New Zelans seems in control with the help of Fleming century. And Murli not geting a single wicket after bowling 27 overs seems like he is getting older
New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4 6
MH Richardson b Vaas 85 327 260 7 1
MJ Horne c Dharmasena b Nissanka 4 40 32 0 0
*SP Fleming not out 112 248 14 0
MS Sinclair not out 4 19 0 0
Extras (w 1, nb 1) 2
Total (2 wickets, 93 overs) 207
To Bat: SB Styris, JDP Oram, +RG Hart, PJ Wiseman, DL Vettori,
DR Tuffey, SE Bond.
FoW: 1-20 (Horne, 9.5 ov), 2-192 (Richardson, 86.1 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 18 5 44 1
Nissanka 14 7 21 1
Dharmasena 22 6 46 0
**Muralitharan 27 10 48 0 (1nb, 1w)**
Lokuarachchi 9 2 35 0
Jayasuriya 3 0 13 0
Sri Lanka team:
ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene,
*HP Tillakaratne, +RS Kaluwitharana, KS Lokuarachchi,
HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, RAP Nissanka, M Muralitharan.
aray yaar, NZ to jeet he jay ga, lekin Bdesh ka kya hoga. SA is murdering Bdesh.
Muralitharan 27 overs 48 runs, not that bad. just need to take wickets.:)
i don’t think that murali bowled to bad, heis figures were gr8t apart from not getting a wicket he bowled soundly.
the wicket isn’t very spinner friendly, the quickies should do well as its worn down in a day or two, kiwi’s lead isn’t much the game is very much open, it depends on how sri lanka respond tomorrow and how the kiwi’s handle the pressure.
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aray yaar, NZ to jeet he jay ga, lekin Bdesh ka kya hoga. SA is murdering Bdesh.
Muralitharan 27 overs 48 runs, not that bad. just need to take wickets.:)
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Yeah true thats why I didn't even bother to paste the results of SA vs Bdesh.
Amazing performance from Stephen Fleming, why in the world did he declare, he should have batted all the way to have a chance at 375, it reminds the same when Miandad once score 285 runs and declared.
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Amazing performance from Stephen Fleming, why in the world did he declare, he should have batted all the way to have a chance at 375, it reminds the same when Miandad once score 285 runs and declared.
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Simple as mentioned before by other guppies. Match winning is most important than breaking records or making records.
Yeah the best thing about the innings was that he didnot care that he was near his 300 very unlike Javed Miandad who is always found crying for that becoz wiining is most imp ! !
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it reminds the same when Miandad once score 285 runs and declared.
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Undefined-- Umair quoted just one of the examples when he declared when he could have scored a triple ton! Before having a go at Miandad kindly get your facts straight , theek? coz you definetly have missed the double tons Miandad scored as captain and declared in late 200's!!
I think Stephen Fleming needs to know how cricket is played on subcontinent. When you have 2 strong sides batting on lifeless wickets then the result is mostly a draw, and he was only 26 runs away from 300, not many people have accomplished that feat. And only 100 runs away from 375, I don't know what Fleming was thinking. Looking at the current scorecard, the match is going towards a draw.
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B
MS Atapattu lbw b Tuffey 0 3 5
ST Jayasuriya b Bond 50 163 110
WPUJC Vaas c Fleming b Bond 4 24 15
KC Sangakkara c Oram b Wiseman 67 150 98
DPMD Jayawardene not out 58 144
*HP Tillakaratne not out 71 135
Extras (lb 14, w 1, nb 2) 17
Total (4 wickets, 84.1 overs) 267
To Bat: KS Lokuarachchi, HDPK Dharmasena, +RS Kaluwitharana,
RAP Nissanka, M Muralitharan.
FoW: 1-0 (Atapattu, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Vaas, 5.6 ov),
3-114 (Jayasuriya, 36.2 ov), 4-134 (Sangakkara, 39.6 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Tuffey 14 4 39 1 (1nb)
Bond 16 3 64 2 (1nb)
Oram 15.1 5 39 0 (1w)
Vettori 21 6 59 0
Wiseman 18 4 52 1
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B
MS Atapattu lbw b Tuffey 0 3 5
ST Jayasuriya b Bond 50 163 110
WPUJC Vaas c Fleming b Bond 4 24 15
KC Sangakkara c Oram b Wiseman 67 150
DPMD Jayawardene c Hart b Oram 58 207 148
*HP Tillakaratne not out 126 294
+RS Kaluwitharana c Sinclair b Wiseman 76 117
HDPK Dharmasena not out 19 65
Extras (lb 20, w 1, nb 3) 24
Total (6 wickets, 137 overs) 424
To Bat: KS Lokuarachchi, RAP Nissanka, M Muralitharan.
FoW: 1-0 (Atapattu, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Vaas, 5.6 ov),
3-114 (Jayasuriya, 36.2 ov), 4-134 (Sangakkara, 39.6 ov),
5-267 (Jayawardene, 84.5 ov), 6-374 (Kaluwitharana, 112.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Tuffey 17 5 54 1 (2nb)
Bond 24 6 86 2 (1nb)
Oram 29 13 58 1 (1w)
Vettori 30 7 82 0
Wiseman 34 11 96 2
Styris 3 0 28 0
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I think Stephen Fleming needs to know how cricket is played on subcontinent. When you have 2 strong sides batting on lifeless wickets then the result is mostly a draw, and he was only 26 runs away from 300, not many people have accomplished that feat. And only 100 runs away from 375, I don't know what Fleming was thinking. Looking at the current scorecard, the match is going towards a draw.
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I am sure than few would have started to blame him for not going for a win instead making his own records. :) Ofcourse you can't tell the future all you can do is be prepared.
Remember how some guppies were blaming Agarkar that he looked so happy when he scored a century against England and didn't look bothered at the end when India lost the match.
Actually I watched the highlights of the match on Prime TV news on day 1 of the test, and the pitch had no bounce and nothing for the spinners.
It was a draw before the match started.
If I was Fleming, I would have continued with my inning, I'm sure he would have been criticized but the match is now drawn.
