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WZ score 459 and Sree took 3 wickets. I didn't see yesterday but apparently he got his acts together with the second new ball yesterday. Hope he gets a good work out in the second inning too. But to be fair to him, pitch is extremely slow. Uthappa and Vijay have started SZ's inning.

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WZ score 459 and Sree took 3 wickets. I didn't see yesterday but apparently he got his acts together with the second new ball yesterday. Hope he gets a good work out in the second inning too. But to be fair to him, pitch is extremely slow. Uthappa and Vijay have started SZ's inning.
his 2 wickets yesterday were lucky, the deliveries did not deserve wickets. not sure how he went today. on second thoughts,he would be banned/reprimanded by the refree even if he is selected for one test.does not have the temperament.may never get it.prime candidate for brain freeze on pitch.shud we risk it?
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Duleep Trophy Final, 2009, Day 2 South Zone v West Zone, Chennai, Day 2 Late wickets give West the edge Cricinfo staff February 6, 2009 South Zone 106 for 4 (Badrinath 54*) trail West Zone 459 (Rahane 165, Jaffer 69, Thaker 73, Jadhav 47) by 353 runs Scorecard How were they out West Zone capped a good day in the field, first boosted to 459 by Ajinkya Rahane's 165 and stubborn stands by the lower order and then snapping four wickets before stumps. West were in need of consolidation after losing two late wickets on the opening day and they recovered well with the lower middle order rallying around Rahane. At lunch, West were well placed at 424 for 7, adding 121 in the morning session for the loss of two wickets. They added another 35 in the second session, led by Kedar Jadhav's 47. The last four wickets added 99, much to the frustration of South's bowlers. Rahane and Siddharth Trivedi, the overnight batsmen, resisted with a stand of 57 for the sixth wicket. Rahane picked Sreesanth for boundaries early in the session before Trivedi opened up against the spinners. He was eventually trapped lbw to a straighter delivery by Shadab Jakati. Rahane piled on the runs before he was trapped on the back foot by Ashwin for 165. The spinners failed to contain the lower order as Jadhav gave them the charge. Sreesanth struck just four balls after lunch, accounting for Rajesh Pawar off a short delivery to leave West at 424 for 8. Ramesh Powar hung around with Jadhav for 11 overs before he was run out. Jakati initially appealed for an lbw appeal against Powar, but the fielder at silly point caught the batsman straying from his crease and took aim at the stumps. M Suresh wrapped up the innings in the following over after Jadhav, in sight of a half-century, attempted a slog but only managed a top edge to the wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. South had a narrow escape in the first over when Wasim Jaffer grassed a catch at slip off M Vijay. Robin Uthappa then opened up in the final over before tea, hitting consecutive boundaries off Dhawal Kulkarni, but South proceeded to lose four big wickets in the final session. Just two deliveries after the resumption, Pawar got Vijay to tickle one to Parthiv Patel behind the stumps. Powar found success early into his introduction though, as Uthappa danced down the track to the offspinner but could only york himself for a watchful 32 from 63 balls. A circumspect Rahul Dravid was the next to go, edging a flighted delivery from Pawar to Dhiraj Jhadav at gully (92 for 3). Badrinath meted out punishment to Pawar, slamming him for three sixes in a 22-run over, and looked in good nick until stumps. But a moment's hesitation yielded another wicket shortly before the close. Badrinath pulled a short delivery from Powar to short leg, the ball deflected to short midwicket, and a moment of hesitation resulted in M Suresh being run out at the non-strikers end. Badrinath raised his half-century in the next over and really needs to settle in if South aim to get out of this jam. Another POV West in quest, but Badri battles on for South S. Ram Mahesh Onus on skipper Badrinath and Dinesh Karthik 2009020756311801.jpgPLAYER TO WATCH: South Zone needs a big score from S. Badrinath, who batted brilliantly for his unbeaten 54 on the second day of the Duleep Trophy final on Friday. CHENNAI: West Zone, thanks to the trusted spin firm of Pawar and Powar and some sloppiness from South Zone’s batsmen, consolidated the batting gains made by its bottom half on the Friday morning to assume control of the Duleep Trophy final by stumps on day two. Responding to West’s 459, South lost the vital wicket of Rahul Dravid before slipping to 106 for four in 38 overs — not quite the point of no return, but a position that necessitates a touch of magic if South is to break its 12-year Duleep Trophy drought. Authoritative strokes Captain S. Badrinath, whose unbeaten 54 crackled with strokes of authority, and Dinesh Karthik, who thought little of reverse-sweeping a four in the day’s last over, were together as the shadows lengthened here at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. It is to this pair that South will turn on