the straighter one does it. A good lesson for the specialist spinners. It's reminiscent of Saqlain Mushtaq's last ball to Srinath in the Chennai Test of 1999. It's a toppie, which hits the dead bat, and turns towards the stumps after pitching. The off bail is nudged off, and fittingly Dravid lifts the first stump
West Indies vs India, 1st Test at Kingston, Jun 20 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Test, Kingston, June 20 - 23, 2011, India tour of West Indies
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That then brings us to the end of my contribution to the coverage of this Tests. Sriram Veera is still unbeaten, though, and will write in from Jamaica. Until the next Test, this is Sidharth Monga saying so long, and thanks for all the fish
Time for the presentation
MS Dhoni: "I always believe our lower order can perform with the bat, and our part-timers can take wickets. We consider all XI as batsmen. Bhajji batted really well with Raina. PK is a very skilful bowler, and if there is anything for him he will make full use. That's the main reason he got six wickets in this game. The spinners bowled decently, they can improve the line of attack. They can get slightly better. of course it was a bit difficult to bowl with the breeze."
Rahul Dravid is the MoM. He says, "The pitch in 2006 was a lot more difficult. This was a great cricket wicket, that one had lots of shooters and lifters. Kudos to the groundmen. It's a challenge to play Test cricket without warm-ups, but nowadays Test tours are so tight that you don't even have side games. A bit disappointed with my shot in the first innings. Enjoying it as much as ever. Days like this, that's what you play for." Never says the wrong words
Darren Sammy first of all "Showed again today if we bat properly, we can come out victorious. The bowling has been delivering, we need to bat well as a unit. We as batsmen when we got out there we have to focus and be mentally tougher, play the situation, think of the team... We didn't bowl as well as we should have to Harbhajan, and he came out and played very positive, and we reacted too late. That said, we restricted them to 246. As a batting unit, we need to do better... Bishoo has been a good asset. Can't fault the effort of the bowlers. Ravi and Fidel came out and kept doing the job too."
Wise words from Sammy, especially about the batting
Dhoni has now won 15 Tests as India's captain. Only Ganguly, with 21, has more. He carries a stump too. It's a splendid effort after they were 80-odd for 6 on the first morning. For West Indies, as usual, it is a case of those small what-ifs. Oh well. Siddarth Ravindran's Bulletin will soon be up
68.2
W
Raina to Bishoo, OUT
Devendra Bishoo b Raina 26 (33b 2x4 1x6 36m) SR: 78.78
68.1
1b
Raina to Edwards, 1 bye
that said, this one turns too much down the leg side, gives them a bye
On comes Raina, who was smart yesterday in bowling a lot of straighter ones, which should be the thing to do when the pitch is turning too much. The other two specialist spinners have simply turned the ball too much to get edges
end of over 684 runs
WI: 261/9CRR: 3.83
Fidel Edwards15 (53b 1x4)
Devendra Bishoo26 (32b 2x4 1x6)
Ishant Sharma 17-3-81-3
Amit Mishra 13-1-62-2
67.6
1
Ishant Sharma to Edwards, 1 run
nice short ball, and Edwards plays it well, soft hands, keeps it down, and steals a single to cover
67.5
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Ishant Sharma to Edwards, no run
leaves the bat hanging outside off, is beaten, and also the ball bounces in front of Dhoni
67.4
2
Ishant Sharma to Edwards, 2 runs
overpitched, nicely driven past extra cover, another couple
67.3
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Ishant Sharma to Edwards, no run
short and wide down the leg side. Dhoni made Ishant work, Ishant is now making Dhoni work
67.2
1
Ishant Sharma to Bishoo, 1 run
short ball, into the ribs, backs away and fends at, nearly played on
Three slips and a gully
67.1
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Ishant Sharma to Bishoo, no run
angled across, goes for the cut, is beaten
Okay, Dhoni might have thought he will let the quicks a rest, but he has had to bring Ishant back. Have to say the spinners have been disappointing on a pitch that has assisted them
end of over 679 runs
WI: 257/9CRR: 3.83
Fidel Edwards12 (49b 1x4)
Devendra Bishoo25 (30b 2x4 1x6)
Amit Mishra 13-1-62-2
Harbhajan Singh 16-3-54-1
66.6
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Mishra to Edwards, no run
big legbreak now, nowhere near the edge although it has beaten him
66.5
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Mishra to Edwards, no run
angled in, pushed to midwicket
Also this is the highest score of all the innings in this match
66.4
3
Mishra to Bishoo, 3 runs
short, not too wide, but he has cut it away past extra cover, nice shot again - target under 70 now
66.3
1
Mishra to Edwards, 1 run
overpitched, driven down to long-off
66.2
1
Mishra to Bishoo, 1 run
edged away, wide of forward short leg, and they get a single
That sends a midwicket to the fence
66.1
4
Mishra to Bishoo, FOUR runs
slapped over midwicket, crunchy sweep, from well outside off, 250 up
end of over 661 run
WI: 248/9CRR: 3.75
Fidel Edwards11 (46b 1x4)
Devendra Bishoo17 (27b 1x4 1x6)
Harbhajan Singh 16-3-54-1
Amit Mishra 12-1-53-2
65.6
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Harbhajan to Edwards, no run
lobs off the thigh pad, nowhere near the bat
65.5
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Harbhajan to Edwards, no run
quick offbreak, pitches middle and leg, defended
65.4
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Harbhajan to Edwards, no run
flat delivery, pushed to short leg
65.3
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Harbhajan to Edwards, no run
pitches leg, goes down the leg side
65.2
1
Harbhajan to Bishoo, 1 run
punched away, wide of cover for one
65.1
•
Harbhajan to Bishoo, no run
sharp offbreak, beats the edge, too good for him
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