Steady drizzle and inclement weather subsequently prevented a ball being bowled, forcing the authorities to call off the play for the day as the ground was water-logged and the area around the boundary was slushy.
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He swung the ball both ways, winnowing out Jermain Blackwood with a series of outswingers before bamboozling Marlon Samuels with a big inswinger. “So sitting here is hard to answer but all I can say is that the responsibility is on the batsmen at the present time”. After picking up at least one wicket in every match of the series, he will certainly arrive in Australia with plenty of confidence. I don’t mind that and someone like Ashwin is batting well. “I did not think I would take five wickets but that comes with the momentum”, he added.
The West Indies finished day two at 107 for one.
And even though Jadeja didn’t chip in with wickets or runs, his miserly spells helped India build pressure as Kumar attacked from the other end. We discussed our plans and we knew what we had to do. “But we realised that if we have to seal the series here then we had to make changes according to the conditions”, the skipper said. He got his next with an inswinger. There was a good chance that you might be nicked off or you might get a good ball any time. For the last five to 10 years we have had spinners dominating first-class cricket in terms of wickets taken.
It had resulted in slacking form with the ball, but now he seems to be back at full fitness and moving the ball at will once again. They brought out the shots in the latter stages of the day, especially Rohit, who struck three sixes.
England were bowled out for 297 on a fluctuating first day of the third test against Pakistan in Birmingham on Wednesday.
The final match of the series starts August 18 in Trinidad. “It is not necessary that you might get wickets, but it should not be that you are not prepared”, he added. “This is a good start”, Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony. “It is far different from first-class cricket”, he said. We didn’t come over here thinking or expecting to roll them over. The ball came in a bit and then moved straight to nick the outside edge for Kohli to grab an easy catch. Jadeja conceded just 27 runs in 24 overs in the first innings which meant even though West Indies were looking to bat out time in the first innings, they couldn’t run away with the game and ultimately capitulated. This would give Virat Kohli’s bowlers some time to have a go at the Windies team in the remaining sessions.
The visitors, who had a 128-run lead from the first innings, declared their second innings after 48 overs in the first hour of the morning session.
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“We have not discussed that yet”. So the team is really happy.
