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mcgillianaireLUNCH: India 1/117. (Karthik 50*)
Excellent start, excellent session. Karthik notched up his 6th Test fifty (and 3rd of the series), as India won another good toss and chose to bat. Jaffer got things going in the 4th over of the morning, and since then the Indians have scored more than 4 an over. The only English success came at 62, when Vaughan's strategic placement of Pietersen halfway between the inner-circle and boundary at a squarish-third man, enticed Jaffer to play straight into his hands after a brisk 35. (He had earlier hit an upper-cut six in the same area). The captain, Rahul Dravid, walked-in and began in rather brisk fashion himself. At one point he was even scoring more than a run-a-ball, but with lunch just around the corner, he pulled down the shutters and let his partner run the shop. The Oval has played true to its nature in recent times: a belter to bat on, and nothing less than 650 in under two days, will provide enough time for teams with these kinda bowling attacks to push for victory within five. India needs 350 from today's play, and without losing too many more wickets.
TEA: India 3/211. (Karthik 91, Dravid 55)
A disappointing last hour for India, as they lost Dravid and Karthik within the space of a couple overs. Only twenty-six runs were scored in the second hour, as England sensed an opportunity to claw their way back into the game. With SRT and Ganguly at the crease, I'd say it's even stevens. This partnership and the next one could make-or-break India's chances of forcing a win. Off to tea!
STUMPS: India 4/316. (Karthik 91, Dravid 55, SRT 48*)
Despite one unlucky umpiring decision against Karthik, and another shocker against Ganguly; India took the honours on the 1st day at The Oval. Two of the Fab Four are still at the crease. SRT and Laxman, who incidentally became the ninth Indian batsman to cross 5000 Test runs, will be expected to shepherd India into a winning position tomorrow. Today however, began with a flurry of runs and for half the day, the run rate was well above four an over. Then England pegged India back with a coupla wickets, and the runs dried up. SRT in particular gave the impression that he was going to be the last man standing, as he ground his way to 48* in just over three hours. Dravid will be pleased that his boys scored more than 300 runs, without losing too many wickets; but England will not feel too outdone, especially after it looked like they were in for a fruitless and tiring day's effort. Little was mentioned about the weather, which incredibly has produced yet another 24hrs without precipitation in the capital. Given India's seemingly solid position, it might as well not rain for at least another day or two. It also looks like India are more interested in batting long enough to avoid a loss, yet offer themselves just about enough time to theoretically force a result if the bowlers get stuck in. Given how brilliant the umpiring's been this series, we might just have a result, regardless of how well India and/or England play. But for now, dinner calls!
Excellent start, excellent session. Karthik notched up his 6th Test fifty (and 3rd of the series), as India won another good toss and chose to bat. Jaffer got things going in the 4th over of the morning, and since then the Indians have scored more than 4 an over. The only English success came at 62, when Vaughan's strategic placement of Pietersen halfway between the inner-circle and boundary at a squarish-third man, enticed Jaffer to play straight into his hands after a brisk 35. (He had earlier hit an upper-cut six in the same area). The captain, Rahul Dravid, walked-in and began in rather brisk fashion himself. At one point he was even scoring more than a run-a-ball, but with lunch just around the corner, he pulled down the shutters and let his partner run the shop. The Oval has played true to its nature in recent times: a belter to bat on, and nothing less than 650 in under two days, will provide enough time for teams with these kinda bowling attacks to push for victory within five. India needs 350 from today's play, and without losing too many more wickets.
TEA: India 3/211. (Karthik 91, Dravid 55)
A disappointing last hour for India, as they lost Dravid and Karthik within the space of a couple overs. Only twenty-six runs were scored in the second hour, as England sensed an opportunity to claw their way back into the game. With SRT and Ganguly at the crease, I'd say it's even stevens. This partnership and the next one could make-or-break India's chances of forcing a win. Off to tea!
STUMPS: India 4/316. (Karthik 91, Dravid 55, SRT 48*)
Despite one unlucky umpiring decision against Karthik, and another shocker against Ganguly; India took the honours on the 1st day at The Oval. Two of the Fab Four are still at the crease. SRT and Laxman, who incidentally became the ninth Indian batsman to cross 5000 Test runs, will be expected to shepherd India into a winning position tomorrow. Today however, began with a flurry of runs and for half the day, the run rate was well above four an over. Then England pegged India back with a coupla wickets, and the runs dried up. SRT in particular gave the impression that he was going to be the last man standing, as he ground his way to 48* in just over three hours. Dravid will be pleased that his boys scored more than 300 runs, without losing too many wickets; but England will not feel too outdone, especially after it looked like they were in for a fruitless and tiring day's effort. Little was mentioned about the weather, which incredibly has produced yet another 24hrs without precipitation in the capital. Given India's seemingly solid position, it might as well not rain for at least another day or two. It also looks like India are more interested in batting long enough to avoid a loss, yet offer themselves just about enough time to theoretically force a result if the bowlers get stuck in. Given how brilliant the umpiring's been this series, we might just have a result, regardless of how well India and/or England play. But for now, dinner calls!
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Date: 2007-08-09 10:24 pm (UTC)This is a recent change, and one which caused some mild outrage during the 2005 Ashes series. Previously, you just kept playing until either the required number of overs had been bowled or it got too dark to keep playing. They changed the playing conditions a couple of years ago to say that play had to stop half an hour after the scheduled stumps (ie, at the end of the over in which the clock ticks over to 6:30). It may be different outside England and Australia, not sure.
ended up bowling 89 overs by 6:29pm. The umpires had a choice to either stop play then, or go ahead, as they did, and finish the 90 overs. I don't think however, they would've done the same thing had only 88 or fewer overs had been bowled.
Nope. The umpires have no choice in this situation. If the clock hasn't ticked over to 6:30 by the time they're in position for the next over, then the next over gets bowled, regardless of whether it's the 80th or 89th or 90th.
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Date: 2007-08-09 11:01 pm (UTC)I knew it! I was confused as to why the commentators said play would end at 6:30 tonight, come what may. I was sorta hoping it would meander onto 7pm. Is it cause for worry when one is diagnosed with a case of wishing for Timeless Tests of 10 hours each day?
>The umpires have no choice in this situation.
Gotcha. I should've mentioned however that in today's instance, the analog clock at the ground showed 6:29 but the electronic one said 6:30 when the umpires decided England had to bowl the final over.
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Date: 2007-08-09 11:11 pm (UTC)The umpires have to decide on one clock to use at the start of the match, and stick to it.