Watson has been handy at No.6. But if Australia are to draw this series on a pitch that will most likely be to India's liking, their bowlers will have to turn up, individually and collectively as a unit. Twenty wickets will not be easy for this attack, and therein lies Australia's test of character. The winds of change are very much in swing, and this Australian team wouldn't want to be blown away.
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Cool Clarke guides Australia towards safety
November 1, 2008
India 613 for 7 dec and 43 for 2 (Gambhir 21*, Dravid 5*) lead Australia 577 (Clarke 112, Sehwag 5-104) by 79 runs
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How they were out A fighting century from Michael Clarke gave Australia a strong chance of heading into the final Test with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy still theirs to defend as a draw appeared likely in Delhi. Clarke's 112, his eighth Test hundred, guided Australia to within 36 runs of India's enormous 613 and completed a valiant group response from a side that had been all but batted out of the game within two days.
India's second innings began poorly when an exhausted Virender Sehwag, who had bowled 40 overs and collected five wickets, played on to Brett Lee for 16. The loss of the night-watchman Ishant Sharma, who bunted a Stuart Clark bouncer to the close-in off-side fielder, meant Australia finished the day with the momentum as India closed at 43 for 2.
There were faint echoes of the Adelaide Test of 2006-07, when England went to stumps on the fourth day at 59 for 1, were bundled out by tea and watched Australia chase down 168. But if such echoes existed in Ricky Ponting's head they must have been drowned out by the repeated "I'm retired" messages that have come from the Adelaide game-turner Shane Warne.
And without Warne in Australia's armoury, it's hard to see how they can manufacture a final-day victory. India, with the very act of sending out a night-watchman when they had a 65-run lead and nine wickets in hand, gave a strong suggestion that they are in no hurry to set Australia a target.
And so ended a drifting sort of day - one that, unfortunately for India, saw the game drift out of their grasp. Or more specifically, out of Ishant's grasp. There are moments that change matches and it was easy to pinpoint the instant that it occurred on the fourth day at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
It came in the fourth over of the morning when Clarke drove Amit Mishra airily towards mid-off. For a shorter man it might have been a tough chance; for Ishant it was a regulation opportunity and it slipped through the hands that reached only slightly above his head. Clarke was on 21 at the time; he went on to add another 91.
Occasional wickets fell at the other end but, as Clarke became more resolute, Indian heads started to sink and minds began to wander. Mishra was below his best and lacked any real zip. Too often he dropped short and was duly dispatched and he also spent a while bowling around the wicket into the footmarks outside Clarke's leg-stump - a tactic that pleased Clarke, who simply kicked most of the balls away.
Ishant was also less than threatening on a day he would rather forget. He sprayed a few too many deliveries down leg side and then alternated to off side. Kumble toiled valiantly with 11 stitches in his left hand and was unlucky not to pick up a couple of tight lbw decisions but for the second day running Sehwag was by far the most dangerous bowler. He collected Shane Watson and Cameron White and finished with his first five-wicket haul - not just in Test cricket but in 124 first-class appearances. And he could have had Clarke out in the 90s - twice. VVS Laxman's mind must have been on his 34th birthday celebrations when Clarke top-edged an attempted sweep to midwicket, where the ball bounced out of Laxman's hands like they were a trampoline. When Mishra grassed Clarke at deep midwicket in Sehwag's next over it was clear this was Clarke's day.
In fairness, he had done the hard work. It was a calm and measured innings from Clarke, whose maturity has lifted since he was handed the vice-captaincy. He reached his milestone from 219 deliveries with the final ball before tea, when he went back and cut Sehwag forward of point for two. He fell soon after the break for 112, when he lofted Mishra into the outfield as Australia tried to lift their rate, but his job was well and truly done.
Clarke used his feet superbly to the spinners and was not afraid to drive over the infield when it was safe. When the wearying bowlers erred, he looked for value, and a pulled six over midwicket when Mishra dropped short was a perfectly sensible stroke. But the majority of Clarke's runs were just that - run - as he coolly guided balls through gaps and pushed Australia past the follow-on mark and towards safety.
He had excellent support from White, who contributed 44 in a 106-run partnership and for the first time looked genuinely comfortable batting at Test level. That was not altogether unexpected; White averages more than 40 in first-class cricket and typically comes in at No. 5 for Victoria.
White watched the ball closely, picked wrong'uns and legbreaks and drove confidently when the spinners overpitched. There were brief moments of brutality and a lofted six over long-on off Kumble to bring up Australia's 500 was reminiscent of the White who has pillaged domestic attacks in the shorter formats.
Eventually White succumbed and under-edged an attempted sweep on to his stumps off Sehwag. But he had done his job. All of Australia's batsmen had done a job. The top five each passed fifty, Watson contributed 36 before he lost his leg stump to a Sehwag offbreak, and even Brad Haddin did enough in his 17 to help ease the danger of a lower-order collapse.
When Haddin was stumped he became Kumble's first Test wicket in nearly three months and almost 85 overs. There was a certain steeliness about Kumble, whose hand problem was so severe it needed 11 stitches. Had he dropped his head it would have been understandable but he didn't, and at times he was visibly annoyed with the lethargic fielding from his team-mates.
