*Official* Australia in India 2010

[four_or_six]

Good luck to Australia trying to bounce the Indian batsmen, like they were saying.

 

[Jayzamann]

Makes sense that India have only two quicks in the side now.

Every single thing the players say on the field is echoing everywhere

 

[Noble One]

This pitch better turn square. I'm hardly shocked no fans turn up to watch Test cricket when played on a pitch like this.

 

[Contra]

I'm feeling sorry for Tim Paine already,lol.

 

[Spark]

This could be either a 600+ or a no one gets above 200 pitch depending on how it behaves wicket-to-wicket.

 

[Jono]

Wow at the bounce. Bowl harbhajan now I reckon, **** wasting the energy of zaheer.

 

[Briony]

Maybe the sparseness of the crowd is also due to the peculiar venue. They got huge numbers for the second test against SA earlier in the year at a more popular one.

 

[chalky]

Very surprised to see Sharma with the ball. I'd have thought Sree to take the 2nd over.

Again, I don't think the lack of bounce means that much, the seam on Sharma's first ball was all over the place. Looks slow and low, yes, but I reckon it'll be relatively consistent.

Sree isn't playing India gone in with 2 spinners.

 

[Spark]

Wow at the bounce. Bowl harbhajan now I reckon, **** wasting the energy of zaheer.

Zaheer seems to have the same idea...

 

[Top_Cat]

One of those days to cut the run-up and bowl cutters, tbh.

Genuine question; why does no-one do this any more?

 

[Top_Cat]

Sree isn't playing India gone in with 2 spinners.

Oh duh, of course. Next time I better check the XI actually selected!

 

[Spark]

One of those days to cut the run-up and bowl cutters, tbh.

Genuine question; why does no-one do this any more?

In that respect Johnson could be rather handy since that's his stock ball.

 

[Jono]

This pitch better turn square. I'm hardly shocked no fans turn up to watch Test cricket when played on a pitch like this.

Mohali is never like this tbf.

Weather and no time to prepare has ****ed up what is normally a good track.

 

[Jayzamann]

This could be either a 600+ or a no one gets above 200 pitch depending on how it behaves wicket-to-wicket.

I have a feeling that there'll be 40 wickets taken in the next few days.

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeah was just about to say the one bowler I'd be dreading facing right now would be Johnson, tbh. Will be hard work for Bollinger but Johnson and Hilf will be dangerous.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

One of those days to cut the run-up and bowl cutters, tbh.

Genuine question; why does no-one do this any more?

Didn't Sohail Tanvir say **** it and just bowled spin in the last couple of years?

 

[chalky]

This could be either a 600+ or a no one gets above 200 pitch depending on how it behaves wicket-to-wicket.

Think scoring quickly will be difficult on such a slow pitch probably a test of patience as much as anything for the batsmen.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Yeah was just about to say the one bowler I'd be dreading facing right now would be Johnson, tbh. Will be hard work for Bollinger but Johnson and Hilf will be dangerous.

Yeah, reckon it'll be tough times for Rug the Dug.

 

[Jayzamann]

Pencil in Marcus North to take a career-best haul

 

[Contra]

LBW is India's best chance. Zak should keep targeting the pads.