Big three, small total
Between two 50-run partnerships, there was an eerie batting silence that summed up the day for India, writes Sandeep Diwvedi in the Indian Express .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
Between two 50-run partnerships, there was an eerie batting silence that summed up the day for India, writes Sandeep Diwvedi in the Indian Express.
Batsmen with 100-plus Tests behind them haven’t looked like experienced pros but like aging men struggling to find their feet. These are players who have bounced back after being written off but, in this series, waiting for them to fire has been long, if not futile. When Ishant Sharma has a better batting average than Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, somehow, optimism and patience aren’t emotions that come to mind.
There have been 30 odd referrals made to the third umpire, and in about 10 of those cases, the decision has been overturned. Out of those 10, only one or at the most two can be called dubious. And both of those instances came in the first Test, where the umpires were presumably still getting to grips with the new system, writes Sumit Chakraberty in DNA.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo