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Precambrian

Banned
Gambhir really needs to understand that we need more from him than just surviving through the first session. BTW credit to Johnson.
 

Uppercut

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Will Ponting be forced to use Clarke or White, or can the 4-man pace attack work for him all day?
 

pup11

International Coach
PJ being sent home?
Yeah he is going back home as he has some sort of a back problem, possible replacements are Hodge or Hussey and maybe even Symmo could also have an outside chance of getting a call-up, or atleast i hope so...
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Poor cricket. Bowling has been pretty poor all day and the batsmen have just given their wickets away. Sehwag was strangled to a certain extent but Dravid and Gambhir should be absolutely kicking themselves. Australia are very lucky to find themselves in this position, especially given the pitch.
 

Craig

World Traveller
Yeah he is going back home as he has some sort of a back problem, possible replacements are Hodge or Hussey and maybe even Symmo could also have an outside chance of getting a call-up, or atleast i hope so...
Symonds is no chance IMO.
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Was it Shastri who got a bit huffy about what the Indians would do to Oz if they were in India when they toured here last year? Katich should have stormed the commentary box and pissed all over him. :unsure: :happy:
Lol, I don't have a view either way regarding substitutions. My point was more the hilarity of his commentary.

"This is test cricket, stand there for two hours" pretty much sums up the reasoning people always use against test cricket as an entertaining sport. That its a whole lot of standing around.
 

pup11

International Coach
I think since White is in the side, Ponting needs to bite the bullet and show a bit of trust in him, if he bowls with the same accuracy he showed in the Bangalore test then he would do a decent holding job from one end, and that would give Punter an opportunity to rotate the quickies from the other end.
 

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