India vs West Indies 2005 Indian Oil Cup Game 2 Dambulla

31 matches 49 wickets magnificent here he goes watch out for that big in dipper and watch out westerners because they had a torrid time against davas with particularly that kind of delivery that came in sharply from off stump back towards middle and lake and you're saying he's lost it well this breeze that we've talked about a long time it's coming from bottom left to top right of screen coming across the wicket there's ever a series or a couple of matches where he'll get it back it's right now because the breeze is assisting it and it was there just enough you don't have to swing it a foot or two do you just need to swing it half the width of the bat and you can fool a batsman and have him out and importantly where you push it i think chaminda vaz is an excellent opponent exponent of how to ball the in swinger early with the new ball because it gets it absolutely right in those areas where they matter and that's a good area it's full dragging the batsman onto the front foot but not confidently played a really solid defensive shot there's three men in there to prevent an easy drop and run single as there generally is in these one day international starts again it's just shaping into the right hander nicely and this blustery wind that we have here all the viewers can have your say at ioc at tajtv.com that's throughout the day there's an early show the empire wants nothing to do with it [Music] xavier marshall just 17 runs in four test matching inks in the recently concluded two test match series and uh on couple of occasions at least he got himself in trouble playing across the line to the ball that was coming back to him good decision by the empire that ball would have gone on to miss the lick stump again on the front foot he's picked up one and makes it very successfully the thing i've got i think that that is in the advantage of the west indian team having played pretty poorly in the two test matches against sri lanka is that the one day game almost tells you how you've got to play you know the game is probably demanding that they have to score it for and over to start with here and and then later on in the innings it tells you how you've got a bat and the bowlers if they can just keep it tight for 10 over spells so the game helps you out a bit if you can be enthusiastic and passionate about what you're doing you can get yourself over the line at times big appeal this time xavier marshall half onto the front foot gets away with another it's a problem with him doesn't seem to pick the swing of the ball especially when it's dipping in that can set him back because he's always worrying about his technique and not looking forward feels that he's got his in-depth going for him did struggle with his bowling against pakistan in that last series but he's had a stink with the county in england that must have helped and get into that good cricketing group again they're up neither batsman confident comfortable with the swing in the pace of the indian attack stuck in his initial movement then that front foot coming down and then going nowhere after that really was away from the ball falling over weak footwork and weak technique oh they're up again and this time so too is the umpire's finger the first wicket falls with one run on the board this could be marked down to poor technique irfan patan must be given the credit because he got the ball to come back but martin they're stuck and umpire thought that it would have gone on to hit the stumps stuck in his crease and their fun patan has got the first wicket for his team martin gone for one it's one for one early wickets again here in dambulla this time it's if um 2.4 overs into the match it's one for one sylvester joseph coming to the crease the man that was out renarco morton goes over the hand of the outstretched hand of the gully and harbhajan singh makes a meal of it down at third man a four to the west indians seven for one after four overs it might be xavier marshall's pads they're targeting but the leg stump of sylvester joseph that couldn't have been too far away uh the right line looking to get that ball back in and very very close to that leg stump sylvester joseph who has this big shuffle missing the ball and how lucky was that oh that one's lofted over the top of point one bounce to harbhajani this time fields it having made a meal of the last ball of last over that's another problem with most of these young west indies batsmen whenever they're trying to hit the ball hard through the offside they slash at the ball had the line been covered they could have easily lifted it over mid offer cover and would have got himself four high back lift and uh bad coming at an angle and this time her button does feel well this time he's dropped and run he might get two here patan's the man coming in no he sends them back well done good intent by the batsman and great defense by the time india looking to attack the opposition not only with the ball but also in the field man of the series award maruti suzuki [Music] oh well played this time stand and deliver let the ball come to you and it disappears for four that's the typical west indian shot beautifully played away through the on side good balance didn't fall over on this occasion and most importantly met the ball of the middle of the bat zayn khan over pitching and bowling on the pads of the batsman here xavier marshall had plenty of time and in the end quality to dispatch it away through midwicket 16 runs and 36 balls to start this innings [Music] xavier marshall trying to find a way to get through this new ball he's standing out of his crease against zaire khan and he's out of his crews against her found bataan also they're really worried about pace aren't they try to do that against sri lanka when kumar sangakkara the keeper came up and so the batsman really had to go back in the crease and that really hampered his movement against the new ball i think the idea is really to kill that big in swing that he thinks that can trouble him there is a theory going around cricket circles that if you want to start outside your crease especially as far as that you have to take your helmet off you know with all this protective gear they are just advancing at the fast men and on really good batting conditions the fast men have got no answer they have all the pressures on them so you know i think the batsman it's all in the favour of them and uh maybe that's not a bad idea they come charging at you with an elbow guard chest guard thigh pad inside thigh two pads and a helmet and the defenseless bowler has his field up with no answers it's not uh only about charging it's also about uh taking the leg before decision away from the bowler if you're standing out of your crease it's very hard for the empire to give your leg before you're gonna be a good move well that's a it's a hard move i i see uh dhoni coming up to the stumps now a little bit he's really thinking about it he's hovering behind xavier marshall but uh it would be a big ask for a new man into this level of the game to do that but