***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

[KiWiNiNjA]

Sitting in a pub and not buying a beer is blasphemy.

Nah, it's what all the cool kids are doing.

 

[Burgey]

Seeing a guy like Cowan succeed just shows the private school system could produce more test players if it wasn't so criminally underfunded by the federal government.

Every private school should have a Test quality oval ffs.

 

[hazsa19]

Am convinced hazsa19 is a troll now. Wonder if he thinks the same about Ian Bell.

Throwing Ian Bell in at number 4 and then 3 as a youngster was the worst thing we could have done.

I fully expect Bell to be Englands permanent number 3 for a few years when Trott goes.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

How soon before knobs start obsessing about revs like they do speed?


"How many revs was that ball?"

 

[Ruckus]

40 times a second? Thats sounds ridiculously high. Would have never have thought that.

 

[Spark]

How soon before knobs start obsessing about revs like they do speed?


"How many revs was that ball?"

That would be fair though because revs are gold for a spinner, moreso than pace for a quick.

 

[hazsa19]

The top 3 are all First Class openers. Ponting and Clarke are both experienced.

Clarke's just not a number 3, Pontings done the job for years, you can understand him moving down the order.

Time for Hussey to step up. Guess he wants to protect that inflated average..

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

That would be fair though because revs are gold for a spinner, moreso than pace for a quick.

But not the be all and end all, like speed.

 

[benchmark00]

Throwing Ian Bell in at number 4 and then 3 as a youngster was the worst thing we could have done.

I fully expect Bell to be Englands permanent number 3 for a few years when Trott goes.

Despite the fact Trott is less than one year older than Bell...

Horses for courses mate. No such thing as one size fits all.

 

[benchmark00]

40 times a second? Thats sounds ridiculously high. Would have never have thought that.

Yeah I'd agree with that.

 

[NasserFan207]

Clarke's just not a number 3, Pontings done the job for years, you can understand him moving down the order.

Time for Hussey to step up. Guess he wants to protect that inflated average..

Hussey at 3? That bloke can barely deal with the moving ball at 6, how do you expect him to survive first up

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Throwing Ian Bell in at number 4 and then 3 as a youngster was the worst thing we could have done.

I fully expect Bell to be Englands permanent number 3 for a few years when Trott goes.

C'mon! It is disgraceful and highly irresponsible for an experienced batsman like Bell to be batting down at 6 while the inexperienced Trott is batting at 3!!!!!

 

[Burgey]

Jeez 3/200 is about as good as I'd dare have realistically hoped for at the start of the day.

 

[Burgey]

Hussey at 3? That bloke can barely deal with the moving ball at 6, how do you expect him to survive first up

That's not true, actually.

 

[benchmark00]

Hussey at 3? That bloke can barely deal with the moving ball at 6, how do you expect him to survive first up

I think that's a bit of a stretch, consider Hussey made a career out of opening originally, however it would be ridiculous to move someone like Hussey who has had great success batting at 6 and batting with the tail, whereas you've got Marsh who is a top order player.

 

[Briony]

Clarke's just not a number 3, Pontings done the job for years, you can understand him moving down the order.

Time for Hussey to step up. Guess he wants to protect that inflated average..

From what we're told Punter would have been happy to stay at #3 but the selectors made the decision. You might argue that Hussey is shirking responsibility but Clarke bats pretty low for someone who's touted as Australia's best bat. Guess his #4 stats though show he's not cut out to be a top order batsman. Sometimes the line-up is about team balance.

 

[TumTum]

40 times a second? Thats sounds ridiculously high. Would have never have thought that.

If you consider that it takes about a second for the ball to reach the batsman, it makes sense.

 

[Burgey]

Notice on that pic they use for Rotator, the shiny spot on the ball never moves?

Doing it with mirrors IMHO.

 

[NasserFan207]

I think that's a bit of a stretch, consider Hussey made a career out of opening originally, however it would be ridiculous to move someone like Hussey who has had great success batting at 6 and batting with the tail, whereas you've got Marsh who is a top order player.

Key word is originally, the Hussey of today is fairly clueless against anything which moves off the straight

 

[Briony]

Jeez 3/200 is about as good as I'd dare have realistically hoped for at the start of the day.

Against the kiwi, English or Saffa attack probably yes, but against this Indian line-up you'd expect the bats to prosper. This series will probably be decided between the respective batsmen unless Pattinson can continue his stellar form.