***Official Australia in India***

[Johnners]

Aside from the fact that the bounce was hardly predictable you mean? That alone makes quite a difference for mine

 

[Johnners]

I guess the fact they're (_)(_) and not \_|_/

 

[Uppercut]

I guess the fact they're (_)(_) and not \_|_/

I applaud your skilled use of punctuation.

 

[Ikki]

Did u watch the game? Hardly anything in it for the 1st two days in Bengaluru.

That pitch was was not as good for batting as this one - tough to bowl on but batting would be different. That one was slow and tended to have uneven bounce. This one is pretty straight-forward really. The ball gets up high enough and at a proper pace for batsmen to get proper strokes off and the bounce is predictable.

In that first test Australia's 1st innings was the most that anyone was going to get. In this one, as it is going, I am willing to bet Australia will score more - a higher RR.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I guess the fact they're (_)(_) and not \_|_/

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[pasag]

That pitch was was not as good for batting as this one - tough to bowl on but batting would be different. That one was slow and tended to have uneven bounce. This one is pretty straight-forward really. The ball gets up high enough and at a proper pace for batsmen to get proper strokes off and the bounce is predictable.

In that first test Australia's 1st innings was the most that anyone was going to get. In this one, as it is going, I am willing to bet Australia will score more - a higher RR.

Hmm I disagree with that somewhat. I think the Australian batting these days tends to be a tad more conservative knowing they don't have Warne and McGrath to get them out of trouble if things go wrong. Think you'll see Australia play a pretty watchful innings tomorrow and just try and accumulate the runs.

 

[Precambrian]

Hardly, I dont think Bengaluru 1st day pitch was difficult to bat on by any means. Not when the spinners were in tandem.

 

[Top_Cat]

Not when you are down 4 wickets. Better than 2.95 that Australia averaged on the first day of Bengaluru on a similar pitch.

Yep and Australia, with a lower run-rate, scored more than India are looking like scoring on a better pitch (fair bit better too). What's the point of scoring fast if it just means you arrive at a sub-300 score quicker?

 

[duffer]

Heh @ Nick McArdle's "analysis" of Tendulkar's technique.

 

[duffer]

Yes!!!!!!!

 

[Precambrian]

Whoopi Whoopi Whoopi!! God !

 

[pup11]

Well done SRT, you little legend!!

 

[silentstriker]

Congrats! Now score a century!

 

[Precambrian]

What a man! What a legend! What a genius!!

 

[pup11]

Enough of the fireworks already!!!

 

[pasag]

Congrats Sachin. What a legend.

Rather tactless of Nimbus.

Disappointing crowd to see such a memorable moment.

 

[duffer]

That was such an awesome moment. Choking up here...

 

[Precambrian]

Hehe, Ponting surely dont like this stop the play. Ok, enough of celebrations, these crackers are going to disturb his concentration.

 

[Top_Cat]

Haha, and to think, when Lara got the record in Adelaide, all he got was a polite round of applause.

 

[silentstriker]

Hehe, Ponting surely dont like this stop the play. Ok, enough of celebrations, these crackers are going to disturb his concentration.

It works in Ponting's favor if he is losing concentration.