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*Official* Australia in India 2010
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Ruckus
International Captain
yeh he does look pretty gangly and awkward doesn't he. Reminds me of a ridiculously tall 14 year old prepubescent (sorry George).Did anyone else note how funny Peter George's celebration of his first wicket was? Completely unco, as if his muscle control had failed somewhat in the excitement. Basically ran down the pitch with an excited expression flailing his arms somewhat randomly
Teja.
Global Moderator
Great logic there. Australia lost because the team was flawed.
Ruckus
International Captain
yeh he is far superior to Sreesanth. What does India see in Sree? He sucks hard...
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
The team is, even now, very good. It's just the Indian batting line-up is incredibly good right now. Bowling them out twice in India is going to be incredibly difficult. On that front, I am not sure just how much better we can do.
The batting however and the collapses in recent years can/should be addressed.
@ Teja, I rate Praveen heaps. Was hooping the ball in the ODIs here back when India toured.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
Come on, the bandana, the hair, the attitude...he's their Lillee.
Ruckus
International Captain
See nothing wrong with it? Not saying Australia would have necessarily won with a better team selection (we will never know), but it would have increased out chances.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Nah can't be Lillee; he's taken a five wicket haul on the subcontinent.
Ruckus
International Captain
It was the batting again (mainly) which let us down. If we didn't get such a bad total in this test, we could have won, or drawn at least.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
**** you ****.
Teja.
Global Moderator
I remembered you making a similar post at the end of the first test while hitting submit. I'll try really hard not to post about what you did previously from next time. 
Teja.
Global Moderator
SA, by a fair amount IMO.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Ntini got dropped ages ago.
Australia, anyway, IMO. South Africa don't even know who their third seamer is yet and I'm much less convinced about Morkel than most. Steyn's comfortably the best bowler from both sides but I'm definitely more one to rate attacks with several good, proven, above average bowlers than attacks with a superstar and a couple of bowlers of debatable merit.
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four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
SA right now because Steyn >> anyone else there.
Ruckus
International Captain
Who have they used instead of Ntini in the time after he was dropped?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
de Wet, McLaren, Tsotsobe and Parnell. As you can see they're less than settled on it. "Kallis" is probably a better answer; whoever else they've picked has largely acted as the fourth seamer.
Ruckus
International Captain
I think Steyn is a tad overated. 35% of his wickets (which is the largest share) are tail enders. Compared to 28% for Johnson, 17% for Hilfenhaus, and 26% for Bollinger.
Wow that is impressive from Zaheer Khan...only 18% of his wickets tail enders. 47% are the top 1-3.
Wow that is impressive from Zaheer Khan...only 18% of his wickets tail enders. 47% are the top 1-3.
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G.I.Joe
International Coach
Pujara's approach was assured and he scored briskly at more than a run-a-ball, forcing Australia to re-evaluate their plan of attack. "If you see the wicket, it's a lot easier to bat with the new ball than when the ball starts reversing a bit," Pujara said. "Australia were trying to get some wickets early on. They were trying to attack but also trying to defend. They didn't know what they were trying to do."