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Time to take control of this Game from the Pakistanis. Crucial first Session here... With the new ball we must make inroads in the Pak lineup!

Unleash d fury! Rallyyy Cryyyyyyy! Payback is due!

In reply to voiceofreason

What time game starts?

In reply to voiceofreason

hi Vor...

let's hope for some quick wickets today!!

come on windies!!! :lol:

new ball taken immediately

dropped grandma drops malik.. 8) 8)

dropp short

correy looking threatening...

got the edge of malik, ball fell half a centimetre short of morton at gully....

also hit inzi on the pads, but outside the line

wow!!

inzy gone...edged to keeper

taylor strikes!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

gone

Inzy gooooooooooone. What a brilliant ball from Taylor. This man sure is developing nicely.

did u all see dujon saying easy catch to kaneria... :P :P

some cheap weed out there in pakistan i guess... :lol: :lol:

i will say it again that contract that edward have belong to this kid

In reply to django

for real man...that's the first good ball to inzy from taylor and got the wicket...now we need a couple more..

come on boys!!

In reply to gvenkat

What a start!! Leh we go Windies. Jerome gave Inzy a beauty.

In reply to Chrissy

how do u like the new board chrissy...

In reply to Chrissy

jerome looking threatening...

i'd do anything for a correy wicket..the man bowling too well not to get a wicket!!
:D

Bom bom The Bowling Has to Step up Cuz Seepaul Fears for us when we batting :evil:

In reply to ray_ray
Calm down. Jerome will get his contract.

Yes Gvenkat I wondered what that was about.

In reply to gvenkat
I don't like the MB. Too narrow. Otherwise cool.

Colly unlucky bad. Come Bri leh we get a 3rd slip.

more luck for malik off another colleymore edge...

no third slip..ball straight through for 4

why dont they have the 3rd slip... pakistanis cant play pace.... :evil: :evil:

that was an easy catch for the 3rd slip.....

281/5...

come on boys!!....2 more quick ones!!

taylor loooking very very deadly...razaq looking the opposite...come on boys!!


correy bowling rubbish here

What is with Collymore? Is he injured again? It is the start of the day and he is joggin in. Come on Colly, show us some heart here. We jus get a wicket

fuck!!

bravo dropped MALIK!!

three bloody chances!!!

Dwayne Bravo drops a straight-fwd catch at 3rd slip now. Wha de fack. :evil:

the man have no luck

Damn straight to third slip and dropped by Bravo. A dolly! Damn!

Colly really unlucky yes!

Why did we need a third slip, again?

man morton should have been in the slips.... :evil: :evil:

In reply to Chrissy

what's new with colley 'ey? :lol: :lol: :lol:

i just feel sorry for the guy...he's bowled better than taylor but no proof!!

3 chances gone down today in the space of a few overs. And in 5 overs' time, the ball is gonna stop swinging and moving off the seam and WI gonna be playing catch-up cricket again. :(

In reply to Chrissy

dem can't blame anyone now if pak put licks pon they rass. This is early morning when everyone's supposed to be sharp.

In reply to gvenkat
Seriously Bravo doesn't drop those. Stewwwwwwps.

Ragged stuff now man. Ramdin get with thr programme.

shit!

malik now looking good after being given a life!

pakistan getting free runs here...

i sense a correy break-through next over!!

444444 byes now Ramdin. Hmm there is something wrong with this team yes.

It's all happening...

Well at least Bravo knew he didn't catch that one 8)

getting sloppy now

if within the next 30 mins if they dont pick up malik and akmal its going to be tough... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

bloody hell!!!


taylor??....rubbish!

absolute rubbish over...bounce back boy!!

and corrye....it's coming...the wicket's coming!! :D

44444 more for Malik as Colly misfields. And Colly looks to have run out of breath now. Come on WI, pull yuhself up. Let's get Razzaq now or we have a long long day in the field.

?and, suddenly, we are looking ragged!

In reply to django

it's coming...correy's first wicket!


oooooh!!

almost got him!....come on correy...your wicket is on it's way!

In reply to Fahim

I thought the shout against MAlik off the last ball was a pretty good one. Inside edge?

That was OUTTTT. Colly robbed there. That was pretty plumb if not for an inside edge and I didn't see one.

In reply to django
Dat was plumb lbw. Good grief.

In reply to django

Jesus!!

that was plumb!!!


what does correy gotta do to get a wicket???

In reply to Chrissy

i think there was some bat.. could hear two noises... :roll: :roll:

Is this the wagon???

