Kylez
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Nah, troll gonna sign up to a cricket forum and talk total **** because he has nothing better to do in his life.
Anyway, I'm pretty ****ing pumped for the start of play.
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***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12
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Anyway, I'm pretty ****ing pumped for the start of play.
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I think the hype pendulum has swung too far the other way as far as the Indian attack is concerned. Zaheer and Ashwin are good, Ishant's decent and Yadav's an alright prospect. It's only really when bowlers start breaking down that they degenerate into a total prank-attack.
Agent Nationaux
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Surprised that Clarke is batting first. Pattinson would have been very difficult to face in these conditions.
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Surely that's a reason to bowl first?
Athlai
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Yeah I actually think people will be a little surprised by how decent the Indian attack will be if they don't break down.
Still no NZ though. Martin > Zaheer in these conditions.
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It did last year.
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Well, it's a judgement call but I don't think it'll move that much anyway and any movement will be gone post-lunch. Looks pretty brown to me.Surely that's a reason to bowl first?
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Because Melbourne isn't a bowl first wicket usually.With the given conditions, why have Australia decided to bat first?
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Fair enough. Cricinfo reckon the pitch is very soft so it might disintegrate badly later in the game. When there's this much disagreement it's probably a close enough decision that it doesn't really matter what you do.
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Mate if the wicket isn't a raging green top why would you bowl first? Fmd, it's such a defensive move in those circumstances.
It looks a normal Melbourne pitch. If it plays like it, then batting is the right call.
As long as they don't drive expansively on it pre-lunch whe it's like Zaheer (tacky) they should be right.
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Why is it defensive?
Burgey
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How would BCCI Cricinfo know? Don't they commentate it off the tv?
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If there's doubt, bat.
/chappelli
EDIT: Not just that, the pitch really hasn't disintegrated this season in Shield matches. Been good to bat on all the way through. Lack of local knowledge from Cricinfo, tbh.
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Athlai
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Sometimes they'll have liasons at the ground. Pretty sure it is never in an official press role though.