***Official Australia in India***

[pup11]

Jeez, Sehwag making it turn and bounce viciously atm, good thing Harbhajan is not playing in this one, anyways Hayden living pretty dangerously atm.

 

[inbox24]

bye bye match.....



Australia to make 750 by the fifth day and then declare, just to rub it in.....




Hope we will be good enough to survive for the draw then......

Pretty pessimistic I'd say. You guys have 600+ on the board, it's unlosable from this point.

As for Australia we still 200 runs to avoid the follow on and even though these two have a partnership going it only takes a couple of deliveries considering the recent form of our middle and lower order. The key will be to get Hussey, after him the spinners can really turn on the screws on Haddin, Clarke and White.

 

[pup11]

bye bye match.....



Australia to make 750 by the fifth day and then declare, just to rub it in.....




Hope we will be good enough to survive for the draw then......

I guess you are filling in for SS in his absence...

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Strange suggestion on cricinfo that Ponting's "occasional aggression" "hasn't worked". He's going okay so far.

 

[pup11]

Damn, Haydos goes, c'mon Huss time to step-up.

EDIT: Wtf is Bowden doing giving people out lbw all of a sudden...

 

[Top_Cat]

Hayden out. High on the pad but pretty damn out, nice bowling by Sehwag.

Only thing; as if his second innings record isn't bad enough, tiring him out by bowling him a lot while Kumble's off the ground might prove costly.

EDIT: Hmmmmmm......higher than I though. Still, out.

 

[sanga1337]

2 balls before Hayden gets out: "Hayden is looking good for that elusive century on tour"

Damn you cricinfo

 

[pup11]

Strange suggestion on cricinfo that Ponting's "occasional aggression" "hasn't worked". He's going okay so far.

Tbh, trolls are set on the loose on cricinfo, so i really won't take much notice of what they say too seriously.

 

[honestbharani]

Pretty pessimistic I'd say. You guys have 600+ on the board, it's unlosable from this point.

As for Australia we still 200 runs to avoid the follow on and even though these two have a partnership going it only takes a couple of deliveries considering the recent form of our middle and lower order. The key will be to get Hussey, after him the spinners can really turn on the screws on Haddin, Clarke and White.

I know there is a lot of cricket left but with ONLY 3 bowlers (as useless as Kumble has been at least he will make others remain relatively fresh) we are basically doomed in this game..



Probably right about India not losing but I don't see us winning either..

 

[Uppercut]

Regarding the bee thing, it's happened in the past couple of years but can't for the life of me remember where or when. Anyone?

SL-England a year ago.

 

[social]

I know there is a lot of cricket left but with ONLY 3 bowlers (as useless as Kumble has been at least he will make others remain relatively fresh) we are basically doomed in this game..



Probably right about India not losing but I don't see us winning either..

People are criticising Kumble but Mishra hasnt been too flash either and both are being shown up by Sehwag

 

[social]

Apparently Kumble has been taken to hospital so Aus will never have a better chance to grind an under-manned India into the Dehli dust

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Yeah Mishra still bowls a fair few loose ones. Very good talent but Australia should be able to handle him pretty well, at least with the way the surface is now.

Sehwag has bowled very well though.

 

[Top_Cat]

People are criticising Kumble but Mishra hasnt been too flash either and both are being shown up by Sehwag

Yeah exactly. This is the sort of situation where experience counts for more than anything and why it'd have been right to pick Kumble ahead of Mishra had Harbhajan not pulled out. As usual, one performance, albeit a good one, and suddenly he's the new genius.

 

[Top_Cat]

2-222. Richie's mic just got covered in spit.

 

[Top_Cat]

Ooooo, man that was close to the edge. Assuming it didn't hit! Ponting smart enough to hit his foot with the bat at the same time to confuse the umpire, what a player...

EDIT: Absolutely nothing on Snicko. Very surprising.

 

[Redbacks]

Someone needs to make a big hundred for Australia! Or two players can if they want
still a long way to go but a good start so far

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah exactly. This is the sort of situation where experience counts for more than anything and why it'd have been right to pick Kumble ahead of Mishra had Harbhajan not pulled out. As usual, one performance, albeit a good one, and suddenly he's the new genius.

Mishra's been excellent for a long time. "One performance" generally means "the one performance i actually watched".

He's bowling poorly, but he's still looked a lot more likely than Kumble did to take wickets (and got Katich). That's to be expected i guess, since Kumble's a 4th-innings bowler.

EDIT: just noticed he's gone for a few though. Still, not a single bowler on either team has had even the tiniest amount of success so far.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Ponting's playing really well here, and there's plenty in the wicket right now. Hopefully he'll make a big one and put the "can't play spin in India even though he can play it everywhere else" thing to bed.

 

[JimmyGS]

BTW India's secret of reverse swing is out : FLUKE.

Ishant is starting to get it to go.