Weather and cricket are closely related. The greatest enemy of cricket is rain. Soccer can be played even when it is raining, there are many other sports that can be played in rain. However cricket is not one of them. Even a slight drizzle can result in the stoppage of a match. Surprisingly it is observed that rain follows cricket. Even deserts like Sharjah received rains when cricket matches were scheduled there.
While the Indian team has dominated all the session in the second test with West Indies, the only thing that stands between India and a possible innings victory is the weather. Yesterday, a session and half was lost due to rain. This happened immediately after India declared the innings at 500/9. At the moment India has a healthy lead of 304 runs, with all pace and spin bowlers in form, an Indian victory seems imminent.
However the weather forecast for today is not great either. There is storm and heavy rains forecasted. If the weather report turns out to be correct then we can lose the entire day today not a single ball may be bowled. One just hopes that the weathermen got it wrong or the storm weakens before hitting the shore.
That leaves us to tomorrow however the wet ground and pitch may lead to further delay and India may get very few overs to bowl West Indies out. India scored their runs slowly, had they batted faster the declaration would have come earlier and it would have been possible to bowl few overs to the Windies batsmen who were struggling in the first innings.
The nature is not under anyone's control one can just keep the fingers crossed and hope that we get maximum possible cricket with little or no rain. Everyone wants to see Indian pace trio and Ashwin and Mishra pick up wickets. It is up to the West Indian batsman's ability and technique, if they are to save the match.
While the Indian team has dominated all the session in the second test with West Indies, the only thing that stands between India and a possible innings victory is the weather. Yesterday, a session and half was lost due to rain. This happened immediately after India declared the innings at 500/9. At the moment India has a healthy lead of 304 runs, with all pace and spin bowlers in form, an Indian victory seems imminent.
However the weather forecast for today is not great either. There is storm and heavy rains forecasted. If the weather report turns out to be correct then we can lose the entire day today not a single ball may be bowled. One just hopes that the weathermen got it wrong or the storm weakens before hitting the shore.
That leaves us to tomorrow however the wet ground and pitch may lead to further delay and India may get very few overs to bowl West Indies out. India scored their runs slowly, had they batted faster the declaration would have come earlier and it would have been possible to bowl few overs to the Windies batsmen who were struggling in the first innings.
The nature is not under anyone's control one can just keep the fingers crossed and hope that we get maximum possible cricket with little or no rain. Everyone wants to see Indian pace trio and Ashwin and Mishra pick up wickets. It is up to the West Indian batsman's ability and technique, if they are to save the match.
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