***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series 2007-08

[sideshowtim]

Disgraceful by the Indian fans to boo Bracken. They should appreciate the superb cricket he has played this summer and give him the reception he deserves.

 

[duffer]

Very gracious by Punter. Nice one pal.

 

[pup11]

Brad Hogg now comes up on to the stage. He gets a trophy for his contributions to cricket. On whether he wished he'd played today: "I've spent a few games as 12th man. It's a privilege to be here and represent Australia. I'd have loved to have been going to Adelaide, I might have got a game, that's the way it goes. I've loved every minute of it, it's been a childhood dream. I'm still pinching myself."

Bye George, you would be missed.

 

[pup11]

Very gracious by Punter. Nice one pal.

Whta else can he say after being out-classed so convincingly.

 

[duffer]

Whta else can he say after being out-classed so convincingly.

I liked how he didn't blame the off-field crap for the performances, gave credit to India and seemed very sincere in his words. Top effort.

 

[pup11]

Disgraceful by the Indian fans to boo Bracken. They should appreciate the superb cricket he has played this summer and give him the reception he deserves.

The series is over and done with and for god's sake let's stop blaming and pointing fingers at each other now.

 

[James]

The top ten players according to Cricket Web Fantasy Cricket:

1. MS Dhoni 152 points
2. Nathan Bracken 150 points
3. James Hopes 148 points
4. Gautam Gambhir 136 points
5. Adam Gilchrist 132 points
6. Brett Lee 128 points
7. Sachin Tendulkar 115 points
8. Michael Clarke 114 points
9. Kumar Sangakkara 114 points
10. Michael Hussey 104 points

 

[biased indian]

SA to over take AUS in ICC Ranking if they wiln all three games in Bangladesh

 

[alternative]

Woohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ospi]

This loss will be good for aus, with so many players leaving lately and a few getting quite old i think the team could do with a bit of a shake up.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

SA to over take AUS in ICC Ranking if they will all three games in Bangladesh

I can remember the last time that happened lasting for a while...

 

[Johnners]

Can't believe the Australian International summer of cricket is over already

 

[aussie]

Future Australian ODI XI

Well with Gilly & Hogg retired it sort of changes the dynamics of the ODI XI for the near future a fair bit IMO. Question marks will be asked on who should open the batting or whether a spinner is required. This would be my best XI with Australia building now for the Champions trophy later this year.

Hayden/Jaques
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Symonds
Hussey
Haddin
Hopes
Lee
Johnson/Tait
Bracken

Other squad players: Noffke, D Hussey, White, Hodge, Clark, Hauritz/Cullen.

Hayden/Jaques - well even though i feel he is still hungry to keep playing for Australia i'm not sure how long he is willing to prolong his ODI career for so if he decided to retire in the coming months i would give Jaques a go in the ODI team.

Johnson/Tait - well if Tait recovers in time i'd pick him over Johnson since Tait is more of an impact bowler & ability to take wickets in the final overs is a huge asset.

Hauritz/Cullen - i'd presume the selectors would want to have some varitey within the attack & these two seem like the best option in Australian domestic cricket, but for Australians who have been seeing them playing for their respective states you could probably tell me whether they are good enough to be considered in the near future.


Ohh... well played to India, best all-round balanced Indian ODI set-up i think i've ever seen in my time of watching cricket. Keep building & thats a world-class ODI unit in the making.

 

[masterblaster]

Disagree, India might win the series, but I'm fairly certain it'll go to a third game. Feel free to bring this up tomorrow night if it doesn't happen though (Annoyingly I have a lecture/tute from 6-9 tomorrow so will miss a lot of the second innings )

Told you mate. Only kidding

Seriously this series has been one of the very best I've seen in recent times. This young Indian side is special. They made the world sit up and take notice after they won the Twenty20 World Cup. Some fans on these boards (sideshowtim I'm looking at you here) claimed that this very same side would get destroyed by Australia in the CB Series. I'm so proud that the young guys have let their cricket do the talking.

The highlights of this summer have been Gautam Gambhir's batting, Mahendra Dhoni's outstanding wicketkeeping, batting and leadership, Rohit Sharma's development and the rise of Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar. We have all the talent in the world, we just need to keep our heads and continue to play sensibly. If so there's no reason why we cannot feature in the top 3 teams in the world regularly.

Today was just fantastic and I'm proud to be an Indian supporter. The Australian team handled themselves with a lot of class and professionalism during the presentation ceremony. They are a champion side and they will no doubt bounce back. Although today, it was India's day and I'm so happy that it was.

 

[Pratters]

Great series win for India. Really happy. Go India!

 

[Nate]

Hopes
Hayden
Ponting
Clarke
Symonds
Hussey
Haddin
Noffke
Lee
Heal
Bracken


for mine.

 

[iamdavid]

Can't believe the Australian International summer of cricket is over already

Already ?

It's bloody March lol

 

[R_D]

**** yeah.... great series win by India.
What was that Hayden... can't win a game?
HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA

the win feels so awesome... been a great series overall... very competitive and close one.

 

[masterblaster]

**** yeah.... great series win by India.
What was that Hayden... can't win a game?
HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA

the win feels so awesome... been a great series overall... very competitive and close one.

It feels so good to stick it to that idiot. I hope Hayden is regretting those comments now.

 

[biased indian]

AWTA

really looking forward for haydens next radio interview