i think it's it's well worth the effort to get xavier marshall back on the stumps while this ball is new that's a great shot that is a super shot the third one of those he's played four three and a four the other advantage that he's extracting by standing out of his crease is that he can now make those good link deliveries into half pulleys that one was brilliantly played away through the onside as always is a delightful shot any shortcoming of the middle of the stick off the pad nicely timed high back lift looked good well this time he flips it off his hip two bounces down the fine leg just a single 20 for one 21 for one there's an overview of the impressive dambulla stadium here with the lake very nearby nice looking shot let's get some of the single and they'll come for the second they'll have to hurry here and he's gone that was nonsense that was absolute futility that's a wicked loss for one run a wicket has been lost no question that there was only one there ever was only going to be one and what they've finished up with is one run out way out of his ground never going to get there and to compound the west indies problems the throw was good the keeper didn't have far to get back to the stumps after taking the ball and really not even sure why it had to go to the video umpire so joseph is gone and just to really make matters bad for the west indies one short was called so they don't even get the one run before the wicket fell it's a nice shot everything was good up to len and the xavier marshall was uh good four or five inches short you can see the umber was getting ready to call one short and then realized that he suddenly had to call for the video replay perhaps that's why he called for the video replay he was concentrating on the the one short aspect of the run and then suddenly realized he had to make a decision it's 23 for two [Music] your batsman is uh nursing the owner right now this is a change from the advertised order the left-hander is coming instead of his captain also left-hander of course shouldn't ranch on the fall weston is in trouble 22 for two [Applause] and that's a bad piece of work gone all the way through it looks as if it will reach the boundary the outfield is quite fast and it does non-fielder ball stroke right through him a good looking shot by marshall but it really shouldn't have got him a run instead it gets him four well two of the boundaries already hit by the west indies have come as a result of misfields on this occasion the offender was rao earlier on it was harbhajan singh fine shot well that's i suppose why they're saying that marshall has this sort of potential when you play a shot like that off the back foot he's played some of the front foot through midwicket he's off driven he got his pad well across outside the line of the awesome but he was offering was he offering a shot maybe that was a question yeah probably just outside the line it's a decent stride and put some doubt in the umpire's mind as to whether he was struck in line or just outside and the umpire gave nursing dnr the benefit of the doubt if we have a look at it again it's definitely going to hit the stumps as well that now sing the nri put some doubt in the umpire's mind that he was struck outside the line playing a shot another big shout out from irfan bhutan this time it might just be the other way around maybe too much leg stump i probably would have missed leg now seeing the orion is uh she's having a little bit of a problem might have hit like stump some turn already would be encouraged by that one it was a quick off spinner and it's spun that tells you something about the pitch you can see it wasn't slow in the air it looks slow in the slow motion in fact i think it it hit a rough patch on the ground there may have just uh taken a bit of the soil out with it it certainly did disturb the top surface of the pitch just there gone comfortable catch at first left you were worried once you ian when you saw david marshall facing up to her well that's the danger ball for a young man coming in and facing habershan's thing i mentioned it earlier just look for the one that goes straight on didn't spin just went straight on and it's a good comfortable catch when he has those two deliveries in his armory the big offspin and the arm ball working he is a danger top of the program we mentioned it to the young batsman in the west in this team he's going to be different abhishan singh 32-3 easily the best batsman of spin in the west indies team him right chandra paul the last test series uh he looked so comfortable against muthayamurli and you'd expect him to play harpajan singh also reasonably well running is urgent and that's why they get the second ah [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we've already seen one calamity with a run out of sylvester joseph and we said we saw that run out with sylvester joseph and just a little bit of a collision i think between the batsman and the bowler that's knocking that left hand beaten the batsman and the keeper tube so again a batsman playing for the spin signaled as byes by daryl harper went between bat and pad so straighter ball not being picked first of all by xavier marshall and now by nursing dinner i had enough to contend with with murra literally in the test series this is brilliant bowling too sure about the keeping keeping isn't special there end of a good over it's 39 for three i'm really surprised we haven't got more people it's a sunday here we had far more people watching the game yesterday at this time so not doing great business these people sing has been bowling superbly in this tournament boldwell yesterday today as well has been a good spell have a look at the loop the flight my job the rhythm is extremely good you can see the ball beautiful loop to it oh he's a tall man sing by indian standards so you can get the ball to bounce it's got a high on my action and bowling those three variations with great control today he's given it everything he's waited long enough almost uh killing his captain i'm not sure that he got quite to the pitch of it nasting dear ryan but he decided enough was enough abhijan is building too much pressure and we saw him back in a very aggressive mode in the test matches he got close enough to it that's a good way of loosening the shackles yeah good shot another teasing off spinner this is what it does if you hit a strong shot towards the middle the fielder at middle which is zahir khan here is on the heels of the next ball down the wick at this time he scoops it into the gap just well enough harbingen set that trap for him a little bit there's three men looking for something mis-timed on the leg side he gets away with it chandra paul [Applause] both players like to use their feet to the spinners and last night the sri lankans ate up quite a few deliveries at this period and the west indies are doing it as well channel 2 from 16. deona ryan 8 from 34 naira doing a job from the grandstand end well there's a misfield there was a bobbling bounce probably not that bad and they found two yes they've given the west indies a few