In reply to zimzimma THat was so out its sad that these umps kill us all the time..

Please correy....1 wicket now...you need some luck!

bribe the damn umpire!

team looks down on confidence now...correy looks like he given up

not a good sign...let's hope powell comes out today

I just start watching, who dropped the catches this morning? I caught the end of the replay and saw bravo drop one, who where the other 2??

In reply to faada

Morton dropped one.

In reply to faada

lara and morton both hard chances

In reply to ray_ray

thanks.

In reply to faada

that was the only proper drop..

the other was through a vaccant third slip, lara full stretch dive and got fingertips i think

the other one was to morton, but it fell short, just short....

all 3 off malik

Vor back into d runnings... Lil over-snooze... 1 wicket for 38 runs, shoulda been 2. We need to make amends now!

Leh we go!

i'm off to make some breakfast...let's hope for a wicket by the time i come back...

:lol:

dropped early chances.. huge trouble now!

In reply to Fahim

Dis Pak commentator really harping on the bad fielding tho.

I think I saw the Morton one, if that is what they calling drop then they harsh bad.

Sugar Dwayne own was a dolly tho.

Dropped chances killing us this Test Series... What happened to the great fielding we saw through the Onedayers??

In reply to faada Faada I agree.. Take Bravo catch away.. and I dont know why they going on so...
I think they have nothing else to talk to so they have to talk something.. Cause I think they on SHITEE

In reply to voiceofreason

Catching has been a problem even in ODIs. Ground fielding has improved remarkably though.

In reply to voiceofreason

it's only one dropped catch, and one horrible ramdin moment today...that's it!

bravo comes into the attack..bravo better make up for the drop catch!!

come on dwayne!

In reply to Fahim
By d time you come back, dem Man dismissed for less than 350.

Bravo gets a chance at redemption.

In reply to voiceofreason

right..i'm off!

see you guys in 20 minutes!

OK only the one really bad drop this morning and two chances in name only.

Still the catching has been really bad in thi sseries so far. Considering that only 16 Pakistani wickets have fallen all series, yet we've dropped 6 or so good chances goves a very poor convertion ratio of chances.

Which leads to the question: What has happened to the resurgence in WI fielding which we've heard so much lately.

When a usually brilliant fielder like bravo drops 2 simple chances, you have to wonder.

What's really happening out there?

Quick wickets otherwise we chasing 450 here.

Time for Bravo to join Ronnie for some "Reflection time".

If it's one thing that gets my blood oiling is straightfoward chances spurned. I make Ganga and Bravo as the big culprits in that regard.

312/5 105 ... Has there ever been a more luckless bowler than Colly?

In reply to voiceofreason

Bravo just dropped the match probably for the windies....

Amazing catch by bravo!!!

gone

Goneeeeeeeeeeeeee! Colly strikes!!!! Bravo makes no mistake this time! Malik 45!

Great catch Bravo -Colly finally gets a wicket.
315/6

Malik is gone!

OK, that was a brilliant piece of athletecism, but WTF was bravo doing going for that catch?!?!?!

In reply to clokey

Man he almost ran in to Lara's Path... Rass lucky he got hold of that.... :shock: :shock:

In reply to faada

Exactly... imagine what kind of joker he would have been if he had dropped it... :roll: :roll:

If Bravo had ever dropped that his ass would be grass cuz that's Brian's catch. Finally poor Corey gets his just reward! PHEW!

always the hard way...spectacular, even!

had he dropped that it would have been first place home

If Bravo had drop dat! Lara woulda cuss! It was an easy 2 handed catch for Lara, difficult one handed vcatch for Bravo. ...Phew! Somehow Bravo prefers his catches with a greater degree of difficulty.

Bring Jerome Tayloer now....

In reply to ray_ray
If he had dropped it Brian might have been really annoyed. It was Lara's dolly catch.

In reply to zimzimma
hahahaa -just said dat.

Superb catch. The non-reaction from both Bravo and Lara showed they all knew it was Lara's catch. :lol: Great catch all the same. Come on Colly, lez get Razzak.

In reply to Chrissy

That would have been a classic case of spilling his own milk and the other person's milk too... thank god he caught it... :lol: :lol:

Bravo reacted and took the catch. who cares what might have happened.Well done Bravo.
Nuff said.

In reply to Chrissy

Yeah. Lara would have smacked the back of his head.

Perhaps they are too close though.

WTF Now... Kamran akmal doesnt know to play on the leg side... put a man at short leg and get him out... BRavo is bowling dollies...

