They must have read about it. They must have heard about it. They must have planned for it. Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla have played a Test there before. Nothing, though, can be preparation enough for an Indian comeback from the dead at Eden Gardens.
On Sunday, South Africa met the devil himself, and didn’t know what to do. They had reached 218 for 1 in 58 overs, via assured and quick centuries from Amla and debutant Alviro Petersen, when the famous Eden Gardens turnaround began. Eight wickets fell for 43 runs
South Africa: 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Alviro Petersen, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers (wk), 6 JP Duminy, 7 Ashwell Prince, 8 Paul Harris, 9 Wayne Parnell, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Morne Morkel.
India: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 M Vijay, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 S Badrinath, 7 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 8, Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Amit Mishra, 11 Ishant Sharma.
South Africa 296
India 29/0 (4.0 ov)
Stay calm SA they stated like this before.
*Virender Sehwag(rhb) 43 21 8 1 204.76
Gautam Gambhir(lhb) 25 38 3 0 65.78
Parnell to Sehwag, 1 run, OUT, 143.4 kph, Gambhir is run out . It was edged past square-leg and it was Sehwag who called Gambhir for the second run. Gambhir responded but Sehwag changed his mind. Too late. Gambhir was stranded in the middle of the track. Gone! Lucky breakthrough for South Africa. Against the run of play.
G Gambhir run out 25 (38b 3×4 0x6) SR: 65.78
off to work will try and pop in , enjoy the day
Morning Super, You just missed Morne taking the 2nd wicket. I just turned on the tv and Morne gets the 2nd wicket..heeeeeehaaaaaaaa.
82/2 Go Proteas.
We must get both Sehwag and Tendulkar…..Sehwag has got 69 from only 58 balls!!!!!!
tripples @ 6
he shouldve been out on 47 … dropped by duminy at 1st slip!! 😥
Morning Tripps and Ash,
Yes we need to take both of them and soon. Sehwag and Tendulkar are brilliant batsmen.
Think we need the spinners here to do their job.
7 Dink Duminy moet weer bietjei by sy franchise gaan speel, hy moet weer sy voete vind…
Hi there Puma
tripples @ 9
moeilike call daai een, tripples
soms betaal dit om te volhard met ñ speler totdat hy oor daai “lean patch” is,
ander tye is ñ break net die regte ding!!
9 – Tripps I feel the same. Duminy not batting well at this stage. Think a bit of domestic crici to sort out his batting. He has bowled well but need his batting to get up to speed again. He can bat well just really out of form at the moment.
Prince, seems to have lost a bit of confidence too after having to open all the time. Then he is a class batsman and maybe another go down the order he will come right. Hoping for the 2nd innings. Then remember all the Batsman after Petersen just collapsed. So thinking it is a really good pitch there for spinners. We don’t play spin well.
Sehwag on 90 off of 75 balls!!!!!!!! NEED to take his wicket. He is on fire out there.
Heeltemal van al die krieket vergeet na die naweek se rugby :Shock:
Alien
:alien:
he he he
Waar kom al hierdie nuwe smileys vandaan ?
15 – Blouste……hahaha. Think GBS has changed them.
Piet, See you up there. How you Piet? You settled in yet?
Nee wat, as jy eers so ge-‘collapse’ het, staan jy nie sommer weer op nie.
204/2 We could lose this test, really need to get Sehwag out soon. He is on a roll out there. 111 off 97 balls.
Jis hierdie ouens bat ons nou moertoe. Kyk Indiee speel vir hul trots verwag n groot telling, waarom speel ons so met beseerdes en uit vorm manne in so historiese toets?
Hello Puma, well thx. Yes, settled, just busy still with rigging the wife’s shop.
bdb
Kan jy onthou op watter thread was daai Madiba-storie van laas Vrydag,ek wil graag verder lees daar?
Piet, good to hear you settled in now.
Good to see you here again.
Sehwag now on 188 off 104 balls. Going like a cracker. We get him we may have a chance. Tendulkar also over 50 runs now.
21 – Super, Yip they are batting and batting fast. Runs coming really quick there. We are struggling to get them out.
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Puma you will give me a heart attack, 118 mate
22: nee jong, kan nie onthou nie, dink nie daar is veel meer gesê nie, maar miskien kan GBS en Superbul beter onthou as ek !
26: Sehwag kry nou 20 lopies vir elke 6 wat hy uit die park slaan.
Ek dink elke lopie wat Sehwag kry is soos ‘n messteek in JP se hart…..
flok, o’s is innie k*k!!
come-on blommetjies!!
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