Tail or no tail, what we saw was quality reverse swing. The WWs were famous for exactly the same, polishing off them with reverse swing using the old ball. And I don't think Haddin (FC avg 40+), White (FC avg 40+) and Lee (Test avg 20+) qualify as exactly the tail.
AWTA> It's like trying to take the focus from the fact that Australian batsmen were way below par. It was a wicket with absolutely no demons in it and held it's way even to the 5th day. I really expected the Aussies to come up with a decent 2nd innings score, seeing the way India scoring at above 5 per over.I think the point HJ is trying to make is that the Aust batsmen (and Media, in a different sense) need to get over their pre-occupation with reverse swing and how it's their undoing, and just concentrate on their own games, and being prepared to face some high quality seam/pace bowling.
Of course, I could he wrong...
Roebuck is very flavour of the month type of writer. Don't think he's particularly biased towards or against many people tbh.
I didn't say tail, I said lower order.
Roebuck is quite the hypocrite for mine, rubbishing players one article, only to glorify them got much the same thing in the next.
Yep, he'll just say whatever will get the most reaction at the time. Has a lovely writing style but the substance on offer is diminishing by the article for mine.
I'd love to have a go at him too but think he gets off on the hate. Will only encourage him.
* cough cough B'lore*
Hate his writing style, each article basically consists of 75 metaphores and similes chosen by a pool of manatees.
You'd better sit down...I think I'm about to agree with you
I would also join the Test squad if asked, tbf.
Of corse Mishra bowled beautifully on debut but It is also true that Kotla is by far Kumble best ground. He has over 9 wickets per Test over 6 Test matches there with the lowest being seven in a Test ! He also got his ten in an innings there. So nothing amiss in his saying that he was 'raring to go at the Kotla"You'd better sit down...I think I'm about to agree with you
Mishra certainly did a great job in this test and I doubt Kumble would have done any better if he was in the team. I only got to watch the highlights of Zed, Ishant etc bowling in the Australian second innings but they bowled some fantastic deliveries to dismiss some of our guys. Being a bowler myself I tend to enjoy watching good bowling regardless of who it is (although obviously if it could be Australia that'd be nice), and India have done a great job with the ball. As well as being not too dusty with the bat either.
I won't call it inability as such, its just that they haven't found themselves in a situation too many times where they have had to bat out time to save test matches, i think in the 2nd test poor tactics were really what cost Australia the game, Australia could have drawn this game if the top-order didn't bat like a bunch of idiots, mind you i am not taking away any credit from the Indian bowlers, because they were excellent imo on a pretty placid track, but still i was shocked when i heard Tim Nielsen say that they were going after the target as they felt batting out four and half sessions with just the thoughts of blocking and playing for a draw wouldn't have helped them last that long, which was ridiculous ploy imo.
