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

[Spark]

Thought last year's deck was OKish in a subcontinental kind of way. Not a fun deck to bat on Day 4/5 given how much it was turning.

 

[robelinda]

Am luke warm on Perth Tests

The whole ground leaves me cold, it's so far away, and the pitch is from planet Mars

That said, Channel Nine are showing the Test on GEM during the news bulletin

Something ALWAYS bloody happens in that 10 minutes we never used to see before the tea break, thank goodness common sense has prevailed and we get the test on GEM when ch 9 cornt be orsed.

 

[Spark]

Just put it on GEM full time so we can watch it in HD ffs

 

[Burgey]

Just put it on GEM full time so we can watch it in HD ffs

What about the fans coming home from the shops or the beach who want to watch but don't have digital?

 

[Son Of Coco]

I don't hold a grudge for that, I just do not like the guy one single bit. And I think if I was in a team, no matter how well we were going, I wouldn't pipe up and beat my chest if I wasn't contributing. Not my right.

They need to be ruthless like they were when Healy was in his last days.

That's good, because 'blantantly cheating' was getting a bit carried away. But the discussion about the incident has been done to death.

 

[heathrf1974]

During a press conference today Dhoni was asked,
'What is worse: losing to England 4-0 or Australia 4-0?'
Dhoni replied 'There are different ways to die and none of them are pleasant.'
or something to that effect.

 

[Jayzamann]

Bit presumptuous, that question.

Also, Ashley Mallett: The problems with Lyon and Ashwin | Opinion | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

As for Ashwin, he bowls the odd good offbreak, a ball with dipping flight, like the splendid delivery that deceived Michael Hussey at the MCG - only for Rahul Dravid to wake up too late at slip to latch on to a dolly of a catch. But Ashwin bowls too many of those silly leg-floaters, which he calls the "Sudoku ball". Ashwin learnt to bowl the delivery - along the lines of Ajantha Mendis' finger-flicked offerings - in the backstreets of Chennai with a tennis ball. But unlike the Australians Jack Iverson and Johnny Gleeson, and Mendis himself, all of whom developed finger-flicked deliveries, Ashwin gets next to no purchase on his Sudoku ball. He "rolls" the delivery in similar fashion to ex-England left-armer Ashley Giles, who seemingly got about as much purchase on a cricket ball as you would need to take the fluff off a peach.

 

[Burgey]

Bit presumptuous, that question.

Also, Ashley Mallett: The problems with Lyon and Ashwin | Opinion | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

I do think Ashwin bowls his variation too often, but others who are more learned about slow bowling may care to comment. For his joking around, I always find Skull's comments on spin bowling pretty good.

 

[Ruckus]

Bit presumptuous, that question.

Also, Ashley Mallett: The problems with Lyon and Ashwin | Opinion | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

haha I particularly liked this one myself:

"However, the rest of the Indian attack has been abysmal, impressing about as much as a limp handshake at a woodchoppers' reunion."

 

[benchmark00]

What about the fans coming home from the shops or the beach who want to watch but don't have digital?

 

[Burgey]

Heard reports today Lyon is likely to play, but I don't know if that's a red herring being tossed about.

I'm not Gambhiring here (brilliant, the iPhone has it in the dictionary now), but I think this is a danger game for our blokes. There's a fair bit of hubris about the place.

 

[Spikey]

Reckon they'll play if safe and play Lyon, although personally I reckon playing Starc is much more safer. I note Lyon's good FC debut there, and also Hauritz's good record there, but it's India.

 

[Ruckus]

Hmm that's disappointing if that turns out to be the case. I don't see much benefit in playing Lyon at all on what is likely to be predominately a fast bowlers wicket. Also means there is no backup option if Harris breaks down (and apparently he has some genuine fear about that himself). Starc adds a bit with the bat to our tail as well.

 

[Spark]

Heard reports today Lyon is likely to play, but I don't know if that's a red herring being tossed about.

I'm not Gambhiring here (brilliant, the iPhone has it in the dictionary now), but I think this is a danger game for our blokes. There's a fair bit of hubris about the place.

Yeah agreed. Have to be careful. To be fair the hubris has more been from outside the team.

 

[howardj]

The ultimate whammy against Lyon playing this match, is not the nature of the wicket, but rather Clarke's reluctance to bowl him will be even greater than it already is because of the nature of the wicket.

 

[Spikey]

Hmm that's disappointing if that turns out to be the case. I don't see much benefit in playing Lyon at all on what is likely to be predominately a fast bowlers wicket. Also means there is no backup option if Harris breaks down (and apparently he has some genuine fear about that himself). Starc adds a bit with the bat to our tail as well.

Well, a bouncy pitch helps him just as much as the fast bowlers imo. the freo doctor will help with drift too, no? But he's still playing against India...


in before Vic says something like "it didn't seam much last time remember" btw

 

[benchmark00]

I heard they were leaning towards Starceh, which surprised me.

I'd go with Starceh (out of the two options, would've gone with Macca/Christian). Just think Clarke/Ponting can do just as an effective job as Lyon against India here.

 

[Sylvester]

I've got a feeling they will go with Starc, if he was going to be 12th man they would have announced it already like they have all summer.

 

[uvelocity]

Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows - YouTube

 

[Ruckus]

Btw why the feck is Mitchell Starc's nickname Starcy or something else as banal? Gotta be either 'Tony' or 'Ironman' surely.