runs in the field [Music] there are a couple of boundaries early on that came via misfields yuvraj on that occasion generally very good at a specialist point backward point fielder sends him back 3.2 overs none for four he's been fantastic and he as he was in the back up to bataan in yesterday's game is his consistency this is the last over all he's doing is varying his length just seeing what the batsmen and the left-handed batsmen want to do with different lengths on and outside that off stump it's a very good variety in the space of one over tight on off stump and then a little wider one looking for the outside edge and the two slips that india have got in place ruffle driver showing that he's a captain who's prepared to attack and he just he didn't just do it for a short time in the game uh last night with sri lanka he attacked all the way through realizing that the only way they were going to win the game was to bowl the opposition out it's all right to understand that as a captain but sometimes you've you've got to be a bit courageous and carry on with it and rahul driver did that almost an outside edge finds the gap and we'll run for two so even though we're they're looking for three but harvesting does well out there channel stroke play looks pretty crisp it's found the middle of the bat even though he's taking his time six runs now from 20 balls everything looks in place 21 over has gone for 49 runs india well and truly on top here harbhajan in his fifth over they've still got a slip in place for him they've got a short leg in place two catching men a tight offside field no one protecting the boundary and just two men out on the leg side so there's a as big an indication as you can get that india are confident i think india are also smart because there's no reason to just push philson back because unless the batson are making you push them back put the owners on the batsman and say all right you you've got to hit over the top unless you're good enough to hit through and i think there's a tendency as the 50 comes up for the west indies i think there's a tendency if you do get tied down a lot of batsmen say oh well i've got to go over the top rather than hit it through the gap again he works it into the space that's been given that's not bad so chandible's coming into a runner ball type stuff from his stance chandler pool it's where he couldn't move anywhere but he's quite quick on his feet oh it's edged and dropped second slip he's been put in there just for that he's been in there the whole match there's no reason why he wouldn't have been ready for it a massive drop by verenda sayweg well i was talking to the indian coach before the game and he said that uh verenda zawak's been having a bit of a problem with catches in in matches he's been catching very well in practice but uh greg said he's dropped four out of four so far in matches so you can make that five out of five now and mainly his problem is footwork he doesn't move his feet at all we saw that last night when he was at first slipped to harperson it might sound strange to talk about footwork with a slip filter because you everybody thinks are catching with your hands but wicketkeepers it's terribly important footwork there but it's just as important when you're in the slips and he's just not balanced at all you can see how he's he's falling as he's trying to take the catch and if you're doing that there's a you haven't got much chance of uh of taking the catch he really should have been standing to take that catch rather than falling as he was trying to take it not balanced at all in attempting to take that didn't even come close to catching it i wonder if it's good he's never been a great mover in the slips or in the field they've hidden him at times and now he's found him his way into the slip so i wonder if it's to do with his back he's never had a a great back uh i wonder that can take the edge off all of your movements and it seems that there is a bit of a stiffness there and it's probably coupled with a bit of tension now that his coach is reminding him he's dropped four from four he finds the gap that time it won't go all the way just a little inside edge-ish it's going to be kept to two by row the 2 third over is finished 54 for three round the wicked yes the west indies really should be looking at this as an opportunity to uh certainly pick up six runs and over from savage at least here he goes i wonder if he does the little end or the big end of course bales for those who don't know a shorter end and a longer end to sit on top of the stumps in tandem with the other one i wonder if he's ever been told by an umpire to bring your own out don't put any dirt or mud or turf on on ours and have them sit on top of the stumps unevenly i'm sure he probably has must only be a superstition thing surely because it's not a very easy way to mark your crease the miss time but it's a single there's a man out there at sweeper for the bowling of sayway it's it's not a very good thing to look down on either i don't think a little circular hole rather than a you know something you can line your feet up with he seems to go right with it where would he line his feet up i tell you where i wouldn't like to be doing it is perth i'm not sure how the hell you would ever knock it into the pitch in perth unless perth is not as hard as it used to be it's a good shot there could be two there there's always space behind the bowler and they make it easy [Applause] big one and it's gone with the wind as well the first six of the match see a change bowler and the batsman just get that extra confidence it's not about the ball so much as it's about the bowler serva was clobbered for a six in his very first over yesterday as well that will be a misnomer as far as the west indies are concerned here no swiftness about their batting they're 74 for three but that is the maruti suzuki swift which goes to the man of the series nice looking shot for chandra and they'll think of a second they should come for it yes nathan has a good strong arm but always two that will be presented to the man of the series after the final at the from idaho stadium in colombo on august the 9th this is the second match of the six qualifying round matches and then on to the final seems to have a pretty good bowling action suresh rana is a change of spin-up the same can be said about sevag another part-time off-spinner at the other end both have got pretty good relaxed actions yeah i don't think there's any there will be any judging as to whether these uh boulders have a degree of bend in their elbow which exceeds 15 degrees classical off spinners action nothing short of mid on we disappointed that he didn't do better with that short enough not a huge bank account when it comes to wickets for reyna just one first class wicket in his career nice sweet shot by chanda paul will they come for the second it's a long way out there but it's a very good return got it back in very very quickly reign of the fielder and he has impressed in the field in the two matches so far big six hitter po-po hole before so reyna has got