Manee
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Oh gosh. This could be another whitewash if we aren't careful. I'm glad I switched off at lunch and put Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow on.
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***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12
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Don't worry, Australia are fairly crap too.
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Yeah, exactly. MCG day 1 is always a bit iffy. From here, it'll quicken up and even out, better for batting if you like using the pace. Someone like Sehwag I expect to bat quite well on this pitch, don't think it's as much Laxman/Sachin/Dravid's bag, though so there'll be something for the bowlers to work with.
Siddle the key, if Pattinson bowls well too could be a tough day for India.
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We've just got Ireland covered..
Redbacks
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so things got worse then
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yeah but Indian fans are better at it than us so we will lose that battle also...Aussie and Indian fans outdoing each other in pessimism
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Manee
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I think he's awesome fwiw,so things got worse then
chicane
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Yeah short, aimless and no movement. I turned it off when Cowan and Clarke were settling in and was surprised we got them 6 down when I checked later. Hopefully its just the usual rubbish in the first day of an away test and it gets better tomorrow.
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You're just jealous because there are more Irish Ashes-holders than there are Aussies
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He's just never been able to shine on Mock TW.
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DEC 26th Ed Cowan press conference - YouTube
Great presser. People who aren't familiar with Ed, have a watch of that. Really smart guy who will be quality in the media when he retires.
Great presser. People who aren't familiar with Ed, have a watch of that. Really smart guy who will be quality in the media when he retires.
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Clarke has already said what he thinks about the DRS system. Has said that he doesn't care if they use it or not, but it should be uniform for all series.
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Yeah, WAG.
what of Siddle,The inform tail ender?
honestbharani
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Very even day AFAIC. Every time one team looked like taking the lead, the other has hit back. Very fascinating day of cricket and very happy I watched the full day's play. 
Cowan is all class.
Huss was robbed. 
And Ponting showed that he is in good form, but it is a worry when a guy like him, in what seems like very good form, is nicking them to second slip on 62. I am afraid I just don't see many more test 100s from him*.
Indian bowling was better than the usual drivel we serve up when bowling first in an away series first test. Zak and Ishant were unlucky not to have gotten 1 or 2 more (Zak was lucky to get Huss though, so that perhaps evened out from his perspective).. Yadav is good but erratic at this point. Hopefully he gets better though. Ashwin obviously was carried away with all the hype and was trying to hard to get wickets when all he was expected to do was to settle down and bowl well and hold an end up. In a way, it feels good that inspite of so much room for improvement from our bowlers, we still got them at a par score for day 1, perhaps a little less than par given that they won the toss..
* - watch him ton up now.
Cowan is all class.
Huss was robbed. And Ponting showed that he is in good form, but it is a worry when a guy like him, in what seems like very good form, is nicking them to second slip on 62. I am afraid I just don't see many more test 100s from him*.Indian bowling was better than the usual drivel we serve up when bowling first in an away series first test. Zak and Ishant were unlucky not to have gotten 1 or 2 more (Zak was lucky to get Huss though, so that perhaps evened out from his perspective).. Yadav is good but erratic at this point. Hopefully he gets better though. Ashwin obviously was carried away with all the hype and was trying to hard to get wickets when all he was expected to do was to settle down and bowl well and hold an end up. In a way, it feels good that inspite of so much room for improvement from our bowlers, we still got them at a par score for day 1, perhaps a little less than par given that they won the toss..
* - watch him ton up now.
andyc
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For those who haven't seen the Hussey/Cowan dismissals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZOf1kfJFA
Just baffles me so much; still see no reason why India refuses to use it, other than being petulant after getting the rough end of the stick from their first go with it. Overall though, India's day for sure. We need at least 350, but I doubt we'll make it there, just can't see Haddin and co getting us to it. Tipping Pattinson for a bagful tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZOf1kfJFA
Just baffles me so much; still see no reason why India refuses to use it, other than being petulant after getting the rough end of the stick from their first go with it. Overall though, India's day for sure. We need at least 350, but I doubt we'll make it there, just can't see Haddin and co getting us to it. Tipping Pattinson for a bagful tomorrow.
