***Official*** India in Australia 2014-5

[GirtBySea]

And I was saying. Oh, one down...

 

[anil1405]

Shut up Haydo's...man utd is not the only team that plays football.

 

[The_Bunny]

Think Aus need 350+ lead to feel safe, mind you an India win requires getting the tail out cheaply.
The first innings lead looking very valuable at the moment

 

[Daemon]

200-5 will turn to 400 by stumps.

 

[Antihippy]

200-5 will turn to 400 by stumps.

Don't worry, we'll probably declare before reaching 400.

 

[Jono]

This interview is ****ing awks

 

[Prince EWS]

This interview is ****ing awks

Not even Dave Skylark can save it now.

 

[Spark]

Like the analysis by Rob Key of Watson's technique on Sky.

 

[Tangles]

Like the analysis by Rob Key of Watson's technique on Sky.

Yep. Comms adding value. What they thinking...

 

[Blocky]

Pity Rob Key couldn't analyse his own technique well enough to be relevant at international level.

 

[Debris]

Not with Michael Clarke I'm not. I believe Dhoni thought he caught that, but when Michael Clarke pushed the ball into the ground and claimed the catch (I forget when, but it was a while back now) he was doing nothing other than cheating.

EDIT: Poor old Rogers. Like to see the old Zinc'd wonder go well, but that looked like a nice piece of bowling.

We have a very different view of what is cheating. Players should always have the right to appeal and this should never be considered cheating. Bowlers appeal when they know it is not out all the time. If it is obviously not out, then umpires should know. You are trying to push the umpire's responsibility onto the players.

 

[viriya]

On Shami - what happened to him? I seem to remember him bowling 145k when he first showed up and felt like India finally found some pace bowling talent.. His record suggests an Ishant 2.0..

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

We have a very different view of what is cheating. Players should always have the right to appeal and this should never be considered cheating. Bowlers appeal when they know it is not out all the time. If it is obviously not out, then umpires should know. You are trying to push the umpire's responsibility onto the players.

The umpire must have bloody good eyesight to see if someone's cleanly taken a catch at deep midwicket. This was pre-DRS era where a lot more reliance was taken on the word of the player. Even in 2005 Ponting tried to insist on the England players taking Australia's word on catches rather than relying on replays. Ponting may have had a point, but England didn't trust them on it. It doesn't happen these days as it is so easy to refer the disputed catch to a replay. Exactly the right thing was done in this instance.

 

[viriya]

Also - why has Ashwin bowled only 10 overs? With 2 wickets in his 10 he should be bowling all day at one end I would think?

 

[Spikey]

uh oh.

 

[Spark]

uh. problems.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Now to let Johnson, Harris and co add 250 more.

 

[ajdude]

****ing knew it, power comes on for 5 minutes and burns goes out like 4 balls later. ffs

go back to Queensland where you belong joe you **** **** and stop breaking my heart

 

[Contra]

Not a good game for debutants it seems.

 

[Jono]

Kohli hates Haddin