Thursday, January 24, 2008

India vs Australia 4th test Adelaide

India elected to bat on the opening day of the fourth and final Test match against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Indian Captain chosen to bat first as India will play with the five bowler for the first time in this series and the Adelaide wicket is going to support Batsman and some help will be there for the spinner’s from the third day onwards.
India has included off spinner Harbhajan Singh in the side leaving out struggling opener Wasim Jaffer. Harbhajan and Kumble spin will come handy when Australian comes in to bat for there third Inning.
Australia have also made two changes in their team as opener Matthew Hayden returned to the team in place of Chris Rogers and pacer Shuan Tait making way for spinner Brad Hogg.
Both the Captains Anil kumble and his counter part Ricky Ponting just before the start of match today. As know one want to reveal there secrets. Australia is leading the series 2-1 after victories in the first two Tests at Melbourne and Sydney. India won the third Test at Perth by 72 runs. Australia would like to win this match or draw this match to win this series.
On the other hand India need to win this match to equals the series. Indian team is high on confidence after wining in Perth. They also good on records as India is to only team to beat Australia on this ground. So India will fancy their chance to equal this Inning.



Special: Rivalry adds spice to finale

Australian captain Ricky Ponting said that he rates India as there rival team after England and south Africa comes on third place he also said that India also see them as there arch rival after Pakistan. It can also be seen in the tens environment of the game between us. Indians has beaten us no some occasion but still we stand far batter then them.
He said that Heyden Inclusion in the team will boost there chances to win the final test match. He him self looking to post some good score as he has not done well in the series. He is looking to win the series by 3-1.

4th Test: Adelaide Day one update

All-rounder Irfan Pathan was handed the job of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag. Irfan Pathan was not able to make much of the opportunity. He goes for 9 Caught by A Gilchrist bowled by M Johnson.

Virender Sehwag made a contribution of 63 caught by M Hayden bowled by B Lee.

Rahul Dravid was not able stay for long and get out for just 18 caught by R Ponting bowled by M Johnson.


Sachin Tendulker continue his great form Reached his Century for the 2nd time in the Series. His is playing on 124 will resume his inning on day two.

Sourav Ganguly was also not able to show what people expecting form him. May be the exclusion from one day team is playing on his mind. He goes for just 7 lbw by B Hogg.

VVS Laxman shown good hand and given good support Sachin Tendulker. But was not able make it big got out just after making his fifty. He goes for 51 caught by A Gilchrist bowled by B Lee.

MS Dhoni is playing on 6. Dhoni was not looking confidence but he try to stay. He got his six run in 54 bowls. Looks like
Dhoni doing Rahul Dravid.
India is 309 for 5 wicket after the end of day one 4th test match Adelaide. A total of 86 over were bowled today.
Teams:
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark.
India: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh and Harbhajan Singh.


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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Anil Kumble takes 600th Test wicket


Indian Captain Anil Kumble Competed his 600th wicket on Thursday dismissing Australia's Andrew Symonds in the on going third Test. With his 600th wicket Anil kumble become the first Indian and the third in the world to reach the milestone.
While India's fast bowlers were on top of the Australians early in first innings, Kumble delayed his introduction into the attack to give more time to there fast bowlers, but struck just after tea to end a 102-run partnership between Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist.


When he bowled the fourth ball of his fifth over, which was a shorter, faster delivery and it cramped Symonds, who got a thick edge. The ball rebounded off the top of wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's glove and ballooned to Rahul Dravid at first slip which he caught cleanly. As Symonds departed, the 37-year-old leg-spinner raised the ball to an appreciative crowd.

The 37-year-old leg spinner of Team India is playing his 124th Test. Only Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, with 723 victims, and retired Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, with 708, have taken more wickets in Test cricket. Retired Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath is next on the list, with 563 victims.
This is history an cricket fans around the world will have to wait for a long time to see another bowler reaching the 600-wicket mark as the Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas, the closest to Kumble's tally among the current players, has only 331 wickets. Vaas has announced that he will retire this year after taking 350 wickets. So world has to wait a long time to see this mark reached again.
The only other current bowler with 300-plus wickets is South Africa's Makhaya Ntini, who has so far bagged 329 in 82 matches. But Ntini has crossed 30, and is unlikely to reach the 600-wicket mark.

By a pleasant coincidence, Dravid also moved up to the third spot in the list of all-time Test catchers. With his 165th catch, Dravid left behind retired West Indian batsman Brian Lara. Australia's Mark Waugh, who has also retired, holds the record with 181 catches.

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