Duleep Trophy 2011-12

[Needforspeed]

Even I am wondering! :nervous: Green Park vs Eden?

Really hope its not a Greenpark dustbowl.

[Old guy]

Really hope its not a Greenpark dustbowl.

eden has been pretty green.. would like to see match in it.. wonderful stadium dinda at home! i want to see that match :two_thumbs_up:

[saneindian]

DT final is at Indore, the same pitch where Viru scored 219! Hope its not a run fest and the teams get to play on a proper pitches.

[Needforspeed]

DT final is at Indore, the same pitch where Viru scored 219! Hope its not a run fest and the teams get to play on a proper pitches.

Oh no. Was hoping for Eden Gardens. Indore is usually a Patta. A single innings pitch.

[Magneto]

DT final is at Indore, the same pitch where Viru scored 219! Hope its not a run fest and the teams get to play on a proper pitches.

:WTF: :protest: Manoj Tiwary needs to be called back right now :orderorder: %###%$^&$& @ scheduling. :nervous: :nervous:

[Old guy]

:WTF: :protest: Manoj Tiwary needs to be called back right now :orderorder: %###%$^&$& @ scheduling. :nervous: :nervous:

bro i think on pattas side with better bowling will win...

[Magneto]

bro i think on pattas side with better bowling will win...

On complete pattas, better batting side always wins (in a first innings scenario). Bowlers will bend their backs and get no purchase. The ball wouldn't do anything so the FTBs will play till eternity.

[Old guy]

On complete pattas, better batting side always wins (in a first innings scenario). Bowlers will bend their backs and get no purchase. The ball wouldn't do anything so the FTBs will play till eternity.

well i trust east zone now.. batsman who can score on harder wickets will always score on pattas.. they dont have big names true.. but they are performing.. and are in form .. one guy scored 3 hundreds in 3 games on hard tracks he will certainly perform on pattas!

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Central and East to meet in final A round-up of day four of the semi-finals of the Duleep Trophy 2011-12 More... Central and East to meet in final ESPNcricinfo staff February 7, 2012 Central Zone booked their place in the final of the Duleep Trophy on the basis of a first-innings lead over South Zone at Chepauk. They had reached an impregnable position at the end of the third day, and continued batting on the fourth. Robin Bist stretched his score to 160, Bhuvneshwar Kumar finished with 85 and Piyush Chawla made 53. Central declared on 530 for 8, setting South 641 to win. In the 39 overs that followed, South ended on 152 for 2, captain S Badrinath making an unbeaten 58. East Zone, too, advanced to the final of the Duleep Trophy by way of a first-innings lead over North Zone in Delhi. Their overnight batsmen Manish Vardhan and Anustup Majumdar batted the bulk of the fourth day, scoring centuries and stretching East's lead to 347. Vardhan scored his fourth first-class ton and Majumdar his third in a row. North reached 126 for 3 in the 33 overs they played out on the final day. East and Central will play the final in Indore on February 12.

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East vs North : Semifinal ends on a farcical note More... NEW DELHI, February 7, 2012 Semifinal ends on a farcical note VIJAY LOKAPALLY HAPPY TIMES: East Zone's Manish Vardhan celebrates his century with Anustup Majumdar in New Delhi on Tuesday. East through to the final thanks to its first innings lead The redundancy of the day's cricket was so pronounced at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Tuesday, the players just went through the motions. Cricket assumed a farcical note in the second half when North Zone employed some irregular bowlers. East Zone, by virtue of its first innings lead secured on Monday, made it to the final of the Duleep Trophy. The contest lost its competitive flair on the fourth day since East had taken the lead and shut North out with a strong batting show. NOT ENOUGH TIME Four days for a match involving zonal teams were clearly inadequate unless the pitch assisted the bowlers. This aspect was so sorely missing, it reflected in the ease with which Manish Vardhan and Anustup Majumdar hit centuries for East. Ūt was difficult to motivate the bowlers. When we conceded the lead we had just a little over a day's play left to comeback. It was not possible. If only it had been a five-day match, lamented North skipper Amit Mishra. It is a point that the Board's technical committee is set to discuss. Board secretary Sanjay Jagdale said, Ÿe are also keen that Duleep Trophy matches should be played over five days. We will discuss it with the technical committee and see how best to implement the change. The Board was also planning to make Ranji Trophy knockout matches five-day affairs. As for the day's play, East resuming at 120 for one, declared at 319 for five with Majumdar (144, 20x4) and Vardhan (125, 15x4) using the stage to practice for the final to be played against Central Zone at Indore from February 12. .

