***Official Australia in India***

[four_or_six]

I was always dubious of such tactics, myself. Using part-timers to make up the overs is something you do in ODI cricket. In Tests, pretty rare it doesn't get exposed.

Yeah, agreed. I'm just thinking where they go from here. I can't see how four quicks is an option for the sake of variety or of over-rate.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Aha 4-200!

 

[duffer]

Shot!

 

[cricman]

Krejza will break the record and take 6!

 

[silentstriker]

Hmm, into the tail now. Ganguly is no good at this - India could go down very quickly here.

 

[Top_Cat]

Haha, Krezja proving that if you bowl enough overs, eventually you'll take some poles.

 

[cricman]

Zaheer or Harbajan to get 50 here IMO

 

[Johnners]

Australia simply has not looked like taking 20 wickets in any game this series and this is probably one of the rare occasions when I have seen a series where a strong batting lineup has been called upon to continually save games for a team that simply does not have any hope of winning. The gulf in quality between Australia's batting and bowling currently is huge, bigger than the same for any other side in a long long time. I'd said before the series that Australias only hope was to bat out draws in the series as I simply do not rate the Aussie bowling attack on subcontinental soil, nor do I rate Clark and Lee as highly as some others on this forum seem to do.

Clark & Lee obviously aren't as good a duo as McGrath & Gillespie was, but their performance on these pitches is most certainly not indicative of their ability (not that your suggesting that). Even if they were going to struggle to take wickets, the fact that both of them completely lost any concept of line & length (Clark certainly did at times in first test, but did rectify that in Dheli, even if he wasn't threatening, he at was at least efficient) which has hurt Australia the most imo.

 

[sanga1337]

Krejza!!! would be an interesting debut if he gets a 5 for

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

THE CRAYFISH!

Haha, so gun.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Despite going for 200+, taking Sehwag, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly, and Dhoni on debut is stuff dreams are made of really.

 

[four_or_six]

Oh yes... good on Krejza. I love the way he has persisted and taken the stick on the chin.

 

[Simon]

Awesome stuff for Krejza to get 5 and hopefully even more from here!

 

[silentstriker]

Five-for. Collapse here. Australia are right back into this.

 

[cricman]

From GOAT to Hero in a span of seconds

 

[Johnners]

Well what do you know, 2 wickets in 3 balls, after 2 and half hours where the was about 2 appeals.

I must say though, this has disappointly been quite a dull series to date (especially from an Australian POV).

 

[silentstriker]

Krejza now equal Warne in the number of five wicket hauls vs. India.

 

[four_or_six]

Well what do you know, 2 wickets in 3 balls, after 2 and half hours where the was about 2 appeals.

I must say though, this has disappointly been quite a dull series to date (especially from an Australian POV).

Agreed, not been enough in it for the bowlers imo. And added to that, there's not even any banter going on this match and there's no crowd noise. It's very stale.

 

[pasag]

Baha, 5 on debut. Will play for at least the whole NZ series based on that.

Pity Ganguly couldn't get a ton in his final Test, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter, it was a knock that's kept Aus out of the game and that's all that counts. Well played.

 

[pasag]

Zaheer and Harbi to put on a 50+ partnership.