In reply to Hants
Rubbish-you're only saying that because he took it. That was a straightforward catch to Lara.

Anything More than 370 Windies are going to find it tough... they have to mop the tail ASAP....come on Bravo...

Which 3rd slip fielder dive full tilt to their left to take a catch at 2nd slip. I glad he held on but boy. With that catch he probablhy promoted to open the inning.

see how he sturggling to play on the leg side... he is just a facking off side player....

In reply to Hants
When you in the slips, you do not take for granted that the other Man will catch it. Guess Bravo took that rule to the extreme there. He loves those difficult ones, doesnt he?

how many bloody inside edges!!

WI better finish this thing off asap

325/6 after 105... We need to get them out below 350! Finish this Fellas!

Okay. Time fuh some more wickets.

Good stop Chanders! Looking spritely in his 100th Test! 325/6

Time to clean up dis damn tail.

what did i miss?

In reply to Chrissy
Time to finish dis now! Colly bowling crap here , must be tiring.

Goneeeeeeeeeeeee! Easier catch! Colly gets Akmal! Bravo easy catch in slips!

Gone - COlly gets his second caught Bravo.

Bravo again to rhatid!!

almost dropped that finger tips

In reply to voiceofreason


haha!

i should keep having breakfast more often..

why no celebration from correy!!

come on boys!!!!1

great wicket!

They should be forward a little bit...the ball wont carry...

In reply to Fahim
Yep. You should go off to lunch now. Nazir lucky edge thru slips.

Wrap up dis fugggin tail.

Wrap up dis fugggin tail.

happy for Colly that he's finally got a couple, now clean up the tail!

Shahid Nazir looks like a big lbw candidate. Bowl him an inswinger Bravo.

Remember we don;t fear their batting is DE bowling wha ga fa come :evil:

Arrite gi DP di ball for one over leh we see if he can clean dis up.

OK I'll tek Jerome.

damn y don't lara give this man a rest he has been bowling since the opening spell

Good move this! Bringing back Taylor! Finish this off!

In reply to voiceofreason
Razzaq soon gone.

Four.......

Come on WI.

In reply to Seepaul

Hush! Aint u who say dem making 500 plus?

dont wanna be chasing more than 375.

As much as it disgusts me to say this, give D.Powell a go, see if he can finish off the tail...

In reply to Chrissy
Slipfielders react when a ball leaves the edge of the bat and what Bravo did is not uncommon.
I realise he probably took a statistic notch from Lara but the catch was taken.Man out and that is what matters to me.

Go Jerome!!!!!

Jerome going for a 5fer.

Goneeeeeeeeeeeeee!Jt again! 4fer! Nazir falls for 7. 346/8 The end is nigh!

Gone, Jerome strikes.
346/8

I say this right now... Take fidels contract strike his name and enter Jerome Taylor.... :evil:

if that was the other ump he was not out... Good job boys

Gooooooooooooone. Nazir gone lbw. It was a good call from me. :lol:

In reply to Fahim
You went lunch and come back, ent? :D

PLUMB LB

In reply to gvenkat

read my earlier post also from the 1st test

Yes!! 4 to taylor!! clean em up Jerome!

In reply to django
Good call! You reading the Game well. The extra pace of Jt helped too.

In reply to gvenkat

In reply to voiceofreason

i gonna have my dinner before windies bat!! :lol:

444 Gul playing wid fire! 350/8 Magic number...

In reply to Fahim

And you better stick around till the end of our innings. :lol:

In reply to Fahim
Great Idea! Any Coffee or waterbreak planned?

In reply to voiceofreason

This is very good restriction of the Pak Batsmen

In reply to voiceofreason

when windies bat, me not even gonna blink!

Great! Taylor gets a full over at Gul, a chamce for a 5fer!

should get Gul here. Cmon Taylor!

and gives him the single straight away! slopppY!!

i can't stand to watch when we bat,i am a young man and my blood pressure does be high when we bat

Another 4 to Razzaq. Taylor proving to be a bit expensive aswell... Cmon boys. Put the pricks AWAY!

razaq will be key..

he might score about 10 12 more...but then we'll get him

Arite double-bluff time. Bouncer.

Come on Jerome. Wicket now.

No single fi Razzaq

In reply to Chrissy


take it easy...correy gonna get gul

In reply to clokey Taylor getting another 5 fer here

Corey must capitilize here.. at the stumps!

It pains to see Collymore bowl. What more does he have to do to get wickets.....

