2nd Test New Zealand vs India - Napier

[Blaze]

Vettori needs to really step up here...

a premier spinner needs to really step up in a situation like this...

will Vettori finally do it for us??

no

 

[Iafeta]

Looks like he should have had his third wicket already...

48.4 Vettori to Dravid, 1 no ball, Edged and caught by McCullum but it's a no-ball. And cruelly, the replays suggest it was not a no ball. Oh dear. What a big moment here. It was short of length delivery, spinning away .. Dravid thought this was the easy chance to get a boundary and shaped to cut but there was bit of extra bounce there and also it was wider than Dravid thought and he ended up edging to McCullum.

Was it Ian Gould? He pulled a no ball on James Franklin yesterday where he was clearly behind the line.

 

[Meth]

Disappointing to not get Dravid

New Zealand have been on the end of a few rough calls in this test

 

[Meth]

Was it Ian Gould?

No- other fella

 

[Meth]

Ryder gets Dravid- big wicket

Would be great to dismiss India for less than 400- 1 more wicket and we are into their tail

 

[Meth]

Martin gets Yuvraj- well deserved.

New Zealand on top now- hopefully we can capitalize

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

At tea, India are 253/6

 

[Meth]

Martin gets Karthik

274/7

 

[Meth]

Martin gets Laxman

Good for Martin- he's worked hard and has got a result

 

[Iafeta]

Doesn't sound like they're bowling too well to Harbhajan. Maybe a couple of slower balls would suit, get him hitting it through it early and holing out.

 

[Meth]

Harbhajan is having a slog, and O'Brien is bowling poorly

 

[Meth]

O'Brien gets Harbhajan- haha

 

[Iafeta]

Well there you go.
I think New Zealand should enforce the follow on. Let Laxman/Dravid see if they can do the miracle again.

 

[Iafeta]

All out.

Enforce the follow on, Dan.

 

[Meth]

Ryder takes a beautiful catch. O'Brien on a hatrick in the next innings

India out for 305 and NZ have enforced the follow on

 

[Meth]

Patel gets Sehwag. Sehwag's arrogance got him out, really.

34-1

 

[Twizzle]

and India are the best team in the world ??

lollz

Tommy can you hear me ??

 

[shiznit]

and India are the best team in the world ??

lollz

Tommy can you hear me ??

imo theres 3 top teams... AUS, RSA & IND. i think on there day they can beat each other.

i would have said ENG were the tier below them but after seeing them tour WI they probably have abit to do

 

[JJ]

Definitely the top three are on a par

 

[Tommy Smith]

and India are the best team in the world ??

lollz

Tommy can you hear me ??

Yep. And they're showing the resistance of a champion team right now.

They did belt the Kiwis by 10 wickets in the first test. Which is more than Australia did when they nearly lost to the Kiwis in the first test up at Brisbane.

Again, India clearly have a better batting line-up than Australia. And they clearly have a better bowling attack. And that was shown when they raped Australia not long back 2 nil.