India vs South Africa

Piece of cake for the Boks and India will have to regroup , they aren't playing against a spineless Sri Lanka.

This was the only day game , the rest are all day/nighters - beware of the dew factor !!!

Titan , Bokkie , Smithy , can you tell me what the SA selectors see in Ontong - he's distinctly average!!

Sorry Cap !!   No offence meant , glad you think he's a muppet too !

Originally posted by saadadvanced7 yea why is he in the team when he doesn't do anything??

Because someone has to replace Gibbs/Boje/both.

Originally posted by saadadvanced7 Why? Are they out with injuries??

They're not touring as they fear they'll be arrested by the Indian police after match-fixing allegations in the past.

Gibbs has served his time, banned by the ICC but the Indian police seem to think they can continue their own enquiries so he won't tour as he doesn't believe nothing will happen to him. No-one seems to know why they want to question Boje though.

ohhh, alright, now i get it. So this is a big loss to SA. herschelle gibbs averages 48.35 against india in ODIs. that's impressive and so that's a big loss to SA.

As long as the Indian batting doesn't collapse like it did in the first match India will easily chase down 169.

Great bowling by India. Pathan taking 3 wickets, Harbajhan and Sehwag taking 2 each, and Agarkar and Yuvraj taking one each. Kartik also did a great job, he bowled 10 overs and only conceded 16 runs. That's great bowling from India.

Yea, SA are trying to fight back into the match. India are finally speeding up the run chase. They are at 35 for 1 after 13 overs. So they are still playing too slow.

Sehwag helps india level the series. India have chased down their target in 35.4 overs. Sehwag not out on 77 and Yuvraj not out on 4. The Man of The Match is Irfan Pathan for taking 3 wickets and a fine 37.

Go to www.cricinfo.com

Over there you can find the match results, the scorecards, and everything else.

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oh sorry, i didn't see that you wanted the recording... I will try and find the link and I will give it to you ASAP.

Sorry again, I won't be able to find the complete recording but I might be able to get the Highlights my tomorrow or Monday.

So SA well beaten by India after losing the toss !! Smith is on record (BBC) saying the toss was crucial - that backs up what I was saying last week !!

Great minds think alike - silly game , one day cricket!

Originally posted by Sledger Smith is on record (BBC) saying the toss was crucial

    Nicely replied by dravid to media

"Like it was crucial on first ODI"   

 

That was a splendid show by India on 2nd odI , creating much more curiosity in the third ODI.I guess this time too Indians will effectively make use of the chennai pitch and put SA in trouble. But there is fear of rain washing out the pitch .So never no where the match will be dragged.Both teams need  to play with a solid pre-plans.