***Official*** Australia in India 2012/13

[Burgey]

Did this network call the series away in Australia? I'm wondering if Shastri and Gavaskar were on air because it would have been funny to see how they went without blowing smoke up the Indian team, and their own arses.

 

[Spikey]

dude don't bother arguing with him just call him a **** an add in an acronym like tbh or imo, no capitals, no smilies and it's done

you've got pretty uppity since you beat riggins to 1000. who do you think you are ****?

 

[ajdude]

you've got pretty uppity since you beat riggins to 1000. who do you think you are ****?

where are your manners ****

 

[ankitj]

James Pattinson averages 41!

 

[Burgey]

Wow, how about the false choppers on the bloke in the crowd just then? Looked like a light tower.

 

[Cevno]

Henriques has looked better than i expected tbh.

 

[Spikey]

where are your manners ****

paint my chicken coop

 

[mikeW]

yeah it should be siddle who gets the axe


fly in haddin, dougeh, agar and zampa imo

Surely not serious?

 

[uvelocity]

reckon they should let watto bat a couple more times just to see his disappointment each time he gets out

 

[Spikey]

i don't think alan border knows what good education is.

fkg queenslander

 

[uvelocity]

i don't think alan border knows what good education is.

fkg queenslander

went to one of the schools i did

 

[WindieWeathers]

Well we're now seeing how desperate Australia are without the fight and experience of Hussey and Ponting in that middle order, Hughes just looks terrible out there, Wade is a joke against spin, Watson flatters to deceive again and Cowan has always looked average to me, Warner dug in but again you just get the feeling that not having the ball come on to his bat leaves him in no mans land.

Pattinson done better than i expected but Lyon really took a beating, it got to the point where i almost felt sorry for the lad, the question now is whether he can come back from that and show some fight in the next test!!, then we have Starc who was the talk of the town against us in the recent ODI's but here he's been found out, those yorkers just don't cut it on these tracks.

Clark once again showed what a top batsman he is but he can't do it all on his own, just like Pattinson couldn't when Aus bowled.

In closing if this series goes the way i think it could go (India whitewash) then i fear for Aus when they play the back to back Ashes, i really do, this side is just not good enough to compete with them right now imo, the bowling is decent in the right conditions but the batting just doesn't breed confidence to me.

 

[DingDong]

wow this indian side is pretty good but they need to start doing this consistently against sa and eng to be back among the best

 

[Mr_Ronan]

Such a pity we couldn't get this match into the final day cos this pitch is getting to be a minefield and would have been a nightmare to bat on tomorrow. Even 150 would not have been an easy chase.

 

[Hurricane]

Well we're now seeing how desperate Australia are without the fight and experience of Hussey and Ponting in that middle order, Hughes just looks terrible out there, Wade is a joke against spin, Watson flatters to deceive again and Cowan has always looked average to me, Warner dug in but again you just get the feeling that not having the ball come on to his bat leaves him in no mans land.

Pattinson done better than i expected but Lyon really took a beating, it got to the point where i almost felt sorry for the lad, the question now is whether he can come back from that and show some fight in the next test!!, then we have Starc who was the talk of the town against us in the recent ODI's but here he's been found out, those yorkers just don't cut it on these tracks.

Clark once again showed what a top batsman he is but he can't do it all on his own, just like Pattinson couldn't when Aus bowled.

In closing if this series goes the way i think it could go (India whitewash) then i fear for Aus when they play the back to back Ashes, i really do, this side is just not good enough to compete with them right now imo, the bowling is decent in the right conditions but the batting just doesn't breed confidence to me.

excellent post.

 

[Biryani Pillow]

In closing if this series goes the way i think it could go (India whitewash) then i fear for Aus when they play the back to back Ashes, i really do, this side is just not good enough to compete with them right now imo, the bowling is decent in the right conditions but the batting just doesn't breed confidence to me.

Naw, they'll bring in Doherty and/or Smith as extra spinners and turn in all round.

 

[Spikey]

Such a pity we couldn't get this match into the final day cos this pitch is getting to be a minefield and would have been a nightmare to bat on tomorrow. Even 150 would not have been an easy chase.

were siddle and starc gonna bowl some offies if it went into a 4th innings???

 

[Philhughesisbes]

Is this the same wicket that Lyon was bowling on?

 

[Furball]

From what I recall Dhoni didn't get out that way at all. He regularly poked outside the offstump edging to Prior and co and left one from Anderson that came in and took the offstump. They were all very poor shots but by no means slogs, and neither was he trying to go hard at the English bowlers to hit his way into form.

In fact the only time he did go aggressive was in the 3rd test where he actually batted well and scored two fifties.

Played a ridiculous shot against Broad at Trent Bridge in the first innings. Tried to smash one through the covers when the smart thing to do would have been to leave it.

 

[Spikey]

Reasons why Watson failed opening

a) He didn't have suitable warning so as to help get into the 'zone'
b) Cowan was opening with him
c) The bowlers
d) Bears