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Board president XI vs South Africa - 2nd Feb to 3rd Feb -Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

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PL Harris 12 0 71 0 5.91 (5nb) J Botha 12 0 44 1 3.66 (5nb) R McLaren 5 0 29 0 5.80 JP Duminy 5 0 23 0 4.60 GC Smith 3 0 16 0 5.33 JH Kallis 2 1 1 1 0.50 those are the people who were prob bowling when he was batting.. and i wasnt surprised, i was lulzing.. cus top 4-5 got steyn/morkel /parnell :hahaha:
he got in wen Morkel got Pandey,so would have definitely faced a bit of Morkel.anyway its hard to know.as Ravi Shastri would tell u a 100 is a 100 is a 100:--D
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Dissapointng to see A classy opener like Sikhar Dhawan is coming at a Tailder's slot. I mean Sikhar Dhawan on no. 8. Wat the hell is happening.
It is not too bad, the nature of the game allows a team to play eight batsman. Somebody has to go eight, Dhawan was just the unlucky one to be put there.
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Proteas’ pacers start tour-opener with plenty of bouncers The message is loud and clear. South Africa will pitch it short to Indian batsmen in the upcoming Test series More... Shortcoming Proteas’ pacers start tour-opener with plenty of bouncers, Southpaw Abhishek Nayar stands tall scores ton and exploits visitors’ poor spin attack By Prasanth Menon In Nagpur Posted On Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 01:19:12 AM The message is loud and clear. South Africa will pitch it short to Indian batsmen in the upcoming Test series. The visitors made their intentions clear on the opening day of their warm-up tie bouncing the top order of Board President’s XI out. The flip side of the story is Proteas’ lack quality spin attack. Cashing in on poor bowling of South African tweakers, Abhishek Nair struck a ton and guided Board President’s XI to a healthy total of 318 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground. At stumps, South Africa were 44 for no loss. Skipper Graeme Smith (30 n o) and Ashwell Prince (13 n o) remained unbeaten at the end of the day’s play. The top order of Board President’s XI batsmen, most of who made plenty of runs in the domestic circuit this season, looked clueless about short deliveries. Parthiv Patel was the first to go, nicking Morne Morkel to slips. He made eight. His partner, Abhinav Mukund, joined him in the hut soon, dismissed by Dale Steyn for eight. Rohit Sharma looked good while he was at the crease. But an attempted pull of Wayne Parnell led to his downfall. He holed out to Harris at mid-on for 20. Parnell picked up the wickets of Manish Pandey (43) and Ajinkya Rahane (12) as well. Morne Morkel also claimed three wickets. Bamboozled by visitors’ pace attack, Board President’s XI were tottering at 114 for six. But Nayar capitalised on some mediocre bowling by South African spinners to give respectability to Board President’s XI total. Nayar’s 100 was studded with 16 fours. He, with Shikhar Dhawan, put up 181 runs in the seventh wicket stand. Dhawan made 70 before getting run out. Nayar was the last man out. South Africa had the chance to go for the kill after the pacers had removed five top batsmen of Board President’s XI for just over a hundred. But Smith chose to give his spinners —Paul Harris, Johan Botha and part-timer J P Duminy — an extended spell before the Test series. But that proved costly. They gave away 154 runs in 32 overs for one wicket. The onslaught on the South African spinners was started by Manish Pandey. He clobbered Harris for two consecutive sixes in his second over. The two lefties, Nayar and Dhawan, too, hit the left-arm spinner all around the park. Harris gave away 71 runs in his 12 overs. Botha picked up the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara (17) in his first ball. But that was the only success he had in the day. The mediocre bowling of Harris and Botha forced Smith to roll his arm over himself with part-timer J P Duminy. With neither being effective much, Nayar took them on. Conceding that the ton against the visitors was one of the most satisfying knocks of his career, Nayar said: "I was batting well. So I didn’t want the spinners to settle down and went after them." South African bowling coach Vincent Barnes said he was happy with the bowling effort. "This is the first time our three seamers, Steyn, Morkel and Parnell, bowled in tandem in India. It was a very good effort from them. I am not too worried about the performance of spinners. But they need to pull up their socks," he said.

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So the day 2 has started. Here is the update: So, we're a little over half an hour into the day's play, and Graeme Smith has just been caught behind off the bowling of Mithun Bhimanyu, who got him to drive at a wide delivery coming across the left-hander. Smith is out for 45 but probably would have retired after reaching fifty anyway as there are other batsmen a little more desperate for time in the middle. Meanwhile Ashwell Prince has crawled to 17 not out, the score is 60 for one and Hashim Amla has replaced his captain out in the middle.

