Close-in fielders need not apply

I've complained so often about the lack of close-in fielders for Indian spinners in recent times that I'm going to sound like a stuck record, but what the heck, here we go again. The fields set for Amit Mishra are utter shite. And MS Dhoni has to be the most defensive Indian captain I have ever seen in this regard. Someone shoot me please: no close-in fielders for a batsman, in his nineties, facing a leg-spinner?

PS: That post linked to above is from Different Strokes but I've mounted this complaint before on Eye on Cricket. I'm just too lazy to find the posts in question. Mea culpa.

A new Bish

My first sight of Devendra Bishoo, the West Indies' latest spinner. A leggie no less. So far, so good. A nice leg-break, good flight, some turn. And two very, very useful wickets - Trott and Morgan - thus far. I'd like to see more of him in this Cup.

Mishy googles 'em a bit

Mishra has now taken three very good wickets in this innings. Two with classic deliveries: the perfect, on-length, leg-break that netted Kallis yesterday and now, the lovely googly that has just netted De Villiers. Even his dismissal of Smith yesterday was a neat little trick (aided and abetted by Smith swishing across the line): Mishra pitched the ball on middle-n-leg and it spun just enough to have taken the off-stump. Always a pleasure to watch a leggie; even better when its on the fifth day hunting for a win.