India v Sri Lanka, CB Series, 8th ODI, Adelaide

saieen · February 19, 2008, 3:04am

** Sri Lanka 7/2 (3.3 ov)
India

  **            Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first

india off to an excellent start. both openers back into the hut. dilshan caught behind and jaysuriya ran himself out.

SL 7/2

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 3:06am

Re: India v Sri Lanka, CB Series, 8th ODI, Adelaide

^Thanks for starting the thread.

I was holding back in view of my record.

India did one thing right in this game --- bringing in Praveen Kumar for Sreesanth --- Kumar is a decent batsman.

saieen · February 19, 2008, 3:50am

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rebuilding in process for SL. if india restrict SL to around / about 250 or less then they have a good chance of chasing it down. SL bowling is nothing compared to AUS and IND should find it a bit easier to negotiate.

SL 42/2

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 3:54am

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Pathan is spraying the ball today.....not sure why ?

saieen · February 19, 2008, 4:06am

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yeah...pathan is a let-down so far. maybe its the strong breeze thats affecting his line and length. but hopefully he'll come back strongly in this match.

SL 49/2

dhobi_bhai · February 19, 2008, 4:41am

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North Zone vs. West Zone has looked far more appealing, in terms of runs scoring. The star of the country, VRV Singh, is making headlines at 130 mph.

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 4:45am

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Harbhajan's bowling has been practically useless in this whole tour.
I wonder why nobody questions his place in the team.

Piyush Chawla would have been a good choice.

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 4:54am

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dhobi_bhai Bhai, talking about “exciting” games, how about this game played today : http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/337746.html

saieen · February 19, 2008, 4:57am

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50* for sangakkaar. easily currently the best in-form batsman for SL. jayawardene is also nearing his 50, currently on 49*, partnership of exactly 100 and growing.

PS : jayawardene gets to his *50 aswell… :k:

SL 108/2

bitter · February 19, 2008, 4:57am

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he is our star batsman just ranked below Irfan Pathan

pidbull · February 19, 2008, 4:59am

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good batting sense shown by the sri lankans, this is experience

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 5:01am

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Yes ...Sangkarra is right up there with Tendulkar/Ponting and the likes....in my opinion....and the guy also keeps wickets....what a useful player.

saieen · February 19, 2008, 5:24am

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SL have started to flex its muscles. first 6 of the innings by jaywardene to ishant sharma.

dhobi_bhai · February 19, 2008, 5:32am

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:rotfl:

Wonder if any of the Bermudan husbands showed up in support of their wives.

Scorecard almost matched the pattern at the end: [1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], 0, 0.

saieen · February 19, 2008, 5:34am

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smooth driving for the SL.

SL 155/2 off 37 overs. a 250+ is on the cards if one of the two is still at the crease at the end of the innings.

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 5:35am

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A comment posted below the column :

Just as well Bermuda batted first! Nothing worse than running around after a ball for 50 overs only to bat for 10 after. Who on earth did Bermuda beat in Canada to qualify?? The Blind eleven?

Some1 · February 19, 2008, 5:37am

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Did you see how many balls the Bermudan captain played to score ONE run ??

saieen · February 19, 2008, 5:38am

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jayawardene run out, just like jayasuriya. sangakkara played a perfect straight drive, only to be deflected onto the stumps by the bowler and jayawardene was out of the crease.

out for 71.

SL 159/3

pidbull · February 19, 2008, 5:40am

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hahaha^
they only scored 3 runs if u exclude the extras
and they gave up 10 extras in 4 balls when they were defending 14 runs, its hillarious

btw has anybody heard of Sangwan dude? hes been tearing it up in the under19 competition

pidbull · February 19, 2008, 5:42am

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*So two of Sangakkara's straight drives have inadvertently ended in a run out for his team-mates.
*-cricinfo