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Well, I tend to look at it this way; the pitch meant any slight mistake was punished severely. They lacked penetration, sure and weren't brilliant, no doubt. But pathetic? Harsh, I reckon. The drops definitely cost them, not so much in runs but in morale.
Johnson continues with his tendency to rip a wicket out of nowhere. Not a great decision, though.
Precambrian
Banned
Ah, poor decision. But anyway, Gambhir has done it.
Aus sniffing an outside chance now.
Aus sniffing an outside chance now.
Precambrian
Banned
Surely, Mitch borrowed some luck from Symmo before he left from there! He's been so lucky to get his wickets. Not to take anything away from his hard work, but the balls that fetched him most wickets just were ordinary.
Precambrian
Banned
For that they have to get India all out in the next 15-18 overs.
sanga1337
U19 Captain
Hasn't been terrible though. He's got India off to good starts and got 90 in one match. And he could almost be in the team as a spinner anyway...
Precambrian
Banned
Agree. He showed how a spinner who keeps his line and length tight can do on such a pitch. Ind really missed Harby, could have really troubled the left handers.
Precambrian
Banned
Tendulkar has really gone into a shell here. Hopefully he becomes more positive post lunch.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
LOL @ the constant talk between the commentators about India playing five bowlers in the next Test.
Unless they lose this match, which is pretty unlikely, there's absolutely no chance of it happening. Why on earth would you drop a batsman for a bowler if you were 1-0 up in the series with one test to play? It'd be absolute madness.
Unless they lose this match, which is pretty unlikely, there's absolutely no chance of it happening. Why on earth would you drop a batsman for a bowler if you were 1-0 up in the series with one test to play? It'd be absolute madness.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Wouldn't get too excited about the possibility of an Australian victory here. 135 runs behind, and a chase of 150+ in one session on this wicket would be next to impossible, so Australia would basically have to bowl India out from here and make back whatever they score from now before tea. Would have to be a phenomenal collapse, 6/30 or something. They've got about 20 overs to do it at the outside.
pasag
RTDAS
So great for our confidence though, especially after this team's all time low in Mohali. Just the fact we may be able to bowl India out cheaply, something we're yet to do in this series will work wonders going into the next Test.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Oh yeah, no doubt. Was a good start to the day for Australia and if they continue to bowl well after lunch, it'll be three days in a row we've been on top. Means a lot.
pup11
International Coach
India's bats have us by the googlies
By Kerry O'Keeffe
November 02, 2008 12:00am
THE Mentalist would find it difficult to fathom what has been going on in the heads of the Australian selectors over the past few weeks. Fair dinkum, was the spin bowling order of merit conceived at Hooters during a session with John Daly?
Last Wednesday, Australia began a crucial Test in Delhi needing to take 20 wickets to level the series. Our panel came up with the slow bowling trio of Cameron White, Michael Clarke and Simon Katich.
This grouping is unlikely to take 20 first-class wickets in a calendar year on doctored decks in the Gobi Desert.
Is Jason Krejza sleeping inside the Taj Mahal with Stuart MacGill's alarm clock? And why is baby-faced chinaman Beau Casson considered fruit out of season?
Casson's situation demands a public explanation from selection chairman Andrew Hilditch, who the media feel is harder to catch than the multiple top edges he provided fine leg during his hooking days.
Casson's case is particularly perplexing. The New South Welshman contributed in his only Test in the West Indies last June but has been overlooked for the sub-continent series.
Rumours abound that the panel felt a couple of hidings from Sachin Tendulkar and the boys may have torpedoed his career. They were uncomfortable sending two wrist-spinners, in Bryce McGain and Casson, on the same assignment.
The rule should be to send your best bowlers on difficult missions. Of course, Casson may not be the real deal anyway. Like Brad Hogg, his wrong-un is a much stronger delivery than his stock ball and, consequently, represents his major strike option.
And Casson has to develop his momentum on slow pitches where batsmen tend to play him a little too comfortably off the back foot. These are challenges he has been denied by selection panel perceptions.
Perhaps Casson's googlies will return against New Zealand this month in Australia. The Kiwis would have trouble picking Bill Lawry's nose.
The Casson issue aside, surely the off-spinner Krejza had to play in this Test. Ricky Ponting is known to be a fan and could have cuddled the former New South Welshman had the going got tough. Part-time offie Virender Sehwag proved how valuable finger spin can be on such crusty surfaces.
This was Krejza's pitch, too. Having said that, Nathan Hauritz, the NSW off-spinner, was the best finger spinner I saw last season, although I didn't take in Greg Matthews of Sydney University.
Hauritz ticks the two most important boxes in the art of slow bowling. He possesses a genuine loop and he is precise - two skills we have sadly lacked in India.
Some very god points made in this article by Kerry O'Keeffe, and i agree with most of them.
By Kerry O'Keeffe
November 02, 2008 12:00am
THE Mentalist would find it difficult to fathom what has been going on in the heads of the Australian selectors over the past few weeks. Fair dinkum, was the spin bowling order of merit conceived at Hooters during a session with John Daly?
Last Wednesday, Australia began a crucial Test in Delhi needing to take 20 wickets to level the series. Our panel came up with the slow bowling trio of Cameron White, Michael Clarke and Simon Katich.
This grouping is unlikely to take 20 first-class wickets in a calendar year on doctored decks in the Gobi Desert.
Is Jason Krejza sleeping inside the Taj Mahal with Stuart MacGill's alarm clock? And why is baby-faced chinaman Beau Casson considered fruit out of season?
Casson's situation demands a public explanation from selection chairman Andrew Hilditch, who the media feel is harder to catch than the multiple top edges he provided fine leg during his hooking days.
Casson's case is particularly perplexing. The New South Welshman contributed in his only Test in the West Indies last June but has been overlooked for the sub-continent series.
Rumours abound that the panel felt a couple of hidings from Sachin Tendulkar and the boys may have torpedoed his career. They were uncomfortable sending two wrist-spinners, in Bryce McGain and Casson, on the same assignment.
The rule should be to send your best bowlers on difficult missions. Of course, Casson may not be the real deal anyway. Like Brad Hogg, his wrong-un is a much stronger delivery than his stock ball and, consequently, represents his major strike option.
And Casson has to develop his momentum on slow pitches where batsmen tend to play him a little too comfortably off the back foot. These are challenges he has been denied by selection panel perceptions.
Perhaps Casson's googlies will return against New Zealand this month in Australia. The Kiwis would have trouble picking Bill Lawry's nose.
The Casson issue aside, surely the off-spinner Krejza had to play in this Test. Ricky Ponting is known to be a fan and could have cuddled the former New South Welshman had the going got tough. Part-time offie Virender Sehwag proved how valuable finger spin can be on such crusty surfaces.
This was Krejza's pitch, too. Having said that, Nathan Hauritz, the NSW off-spinner, was the best finger spinner I saw last season, although I didn't take in Greg Matthews of Sydney University.
Hauritz ticks the two most important boxes in the art of slow bowling. He possesses a genuine loop and he is precise - two skills we have sadly lacked in India.
Some very god points made in this article by Kerry O'Keeffe, and i agree with most of them.
Johnners
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
People can say what they like about Johnson getting "lucky" wickets, but at least he's getting them. It's also worth noting that apart from Sehwag in the first innings of the first test, the 3 other wickets he got there were very good deliveries, as was the one to remove Sachin in the first innings here, and the one that Rauf didn't give against Sehwag in the 2nd test.
Precambrian
Banned
No doubt, Aus will go heads high after this test, and India seriously need to think about Dravid and Kumble.