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[Jeet]

Sreesanth in the game! Sharp catch!

Big pressure on Boucher

[iand123]

Sreesanth's appealing is amazing

[andeke11]

10 appeals in 2 balls from sreesanth is top knotch appealing

[iand123]

Sachin getting boucher in the last over of the old ball has thrown this game open again. Was literally just thinking that it was heading towards a draw

[roco]

Got to love that harbajan spends ages setting the close in field then tstobe dances down first ball 4 then swipe 4 then out fun

But kallis is a true warrior batting all that time while clearly in alot of pain my hat goes off to you sir

[will5210]

340 to win then. A session of Sehwag & anything is possible!

[Jeet]

After watching today's play, I feel SA have been very negative.

90 overs to bowl out India may not be enough, as their spinner is pretty mediocre. Also they may only get 10 overs with the second new ball.

A target of 300 would've made India go for victory, now they will be going for a draw.

The comms kept going on about the Sehwag factor, but Steyn has been dominant in their battle thus far. Coupled with Gambhir being injured, a 5 over spell at the end of day 4 would've had India in a hole.

SA may still ease to victory, but when you possess a talent like the Great Dale Steyn, I'd all ways back him to bowl any side out. If he nipped Sehwag out at the end of day 4, it would've been curtains for India.

RANT OVER!!!

[Jeet]

Forgot to say how the hell is Ishant still in the Test side? I'd fancy my chances vs his pies.

Irfan Pathan should replace him, once he recovers from injury, and groomed into Zaheer's replacement.

[100 not out]

I think india will have problems when Sehwag, Dravid, Laxman and the little master retires.

they are on the wrong side of 30 and dont have many years left in them. Tendulkar is playing the best cricket of his life, but how long do you think he can go on for. . .40???

Historically India havent produced any real quality fast bowlers, i know there are exceptions but in the main it has been spinners.

Ishant looks knackered to me, the promise he showed when he burst onto the scene has faded away. Thewy have problems in the fast bowling dept. i mean people the cupboard must be bare if people like Agarkar have played so many games.

where is RP Singh??? i liked the look of them. their batting looks good, but i think the IPL will destroy indian talent for test matches. look at people like Raina, he was out of his depth in SA.

[iand123]

Smith is getting more turn than Harris!

[Jeet]

I think india will have problems when Sehwag, Dravid, Laxman and the little master retires.

they are on the wrong side of 30 and dont have many years left in them. Tendulkar is playing the best cricket of his life, but how long do you think he can go on for. . .40???

Historically India havent produced any real quality fast bowlers, i know there are exceptions but in the main it has been spinners.

Ishant looks knackered to me, the promise he showed when he burst onto the scene has faded away. Thewy have problems in the fast bowling dept. i mean people the cupboard must be bare if people like Agarkar have played so many games.

where is RP Singh??? i liked the look of them. their batting looks good, but i think the IPL will destroy indian talent for test matches. look at people like Raina, he was out of his depth in SA.

BCCI are poor at managing fast bowlers. Most surprising thing is that they've never allowed Kapil Dev to coach the young quicks. Kapil was India's greatest fast bowler ever.

[100 not out]

Well i think since he signed up with the ICL, he went out of favour. ( What happened to the ICL)

India have all time greats like Kapil and SG, Bedi etc, these guys should be utilised. But i think 20/20 will kill off test match batsmanship at the least and it requires a different skill set.

The pitches in india dont help fast bowlers either, but why is it that Pakistan can produce fast bowlers but not many great batsman, (the opposite of India if you like)

it is an interesting question.

[procricket]

Jeet

I miss Manoj Prabhaker a quality all rounder a true all rounder and part of the reason i started playing cricket him and Mudassar Nazir bouts in the Lancashire League

[100 not out]

I think Prabhaker was done for a suspect action wasnt he?

the 80/90 Dave, that was the era, Beefy, Kapil, Imran and Hadlee

The windies at their peak. . . .bloomin heck they were good. . .you get rid of Greenidge and theirs Richie Richardson or Viv waiting to come in,

any back on topic. . .i was expecting a bit of excitement on the 5th day, seems like petering outin to a draw at the mo.

[iand123]

If sehwag had hung around a bit longer i think India might have given the target a go