his first international wicket misjudgment attempt at a sweep shot no turn on the delivery didn't look and the partnership broken at its essential stage where was the ball hitting was it hitting him just outside the line of the off stun oh well well whether what it was in line from that angle it seemed pretty close but not a good shot shaving right on the ball gone for 22 west indies 84 for four so here comes ricardo powell with the dismissal of shidduran chandapal who really the west indies captain you've got a question his position in the order his tactics [Applause] going for the drive a ball turned in and the classic off spinner's dismissal and isn't sea white happy [Applause] part-time bowler no need for harvard singh savage off spinners are good enough looking to hit through the covers there wasn't big spin on the ball i think it's a poor shot there's too much of a gap between bat and pad loves it so wickets falling at regular intervals here ricardo powell gone for one west indies now 85 for five dwayne smith is the new batsman another big hitter and a straight drive for four now that's the way to get off the mark authoritative drive by dwayne smith gets him going just a bit too smart a field that savage has employed here he's got a mid-on that's in the circle because he wanted that long gone much squarer so an easy that's a typical dwayne smith hit now when you're gonna hit it hit it and that's what he does dwayne smith with a tremendous debut hundred in south africa in his first test early last year played these types of shots and over long on for six the question for the west end is is can he continue it now here's a full shot that's gone that's gonna a long long way dwayne smith he's come in and immediately just changed momentum in a flash his second six he's only face three deliveries or is it four that's for delivery for him pushed quicker just a bit too short and he picked it very early and it's gone with the wind there's a crosswind from left to right on his screen [Applause] we've got a wicket each the weak link if we can call it suresh reyna we're in the sevag in operation they've got a wicket each but they've conceded also 46 runs in their 7.2 overs balaji on the field for ashish nehera now what the owner has to do here is what he's been doing so far just playing carefully playing within his limitations you've got smith in there now paul disappointed he's seen his captain go still overs in hand for the west indies [Music] he's not looking to turn his off spinners the idea is uh to get the ball with the angle to come back into the left-hander cut away for four more runs leaking here from the big bowlers are expensive over here from rainer rejoicing at the dismissal of chanderpal maybe second thoughts now nice looking shot and he'll come back for a second just a little dab i saw him just uh laboring after it i think that's the right word uh tony zaikan laboring after that one just lost the sprint zaire khan a sensible shot preferred to stay on the back foot it's not such a bad idea against harvard singh they really don't have much of a clue against that delivery the second ball from harbhajan he took three balls to get rid of xavier marshall now only two are needed for dwayne smith not a clue to the ball going away from it it's a good idea to stay on the back foot against harpoon seeing but not when the ball is so full it's a pretty full and it's the top spinner you can see the hell the outside edge so you've got to say that's a good catch by dhoni you have that amount of deflection there isn't much of a distance between the outside edge and the glass not too much of time so dwayne smith threatened for a while but only for a short while west indies 109 for six what's in the tilde bag this summer to find out more look for the tilda promotional bags in stores fines for the westerners of the test series keeping was outstanding showed that uh he also is a quite capable batsman but his team is in real trouble here 109 for 6. certainly a long prospect for west indies tenesh ramadan as you said i expect him to play harvesting well he watches the ball he has a feel for batting dropping just short i would think top edge diving forward yuvraj on his heels perhaps but i think it didn't quite carry he's a good feeler you raj singh and uh too full i think to play that sweepshot uh not uh really caring to you raj singh it's just gonna clear backwards square leg sing in that position goes for the relay throw he's talking off that murderless deuce right it's in recent times that we've seen him shift more towards middle and leg stump he certainly does spin it much more than what harbhajan does and perhaps to try and make sure that the batsman plays him he's going a little bit more towards leg stump but then as you did quite rightly say the batsman is aware that when it's pitched legs dumb that's going to be not going to be the off spinner it's 119 for six i'll take them all this took a while but eventually verinda zawag has got the decision so dean orion who has been there for 90 deliveries has succumbed on the 91st he didn't bounce very much he gives it plenty of power there well i'd hit him around leg stump and i would say he'd consider himself a little bit unlucky there took a long while to make up his mind finally keep him out so dearing goes lbw to shave out for 41. and west indies now 1447. [Music] it's a nice shot my best he's got to well no in fact it's been in the end it's got away from him really good effort down there by arena who has been the outstanding fielder for india contrast to what uh ian bishop had just said about the rest of the indian feeling which hasn't been sharp today he has been and he almost saved this one this is a good shot by best deliberate there goes best down the wicket we'll just get the one coming back for the second nero one of the weakest of the indian fielders can prevent the second run well the numbers ticked over in best head and he reckon it's the time to go after this one that's the problem with him tino come best now that car the man of the series car last night sinatra's diastereo won the man of the match award as to whether he will be able to participate in the rest of the tournament because of the shoulder it's richie injured last night already um best very busy out there and ramdin has played as he did in the test matches with calm assurance very good shot very good shot over the top of shot extra cover deliberately lifted over the top of the fielder gets a boundary for it and support for ramden and the west indies 159 for seven six overs remain there's that shot which we saw in the test match and they'll go for four just short and best pivoting on the back foot it's a very stylish shot there's an uncle who opened the batting for the western legion carl albes gordon greenwich also comes from his home country of barbados and they have been certainly influenced his stroke play tremendous shot by tino best wow this is real entertaining he's already developed a certain fan club here in sri lanka during the test series he is a character and another boundary for him 169 for seven