He returned to finish the Australians off with a courageous catch off his own bowling when Mitchell Johnson skied one between mid-on and mid-off. But despite Kumble's resilience, the match had all but slipped away. He can hope for a final-day miracle but in all likelihood he will have to wait for Nagpur next week to potentially get his hands on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Cool Clarke guides Australia towards safety
November 1, 2008
India 613 for 7 dec and 43 for 2 (Gambhir 21*, Dravid 5*) lead Australia 577 (Clarke 112, Sehwag 5-104) by 79 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out A fighting century from Michael Clarke gave Australia a strong chance of heading into the final Test with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy still theirs to defend as a draw appeared likely in Delhi. Clarke's 112, his eighth Test hundred, guided Australia to within 36 runs of India's enormous 613 and completed a valiant group response from a side that had been all but batted out of the game within two days.
India's second innings began poorly when an exhausted Virender Sehwag, who had bowled 40 overs and collected five wickets, played on to Brett Lee for 16. The loss of the night-watchman Ishant Sharma, who bunted a Stuart Clark bouncer to the close-in off-side fielder, meant Australia finished the day with the momentum as India closed at 43 for 2.
There were faint echoes of the Adelaide Test of 2006-07, when England went to stumps on the fourth day at 59 for 1, were bundled out by tea and watched Australia chase down 168. But if such echoes existed in Ricky Ponting's head they must have been drowned out by the repeated "I'm retired" messages that have come from the Adelaide game-turner Shane Warne.
And without Warne in Australia's armoury, it's hard to see how they can manufacture a final-day victory. India, with the very act of sending out a night-watchman when they had a 65-run lead and nine wickets in hand, gave a strong suggestion that they are in no hurry to set Australia a target.
And so ended a drifting sort of day - one that, unfortunately for India, saw the game drift out of their grasp. Or more specifically, out of Ishant's grasp. There are moments that change matches and it was easy to pinpoint the instant that it occurred on the fourth day at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
It came in the fourth over of the morning when Clarke drove Amit Mishra airily towards mid-off. For a shorter man it might have been a tough chance; for Ishant it was a regulation opportunity and it slipped through the hands that reached only slightly above his head. Clarke was on 21 at the time; he went on to add another 91.
Occasional wickets fell at the other end but, as Clarke became more resolute, Indian heads started to sink and minds began to wander. Mishra was below his best and lacked any real zip. Too often he dropped short and was duly dispatched and he also spent a while bowling around the wicket into the footmarks outside Clarke's leg-stump - a tactic that pleased Clarke, who simply kicked most of the balls away.
Ishant was also less than threatening on a day he would rather forget. He sprayed a few too many deliveries down leg side and then alternated to off side. Kumble toiled valiantly with 11 stitches in his left hand and was unlucky not to pick up a couple of tight lbw decisions but for the second day running Sehwag was by far the most dangerous bowler. He collected Shane Watson and Cameron White and finished with his first five-wicket haul - not just in Test cricket but in 124 first-class appearances. And he could have had Clarke out in the 90s - twice. VVS Laxman's mind must have been on his 34th birthday celebrations when Clarke top-edged an attempted sweep to midwicket, where the ball bounced out of Laxman's hands like they were a trampoline. When Mishra grassed Clarke at deep midwicket in Sehwag's next over it was clear this was Clarke's day.
In fairness, he had done the hard work. It was a calm and measured innings from Clarke, whose maturity has lifted since he was handed the vice-captaincy. He reached his milestone from 219 deliveries with the final ball before tea, when he went back and cut Sehwag forward of point for two. He fell soon after the break for 112, when he lofted Mishra into the outfield as Australia tried to lift their rate, but his job was well and truly done.
Clarke used his feet superbly to the spinners and was not afraid to drive over the infield when it was safe. When the wearying bowlers erred, he looked for value, and a pulled six over midwicket when Mishra dropped short was a perfectly sensible stroke. But the majority of Clarke's runs were just that - run - as he coolly guided balls through gaps and pushed Australia past the follow-on mark and towards safety.
He had excellent support from White, who contributed 44 in a 106-run partnership and for the first time looked genuinely comfortable batting at Test level. That was not altogether unexpected; White averages more than 40 in first-class cricket and typically comes in at No. 5 for Victoria.
White watched the ball closely, picked wrong'uns and legbreaks and drove confidently when the spinners overpitched. There were brief moments of brutality and a lofted six over long-on off Kumble to bring up Australia's 500 was reminiscent of the White who has pillaged domestic attacks in the shorter formats.
Eventually White succumbed and under-edged an attempted sweep on to his stumps off Sehwag. But he had done his job. All of Australia's batsmen had done a job. The top five each passed fifty, Watson contributed 36 before he lost his leg stump to a Sehwag offbreak, and even Brad Haddin did enough in his 17 to help ease the danger of a lower-order collapse.
When Haddin was stumped he became Kumble's first Test wicket in nearly three months and almost 85 overs. There was a certain steeliness about Kumble, whose hand problem was so severe it needed 11 stitches. Had he dropped his head it would have been understandable but he didn't, and at times he was visibly annoyed with the lethargic fielding from his team-mates.
He returned to finish the Australians off with a courageous catch off his own bowling when Mitchell Johnson skied one between mid-on and mid-off. But despite Kumble's resilience, the match had all but slipped away. He can hope for a final-day miracle but in all likelihood he will have to wait for Nagpur next week to potentially get his hands on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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