In reply to clokey

lara making ganga run!!

agreed, i still think Collymore should be rested now, and Powell been given a go, asmuch as a i dislike him.

This is terrific bowling from Taylor. Bowling wide just like his captain wants. We have not had a bowler who could do that for a long time now. Not even Colly. Well bowled JT.

dodgy tactics from pakistan..

they seem to be playing for a draw..windies need to go for the kill..it's almost lunch..

bowl at the stumps and only at the stumps....

slower ball on the stumps to gul gonna get him

there's no point bowling outside off to gul...he gonna leave everything..come on correy..bowl on the stumps..you'll get him sooner rather than later...

powell gonna get razaq now...

i smell it!

Darren Powell in now, one of the worst bowlers since Adam Sanford.

bowl on the stumps boys...only 7 minutes for LUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

great threatening over from Powell :roll:

In reply to clokey


:lol: :lol:

Goneeeeeeeeeeeee! 5fer for Taylor!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

5 FOR JEROME!!!!

Gone - fiver fi Jerome caught Bravo.

5 fa!!

In reply to clokey Go JT Go. Another 5 fer.

Great work lad. NOw I wish Corey can get some more wickets.

hahahhahahahaha


gooooooooooooooooooone!!!


taylor...CONGRATULATIONS...THIS MAN IS THE FUTURE OF WINDIES BOWLING...TOGETHER WITH COLLEYMORE AND ONE OTHER BOWLER......great great great bowling on a flat track against one of the most inform batting in the world right now (younis, yousuf and inzy)

2 more balls... Finish dis before lunch!

Wicket maiden to boot. Gwan Jerome!

In reply to Fahim

I aint calling this a flat track till the end of our first innings. :oops:

But faantastic effort from Taylor. And I don't like Kaneria coming forward easily to Taylor. Bouncer time.

should squeeze in another over or 2!! Cmon taylor

one more over..

any bets on powell getting the wicket of razaq?

DP getting goooood shape.

First good delivery by Dp! Can he be consistent? No.

great bowling from powell

you see...now he's got confidence...not a bad bowler at all!!

go on darren!

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah run out!!!

Goneeeeeeeeeeeeeee1 Runout Powell! All out on the stroke of Lunch! 357!

In reply to voiceofreason
All out runout -Waaaaaaaaah. 357. Good job Windies.
six wickets for 94.

Gooooooooooooone. Run out. Well bowled WI.

hahahaha!!

darren!! go on boy!!

great stuff!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

DP took a wicket, at last.

Very good session!

some one please open a new Batting wagon for Windies!!


we're batting for 2 full days now...


on second thought..this wagon giving us good luck..might just keep it!!

haha

Taylor gets to lead the Team off due to his 5 fer. Brilliant performance by thw Windies to restrict them to 357 on a brilliant Batting pitch. Must have been Taylor-Made. 8)

Smart cricket by Powell there.

6 wickets in a session is good performance under any circumstances. Especially when you consider teh dropped catches.

OK. Now we need an opening partnership of over 100 from Gayle and Ganga

In reply to voiceofreason

stay tuned for Gayle's century :lol: :lol:

wtf was Razzaq doin?? 16 off 95?? what's that shit...what happened?? was he injured or something??

In reply to Catsanus

He was playing it safe! He wanted to remain not-out!

8)

Arrite leh we go WIndies. We need a good start. Ah beg allyuh.

In reply to Chrissy

yup...

real good start needed...

2 overs gone..

windies flying :lol:

44444 Gayle off d inside edge! 4/0

In reply to Fahim
Four fi Onry -streaky shot.

In reply to voiceofreason
Damn -dropped short. Tek time Onry.

Ah feel if Gayle don't come off big time the boys will be in trouble

In reply to Chrissy

it's gonna be tough first 6 overs...if gayle and ganga see the first 6 overs through...

then we're good to go...

3 overs gone...

ganga off the mark!!...through slips!! 4 runs

Four fi Ganga - on di ground between di slips.

4444444444 Ganga edged down with soft hands thru slips!

good...i'll be happier with gayle facing nazir, rather than gul...gul is much better to lefties


4 more to gayle............through slips..on the ground

Four fi Onry -third man.

Good running between the Wickets! 14/0

In reply to voiceofreason

ganga looking nice and solid in defense today...

all the pakistani BATSMEN maed double figures, and all the top 5 made scores over 30....

windies must emmulate, and better that!!

Ah barely open me eye. Me peep the TV . Expect still to see pakistan batting but me see Gayle and Ganga batting.