off 45. [Music] nero and him that's a bad shot a really bad shot a swipe ready overs to go and ram then has spoiled what was a very responsible innings with an irresponsible shot the thing is when do you step on the gas it's a slow delivery from there it's a good change of pace he's through his shot too early and these sorts of variations are exactly what you need towards the end of the innings knows exactly what he was doing and 24 to random 172 for eight new batsman is darren paul who never really looked like a batsman during the test series he was confused by the spin let's see how he goes against the face here he's uh better than his record suggests as a batsman he's digging in as well and here's how ramdan went real slog beaten by the slow ball legs down no helmet on for darren powell first ball darren paul goes first ball nearest on a half trick limp shot from powell west indies have uh declined to 172 for nine and tino best is in danger here of running out of partners you go back to the rambin hoy can you ask yourself did he have to press the accelerator so soon and take a risk powell's form with the battle on this toy he can assure you a little bit but he hasn't shown it at all on this door gone first ball 172 for nine jermaine lawson comes out now and as he came out tino best went up to him and really no prizes for guessing what best would have told him [Applause] i am here i want to face again in this innings but there are four over four balls remaining the hat-trick delivery for ashish nera to jermaine lawson and he gets a single down two third man anti-climax and best gets his wish this is uh the first man out in it he was still dennis ramdin first ball of the over trying to whip it to mid wicket and then darren powell hasn't scored at all on this tour just looked dreadfully out of his depth with the bat even in the test matches gonna be interesting now with tino best and only the last man with him three balls left in the over he's got 21 but still three overs left in the innings and he's dropped him dhoni got the gloves to it should have held on he's got gloves goodness gracious he should have held that telegraphed that shot by best no reason to smile dhoni you should be ashamed just hit the fingers didn't get the elevation in time is a jump as well as he would have liked now can best keep his wits about him for the last three deliveries big hit by best but it's going to be out caught at long on he cannot keep his wits about him tino best loves his hand away unnecessary absolutely unnecessary fatino best reyna settled under it took the catch and best gives his hand away and leaves lawson unbeaten with three and best out for 24 and the west indies all out for 178 well it's silly cricket it really is silly cricket you go away back in the innings brandon and best of the crease they should have been take looking to take the innings down to the last couple of overs it wasn't to be and the west indies fall the well short of any significant total big appeal too high though white balls bouncing but a good first over by paul good start here for the west indies india have a wide on the board in the first over here's jermaine lawson and off the mark right away just push through towards uh mid wicket so couple them to verinder say why jermaine lawson with just uh 12 one day internationals very crucial figures for him in a match against india in india when the west indies were lost there good catch down the leg side beautifully taken so down the lake side we're in the segway goes cheaply and once more denis ramden with that footwork and glove work of his proves what a fine he has been for the west indies behind the stumps that was a brilliant catch from ramdan he really impressed me in the test series and when you can take a catch like this to get rid of a man so important as verinda saywag you're certainly a big help to your team so india three for the loss of verinda savage well right arm over the wicket reigners come in and first delivery bang into the pad you can imagine how his heart would have been in his mouth because he got a first ball duck against uh sri lanka last night or in yesterday's game that on that occasion just the angle saved him that ball would have um if it pitched in line would have missed off stump exactly again like that uh angle but it was well worth the shout but rainer getting a good opportunity here in the number three spot a little shuffling of the order here for india with uh mohamed kaif opening the batting and arena the left-hander batsman throws bulls right-handed had more success right under the left so far i'm dropped straight into ricardo paul's hands and out straight forward catch hit hard but directly to ricardo paul what a start would that have been for the west indies well i reckon players are going to miss some catches at around about this height because of the lights the lights really are badly placed for fielders and probably the worst position is the gully backward point area because they're they're the ones that are coming at that awkward height and you've just got to lift your eyes a little bit and you're looking straight into the lights my goodness what a frenetic start this has been for india we've had a brilliant lakeside catch we've had a drop catch and now we have an inside edge that flashes bars to stand for four what next eight for one very nerdy back into his stumps again what's going on out there well if suresh reiner gets away and makes a decent score here he'll think about the good fortune he's had the start of this innings shot again this time it'll be more [Applause] space for the fielder to come around and they'll get two nice shot really well timed and that's four on the legs and beautifully played by cave example of the how a batsman can use the bowler's pace to his advantage as soon as the pace is just a little wayward doesn't need to be much when it's up around the 90 mile an hour mark batsman just has to make sure that he hits it into a gap and it's a weight of the boundary easily a lot to like about this young man muhammad kaif beauty right through him now this is encouraging for the west indies when you've got best and powell improving noticeably improving in the test series jermaine lawson hopefully will have things cleared as far as his action is concerned and back in the caribbean there's fidel edwards who is definitely sharp that's what happens with pace you get batsmen playing at deliveries that they don't really want to but because you've got so little time to make that decision if you do just make a slight mental error you haven't got time to change your mind at 90 miles an hour in the air but well played flicked it away on the legs uh i think they should have had a clue already from uh this left-hander that he is strong off the legs that's where he scored his run so far he's picked them off got a couple of tools off jermaine lawson most left-handers well i guess most international batsmen you would say don't mind it when it's delivered on the pads a lot of wood in those two bats out there at the moment again and that'll go for another four perhaps