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Drinks Mithun has bowled a great spell from the end nearest to me. Having got rid of Smith he's been bowling very straight with a hint of swing into Amla, who is often slow to get forward in defence early in his innings. Mithun doesn't quite have the pace to get one through the gate on this occasion but he's certainly targeting the right area of Amla's game. Meanwhile Manpreet Gony has come on from the other end, and although he's been a bit wayward with Prince clipping a low full toss through midwicket for four, he's also caused the left-hander a few problems with his awkward bounce. Prince perhaps a little too bottom-handish this morning. Prince is on 27 and Amla on three, while the score has moved to 78 for one after 25 overs. http://www.cricket365.com/tristan_holme_blogs/story/5913898/Indian-Board-President-s-XI-v-SA-Day-two

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Tale of two batsmen: Prince (36 not out) has looked highly unconvincing this morning but is doing his best to scrap his way back into form. Every drive, be it off the front or back foot, has seemed to find a fielder. Meanwhile at the other end Amla (14 not oout) is in fine form, and a couple of overs ago he drove local boy Umesh Yadav crisply through the covers for a couple of boundaries. Yadav got a cheer from the sparse crowd as he came on for his first over and is apparently one to watch for the future. He's got a bit of pace to him but crucially has a farly simple action which allows a fair degree of consistency. South Africa on 97 for one. So Yadav has bowled and his action and pace impresses the blogger. But why no wicket? Why did we waste the new ball with Vinay Kumar yesterday? Amla and Prics, both have look unassured at the crease and yet have found out ways to not get out. Not very good bowling here, I suppose. Another update just before Lunch: Spin test: There's no doubt South Africa would have prefered a traditional Indian wicket for this match, because while they're now getting their first taste of spin with the introduction of R Ashwin there isn't a huge amount of turn. Nonetheless Amla looks less than comfortable in Ashwin's first over. Just over 10 minutes to the lunch break, when I'll give you a full score update. Lunch: Bad news for South Africa, who lost Prince lbw to Ashwin in the second last over before lunch. He got a good stride in and must have been hit just in line with off stump, but the umpire had no hesitation in giving him out. It's a bit of a blow for Prince, who struggled with Graeme Swann during the England series on the few occasions he managed to get through the new ball. Full score update in one moment... Lunchtime scores: Prince was out for 42 from 112 balls, and his replacement Kallis is now 4 not out but was slightly lucky when he flicked Ashwin away very fine and just eluded leg slip, who was slightly squarer. Meanwhile Amla has moved confidently to 26 not out and South Africa are on 120 for two from 39 overs.

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Looks like the blogger went for Lunch after it was over for players. An hour has passed since lunch, but no updates. It also means that no wicket would have fallen and he didn't have anything wothwhile to report apart from this: Practice, practice, practice: The South African bowlers enjoyed an outing on the practice pitches on the outfield during the break, with Corrie van Zyl spending the full half-hour with the spinners and Ryan McLaren labouring under the tutelage of Vinnie Barnes. Van Zyl clearly had some advice for Paul Harris, who had plenty of nodding to do as he listened. The Proteas will probably want to get out in the field again before the day is out to give Harris one last chance to develop some much-needed confidence. The bell has now rung - a quaint signal that the second session shall begin. SA have scored 283/3 in which only Devilliers was dismissed cheaply by Chawla. He was clean bowled for 27. Amla and Kallis retired after hitting half tons. So they've had good practice till now. Duminy is batting on 27. BP XI Indian's bowling: Bowling O M R W Econ R Vinay Kumar 13 3 33 0 2.53 (2nb) A Mithun 15 2 56 1 3.73 R Ashwin 11 0 49 1 4.45 PP Chawla 11.4 2 65 1 5.57 MS Gony 9 1 29 0 3.22 (1nb) U Yadav 7 1 42 0 6.00 AM Nayar 2 0 5 0 2.50 It'll be interesting to see if Proteas prefer batting in the final session or declare to give Harris another chance to boost his confidence!

