***Official*** Australia in India

[pup11]

Hogg gone, wow what a dire umpiring decision was that Hogg's bat was nowhere near the ball.
Anyways we now are in seriously deep trouble.

 

[pup11]

Lee gone of the first ball he faced Karthik gets a five-for, damn we are in danger of getting bowled out pretty quickly.

 

[cameeel]

Kartik's got 3 wickets this over, 5 now in total.

 

[pup11]

I hope Mitch can come good with the bat today.

 

[Prince EWS]

I hope Mitch can come good with the bat today.

He's certainly an under-rated batsman IMO. Well, perhaps under-achieving would be a better word. He certainly has the ability to score a few. He won't have seen conditions like this too often though.

 

[cameeel]

Kartik now has 6....

 

[Prince EWS]

6 wickets for Kartik! I feel so good for him; always rated him. He's bowled really well in this series but has been handled poorly by the captain IMO - good to see him get the rewards today.

 

[Athlai]

Still averages 40 plus

 

[Prince EWS]

These are now Kartik's best figures in 143 List A matches. His first 6 wicket haul and only the second time he has taken 5 wickets or more in a List A game. Big day for him indeed.

 

[Prince EWS]

Still averages 40 plus

Indeed, at an economy rate of above 5. I feel both of those statistics would be a lot better if for a few things:

* He didn't spend the first half of his career with Patel/Dravid behind the stumps - the amount of missed stumpings that cost his wickets and later runs early on was amazing
* He wasn't only brought into the team when India were getting absolutely smashed
* He was handled better by the respective captains he played under and not used as an after-thought

Still though, numbers are numbers and he's had a very poor ODI career. Good to see him get rewards today for his good bowling nonetheless.

 

[pup11]

Do we (Aussies) still have some hope in this game?

 

[Athlai]

Do we (Aussies) still have some hope in this game?

With the way Sachin's been playing? I think he could steer his team home even if they lost a bucket load of early wickets, plus the out of form Dravid's been replaced so its a stronger looking batting line up.

 

[Laurrz]

Do we (Aussies) still have some hope in this game?

prolly not

it took us 6 games for a batting failure though...
and no Hayden Hussey

dead rubber curse continues

 

[pup11]

Anyways i think taking Clarke out of no.4 was a big mistake because he controls the middle overs of the Australian innings brilliantly by rotating the strike and he builds big partnerships with other batsmen.

 

[Pratters]

With the way Sachin's been playing? I think he could steer his team home even if they lost a bucket load of early wickets, plus the out of form Dravid's been replaced so its a stronger looking batting line up.

Tendulkar at Wankhede:

v Australia:

2 2 0 158 90 68 - 79.00 0 2 0

In matches won batting second:

3 3 0 63 33 30 0 21.00 0 0 1

In matches lost batting second:

3 3 0 170 90 68 12 56.66 0 2 0

Points to Tendulkar scoring runs and India losing. Hehe.

 

[Athlai]

Wait this place is called Wankhede?

 

[Pratters]

Wait this place is called Wankhede?

Ya. It is the name of the stadium in the city of Mumbai.

 

[pup11]

I hope Punter gives Clarke a good bowl today because this is the same ground where he took 6-9 in the infamous dust-bowl test and this pitch also looks pretty similar to that one.

 

[pup11]

Just when i was enjoying watching Johnson bat Bracks got out and brought the Aussie innings to an end.

 

[alternative]

Finally we found out the trick to bowl aussies out.