darren paul likes the shot well we'll find out if he does it again then we'll know definitely that darren powell likes the shot good risky play from suresh rainer that's for signal for whites one bounce that per over allowed in one day cricket making full use of that by the west indians striving for too much pace possibly and they know the situation's getting more desperate as time wears on and they don't take wickets [Music] let's have a look where kaif has scored and scored his runs it's one little dab single and two bad balls down the leg side that he's been able to work away for four but nothing on the off side other than one dab single okay you wanted some on the offside [Applause] here it is yes well that's that's good wasn't it no he's now got a red line on the off side as well but it was too short too wide you want to bowl that short get it around the armpit of the batsman and give him so much room to play a great shot and that's exactly what it was it was a great shot forcing shot of the back foot didn't worry about the ball being in the air and in front on the offside it wasn't using the pace of the ball another beautiful shot on the leg side he's played one before this one finer this time he was using the pace of the bowler and the bowler was helping him out allowing him to use that pace by just angling down the leg side is a really really well played shot but it was pretty average bowling and they've done that too much in my mind in the quest for for pace just need to pull it back a little bit get their rhythm back and get it on the spot more often and also it seems like uh when the batsmen were hopping around when they were uncertain when they were not counter-attacking they seemed to be holding the line pretty well they had some control the moment uh a few boundaries have been hit they have been slightly alright with their line and put that down to an experience maybe not the greatest temperament but this as we said earlier is going to be the test as the batsmen have started playing some shots starting to see the ball better now don't leave there do not leave there surely these guys can work that out and they have the ability to go somewhere five times out of six near where this ball pitches they are all talented athletic bowlers they've done it before at every other level i'm sure that's why they're here there's no difference they should forget their opposition and just put the ball there that's their job and worry about what happens after that but it's hard to play and cafe is not coping that well with that naino is completed it's 49.1 the front ones are really on seven the current rate 5.44 some good shots played some hit and miss some close calls for the indians in this chase germain lawson in his fifth over just played that one on the offside going quickly to third man and he's missed it and it's darren powell on his knees getting up brings up the 50 for india really good stroke play and beware the second bouts the second bounce of these deliveries is the one where the ball grips the turf and goes the other way that's basic stuff too second bounce always more activity after a tough over has to face this first ball of the next door mohammed kaffir is always very alert suris rena i think was just thinking about the ball did it keep a little low but mohammed kev knew there was an opportunity to pick up a single good cricket yeah the call by kaif got rainer's head up it did keep low and he was starting to think about it oh i did all his best up up there comes the head response to the call makes it easy batting in partnerships against some pace and bound line also very good on that occasion speed of 145 kilometers per hour rainer just dabbed a single out down on the off side let's have a look at his distribution of run scoring in his wagon wheel i'm pretty sure it'll be highly on the leg side as well it's just that that four that was misfilled fielded by powell just recently just down the offside but everything else three fours on the leg and a couple of singles as well now was he avoiding the ball or was it deliberate padding even care if i think wasn't sure the umpire doesn't need to make that decision now what it did is hurt have a look we'll have a look exactly where it hit him he hasn't got a chest guard on to protect low of below the ribcage he's got the thigh pad i think it's just just hit the love handle just above just above the thigh pad on the hip [Applause] again shot and this is a very good shot suresh rana showing some talent out here tenno is gone 61 for one [Applause] it's gone quickly down to third man will he get there no that's another boundary some width to play with for mohammed kev not right out of the middle of the bat but again using the pace that's misallowed him go on gone yes the catching in the test series was remarkable for west indies and it's good to see that it continues in one day cricket as well sylvester joseph has taken a splendid catch from a splendid ball he's kept his pace up there but found some control the last two balls have been good just the one way would one this time perfectly on the up cape's looking to push into the covers sylvester joseph moves well to his left and covers the gap that was there between he and ramden really easily best in the wickets again [Applause] 68 for two in comes the indian captain well equipped to handle the situation tino best has been in good form for western days beautifully bold now ramdin puts it down what will the umpire say here well it's a drop catch and that's the first one we've seen from ramdan came around thought he wasn't going to carry the first slip best shakes his head that ball was bowled at around 90 miles an hour and clearly surprised the batsman and would have been a good take it was low down he had to move to cover the line of that edge and gone away beats the diving call and goes for four best he shouldn't be worried about that got the batsman coming forward to him 76 foot to a real contest on smith has now hit this uh has pitched it up on the legs to rayna who is very strong in that area and two fours off successive balls so a little bit of pressure now ease reyna dropped by ramdan behind the stumps dravid would have been run out had smith's return hit the stumps and now driving with the four and rainer with one as well doesn't seem to get affected by those drop chances right now when the ball is in the slot he's going to play his shortened another beautifully played drive [Music] this could go all the way too but powell is fast [Applause] he isn't uh named paul for nothing his namesake holds the world record for 100 meters and his countrymen so just a couple dwayne smith the weakling in this bowling lineup and uh the indian batsmen are clever enough to know that uh he's got to go for runs elbow you held it back a little bit smith so obama and a two off him started pretty well just seven runs off his first two overs reyna who's uh had a good start to his international career in the field especially out for a duck last night first ball should have gone tonight for another duck here he is 35 dropped twice that