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Wow! I just received the mail from the blogger Tristan. As he was not updating, I mailed to inquire what happened. And he sent the updates to me after lunch: 07:10 GMT: There's been some confident batting since lunch, with both Amla and Kallis hitting some glorious drives through the covers off Ashwin and Piyush Chawla. Kallis has been brutal with anything short, and just hit Chawla for six over midwicket in the last over. Kallis is starting to look like he's eager to get to the retiring score - probably fifty, which he's just nine runs away from. Meanwhile Amla has been technically perfect in moving to 45 and the score has shifted to 176 for two after 48 overs. Just the one scare of late, when Kallis was struck on the front foot by a straighter one from Chawla, whose appeal for lbw was turned down. Pacemen return: Just in answer to Gakgupta's query at the bottom of the page, I'd have to say that Mithun has impressed me most. Good use of the bouncer, which troubled Smith yesterday, and as I type he beats the outside edge of Amla's bat. He's probably a bit quicker than Yadav as well. Mithun and Manpreet Gony have been employed since the last entry, during which time Kallis has flayed a couple brilliantly through point for four and Amla has tucked a boundary to deep backward square leg. South Africa have gone past 200 now and both batsmen have fifty to their name, but there's no sign of either retiring just yet. Drinks: We're halfway through the day's play, and South Africa are sitting pretty on 212 for two from 56 overs. I was just about to say there's little point in Kallis and Amla continuing but Kallis has just retired on 63 not out. He's been running down the track every so often, suggesting he was growing bored of the task. Amla (58 not out) bats on and is joined by AB de Villiers, who could do with a good knock after a very ordinary series against England. 08:00 GMT: Mithun and Vinay Kumar are bowling in tandem now, and both are getting the ball to reverse. Amla has driven one through the covers with a well-timed shot when Mithun overstepped, but De Villiers is taking time to settle and just inside-edged down to the fine-leg boundary off the back foot as Vinay got one to dart into him. The bowler then dropped short to Amla, who hammered his pull shot in front of square and gave the fielder in the deep no chance at all. 08:05 GMT: Amla has had enough, so he retires on 72 from 122 balls to allow JP Duminy a chance to find some form out in the middle. It was an impressive innings from Amla, who didn't offer any chances and played some trademark drives through the offside. South Africa are on 236, and I can tell you that Duminy has just been dropped at short-leg off the bowling of Chawla. Tea: The tea break arrives with De Villiers being bowled by a scuttler from Chawla that barely got above ankle height. It was the googly, and must have hit a certain area on the pitch. He goes for 27, while JP Duminy is not out on 27 and South Africa are 283 for three from 68.4 overs. Mark Boucher is making his way to the middle with Duminy at the end of the tea break, but it will be interesting to see whether South Africa declare early to give their bowlers another quick run. Close: So as you probably gathered, technical issues prevented me from keeping you up to date during the last two sessions. So much for live blogging... Anyway, a few things worth mentioning. Prince and Duminy both showed some sort of form, with Duminy the more fluid of the two. He struggled a bit initially after coming in under tough circumstances - the spinners were having some success and had very attacking fields - but managed to get himself in. Kallis and Amla were brilliant - both scoring at a healthy rate and not putting a foot wrong. Steyn smashed three huuuge sixes in one over off Ashwin, but then got out to end the match (SA decided against a little bowl despite there being plenty of time, and instead enjoyed a game of football). Ashwin and Chawla both impressed, taking seven of the eight wickets to fall, but there were also encouraging performances from Mithun and Vinay Kumar, although Kumar didn't get to bowl as much as he deserved. That'll do for now, be sure to catch the full report and post-play reaction, and let's look forward to a good series. Cheers. Loved it. The man really cares for the fans. I'll thank him. So the match finishes as Chawla and Ashwin prevent South Africans from prolonged practice. Chawla got Duminy LBW for 39, Boucher stumped for 5 on Ashwin, Botha and Parnell scoring 16 and 4 runs respectively and became Chawla's victim. Steyn had a bit of slog for 27 and was dismissed by Ashwin. SA was technically all out for 354 in 82 overs. SCORECARD BP XI's bowling: R Vinay Kumar 13 3 33 0 2.53 (2nb) A Mithun 15 2 56 1 3.73 R Ashwin 18 0 96 3 5.33 PP Chawla 18 2 88 4 4.88 MS Gony 9 1 29 0 3.22 (1nb) U Yadav 7 1 42 0 6.00 AM Nayar 2 0 5 0 2.50

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quite frankly I dont mind a green pitch ...apart from Kallis and to some extent dumminy , SA batsmen have really poor technique ...also our bowlers will be twice effective on a helpful pitch ...& I have no hopes from Harbajan !

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