Ponting fumes over damp nets at Kotla

The Indian team,too,didnt have a good time at the nets in the afternoon. Virender Sehwag jumped out quickly while Yuvraj,Gambhir and Suresh Raina struggled on a damp wicket where the ball was seaming. Quite a contrast to the match wicket,where itll be a different struggle altogether.

Home again

Even as the Australian team was busy searching for the right playing XI for the third ODI,there was a different kind of huddle as the match referee and umpires discussed their own team composition.

For most of the morning,there was confusion over Sri Lankas Elite panel umpire Asoka de Silva taking charge at one end after Mark Benson flew back due to ill-health.

And for the third straight time in the series,Indians Ameesh Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore will stand as on-field umpires with Sanjay Hazare in the box. With no complaints from Ponting about the performance of the home umpires,it could even be time for the ICC to take into account their good work,and end the long wait for an Indian to be re-inducted to the Elite panel.

Whos the boss?

Ashwin Ramaswamy kaun hai? That was the question at the DDCA this afternoon as the sample passes plastered around the Kotla named him as the associations president instead of the incumbent Arun Jaitley. Some of the members didnt find it all that funny,but no answers have been forthcoming so far.