Nice

Good bowler, this Gul chap

Streaky again from Gayle - four.

True Fatman

In reply to Chrissy
44444 more Gayle off d inside edge! Safe tosay Gayle livin on d edge! Settle Fellas! 19/0

Amazing. All boundaries are edges. But is Ok we tek it

woo!!

gayle looking edgy...

haha..but 4 more none-the-less...if he does 10 more of those, he'll get 50!!

In reply to Fahim

Yep. Good batting strip this, a lil something there for the Bowlers too, esp wid the new ball. Our Batsmen need to aim for Tons.

I like the positive running though. Unsettling the bowling attack, with the rotation. 21/0

good running boys...

ganga keeps strike for Gul's over...good stuff...

21/0....

Chris not lookin too convincing just yet. Just hope he settles and gets into his stride.

It should be the end of Ganga if doesn't score here.

In reply to zimzimma
All they have to do is stay - the ball will get softer.

In reply to Indranath

man forget being negative all the time...

Ganga looks very positve and self-assured in defence. Looks like he have runs in him Today 21/0

In reply to Fahim

I am eternal optimist Fahim..the reason I have been supporting the Windies for the last 22 years.

Oh rass. Heart attack Chris wanna give me! PHEW!

Onry gets away again - over di gully fi four.

Another edgar boy from Gayle

In reply to voiceofreason


gayle gonna get a record of edges....haha..most runs in edges!

if WI don;t lose a wicket now...then pakistan don't have many other bowling options...seam bowling i mean..

great!

gayle riding his luck...now time to smash a few boundaries to get confidence going!

26/0 Another Boundary by Gayle in that over edged over slops... Gayle 20* Ganga 6*

Can i have my PMs back please :lol:I lost all my feeds. :oops: :oops:

finally..gayle gets a good defensive front foot shot infront of square.

29/0 after 9... Windies setting up to unleash the fury!

Suicidal single again from Ganga. I thought these two ran well together. No need for risky singles at the moment.

In reply to django

i think ganga trying to get gayle off strike...

great thinking, and risk-taking from ganga..RESPECT


gayle looking much more settled now. but still yet to crack a boundary off the middle....

31/0 after 10... Gayle 22* Ganga 9* We have to weather the storm, the runs will come.

In reply to voiceofreason

we don't need any fury forget that calypson style cricket for once what we need is slow build

Gul getting the ball to nip back in to Ganga, who is a prime lbw candidate with that shuffle. He has to be careful here.

In reply to Fahim

You better stick around. Die hungry for all we care. :lol:

In reply to django


haha..belly full...worry not !!

:lol: :lol:

we need to c this guy Gul off then go on the attack

I have been trying not to follow us in case my stress increases, but I have now given in. GO WINDIES

Uh! Kaniera on.

Kaneria on already after 11 Overs??... Shd be interesting. 31/0

spin already...we should go after kaneria..giving paky problems then

spin already

In reply to crapaud

You watch dem inside edges from Gayle? :lol:

Kaneria on now.

Some turn and bounce there for Kaneria. Will be troublesome for the righties in particular. 34/0 after 12. Ganga 11* Gayle 23*

That is a lot of turn for Kaneria in that over. The left-handers will find it hard to face him when he pitches em in those footmarks.

Game hinges on how Kaniera is handled. Gul will have to take a rest. Razzaq is hapless

lara listed as coming in at #3

what you guys think?...i'm happy with that...shiv at #4...

In reply to Fahim

Brilliant move. You need Lara or Chanders to neutralise the Kaniera factor

haha....dujon cracking me up! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :D

haha....dujon cracking me up!

great shot rom ganga...4444444444444444

40/0

444444444444 Ganga! 40/0

Lovely shot Ganga -four. 40/0

In reply to Chrissy

Hey Chrissy. What you doing up so late? :D

Was that Ronnie relaxing

44444444444 ondrive Ganga! 46/0

shot!!

harbour bridge helped also!! :lol:

In reply to ray_ray
Yep.

Lovely on drive Ganga - moves to 20*.
Gayle 26*
46/0

In reply to duck
Slept most of yesterday afternoon until 10.30pm.
:lol:

Razzaq on. Gayle eyes ligt up

licks for Razzaq now!

gayle worrying me man

hasn't hit a boundary off the middle of that bat yet....

Gayle will have to stay and fight it out. This is not unlike Gayle.

