**Official** Australia in India Thread

[Slats4ever]

yeah we got it over these bad boys. they've played exceptional the last couple of encounters whilst we've only played normal. now both teams are playng norml we well and truly kick their butts. it's great.

 

[Dydl]

From an Aussie point of view, it is a dream come true. Just imagine-what if it was the other way round. The Indians' continuing their 35 year winning streak over Australia. And the Aussies would be groaning in agony. The Indians celebrating. Just imagine.

 

[Slats4ever]

to be honest i think that indian supporters are the worst winners in the world! it's going to be great to see them on the receiving end.

 

[Dydl]

I hope that we don't crow over them. That would be unsportsmanlike. And wouldn't be nice. No one has any right to crow over people, no matter how bad a winner they are.

 

[Dydl]

Fifty partnership coming.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

And Katich moves into the 90s. I hope he makes it, he's been magnificent from number 3 in this series, particularly in the first test and the first innings of the second.

 

[Jnr.]

to be honest i think that indian supporters are the worst winners in the world! it's going to be great to see them on the receiving end.

It's a bit unfair to generalise Indian supporters like that. Every country has supporters like that.

 

[Steulen]

So where will Katich bat once Ponting returns? At 5?

 

[Jnr.]

So where will Katich bat once Ponting returns? At 5?

I suppose he would.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

So where will Katich bat once Ponting returns? At 5?

5 seems likely. It will be interesting to see where he settles in the long term. Obviously he and Clarke are both likely to remain in the team for some time, and only Ponting really has any particular position earmarked for more than 2 or 3 years, given that Lehmann is fairly likely to retire after this tour or the Ashes and that Martyn, Hayden and Langer are all moving into the mid 30s. Katich is definately a top order player, so it's possible he will get 4 and Clarke will find himself batting at 5.

Either way, there's going to be a number of positions opening up in the Australian batting lineup by the end of the 2007 World Cup at the latest.

 

[Dydl]

The Aussies have young guns coming into the side, so when the current players go, there is still a good Australian team waiting to continue the good form.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Damn, that's terrible for Katich. Yet another near-century, 99 this time.

 

[Sehwag309]

He did survive the LBW on 0

 

[Dydl]

99 runs later-Out LBW. How unlucky. That is bad.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

True, but he still played brilliantly and deserved a hundred for the second time in this series, and fell just short of it again.

Every batsman gets an extra life from time to time during their career, it's what you do with it that counts.

 

[SquidAU]

Every batsman has to get a 90 sometime.......but it was a bad end to a fine innings, however lucky it may have been!

 

[reason4passion]

hehehehe
Mr Patel has reminded the commentators and all of us to keep a check on the most neglected and most important part of cricket ...
Now they keep a check on Mr Gilchrist and recently I saw a portion of Pakistan , Srilanka game . The commentators were discussing the Wicket keeping , And they were praising Kamran Akmal . And boy , he took a blinder today ...

 

[SJS]

How is Karthik bowling by the way ?

 

[Sehwag309]

Every batsman has to get a 90 sometime.......but it was a bad end to a fine innings, however lucky it may have been!

ahh the ICF'er is here too

 

[SquidAU]

ahh the ICF'er is here too

I am everywhere, but nowhere......