***Official*** India in Australia

[duffer]

Wouldn't mind seeing Sehwag have a trundle if we hit a wall tommorrow.

Absolute peach from Anil there.

 

[Prince EWS]

Wow, excellent signs for Kumble. That was basically unplayable.

 

[Pratters]

Wow what a delivery by Kumble. He should be so dangerous in this inning.

 

[duffer]

One more over left. C'mon Ish test em out.

 

[Pratters]

Haha. Fool running in before the last over. Any thing to distract the concentration of the batsmen...

 

[silentstriker]

Sehwag should get this, not the fast guys...

 

[Pratters]

Sehwag should get this, not the fast guys...

Nah. Ishant is getting good bounce and worth giving him a shot against Ponting.

 

[Captain Cricket]

Can I just say the delivery that got Jaques was a ripper and a half. Hint of inswing then some extra bounce cutting out, a master batsman would have trouble with that.

 

[duffer]

Ish not making Hussey play. Good move going around for a couple of balls.

 

[silentstriker]

Nah. Ishant is getting good bounce and worth giving him a shot against Ponting.

But his lenghts are all wrong.

 

[Laurrz]

BTW, wouldn't surprise me at all if the ball doesn't swing much tonight, but does a lot for 30 mins or so tomorrow morning. You often see the new ball doing very little in Australia around this time of day.

shows how good pathan is

 

[duffer]

Poor over there, but a ridiculously good day of cricket.

 

[Pratters]

Great day of cricket comes to an end. Can't wait for tomorrow.

 

[sideshowtim]

Ponting handled that situation very nicely when you consider the stupid amount of pressure on him out there.

 

[Captain Cricket]

Excellent day of cricket.

 

[silentstriker]

Wow, Ishant MAKE THEM PLAY THE BALL . Bad end to a great day - match even tomorrow.

 

[silentstriker]

If they get to 100/2, that's 400/8 and would win it

 

[duffer]

If they get to 100/2, that's 400/8 and would win it

Making 400 isn't going to be easy. This is tailor made for Anil to blow it up. Hope everyone contributes though. Tait's lack of contribution gave us some respite and hurt Australia, we can't afford to do the same.

 

[Slow Love™]

Still 90/10 India for mine. Didn't expect that much from the openers either. TBF Jaques was probably trying to emulate Langer's tactics when there was a chase in the offing and 10-20 overs remaining in the day - a bit cavalier and trying to shrink the total significantly for the next day. Although I think it's a more legitimate tactic when you're moving into the fifth day rather than the fourth.

He's probably not gonna be as lucky as Langer, however - the way he used to ride his fortune was awe-inspiring. Terrible for his (Langer's) first chance average though.

 

[Captain Cricket]

Duffer check the latest thread under 'Off Topic'.

Anyway I think Australia will have a genuine chance if Ponting and Hussey stay till just after lunch and if Clarke has a brilliant knock. Gilly and Simmo will play an important role if we lose early wickets tomorrow...