Ok . Coming up Razzaq to Gayle. Something has to give

dujon!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dujon questioning Bishop repeatedly about golf and Bishop continues to ignore him.

bish naw answer the man question

In reply to django

I thought I was the only one hearing that.......

In reply to ganga_fan
Yes he will. 50 up. Bat on Windies!

In reply to django

Duj beat him bad bad you aint know.

Another 50 partnership from these two. That fwd defensive from Ganga could well have been lbw if they had appealed.

In reply to ganga_fan

:lol: Thaz what I figured. And once again. This is the third time he has asked the question. :lol:

he ignore him again

Dujon kept asking Bish if he played any golf lately, and each time, Bish ignored him. Come Duj, don't pe a pest. the man don't want to answer that quest.

Dujon kept asking Bish if he played any golf lately, and each time, Bish ignored him. Come Duj, don't pe a pest. the man don't want to answer that quest.

In reply to django

And again. Duj gon get fired. :lol:

de two ah dem must be fightin now

Another solid start by this opening pair.

444444444 cut short and wide one! Ganga! 56/0

Four more to Ganga.
Come Ganga use yuh bat.

Gayle saw what happened to Sarwan and thinking to himself "if that happened to the VC, it can happen to me too, so I better settle down and produce."

Good thinking,Chris

In reply to vulcan

Gayle is secure for now, but that is exactly what Ganga would be thinking right now.

maybe after tea...gayle will free himself a bit...

he just needs one solid boundary to get going again

Lovely cut shot Ganga-four. 60/0

shot ganga........

out-scoring gayle

4444444444444444 Ganga!

anyone noticed that ganga look`s a more
accomplished batsman than gayle...interesting...maybe bk has given him the word, buckle down or buckle out...........ala sarwan.

In reply to grumpy

that's coz gayle is playing a different type of innings

Hey Chrissy, which island you living on? I am way up here in Alberta,
Canada. Its kinda cold here. Just below freezing and lots of snow outside. BBBBRRRRRRR..... :D

61/0

In reply to grumpy

Gayle akways looks like this. But importantly, he gets the runs. And very consistently off late.

Playing for tea? I really hope we come out after tea and make it evident that we want to win this match, and win it well!

In reply to duck

snow?
is it like pouring rain, but instead frozen?

In reply to duck
Jamaica -nice cool morning, windows open :lol:

In reply to Chrissy

And the beautiful sunshine in a few hours? Man life can't be sweeter eh? :D

Dont freeze up Duck. :-o

In reply to grumpy
In defence he looks more compact than Gayle as he is more Technically correct. But moresonToday he appears self-assured and looks like he is determined.

Sars ommission has affected Gayle in some way. They are very close friends.

Stay and fight it out Onry.

In reply to voiceofreason

i must say that this is one of the best test innings i have seen from ganga...
he is batting very intelligently for once.....

In reply to voiceofreason

He look pretty good, there. I think he is playing to keep his spot

444444444 thru square-leg for Ganga.

44444444 wristy ondrive thru midwicket! Ganga!
69/0 off 29 overs. Not scintillating stuff, but we wearing them down for the brutalicious onslaught. Gayle 34* Ganga 34*

Lovely shot Ganga. 69/0 Tea.
Gayle 34*
Ganga 34*

And tea. Good stuff from the openers. Played that session out real nice.

In reply to django
Yes indeed.

tea....

great batting...both batsmen on 34*...

69/0

now hopefully these guys come out after tea and continue in this fashion...

we need to bat for close to 2 days here...so far so good..

if gayle lifts his scoring a bit now...that will be just perfect!

In reply to Fahim

this is test cricket...
no need for gayle to lift his scoring....his job is to put a big big hundred on the board, and as such, give wi a chance to push for a win......

In reply to grumpy

Its like minus 1 celsius now. The temperature is good for this time of the year. Tons of snow fell like ten inches. :(

In reply to Chrissy

WOW Jamaica. Do you have an extra room for me??

I moved to Canada from Guyana since 1984. :D

:D

In reply to duck
Sorry -Nah!
:lol:

In reply to Chrissy

Yuh lucky. It is 3 in the morning and I need to sleep and leave for work at 7. :( But I will stick around as long as I can, what with the good start we have.

Duck if PC was here you'd be ducking all now :) :) :) eh Chrissy

In reply to MEP
LOL
:lol:

wow!

gayle..44444444444444444!!

38*

44444444444444444444 superb cover drive from Gayle off Kaneria

In reply to Fahim
Big shot dat.

