India v South Africa, Second Test, Calcutta

[DarkKnight]

Another defeat for south africa !!!
When will they come out of this bad form ????
They already lost in Sri lanka and now they lose again

[vvvrulz]

Every team has its high's and low's. It's mostly because of the mass retirement (etc) I think, no more Rhodes, McMillan, Donald, Kirsten, Cronje.. takes a lot away !

[Occasional Fan]

Originally Posted by DarkKnight

Another defeat for south africa !!!
When will they come out of this bad form ????

26 January 2005, the day after the fifth test match against England.

[Maranello]

I am a bit disappointed with SA really, was hoping they would be able to stick it out for a draw after having done so well for 8 and a half days in the series.

Full marks to Harbhajan. In a way SA have nothing to be ashamed of, they were in the series till the final 3 or 4 sessions which is more than most people expected.

[vvvrulz]

Good to see India gain some much needed momentum, although apart from Harbhajan and Sehwag, still look pretty rusty.

[flanflinger]

Originally Posted by BBC

But without a front-line spinner, South Africa were able only to delay the inevitable, Tendulkar showing his contempt for Justin Ontong's leg-spin by lofting him for six.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...al/4059295.stm

Not too sure this will help us in deciding who will win between SA and England. I feel that any team travelling to India needs atleast one-front line spinner. It is insanity trying to get a win in India with a part-time leggie!!

[Zainub]

It was insanity indeed. Don't know why Pual Adams wasn't picked considering Boje had already ruled him self out. He didn't do all that badly when he toured Pakistan. At least that would be mean SA had a proper spinner in their side.

[imaginarydiva]

Originally Posted by Maranello

this is why pitches such as the one in Bombay (Ind v Aus, 4th Test) in entirely different ways, make for boring or negative cricket.

Did u say boring?LOL!Sorry but i thought that did a lot of good to indian supporters.

[imaginarydiva]

I thought Sachin was slowly finding his touch and that was good to see.

[vvvrulz]

Yeah he has been very inconsistant lately.