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Central vs South : A tiresome, frown-provoking draw More... CHENNAI, February 7, 2012 A tiresome, frown-provoking draw ARUN VENUGOPAL Central Zone players with the South Zone batsmen S. Badrinath and Manish Pandey after Central Zone qualified for the Duleep Trophy finals at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. It hung grimly in the air for the better part of Monday and then, it finally arrived a tiresome, frown-provoking draw on the fourth and final day of the Duleep Trophy semifinal between Central and South zones, here on Tuesday. Central qualified for the final by virtue of its first innings lead. There were enough indications from the Central camp by the end of the third day of its intent. The idea was simple: to keep batting and put South's bowlers through the wringer. Sporting declarations are hard to come by these days. In a format where the first innings lead helps secure a final berth, pushing for an outright win is rare. FRIVOLITY That Manish Pandey and Robin Uthappa bowled 22 overs between them reflected the seriousness with which the day's play unfolded. The mood was aptly summed up by one of the camerapersons when he exhorted S. Badrinath to bowl. żThe ball will go] out of the park, smiled the South skipper. There were a few statistically significant events. Robin Bist (160, 268b, 415m, 21x4, 1x5) got past the 150-mark before being given out leg-before. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (85, 213b, 12x4) involved in a 212-run alliance with Bist missed an opportunity to score his maiden first-class century. Captain Piyush Chawla (53, 7x4, 1x6) flexed his batting muscles for the second time in the match. He was eventually caught behind off Pandey, who claimed his first wicket at this level. Central finally declared at 530 for eight setting an improbable target of 641 in 52 overs at lunch. As the home side batted again, Uthappa fell early. Dinesh Karthik (49, 68b, 9x4, 1x6) and Badrinath (58 n.o., 6x4, 2x6) utilised the time for some hitting practice. Karthik was severe on Piyush, slamming him for 43 runs off 34 balls. At 3.15 p.m., the match was called off at the start of the mandatory overs. Badrinath admitted the team's batting was a let down. Ÿe did well to restrict them to 293. The wicket was better than the one in the Ranji final but our shot selection was bad. We were also handicapped by injuries to Pragyan Ojha and Abhinav [Mukund]. His counterpart Piyush admitted he didn't want to push for a competitive declaration. Ÿe never needed eight points. These guys [south batsmen] are good batters so we didn't want to take a chance. Kaif bhai's knock in the first innings made the difference. .

[Robelinda]

Sums up Indian cricket.

[Old guy]

Sums up Indian cricket.

check out the 2nd semi..

[abis_waseem]

is it possible to make seaming tracks in sub-continent?

[CSK Fan]

is it possible to make seaming tracks in sub-continent?

Can definitely make pitches better than these

[Robelinda]

2004 3rd test vs Aus, Nagpur.

[rkt.india]

Can definitely make pitches better than these

Pitch was fair had some grass, some spin, and bounce as well, but problem was it was a 4 day match and we could have seen the result if it was a 5-day game and once Central zone had the first innings lead, they did not try to make it a result and batted so long and then South Zone too did not have much interest in the match as they were already out of the race of final due to first innings lead they had conceded and they mostly bowled part timers in 2nd innings of CZ. Cannot blame pitch, I saw the match and it was a fair pitch, better than what we saw in Ranji Final, but 4-day match wont yield many results on Indian pitches until it is like Lahli or a square turner like Kanpur or Mumbai 2004.