4444444444 Gayle Nice drive! 73/0

first good shot gayle played for the day

4 to gayle, great drive!

i like seeing when gayle starts off like this

In reply to Fahim

Yeah we need to get the runrate above 3. That will happen with time at the crease, as the Bowlers weary. I looking for 200/0 8)

In reply to voiceofreason

i'm hoping we close the day on anything above 150....it will truely be a great day then

I hope brian gets to 34 in this one 8)

just a single to long on.. pricks have mid on up.. weak as piss!!

In reply to Fahim
Once its without loss.. I safe. 8)

4444444444 brutalicious coverdrive Ganga!

Lovely cover drive Ganga - Wow!
79/0

In reply to voiceofreason


YOWZA!!

shot......Damn!

444444444444444!!!

ganga!! :-o

Four more to Onry - clean shot.

And four more.

gayle replies with an equally stunning shot!!


gayle leading 5-0 over ganga!!!!

another one!!!

two 4444444444444444!!!

:lol:

Gayle coverdives Kaneria 44444444! 444444 more... Tek cover! Gayle warming up! 87/0

In reply to Chrissy

Kool, Well hows the house prices there? Look around for wan apartment for me plz.

:D I am tired of winter.

gayle moves to 49* with that single...

west indies 89/0

I am changing my name to Christopher Henry Gayle. :D

Can these two put together yet another 100 partnership?

How come Bish finding excuses for Ganga's failure.
I think Ganga just bought himself time for one more test

In reply to django

Why not? They sure will today!

In reply to duck

:lol:

Ganga get's 3 more...good shot for 3333

In reply to zimzimma

I hope so. 93 now and 50 to Gayleeeeeeee.

Gayle moves to 50*

great stuff

Fifty fi Onry. Congrats. now start over. We need 600 runs in dis innings.

Good job Onry! Bat on! :D

In reply to duck

Lke I said above 50 to Gayle :D

need these 2 to bat out today and worries for pak tomarrow.

Congrats Onry for your 50. Take guard again, settle down and anchor this inning. Yuh must bat fuh 2 days.

Beautiful cover drive Ganga -four. Brings up WI 100.

ganga smacks a brutal 4....

48*

4444444444444444 Ganga loving dat drive! 101/0 up 5th hundred pship for this pair.

100 up for WI with a glorious cover drive from Ganga. These two bat really well together. We need 200+ opening stand now.

In reply to voiceofreason

Thats the only shot he got

In reply to ray_ray :evil: :twisted:

In reply to django
Six fi Onry. Long hop dispatched.

wow!!


666666666...despatched by gayle

like i said at lunch...if gayle lifts the scoring rate, it wil be perfect for windies!!


another two 444444444444444's in that over....

an edge but none-the-less...if gayle get's going and ganga keeps it tight...great stuff!!

Four more. 111/0

Tek time Onry - four more - chancy.

STEADY, STEADY guys...

ganga moves to 52*...

great shot through covers...

well done boys..

119/0

50 up Ganga off d coverdrive! Weli played, bat on 119/0

Fifty fi Ganga with a lovely cover drive. Bat on allyuh! 119/0

WOW 4444444444444 TO Ganga 50 :D

In reply to duck

you changing your name to ganga now???

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Darn! Is this what it takes to make Ganga perform?

If it works for the rest of the team too Sars might not mind carrying the towels!

In reply to Norm

Whatever it took to make Ganga perform, did not happen just now. Ganga has been performing all year. Some people either have short memories or have not bothered to notice.

Retreat Pakistan, retreat! Rr above 3 now... Best Opening Partnership for Windies in Pakistan beating the 95 by Roy Fredericks and Len Baichan.

See what that dropping did, now Gayle and Ganga dont want to fetch water runs like peas now, now Lara is the Boss for real, future WI water fetcher RAMNARESH SARWAN. :lol: :lol:

New opening record for WI in Pakistan. Freddo's and Baichan's record gone.
Bat on allyuh :lol:

In reply to bata
Dat simple - every man on notice.

In reply to bata
future WI water fetcher RAMNARESH SARWAN.

Show some respect! Aqua Engineer is the word! 8)

Keep going guys. Mercifully we have no TV coverage here. My nerves beginning to struggle.

In reply to Chrissy
Byeeee Chrissy. I am going to bed now. Its 4am here in Alberta. :D

Windies doing well.

In reply to voiceofreason :lol: :lol: :lol:

In reply to voiceofreason

20 odd runs to reach my target of 150 for the day!

come on boys!!

