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R Ashwin, whose 5 for 62 helped India dismiss West Indies for 196 on the opening day of the second Test at Sabina Park, said he was pretty surprised by Jason Holders decision to bat first. Speaking to the media after India had moved to 126 for 1 in their reply at stumps, Ashwin said the pitch was a bit sticky early on, and that it might have suited West Indies strengths more to bowl first.I was pretty surprised that they won the toss and batted first today, Ashwin said. Like Virat mentioned at the toss, there was a bit in it, it was a bit sticky. Maybe I wouldve batted as well. But with their strengths, I thought it was a bit surprising.Despite India ending the day on top, Ashwin cautioned that there was a long way still to go in the match. I was really taken aback by the counterattack that [Jermaine] Blackwood did, he said. It sort of put the game in the balance. And we had to break [through] twice and brought the game back. Its clearly a game where the experienced side is seizing the more opportune moments. I would put it that way. With a little bit of experience and nailing the right moments, the game could get closer.This game has a lot of uncertainties. We just saw one when Sri Lanka pulled it off against Australia [in the Pallekele Test]. And they did the same against us in Galle [in 2015], so we cant be lacklustre with that, we will have to keep doing our process properly.Ashwin said his variations of pace had been key to picking up five wickets on a damp first-day pitch.A little bit of bounce and speed variation, that was important, I thought. Most of the dismissals were brought about by difference in speeds rather than much of spin, actually. It was initially damp and there was some turn, but after that it flattened out a bit and started going straight. This ball, once it gets older, it becomes easier to bat. Theres a lot more time. I think it was more about bounce and speed variation that created the problem.Playing only his 34th Test match, Ashwin has already picked up his 18th five-wicket haul. At this moment, his rate of taking five-fors is even better than that of Muttiah Muralitharan, who picked up 67 in 133 Tests.Everybody wants to start playing cricket one day to achieve what nobody else could achieve, Ashwin said. I am happy to be there, at some stage of my career where I am better than everybody else who has played the game. It feels nice, but the only thing that is constant is trying to improve from wherever you are. I think change is very very important. Keeping on benchmarking yourself is more important. This is good, but tomorrow is a different day and you have to keep improving.Coming in for the injured M Vijay, KL Rahul got India off to a near-perfect start to their reply, and ended the day batting on 75. Ashwin wasnt surprised by his performance, and said he had nicknamed him batting machine for the amount of batting he does in training.We all know that hes a quality cricketer, Ashwin said. Hes made a lot of runs in first-class cricket. He has pretty much arrived at this level.Beforehand, when he made hundreds for us, it has been crucial knocks. He made one in Sri Lanka which is very very memorable. As a matter of fact, the way he played in the IPL, its just an extension. Everybody wants Rahul to do well, which is a big tick for him.Ive nicknamed him batting machine. He keeps batting all the time and its not a surprise that hes made runs and Im very happy for him. Wholesale Custom Jerseys .ca. Hey Kerry, big fan of yours, just finished reading your book. I think that we all saw the Canucks/Flames line brawl just after puck drop. It was obvious that something was about to happen, even to the referees because the fourth lines were on to start. Cheap Jerseys 2020 . 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The alarm bells were ringing loud and clear very early for Geelong coach Chris Scott on Friday night at Simonds Stadium.And apart from a spell of ascendancy in the second quarter, they kept ringing.Sydney ended up winning the AFL top-four clash by 38 points, consigning the Cats to a second straight loss.There are a lot of parts of our game that were well and truly off, said Scott after the 15.8 (98) to 9.6 (60) defeat.Weve got some serious areas we need to work on.Theres a clear pattern now of poor performance and even though weve got some guys playing well, weve got too many who are down.I think the first five minutes was quite alarming.The opposition just looked a lot cleaner than us and played the conditions a lot better.Geelongs recast attack could only muster nine majors, with Dan Menzel (two goals) the only forward to provide a consistent threat.The Swans also dominated the midfield exchanges, despite Patrick Dangerfield aaccumulating 18 possessions in the first quarter and and ending the match with 34.ddddddddddddI thought Dangerfield was really good but there were problems with his game as well, Scott said.Weve got some clear flaws that are not hard for us to identify.Our midfield collectively was beaten.We know when we play our style we can beat some good teams as we have done this year and when we dont play so well we look really average.Belief can be a bit of false bravado sometimes.We need to be realists and the reality for us is weve got a lot of work to do to compete with the very best teams.The Cats were in second spot on the ladder going into Friday nights match but could well tumble outside the top four by the conclusion of round 16.Their next challenge is away to Fremantle in another Friday night encounter. 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