won't be in the scoreboard with these uh desperately looking for another wicket they can pick up couple surely be back in this game if you're not for chance is not accepted by the westminster list he's been reactive rather than being proactive caught cover so you're talking about wickets reyna finally finds a fielder who can catch him and uh dwayne smith picks up the wicket with a severe marshall holding in the catcher cover an easy one 82.3 match on well he'll be uh pretty disappointed with this effort reyna dropped twice those runs for him for the taking in the end a soft dismissal dwayne smith pretty delighted with this wicket disappointing to reyna's knock gone for 35 82 for three sony bfu is the perfect partnership if you want great entertainment 24 7. coming up on sony we've got a sizzling line of summer treats bollywood fans stay tuned for the world television premiere of the box office hit home sports fans qriket feverish back to back watch the triangular series featuring india sri lanka west cut shot and cut hard my goodness that has gone like a shot from a gun that is a tremendous shot by dravid just didn't seem to have the room he seemed to play it late four runs using the pace of tino pest and how well he played that one the game against sri lanka he guided the ball in this direction but this one was hit hard extremely hard a little bit of whiff and got on top of it very nicely in the air the third man and will go for four more deliberate shot best too short and too wide and he's dealing with one of the best and most experienced batsman in the world qriket here probably over trying tino bass another quick delivery but he lost it completely the moment he banned it shot it was not only short but wide outside the off stamp and raul dravid read it early and the intention was always to uh play that shot that slice over the slip cord tino best had no hope in the end and that could go for four more long chase here for the fielder from extra cover he won't make it three successive fours off best chandra ball outfit so three successive fours for dravid and just in the course of three deliveries how in the twinkling of an eye things have changed masterful betting from ronald robert every time the opportunity has come his way has gone uh and pounced on it comfortable in the end the single although there was a bit of noise around there there was a slight hesitation here is uh the uh self-improvement that he craves for or works on rahul dravid is something that continuously amazes me in spite of great success you'll still still see him studiously working at his cricket it's almost like he's got four ducks in the last four innings even if he's got 202 double centuries that's the kind of application that he has every time he's out there playing an international innings maybe darren powell should have a chat to him about batting in because he has got four ducks in a row playing in this tournament uh there's not going to be too much of a relief for darren powell when he comes out to bed there's some good spinners in the indian team he wants to evratzing and we'll get it i think this is a better batting position for yuvraj singh batted at number three in the first game against sri lanka but i think five's a better spot for him 20 0 is completed 106 for three i was hoping to see lori omari banks play for west indies i thought uh is bowling pretty well on the sri lankan pitches every time he bowl he got the ball to spin and bounce and on this pitch the spinners are bowling quite well they're finding the fish to their liking they've been a good inclusion no mari banks he's played some of his greater one day innings at number five six for india yogurt singh but india have tried him in various positions but he's opened in test matches for india which failed two innings as an opener an average of nine four innings at number three he's got to score up that's his talent play some great shots here brad singh he's blessed with power but this is also skill now just have a look at this shot wonderful wrist work on this occasion from yuvraj singh magnificent great shot and then batting at number four it gets better an average of 19 but really his best performances has been most effective at number five 112 for three it's a very natural bad swing that he has and nobody has tampered with it which is i think tribute to the coaches that have been involved in his grooming yoga singh comes from punjab it's another cricket state that's gone stronger over the years big backlift to start with good free movement of the bat very natural movement [Music] yeah i like just looking at you of roads here i like the bat swing he's got a he's got a nice of the wrist and obviously that's where bat speed comes from but it's very relaxed which tells you that his arms are pretty relaxed and that's always an important thing in batting you find particularly early in your innings when you're a bit nervous if your arms get tense that's when you start jabbing at balls outside off stump but he looks very relaxed i guess he should be now he's been there 32 balls and to me really when i look at yuvraj singh at this stage of his career the kind of talent he has he's got a pretty good temperament as well able to handle pressure he should have achieved more than he has i think one day achievements are pretty good he's played some remarkable memorable match winning innings but test matches he hasn't been able to establish himself he's got a wonderful hundred and test match cricketer lahore on a seeming pitch and at this stage of his career i would like to see you browsing as an important batsman in the indian test match team as well as the one day team which he is because as you can see he's got class [Applause] two things about that sanji i think one of the things that may have held him back is that lack of placement you can't keep hitting good shots and hitting filters all the time the really good players hit the gaps more often than they hit the fielders and the other thing is he's always had sora ganguly uh in the position that he probably would uh normally take in the test side and ganguly being captain accumulating runs are the indians 123 for three nicely played on the lakeside jeremiah lost on the fielder darren paul in his last over well the west indies um really only got three front line bowlers hopefully they've still got three with jermaine lawson once again hurting his shoulder making a throw from the outfield really has got a jerky throwing action that's four falling short of that slip fielder unlucky darren powell tentative shot outside the off stamp from here brad saying just play on his mind a lot that line you can see talks about it thinks about the it thing that he did there was to get his bottom hand off the bat pretty quickly that meant that the ball didn't carry far enough to reach the slip filters got the placement with that shot around the wicket he places that one okay the timing's certainly there [Applause] yes has not been able to pierce the field at the start of his innings but here with absolute ease he just um timed it perfectly high back lift