In reply to duck
Have a good sleep
:lol:

In reply to Fahim
We go bust dat target with 21 overs to go... At 3 an over we could get up to 190 -200/0.
.. Pakistan on retreat! 132/0

In reply to Chrissy I really love what he did, because its Lara's fault in every match he lose, even if he make all the runs.

In reply to bata
It was a very brave decision to opt for the additional bowler and drop Sarwan but Pakistan was bowled out for 357 runs in four sessions so clearly that part worked.

We cannot continue having the senior men with averages below thirty in a calendar year. Men must know they do not own spots and it is not as if Lara hasn't been warning them. Indeed both Samuels and Smithy were dropped from the squad for non-performance.

We need 600 runs in this innings. So far so good.

Ganga has cramp in his arm. Listen youth get with di programme.

In reply to Chrissy

Tell them Chrissy we not playing names thoes days are done

Shaoib probably looking at this and blaming himself ...

In reply to ray_ray
Look Sarwan is mi darling but he has not delivered this year. He will have to rethink his approach and wheel and come again. It was a drastic decision but this team needs something drastic. We cannot continue teking licks and allowing senior men to get away with not pulling their weight. These are the men who will take over when Lara leaves and they are not doing enough!

In reply to Chrissy For real Lara being too nice wont work,he told them a long time ago this will happen and look immediately how the scoreboard look like. WISE MOVE BY BRIAN LARA. And WI winning this one

In reply to Norm
had the same thought bro. Pakistan missing their two best bowlers. I'm quite happy since we need 600 runs.

In reply to ChrissyMe Gayle, Lara and Shiv are not scared of rehab and A-- Sniff

In reply to bata

So what does the current scoreboard have to do with Sarwan being dropped?

Look, this pair has done this before several times and Sarwan was in the team then.

In reply to bata
Gayle has been dropped twice in his career. Lara took time off from cricket when he felt he needed to sort out his game. Shiv has also been dropped. Sarwan has not been dropped since OZ 2000 because he was improving but he has not picked up his game this year. Both he and Gayle should have averages above 40 by now.

We cannot continue with the same approach - we need to start winning test matches overseas again. It is really that simple.

140/0

How many overs left in the day?? Can gayle get his ton?

In reply to archangelThey are scared to fcuk, you think they want to water fetcher? You just sit back and watch the proceedings, Lara and Shiv might not even get to bat--- DECLARATION in them skunt---- 600-plus in dem pak.

In reply to Chrissywe need to start winning test matches overseas again. It is really that simple.

140/0
Its just about to happen.

In reply to Chrissy

Shiv wasn't dropped.

He was tired and lethargic. :)

In reply to archangel
Gayle is batting way more responsibly in this innings.
142/0 after 50 overs.

Ball reversing big time now -tek time allyuh, tek time.

In reply to clokey How many overs left in the day?? Can gayle get his ton? Slow down Cloak, don't try to finish the roman empire in a day. 11 overs left.

In reply to Chrissy

Have to see 600 to WI on the board to believe it! Would be really nice tho.

ganga not scoring runs no more....

he needs a few runs...he's still in the 50's...

run rate below 3 now

142/0 Gayle 80* Ganga 58* 11 overs left Today. Tek this til the Close, Fellas!

Seems like Pak have had the fight knocked out of them for the day! One slip and a gully to their strike bowler?

In reply to bata
Six overs left.

In reply to Fahim This is a test match FYI, its not an ODI.

In reply to Norm
Both of us bro :lol:

Cricinfo says 10, cricbuzz says 5.

weird.

In reply to clokey
Di commies said six when I posted so it's five now. I een know who is correct.

In reply to bata

but ganga putting himself under pressure...looking a bit edgy...

he needs the odd single

In reply to Chrissy Make that both all three of us.

In reply to Chrissy

Imzi had better not lose this or the fans would want his head forthwith.

Pak fans are every bit as vociferous as WI fans.

Leh we go Windies. Hang on till de end today safely.

In reply to Chrissy CRICINFO says 10 over left.

In reply to bata
both/all - Waaaaaah. Yuh good yuh see.

Fahim, Ganga has cramp - he's doing the right thing. Stay until close of play. Recover overnight.

Duj says these are the last five overs.

take that back 4 overs left, your right.

In reply to Norm
Nah he is safe here - home city :lol:

Wah Duj saying about Gayle dominating at every level? Gayle dominates test cricket? Stewwwwwwwwps. Gayle showing some improvements in test cricket at last.

In reply to Chrissy both/all - Waaaaaah. Yuh good yuh see.
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