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We are in for some terrific cricket over the next few days!

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Sangakkara Feels Sri Lanka Have Less Pressure Than India

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:34:27 +0000

Even as India are still reeling from that stunning defeat in the sixth ODI in Guwahati, their next opponent awaits them in the form of Sri Lanka who are watching the action from the sidelines and plotting missions of their own.
Sri Lankan captain, Kumar Sangakkara, arrived with his team in India only to watch India crumble to conceded the India Australia ODI series by a 4-2 margin. Although India still have one match against Australia in Mumbai, thoughts would have already drifted to the Sri Lankan tour to India and Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be the first to admit it will not be easy.
Sangakkara knows Sri Lanka have their own battles but he feels that his team from the Emerald Isle will have fewer pressure points than India. Playing diplomat to the hilt, Sangakkara did not want to be dragged into mind games of whether India would be feeling vulnerable after this loss to Australia, Sangakkara did state that the Indians would feel the pressure of playing and defending their status at home and that Sri Lanka would go out with a fresh approach to wipe out previous history that shows that they have not won a single Test match in India to date.
Sangakkara is travelling light in the absence of Sanath Jayasuriya for the Test matches but he was quick to distance himself from the experience debate, stating that the team with fresh legs and youthful enthusiasm could make up for the lapses of past times and give Sri Lanka a fresh lease of life.
There is no doubt Sri Lanka would be watching for chinks in India’s armours and perhaps would be silently thanking the Australians for roughing up the Indians a little. But can Sri Lanka take advantage? That’s next in the offing.

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Pak NZ ODI 3 Preview: Pressure on Pak As New Zealand Hopes Brighten

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:21:54 +0000

After New Zealand’s dramatic win by sixty-four runs in the second ODI, the thoughts of Pakistan repeating their 138 run win from the first ODI in the deciding match of the Cool and Cool Series between Pakistan and New Zealand in Abu Dhabi are not so strong.
Now the tables have turned. New Zealand looked down and out after the first match but the win in the second on the back of a Brendon McCullum century buoyed New Zealand captain, Daniel Vettori, immensely and he felt that the team was up to showing Pakistan their mettle in the final match.
For Pakistan, the win for New Zealand was a shake in their own confidence and they will have to dig deep if they are to avoid an embarrassment. For Pakistan captain, Younis Khan, that mission becomes paramount because he himself is under fire for having underperformed in the one day arena and the supporters and the board will look to him to give Pakistan a rousing win. But for that, he will have to shake off the rusty shackles.
In the final crunch match time, it will all come down to how Pakistan are hurting from the last defeat and how rejuvenated New Zealand feel after the victory.

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OZ Media Gung Ho About Australia's Series Win

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:11:45 +0000

The Australian newspapers are sounding the bugle about Australia’s triumph in the India Australia ODI series, with one inconsequential match to go.
This is what ‘The Age’ had to say after Australia’s win in Guwahati, “Australia will fly out this week with both its number one ranking and 13-year unbeaten run in one-day series intact, after taking an unassailable 4-2 lead over India. Forty-five minutes of lethal new-ball bowling from Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Johnson paved the way for the six-wicket win at the Nehru Stadium at Guwahati.”
SO writes the Herald Sun, “Dhoni’s side will be licking its wounds for a while after being bashed by a virtual Australia ‘A’ side, short of frontline names but big on heart. ... Australia has depth in young talent who will not only hold the line as reinforcements but win battles of their own... Ponting’s injury-hit squad of ‘home brand’ warriors put India back in their box, dealing a huge psychological blow to their psyche.”
Courier Mail howled, “India’s bold ambition to send Ricky Ponting’s men home without the number one ranking proved hollow with Australia’s six-wicket victory sealing the series and one-day bragging rights. Courageous Australia remain cricket’s one-day kings after crushing upstart rivals India in a ruthless show of strength.”

Don’t think the Indian team will be touching the Australian newspapers any time soon.

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Dhoni Reprimands Batsmen for Series Loss

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:01:07 +0000

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has found the blame and it is not on the bowlers, not surprising after the Guwahati debacle.
In the aftermath of the loss of the sixth ODI in Guwahati and subsequent loss of the India Australia ODI series to Australia by a 4-2 margin, the Indian captain squared the blame on the batsmen.
The man who himself crossed 1000 runs for the calendar year believed inconsistency in the batting cost India the series. He felt that not all of the batsmen could get their act right and it resulted often in a situation where when the top order clicked, the middle order fell through and vice versa.
He also believed that the debacle in Guwahati happened all in the span of fifteen minutes and losing five wickets next to nothing on board was too much for the team to cope with.
In his opinion, the Indian team’s batting should have showed more backbones given that the likes of Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar was there to make things happen as well.

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Ponting Feels Winning in India is Like Winning the World Cup!