and uh didn't have to run just found the gap top shot from your garage oh it's cleaned him up this time jermaine lawson has taken the wicket of yuvraj gukraj continuing to play without moving his feet he had no chance there [Applause] just stood in one place and uh good delivery right on off stump went through the gate no movement of the feet at all and uh yuvraj plays the penalty he's fought out hard with his captain made 28 runs first 58 deliveries but he's gone now bull by lawson and india lose their fourth wicket with the score on 143. mahendra dhoni into the batting lineup for india in his 11th match averaging 31 and a half and this time he's dropped does it could be a run-out chance though he's working hard to get to the bowler's end and gets there let's try and piece all that together yes action all of a sudden and it was a low catch lawson trying to get the yorker in yes uh that was catchable spilled and another opportunity western down the ground driving slow to move and dhoni makes it well there's plenty happening with the new batsman in there the lbw shout the ball before have a look at the wicked keeper he's giving it away for the bowler he's right down there oh then he comes back and tries to appeal with the rest of his teammates but that's the giveaway for the umpire that's for sure you know quite a bit about that heels you've got to take a risk do i move my feet down the leg side in case it misses the pad or do i stay here in case it hits the pad and i can appeal and support my ebola cut shot lofted and there's no one there one two bounces drive it at his best this is the problem fit 13 or best he comes up with a couple of good deliveries but then he throws that rank bad ball well this time it's worked fine tino best and pays the price [Music] just glance the pad and uh four more to the indian total which creeps up towards the uh victory target again in discipline going down leg side full this time again the effect of pace it really does have an influence that one's gone away for four but it was an intended cover drive from a batsman who's well set and it goes for four past third man little check of the head from gravid once they're did turn his wrist just a little bit as he was making contact and uh that contributed the ball going off a thick outside edge down to the boundary but it all helps india's course race up now to 158 for four getting closer to that target of 179. is on 43 following up with his half century of yesterday red chapel following every move they didn't get off to a good start yesterday but today things have fallen more into place certainly for the captain i think you'd still like a bit more performance out of those top three and four driver is certainly in great touch [Applause] he's calm he's composed he's coped well with the pace he's run well between wickets but i think around him they need a little bit more performance save our cafe rainer and yuvraj all haven't done the job that driver has done this evening in the quest for this small total so greg would like to i'm sure bringing some great consistency around the legends that are in their team again good pace well run yes we saw over at the standing behind the great chapel as you did mention he is one of those players who's to who has to come good in this tournament awful toss to no ball possibly from the front foot daryl harford the bowlers enders called it um for it the square leg how high was it yeah it was okay okay tino best would sigh a breath of relief even breathe a sigh of relief yes it was certainly a foot no ball that was the first call made very quickly by harper but uh that was the empire vijay warden also just raising his hand harper did have a word with best well it's not the time to be attempting those 145k yorkers i don't think for tino best just in case one another one slips out but that was okay it was under the waist high and he's happy this target's building pretty well 164 and they've still got 15.2 hours to go so if they were making a score it would be a beauty and driver works that from outside leg to the man at deep backwards square you did mention the bowlers hills being in contention for that matter of the series award but raul dravids got himself off to a very good start two top innings from him yes he has and senator surya won the award last night by playing an innings like this when the sri lankans were losing wickets in the middle order uh without jayasuya it was deemed that he probably would they wouldn't have won the match he held the young fellas together they played some breezy innings around him and they got there pretty easy this one's a breezy hook shot and he doesn't get a hand on it bounces past lawson and over the rope dhoni goes to nine [Applause] 169 for four that's through a big chase from mid-off at this stage it's not going to get there dravid's 50 comes up another great knock by the indian captain the second consecutive 50. 50 yesterday against sri lanka his teammates applaud not many spectators to appreciate this innings it's been a great innings from the indian captain 63 deliveries he struck seven boundaries and a good strike rate of 81 fine effort from raul ruby that's the impressive thing about it he's hardly we've hardly noticed him up there he plays some classy shots he finds the boundary when they need it and yet he strike rates 81. couldn't the west indian top order learned from that just be there build the runs and your striker look after itself all behind the wicket a lot of it behind the wicket just two boundaries four to square and very few in the air that's a normal signature of royal dragon just a lofted cut shot to third man and that's about it the rest stayed on the ground finds the gaps takes his time strike rate of 80. [Music] do you know best had the opportunity of picking up dhoni who's going to text right now he got a short delivery and tony went through with the hook just swiveled on his feet and it looked once again as if the feeler didn't pick that ball up because he was slow to move lawson and in the end the ball falling well short of him he's certainly putting in there's no shortage of effort by the west indies he spoke to bennett king at the start of the day and he just sort of said he'd like to get that batting clicking he he likes these bowlers who who try hard and can bolt bowl 140 k's an hour he's got enough of them their fielding seems to be making moves but the batting hasn't clicked for some time again beaten without foot movement it's something that you just can't do on this pitch even in that delivery hardly any food movement by dhoni pushing with the bottom hand scooping it up in there needs to work it out that on this pitch you've got to get closer to the ball on most occasions don't he goes again it's hard to tie is it there yes it is quite easily and that's the end of the match five to win before that delivery done he cleans it up with a six [Applause] what a way to finish and india have collected the bonus point as well they've got the runs in 36 overs 180 finally

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Published: Thu Oct 22 2020