**Official** Australia in Bangladesh

[GotSpin]

Did someone say 8? ohk.

Such quality wickets no doubt

 

[GotSpin]

Cheer up your only 382 runs behind and lets not forget the pitch is a road.

it is a road

 

[benchmark00]

it is a road

No its not, are you blind?

Its keeping lower than Osama.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

it is a road

It is, but quite a few have been keeping low for the Bangladesh seamers. There's no sideways movement whatsoever, but if the bounce keeps deteriorating it could make batting difficult on the last couple of days.

 

[Hasib]

it is a road

hope no one gets run over by the cars....

 

[GotSpin]

No its not, are you blind?

Its keeping lower than Osama.

No i just turned the tv off before the start of the innings

 

[chaminda_00]

The pitch isn't that bad, if you know how to bowl on as Gillespie, MacGill and Mortaza are showing. Lee and Clark made it look like roads cus they haven't had much experience on sub-continent pitches.

 

[TT Boy]

Bowled him.

 

[GotSpin]

I predict a warne century.

 

[adharcric]

Beautiful. Aussies should focus on taking care of "minnows" before they think about regaining those Ashes.

 

[Jono]

That is, point blank, just smart bowling by Bangladesh. Whyon Earth Martyn played back to that is beyond me.

There's no sideways movement

Explain Ponting's dismissal, and an earlier LBW shout against Ponting where the ball cut back in but was too high.

 

[chaminda_00]

I predict a warne century.

I'll take your Warne century and raise you a MacGill century

 

[GotSpin]

Imagine how the saffies are feeling.

 

[kwigibo]

I smell an avatar/sig challenge.

How about...
If they don't make it past 300, Got Spin has to put a picture of Stuart MacGill in his avatar, and have a sig saying how much he simply adores Stuey's bowling.
If they do make it past 300, you have to get an avatar of Fred Durst, and have a sig saying how much you simply adore Limp Bizkit's music.

That is a hefty price, but I'm willing.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

The pitch isn't that bad, if you know how to bowl on as Gillespie, MacGill and Mortaza are showing. Lee and Clark made it look like roads cus they haven't had much experience on sub-continent pitches.

The pitch is obviously harder to bat on than it was yesterday morning. The Bangladesh batsmen struggled to score as well today, because the pitch is slower and the bounce is more erratic. Having said that, because it's a slow pitch it might be a good one for slower bowlers generally (not just spinners), so guys like Mortaza could get a lot of unpredictable bounce and be hard to get away, while the likes of Lee or bowlers who hit the pitch harder and try and get big bounce like Clark wouldn't be as good. Bangladesh's seamers certaily used the conditions fairly well, though the Rafique wicket wasn't much more than a bit of luck from the pitch playing up.

Australia in a bit of trouble here. Clarke needs to apply himself and give Hussey some support.

 

[Dizzy #4]

I predict a slow Dizzy Ton

 

[GotSpin]

I'll take your Warne century and raise you a MacGill century

Um ok. Though i doubt MacGill's running away to the square leg umpire will work in these conditions

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I predict a warne century.

Will Warne even bat? Probably not, if he couldn't field either.

I can see Gilchrist doing some damage, potentially. Hopefully not until tomorrow, though.

 

[Nate]

This is just incredible to watch. One point I`d love to make...

During the Ashes, England were scoring quickly, the crowd was loud and Australia looked like they didn`t want to be there. This is exactly what`s happening now. The Bangla crowd are going absolutely nuts and Australia look nervous and out of place. In South Africa, there was barely any crowd noise at all and Australia loved it. Almost like playing at home.

I honestly think the crowd, mixed with the high-rate of the Bangladeshi scoring is a huge factor at the moment, just like it was with England in the Ashes.

 

[mamun93]

it is a road

hayden-->ponting--->martyn can't survive the "road"