[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Surprisingly he is better on seamer friendly pitches rather then on spinner friendly pitches - yeah a very crazy thing to say, but then these are only my observations, i dont have any figures to support my claim too.

Did anyone see the papers today, Kumble indeed has better figures on the Mohali(seamer friendly track) then all the other "spinners". Funny isnt it?

[harry10]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Did anyone see the papers today, Kumble indeed has better figures on the Mohali(seamer friendly track) then all the other "spinners". Funny isnt it?

logically thats how it should be. He is not a genuine leg spinner. Just a bit of variations in pace and bounce is how he get wickets. So he doesnt need spinning tracks like a Warne or Murli who would be more efficient on spin tracks.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by harry10

logically thats how it should be. He is not a genuine leg spinner. Just a bit of variations in pace and bounce is how he get wickets. So he doesnt need spinning tracks like a Warne or Murli who would be more efficient on spin tracks.

And so the opposite is true?

[harry10]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

And so the opposite is true?

Maybe. the concern is for last 2 years he is not as effective on any track as he used to be. In my eyes he has become a liability for the team (cant bat much, fielding was always weak and now bowling also).

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by harry10

Maybe. the concern is for last 2 years he is not as effective on any track as he used to be. In my eyes he has become a liability for the team (cant bat much, fielding was always weak and now bowling also).

Interesting isnt it. A spinner who is effective on seaming pitches and spinning pitches too. He is a smart bowler.

He was never good in his fielding, does not practise enough lol. Bat he can bat(not a batsman though), but acts like a monkey when he goes in the middle, especially in international matches.

[harry10]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Interesting isnt it. A spinner who is effective on seaming pitches and spinning pitches too. He is a smart bowler.

He was never good in his fielding, does not practise enough lol. Bat he can bat(not a batsman though), but acts like a monkey when he goes in the middle, especially in international matches.

He used to be really effective with bat earlier. Scored few centuries in ranji as well but now he is like Mcgrath. He may not admit but age is catching up!

[Spitfire]

Team: Anil Kumble out - Amit Mishra in.

122/1, Sehwag gone for 35.

Looking good.

[discobiscuit]

Congratulations to tendulkar for another recordm

Mohali had fireworks going for a good 5-10 minutes.

[Surprise]

51.1Siddle to Tendulkar, 3 runs, That's the record! He lunges forward to a full delivery outside off and deftly glides it down to third man, he pumps his fists as he completes the second run, he's now the highest run-scorer in Tests beating Lara's tally of 11,953, fireworks go up in the stadium, he gets a rousing standing ovation from the crowd and his team-mates, there's a brief hold up in play as the fireworks seem to last forever! The Australians are taking a breather, normal service has been disrupted, that's for sure! We're back. Loud cheers as Tendulkar takes strike
Source: Cric info

Now Sachin holds the record of most of runs scored both in ODI and Tests

[harry10]

Sachin did itcheers:
What a celeberation at the ground. fireworks and all.
Best part was all australian players coming to congratulate him.
Outstanding achievement

Now we need a cherry on cake with a century from him as India desperately needs ganguly n him with a big score!

[wanderlustindia]

Well done Sach! Sach is life!

[Spitfire]

Respect to arguably the biggest player to have graced this game.

[harry10]

sachin got the half century. India at 250. need 250 more now and a century from sachin and ganguly

[wanderlustindia]

Another milestone for Sachin. He just complete 12000 runs. Well done, mate.
And Ganguly completes 7000 runs. Good one.

[Aditya]

Australia seems to be in trouble.
They're chasing 516 for victory and have score 50 / 2 on day 4 of the second test.