***Official Australia in India***

[FaaipDeOiad]

Just shows that this is the best batting wicket in the series IMO.

It might be easier to actually bowl someone out on this pitch than the last, but the ball comes onto the bat much better here, and scoring is easier. India need to break this partnership fairly soon.

 

[biased indian]

hope katich dont make 100

 

[Bees]

Who would, at this point of the match, predict a result?

 

[pasag]

Katich needs to make 13 runs in 12 minutes to get his hundred before stumps. Possible.

 

[Jono]

Who would, at this point of the match, predict a result?

I'm an Indian supporter, and I think it'll most likely be a draw, but I've decided to put some money on Aus paying $4.33 because if India do stuff this up, I'll want some money to make the tears go away.

 

[duffer]

I'm an Indian supporter, and I think it'll most likely be a draw, but I've decided to put some money on Aus paying $4.33 because if India do stuff this up, I'll want some money to make the tears go away.

Amy Winehouse - Tears dry on their own.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Amy Winehouse - Tears dry on their own.

Amy Winehouse: Heroin Heroin Heroin

 

[Jono]

LOL @ Iverson in your sig duffer

 

[duffer]

LOL @ Iverson in your sig.

Heh. AI is the black Sachin. So much love for him.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Haha that's awesome.

 

[pasag]

Excellent day for Aus after a horrible first session. Perhaps our best day of the series so far.

 

[pup11]

Very good session that for the Aussies, both Huss and Katto were superb and refreshing to see Katto play as well as he did, hope these two can carry on from here tomorrow and really press home the advantage, as there is still a lot of work to be done.

 

[pasag]

Coward's must have mentioned Krejza's 'rollercoaster of emotions' at least 45 times today.

 

[irfan]

Australia with a massive chance IMO, India's bowling looking insipid and highly unthreatening and unlikely to run through this batting lineup. Dhoni just letting these two run riot. Can't believe our tail fell apart to a bald crustacean - crazyness.

 

[honestbharani]

Australia on top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





And I am among the first ones to have called it.... Let's face it, this Indian attack is not great enough and the Aussie batting is too good for us.



Just hope we don't stuff up and can at least draw this test.

 

[biased indian]

make me the first to call this australia to be all out by tommorrow evening...may at the most with a lead of 20 runs

 

[Jnr.]

Australia on top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





And I am among the first ones to have called it.... Let's face it, this Indian attack is not great enough and the Aussie batting is too good for us.



Just hope we don't stuff up and can at least draw this test.

Um, they're more than 250 runs behind. We saw today how quickly things can change here.

 

[SJS]

Australia on top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I am among the first ones to have called it.... Let's face it, this Indian attack is not great enough and the Aussie batting is too good for us.

Just hope we don't stuff up and can at least draw this test.

The Indian spinners were extremely disappointing. If after 300 Test wickets and 70 Test matches Harbhajan doesn't yet understand the virtues of flighting the ball, I don't know what to say of him. I think Prasanna, who must be in his mid 60's, would even today bowl better on this wicket as far as that particular aspect of spin bowling is concerned.

It was interesting to see a clip they showed today of both Mishra and Hirwani, a portly, unfit, forty year old Indian selector bowling on the same wicket in his formal trousers and shirt and polished leather shoes.

Hirwani still showed a beautiful side on action and the ball was flighted tantalisingly, fell just on the perfect length on the off stump and moved sharply away.

Mishra who had whetted our appetite with his beautiful flighted deliveries on his debut which brought him great returns on a wicket probably less helpful than this one, today bowled flatter and faster. Looks like one Test with less than great figures (2 for 144 at Delhi) has put the fear of God in young Mishra and he is as scared as his off spinning senior of batsmen coming down the track and driving him.

 

[honestbharani]

The Indian spinners were extremely disappointing. If after 300 Test wickets and 70 Test matches Harbhajan doesn't yet understand the virtues of flighting the ball, I don't know what to say of him. I think Prasanna, who must be in his mid 60's, would even today bowl better on this wicket as far as that particular aspect of spin bowling is concerned.

It was interesting to see a clip they showed today of both Mishra and Hirwani, a portly, unfit, forty year old Indian selector bowling on the same wicket in his formal trousers and shirt and polished leather shoes.

Hirwani still showed a beautiful side on action and the ball was flighted tantalisingly, fell just on the perfect length on the off stump and moved sharply away.

Mishra who had whetted our appetite with his beautiful flighted deliveries on his debut which brought him great returns on a wicket probably less helpful than this one, today bowled flatter and faster. Looks like one Test with less than great figures (2 for 144 at Delhi) has put the fear of God in young Mishra and he is as scared as his off spinning senior of batsmen coming down the track and driving him.

Krezja made the best point of the series, I think, when he said a spinner will always be hit. It is what you do in between that counts...



If you think about it, Warne, Murali, Bedi etc. have been tonked around too... But they were always prepared to throw it up and ready to buy a wicket. Even if the guys today aren't as talented, at least as long as you throw it up and give it a chance to do something (dip, turn, bounce or whatever), you will be rewarded... Hope they can drill some sense into our spinners today evening... OTherwise, it is bye bye game and bye bye series..

 

[Top_Cat]

The Indian spinners were extremely disappointing. If after 300 Test wickets and 70 Test matches Harbhajan doesn't yet understand the virtues of flighting the ball, I don't know what to say of him. I think Prasanna, who must be in his mid 60's, would even today bowl better on this wicket as far as that particular aspect of spin bowling is concerned.

It was interesting to see a clip they showed today of both Mishra and Hirwani, a portly, unfit, forty year old Indian selector bowling on the same wicket in his formal trousers and shirt and polished leather shoes.

Hirwani still showed a beautiful side on action and the ball was flighted tantalisingly, fell just on the perfect length on the off stump and moved sharply away.

Mishra who had whetted our appetite with his beautiful flighted deliveries on his debut which brought him great returns on a wicket probably less helpful than this one, today bowled flatter and faster. Looks like one Test with less than great figures (2 for 144 at Delhi) has put the fear of God in young Mishra and he is as scared as his off spinning senior of batsmen coming down the track and driving him.

Dare I say it, Krejza showed how well you can do on this deck when you bowl with flight. I guess he figured he had nothing to lose because he was getting spanked so he just kept throwing them up there and boy did it pay off. 5 wickets today alone and brought Australia back into contention.

No matter what else happens, the Aussies would be staring down the barrel of a massive, massive score had Krejza not taken wickets and at the very least struggling to hold on for a draw. Surely, player of the match even if, say, Kat scores a ton tomorrow. Krejza is the reason the game is still a contest.