[Sooda]

Kartik does not like Chawla

[express bowling]

Prior to this season, Dinda took 17 wickets@39 and 11 wickets@57 in the last 2 seasons. Gony has 15 wickets@34 last season and 33 wickets@23 (the same season VK took 53 wickets@21) Tyagi has hardly played in last 3 seasons, and has got injured after playing 2-3 matches and this year lost his spot in the UP 11. OTOH Mithun had 31 wickets@30 and 52 wickets@21 in the last 2 seasons. VK had 27 wickets@23 and 53 wickets@20 in the last two seasons. if I read the numbers right, if Dinda based on the number of wickets he has picked in the ongoing season deserves a chance for India, so did VK and Mithun after their domestic performances! One name that you missed was that of Pankaj Singh, who definitely deserves a chance now. COnsistently picking wickets every seson and helping his team to back to back Ranji titles. Now that Mithun and Ishant have been found wanting, we will see the guys like Dinda and Pankaj getting an opportunity very soon.

I think Dinda and Gony are being talked about because they have pace plus they are bowling well whereas VK, Mithun and Pankaj are very medium pace and such bowlers rarely suceed in international cricket. Good domestic records as the sole criterion has never produced good international cricketers. The list of domestic greats failing in international cricket is long and includes players like Arun Lal. Ashok Malhotra, Kirti Azad, Vikram Rathod, Ajay Sharma etc.

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Duleep Trophy's Kookaburra ball connection More... CHENNAI, February 8, 2012 Duleep Trophy's Kookaburra ball connection ARUN VENUGOPAL The Duleep Trophy is the only domestic tournament in the country that uses Kookaburra balls instead of the SG Test. The BCCI decided to use the red Kookaburra in the competition on an experimental basis for the first time in 2006-07. Incidentally, it was Rahul Dravid, then captain of the Indian team, who suggested that the machine-stitched Australian balls be employed in one of the domestic tournaments. The Duleep Trophy was chosen as it is a tournament that involves the best of Indian talent. With tours to West Indies and South Africa scheduled later that year and the glut of overseas fixtures involving India in the next few years, Dravid's idea wasn't without foresight. The use of Kookaburra balls in the tournament has continued since then. As far as the ball's character is concerned, it's markedly different to the hand-sewn SG Test. To begin with, the seam is less pronounced and flattens out faster, especially on abrasive surfaces. The Kookaburra also facilitates more swing when new. Most countries, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka play with the Kookaburra. That Indian cricketers need to get used to playing with the Kookaburra is obviously the intent. But of what good would be such a move if it's only an annual affair, in a single tournament? EXPENSIVE SPHERE Aakash Chopra, who has played 10 Tests and written extensively on the subject, feels the reasons are economic in nature. ŵhe rationale behind the Kookaburra not being used throughout the year is that it's an expensive ball. A Kookaburra ball costs more than Rs.10,000 as opposed to an SG Test which is about Rs.1500. Other countries don't have a choice but in India's case, the SG Test is available. It's a good ball. The other issue is ascertaining the extent of the Kookaburra's benefits when only four matches are played in the Duleep Trophy. Chopra says the problem is with the competition's knockout format. ŵhe original idea was brilliant but the execution has gone wrong. The best players had to be exposed to it so that they are not found wanting when they go abroad. My only issue is why use it for only one game? When West lost to East Zone in the quarterfinals, what could a Suryakumar Yadav or Cheteshwar Pujara learn in one match? When three of your five Zonal teams play only one game, it doesn't serve any purpose. Why is the idea being persisted with then? Ūn India, it takes a long time for something new to be introduced. After its introduction, it takes an even longer time for it to be re-assessed and changed, says Chopra.