Friday, the middle day of this title clash, drawing hope from the knowledge that Badrinath made 200 in the semifinals and Karthik slammed 153 in the quarterfinals. Subramaniam Badrinath went in to bat with a vengeance first over after tea. His first four scoring strokes were aggressive, beginning with a four and followed by three sixes off leftarm spinner Rajesh Pawar in the innings’ 18th over. Badrinath, who made 200 in his previous innings against North, wanted to unsettle the West spinner, who was their most successful bowler in West’s semifinal against East. North Zone's consolidation earlier Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final was dominated by West Zone following Ajinkya Rahane’s marathon knock of 165 runs on a pitch that is becoming slower and lower by the passing delivery. South’s bowlers allowed West far too many runs. Sreesanth didn’t have a great 26th birthday, straying on Ajinkya Rahane’s legs when not feeding him outside the off-stump for the cut. It was a sign of things to come, as none of the South’s bowlers managed to sustain the accuracy the strip rewarded. There was just enough in the surface for the bowlers – turn and bounce for the spinners when they got their act together, and modest lift for Sreesanth when he dug it in with intent – but it wasn’t utilised. Rahane profited, moving from 109 to 165 (395m, 301b, 18x4, 3x6) before R. Ashwin trapped him leg-before with a sharp off-break. Sreesanth bounced Rajesh Pawar, eliciting a fend that caught well in the slips by a back-pedalling Dravid, but by then West had already gathered 424. Mention must be made of Kedar Jadhav, who chipped in with a resourceful 47, batting well with the tail to frustrate Badrinath’s men. Sreesanth (3-108), Ravichandran Ashwin (3-134), Marripuri Suresh (1-94) and Shadab Jakati (2-83) toiled extremely hard for South Zone on a placid pitch at Chepauk. SZ dearly missed Karnataka seamer Vinay Kumar – who left the field on day one after bowling just 6.4 overs due to a back spasm. Dravid fails Facing a tall score, South needed the openers to lay a solid platform. M Vijay failed to capitalise on the reprieve he got in the first over when Wasim Jaffer spilled the edge at first slip. He was shaky in his 58-minute stay before falling to Pawar. West Zone bowlers Dhawal Kulkarni, the highest wicket taker in the Ranji Trophy with 41 wickets, and Trivedi bowled stump to stump forcing the South batsmen to play every ball on a pitch which was not yielding any help to the fast bowlers. Robin Uthappa and M. Vijay survived disciplined opening spells from Dhawal Kulkarni and Siddarth Trivedi, but the introduction of spin changed matters. On the back of his six-wicket haul against East, Rajesh Pawar settled into his spell very quickly, and managed to create a number of doubts for the South openers.Vijay was done in by a fine piece of left-arm orthodox bowling from Pawar.He struck in the first over after tea, dismissing Murali Vijay, who edged a spinning delivery into Parthiv Patel’s gloves. Karnataka captain Robin Uthappa began cautiously and seemed to find his rhythm, but came down the track and and yorked himself against Ramesh Powar. Two for 71 became three for 92 when Dravid,who managed just 5 runs from 31 deliveries and had been bothered by Powar, drove loosely at a Pawar delivery that drifted in and broke away. The diminutive Baroda left-arm spinner snared the prize wicket of Rahul Dravid, beating him in flight and having him caught at second slip by Kedar Jadhav. Badrinath was particularly forceful in his 71-ball stay on Friday. He moved from 0 to 22 with four scoring strokes off Pawar, three of them magnificently struck sixes between long-off and long-on. But Badrinath’s decisiveness, so evident in his footwork and strokeplay, briefly eluded him when running with M. Suresh: a pull ricocheted off short-leg, and Pawar exploited the ensuing mix-up with a superb bit of fielding, turning and side-arming an accurate throw to Powar who broke the stumps. Blame it on the lack of significance attached to domestic Cricket in India, or simply the enormity of the Indian Premier League. But it wasn’t comments about West Zone’s commanding position, or South Zone’s poor start that were sought from Wasim Jaffer and S Badrinath during the routine media briefings at the end of the second day’s play in the Duleep Trophy final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The two skippers, instead, were asked about the newcomers signed by their respective IPL teams at the end of a day West dominated. South Zone crawled to 106/4 in reply to West’s first innings score of 459, and are still a mammoth 353 behind. At stumps, captain Badrinath was fighting a lone battle on an unbeaten 54.

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South reeling at 148/7 as Mottu has Ashwin caught at silly point !
I don't think this pitch will last for 5 days. We had such a nice pitch for the test against England. I don't know why did they prepare a pitch which had nothing for seamers and was helping spin since the 9th over of the first day. Normally Chennai pitches are known to be sporting which have help for everyone!
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