Tuesday, September 20, 2005

India in action.First Test:Day1


Hi!
Today India played the second and the final test of the Royal Stag cup vs Zimbabwe.
India won the toss and elected to bowl first.India straight away came in action.Taylor was dismissed very early during the day,Just on the 3rd ball of the match.He went for 4.He was caught on slips by Sir Dravid on a ball by Pathan.Duffin got out on a ball by Pathan.He was caught at slips by Laxman.He went for 12.Ebrahim went for 14.Taibu,who was the star for Zimbabwe of the previous game got out for a duck.Masakadza went for 27,Streak for 14.Coventry got out for 37,Blignaut for 13,Dabengwa for 18,Mahwire for 1.Mwayenga remained not out on 14.
The best bowling figures for India were those of Pathan.His figures were 7-59.It was really a brilliant effort from him.Figures for Khan were 1-24,for Harbhajan were 2-45.Figures for Ganguly and Kumble were 0-10 and 0-19.Zimbabwe were all out on 161 and played just 44.2 overs.
Now India had to set a good score.Sehwag and Gambhir who are India's regular Test openers came to open the innings.These 2 added 75 for the first wicket.This partnership was broken by Streak when Sehwag was caught behind by Tatenda Taibu.He went after scoring 44 of 44 balls.Now it was the turn of The Wall of India(Sir Dravid) to come to the crease.He played a very good innings.At stumps India were 195-1.Gambhir remained not out on 95 and Sir Dravid on 49.
The only wicket taker for Zimbabwe was Heath Streak.His bowling figures were 1-34.

1 Comments:

At 10:05 PM, Blogger nemo said...

well it should an easy win for india like the previous match. I hope that this builds their morale and prepares them for more challenging ones in future

 

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