The curator has mentioned that the wicket will turn square from start of day 3 and mentioned that the test will not go till the last day if rain does not spoil sport. As i write this post the players are welcome with showers to stop the game at lunch time when Sehwag and Gambhir are going great guns with both reaching 50 and total 150 no loss. The whether forecast is not very good and they expect rains all the five days in the scenic cricket ground.
Kumble does not seem to have made any changes in spite of the pitch report and chose to retain the same XI with the hope that all will come good in this test. He himself must also be hoping to come good along with Bajji back to form and if India could post a big 1st innings total (500+) then i think we have a very good chance.
SouthAfrica Dominates Yet Again
South Africa dominated the proceeding on the 1st day bowling out england for 200+ with some disciplined bowling from all the bowlers. Nel playing in place of Styen came up with 3 wickets and Kallis has been bowling well in this series to finish with 3 wickets and Ntini took 2. For England Cook and Bell scored 50's, Cook was too good punishing all the short stuff to the fence and Bell played a patient knock and got out of a beauty from Ntini, Flintoff ran out of partners scoring 38, england bowlers also struck early removing SA captain cheaply.
We can expect some exciting cricket in the coming four days from the top 4 teams.
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Vasu,
By the time I saw this post the Indian batting was already in a mess. As usual a middle order collapse. But still if Laxman & Shewag can play through a couple of sessions tomorrow, we can still have a good score on the board. Currently the bowling too seems to be out of sorts. Hope Kumble leads from front with a inspiring performance. Also the weather God have to show some mercy to get a good test match.
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