**Official** Australia in India Thread

[Eclipse]

For sure it's better than Yuvraj and Ganguly's

thats probably true lol..

 

[JustTool]

Quick ! Tune in now ! Manjrekar, the wizard, is interviewing Siv, the expert. Don't miss this...

 

[shaka]

lunchtime score: 230/4 Gillespie on 15

 

[viktor]

Gillespie dropped by Parthiv - thick edge. The ball was going down while Parthiv was going up. How can India expect to get any one out with such a MORON for a wicketkeeper. Must be depressing for the bowlers. The only thing he can do, that no othe WK can do in the world, is direct the ball towards the helmets

hey! give the kid a break!! he has such a tough job. firstly, the aussies dropped 5-6 so he has to return the compliment. Then just to show we are good hosts, he has to try and double the figure!!! that cannot be easy...

but, seriously, if martyn and gillespie gave just two chances between them in the pre-luch session, all the credit to them for what must be some really good defensive batting.

 

[Dydl]

Lunch no wicket lost!

 

[JustTool]

lunchtime score: 230/4 Gillespie on 15

You guys are biased in your praise. Scorecard reads:

Gillespie not out: 15
Martyn not out: 67
Parthiv batting (for Australia): 29 + 2 wickets.

 

[biased indian]

Whatscore u would like to set india if u r Aussie captain

300 for me in u r not all out

and anything above 200 other wise and currently thay lead by 89 Runs half way there

 

[SJS]

You know whats the difference between Murali (or any other bowler with brains) and Harbhajan ?

Murali is a man and Harbhajan is a 'khota' (donkey) !

Murali will keep learning and improving even when he is approaching 700 wickets and Harbhajan will keep persisting with his follies even after tailenders have put on 200 runs patnership against him !!!

Australians have clearly learn their lessons and Martyn is simply refusing to lunge forward hopefully as almost all Aussies did in the first innings.

Inspite of Martyn playing him , something like 90% off the time (if not more) off the backfoot, Harbhajan continues to pitch at the same spot making the batsman feel more and more at home. He keeps playing him comfortably off the backfoot and play the last ball anywhere he wants for a single.

After one and a half hour of the morning session, Gillespie had played Harbhajan for only three balls and Harbhajan has droped a few inches of the rough spot outside the right handers off sstump almost for his entire spell. Ridiculously stupid.

Whats the point in having four men crowding the batsman if a spinner is going to be played off the back foot ??


Its amazing that Ganguly should keep Kumble off the attack for so long.

 

[age_master]

Whatscore u would like to set india if u r Aussie captain

300 for me in u r not all out

and anything above 200 other wise and currently thay lead by 89 Runs half way there

id want 200, they were saying that the best 4th innings previously was either 155 or 185....200-250 if we can get there

 

[SJS]

Whatscore u would like to set india if u r Aussie captain

300 for me in u r not all out

and anything above 200 other wise and currently thay lead by 89 Runs half way there

Anything above 200 is a winning score. If they cant win after 250 Warne should retire to the Himalayas

 

[JustTool]

You know whats the difference between Murali (or any other bowler with brains) and Harbhajan ?

Murali is a man and Harbhajan is a 'khota' (donkey) !

Murali will keep learning and improving even when he is approaching 700 wickets and Harbhajan will keep persisting with his follies even after tailenders have put on 200 runs patnership against him !!!

Australians have clearly learn their lessons and Martyn is simply refusing to lunge forward hopefully as almost all Aussies did in the first innings.

Inspite of Martyn playing him , something like 90% off the time (if not more) off the backfoot, Harbhajan continues to pitch at the same spot making the batsman feel more and more at home. He keeps playing him comfortably off the backfoot and play the last ball anywhere he wants for a single.

After one and a half hour of the morning session, Gillespie had played Harbhajan for only three balls and Harbhajan has droped a few inches of the rough spot outside the right handers off sstump almost for his entire spell. Ridiculously stupid.

Whats the point in having four men crowding the batsman if a spinner is going to be played off the back foot ??

Its amazing that Ganguly should keep Kumble off the attack for so long.

Also amazing that Ganguly would not bowl Sehwag and would give Yuvraj a shot. I felt that there should have been more close-in fielders when Kumble was bowling. Zaheer and irfan looked very listless. Whoever wins this session wins the Test.

 

[Sudeep]

Finally, Parthiv manages to gather the ball cleanly on the leg side... That should silence his critics.

 

[Mr Casson]

Gillespie lives! I had just said to someone I can see him getting out to Harbhajan soon, and look what he disappoints me with!

 

[Mr Casson]

Gillespie is starting to play some shots. I don't like this; I think we all just want him to stick around for as long as possible.

 

[JustTool]

Parthiv misses straightforward stumping of Gillespie (1.2 seconds !!) Geez. They should allow substitution like in soccer !!

 

[Mr Casson]

Parthiv misses straightforward stumping of Gillespie (1.2 seconds !!) Geez. They should allow substitution like in soccer !!

One of the reasons for Australia's success is the depth of talent. I don't think that substitution idea would help India more than it would help Australia.

 

[TendulkarFan]

Parthiv misses straightforward stumping of Gillespie (1.2 seconds !!) Geez. They should allow substitution like in soccer !!

Well, we all know Parthiv isn't the best keeper going around but have we seen more shoddy keeping at this level? This has been absolutely pathetic; an absolute embarassment.

Even Dravid hasn't had a game like this behind the stumps in ODIs.

 

[JustTool]

One of the reasons for Australia's success is the depth of talent. I don't think that substitution idea would help India more than it would help Australia.

I was being sarcastic. Having said that let's not get carried away by Australia's depth and talent issue - they are still playing the match and India held the 1st innings lead.

 

[tooextracool]

I understand the sentiments and I think Laxman is one of the greatest batsmen India has produced. But I really think a match or two off will bring him back hungrier. It is not always the best thing to keep playing a player when he seems to be going through a bad patch.

Having said that, if we decided to continue with him for another game, I would understand and its okay. But remember the longer the list of failures before he is dropped, the longer it invariably takes to get him back.

A game or two off at this time will be better.

I remember once, Mohinder after two absolutely fantabulous tours got into a bad patch. But the se;lectors persisited and so did Mohinder's failures. He ended up with something like 1 run in eight innings or so before being dropped.
I think it took this extremely fine player two years or so before he got back into the side.

I have always felt that the long string of failures (which was long only because he was kept in) worked against his AND the Indian teams interests and for two years we polayed, in his place, players who werent fit enough to tie his laces.

Thats all. I am not advocating Laxmans dropping because he doesnt deserve a place oin the side but because he seems to be in a bad patch and should be rested.

and you know of a suitable replacement too dont you? this isnt an aussie side with ponting sitting in the dressing room.....hes had 3 bad innings, 2 of which he can barely be blamed for, this is an important series, its not dead rubber, and its not against non test class opposition. you dont rest your best players for these kinda series.

 

[tooextracool]

I have said already that if we win the test, we dont drop him. Only if we lose AND he fails in the second knock. Then India would be in a dire situation and will need to be prepared to take dire measures.

It has been done before with other great players. Of course if we keep playing him, he will eventually come good but thats not a great strategy if things are not going too well.

perhaps you might wanna consider dropping incapable players like yuvraj and zaheer khan first?