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:37:57 +0000

The Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, has been so delighted with this particular series win in Australia,it is comparing it to the sweet success of the Worlds Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy victories.
Ricky Ponting has had to deal with injuries to several of the frontline cricketers, leaving him to constantly deal with a new young face at pratically every match in the India Australia ODI series. With Australia having wrapped up the series 4-2 in the sixth ODI in Guwahati, with the final match at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai still left, it is but natural that the captain would be thrilled with the victory.
Ponting stated, “It’s probably one of the best one-day series I have ever been involved in, what with all the injuries and setbacks at the start of this tour. We have won a lot of series here in India but this one will be up there with some of the specials that I played in, including our Champions Trophy and World Cup wins. For the boys to stick together as a group and play as team of eleven players for the last few games has been very satisfying. India is a hard place to come and win and this victory means a lot, especially when you haven’t got all your players to pick from. It makes it even harder when players are getting off planes and turning up and playing. No one’s shirking and no one’s whining, we have just got on with it and tried to do the best that we could.”
Indeed Ponting’s statements do not ring hollow at all. If India were to make similar comparisons with their bench strength, actually they struggled with a near full strength squad that was perhaps only missing Zaheer Khan.

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Did you see this? Check This Out!

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:26:40 +0000

That’s right! There are women on the cricket field while a men’s match is on!
This is the uniqueness that perhaps male spectators in India will miss after Australia are done playing the seventh and final ODI at the DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai in the ongoing India Australia ODI series.
The girls were hired by a popular beer brand back home and they are bringing out the refreshments during the drinks break.
How refreshing indeed! for some.

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Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:56:17 +0000

Bowling nine bowlers did not help for Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Guwahati. But then neither did having six specialist batsmen and three handy men with the bat as Australia won the India Australia ODI series by 4-2 with the sixth ODI with one match to go.
Australia ended up chasing a modest target of 171 after team India suffered badly in the first ten overs, losing five top order batsmen to leave Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar the onerous task of giving India something to defend, which they did with aplomb.
But for an Australian team that has been in good form, 170 would have been tough to defend given that the conditions improved visibly as the day worn and knowing that they were chasing a modest target took considerable pressure off Australia.
They did lose Shaun Marsh early but Shane Watson and Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, kept inching India away from an unlikely win to stay alive in the series. Harbhajan Singh created a minor flutter, picking up Ponting for twenty-five and Watson for forty-nine, but that was all the hope India would have in the twenty-first over.
It was pretty much clinical from Australia with Cameron White, Michael Hussey and Adam Voges chipped in to give Australia a comfortable win by six wickets, reaching their target in the forty-second over and a series win for the visitors, the feats of Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Johnson not be forgotten.

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USACA Happy to Play Hosts to Indo Pak Cricket Series

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:38:40 +0000

On the heels of the speculation about revival of bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan, the USA Cricket Association has shown a willingness to play hosts.
Although the ability of the USACA to host a series is virtually untested, they have expressed the desire to host India Pakistan cricket matches, hot on the heels of Abu Dhabi and Dubai playing home turf to Pakistan in the absence of cricket in Pakistan.
Taking the cue from the Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Taroor, the USACA has expressed that it could host the series and that it would boost cricket in the region because it is growing in popularity, especially amongst budding young cricketers from the country.
There is the small matter of fitting it into the crowded itinerary anyway.

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Ind Aus ODI 6 Half Time:Guwahati Horrors for Team India

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:30:06 +0000

Take away Ravinda Jadeja and Praveen Kumar out of the equation and all team India would have been left with in the sixth ODI of the India Australia ODI series would be ignominy in Guwahati.
Indian fans woke up early to witness horror as India crashed to five down twenty-seven in just 8.5 overs with all but Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja back in the pavilion. Mitchell Johnson’s birthday party had begun early and Doug Bollinger brought the biggest present.
Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag found their stumps cartwheeling thanks to Johnson and India’s score read seven runs for the loss of two wickets by the end of the first over.
Sachin Tendulkar, hero of the Hyderabad match, fell to a soft caught and bowled dismissal by Bollinger. The score card - three down for twenty-three in 5.1 overs. End of the eighth over saw Yuvraj Singh walking back, bowled by Bollinger for six.
And the match was developing a very dire state at five down for twenty-seven when Suresh Raina was sent packing by Johnson as the Indian captain simply stared in disgust.

But one would have to wonder whether the Indian captain made the right decision in choosing to bat first with the game starting so early (8.30 am start) and dew was expected to play a big part in the morning part. The Australian bowlers did not waste the opportunity to exploit the situation and the result could have been worse had it not been for the unlikely suspects.
Jadeja began his innings with Dhoni still looking to occupy the crease. But with the Indian captain’s dismissal of lbw to Doug Bollinger for twenty-four followed quickly by Harbhajan Singh with the score reading seven down for seventy-five in the thirty-first over, Jadeja knew it was him or no one from that point.
Jadeja bit back the past criticism and disappointments and took fresh guard with Praveen Kumar. Once again the duo set about rectifying what was a very tough situation for India to crawl out of. The Australians knew they had India in the bag but did they let the cat out of the bag?
Jadeja’s fifty-seven run innings became the anchor weight and the belligerent streak in Praveen Kumar ensured he would be rewarded with his maiden half century for his bravery to fight back against the Australians. Their partnership of seventy-four runs doubled the score as India inched towards respectability as the innings came to a close.
Bollinger finished with five for thirty-five from his ten overs, Mitchell Johnson had three wickets to his name while Shane Watson picked up two.
India’s 170 all out by the end of the forty-eighth over would not have really inspired too many fans to believe India can defend the total to stay alive in the series, but given the horrors of the morning, this was like waking from a pleasant dream.

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