**Official** Australia in India Thread

[viktor]

Did the 4th Test count triple or did India indeed lose the series 2-1? I don't really see what all the fuss is about in winning a dead rubber on a minefield.

The fuss, Scaly, is not about having won a dead rubber. The fuss is about some sections of the Aussie media and some players not accepting that they were beaten fair and square on a sub-standard wicket.
Some one mentioned Ponting also complaining about the pitch at Darwin (or Cairns). Did he call for an ICC inquiry into that one? If not, am I not justified in thinking that Ponting, for some reason thinks he has been cheated of a win and is calling for an inquiry only because he lost ?? Is it not an insult to the cricket organisation if the opposing captain implies that they heavily (maliciously) doctored the pitch ?
Australia had a 99 run lead in the first innings. If a team loses inspite of that, it is due to a combination good work by the opposition and a bad display by the team that lost. Instead of pointing to that, some sections of the media and some players go on and on about the pitch. I just don't think that is on. Fair enough, the pitch was bad, but didn't you just win the series?? whats all the cribbing about?? To be fair, though, most Aussie CW supporters have not indulged in this, its like I said earlier, the media and some players.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Ignoring reality will always make you happy.

Oh the irony...

JUST ADMIT it that Australia were lucky to win the series 2-1 - it should have been 2-2. Australia played a FULL STRENGTH team in the 4ths Test and the amount Ricky is complaining means they really did want to win. Remember Ricky has failed in India in Tests as a player and as a captain and it is showing in his ' "

India were never gonna draw or win this series if every match had a good chance of a result, they're simply not good enough. Reverse the positions in the 2nd Test and Australia would have wrapped up the win on the 4th day. A 2-1 loss is the best result India could possibly have had without giving half the Aussie team food poisoning.

 

[Sehwag309]

India could possibly have had without giving half the Aussie team food poisoning.

Really, ...But I thought most of them bought their own cans of Ravioli and whatever

BTW, you do get spaghetti and toast in India too

 

[marc71178]

It does not mean that at all..

The fact is I had not said much at all on this thread untill just recently..

Convenient that.

I may not have said alot about the state of the pitch had we won but I would certainly have aknowlaged it as being poor.

I beg to differ.

I dont think the pitch played any result in the outcome of the match anyway so what have I got to be sore about ?

So how come as soon as things started to go against Aus, you were immediately moaning about the pitch?

 

[marc71178]

If it was one day cricket it would be bad cos bat should rule over ball in ODI's but you can't tell me you didn't enjoy the last test

Why should it?

 

[marc71178]

Hauritz 5/103 vs Clarke 6/9 seemed too on that pitch,

So had Clarke come on when VVS and SRT were in, would he have taken 6-9 then?

I very much doubt it.

 

[marc71178]

Here's more trash talking tripe from the unbelievably unsporting and hypocritical Aussies:

There is none more hypocritical than you.

 

[marc71178]

Australia played a FULL STRENGTH team in the 4ths Test

So where were Lehmann and Warne then?

 

[Son Of Coco]

Here's more trash talking tripe from the unbelievably unsporting and hypocritical Aussies:

Many of the papers carried two articles on the same page - one, praising with unabashed immodesty Clarke's bowling and another quoting Ponting about how the pitch was unfit for Test Cricket. Never saying that Clarke's bowling may have been a fluke because of the same 'dud' pitch that caused India to win. These guys are amazing !!

And did the Pope ordain (and who cares, even if he did ?) that the whole world must have fast and bouncy wickets - such self-serving crap. We should complain that the Aussies don't prepare more turning tracks but WE NEVER DO !

Opposed to the wonderfully sporting people such as yourself who have been heard complaining about everything from the umpiring to god knows what else when India lose!?

While you're on the subject of trash talking tripe..........read through what you just wrote again.

Oh, and you're name's missing an 'a'.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Really, ...But I thought most of them bought their own cans of Ravioli and whatever

BTW, you do get spaghetti and toast in India too

that would have been Warney, with baked beans........

I think you'll find the rest of the team eat (and enjoy) what's on offer when they're there.......

 

[Son Of Coco]

So had Clarke come on when VVS and SRT were in, would he have taken 6-9 then?

I very much doubt it.

Seeing as though they weren't in when he started bowling I guess we'll never know.........not really worth speculating about cause at the end of the day he did take 6/9.

 

[Sehwag309]

that would have been Warney, with baked beans........

I think you'll find the rest of the team eat (and enjoy) what's on offer when they're there.......

Ya I know, but I am amazed some pople write stuff like Indians will food poison half Auzzie Team for a test match

 

[Dasa]

A 2-1 loss is the best result India could possibly have had without giving half the Aussie team food poisoning.

The implication is clear here. I suppose you'll always be superior to us natives, eh?

 

[Sehwag309]

Seeing as though they weren't in when he started bowling I guess we'll never know.........not really worth speculating about cause at the end of the day he did take 6/9.

Abt the clarke 6 for 9

It had

three tailenders, one BLINDER of a catch from Ponting without which he wouldn't have gotten Karthik out, and one dodgy decision against Kaif

So the six are as guilty as the whole Auzzie batting line-up...everyone had the rush to play the shots. Most Surpiring IMO was Gilchrist, OK...he will play natural all the time but seeing the situation, he could have changed his game and I am 100% sure, he would have won the game for Australia

 

[age_master]

So had Clarke come on when VVS and SRT were in, would he have taken 6-9 then?

I very much doubt it.

nah, if he cam on while they were batting he would have taken 8

 

[age_master]

Kumble tells Aussies to cop it
By ROBERT CRADDOCK
07nov04

LEG-SPINNER Anil Kumble believes Australia has no right to whinge over the Mumbai wicket and has urged groundsmen to keep those dodgy decks coming.

"Wickets in India should favour the home team, as they do the world over," Kumble said.
"When we go to Australia we do not get to play on a turning deck, even at Sydney, so why should we allow any visiting team to benefit in foreign conditions?"

lol, when they came out here we produced batting wickets, that certainly seemed to suit some of their batsmen, kumble didn't suffer as much as the rest of the bowlers either

 

[Sehwag309]

nah, if he cam on while they were batting he would have taken 8

Oh, then poor hauritz.. atleast he might be considered for other tests now

It will interesting to see Clarke's performance against NZ, Pak pace and England in the coming tests. I feel is better in sub-continent conditions, let's see how good he is in the future

 

[age_master]

Abt the clarke 6 for 9

It had

three tailenders, one BLINDER of a catch from Ponting without which he wouldn't have gotten Karthik out, and one dodgy decision against Kaif

lol, he took 6/9, thats 6 wickets, he bowled well to the conditions and did exactly what the team needed, can we please not go into umpiring decisions again, whats given is given - its part of cricket, if you dont like it go play something else.

btw the aussie team takes alot of blinders, you wanna take 100 wickets or more of Warnie or McGrath's totals.... silly thing to say

 

[age_master]

Oh, then poor hauritz.. atleast he might be considered for other tests now

It will interesting to see Clarke's performance against NZ, Pak pace and England in the coming tests. I feel is better in sub-continent conditions, let's see how good he is in the future

he plays pace pretty well, not as well and he plays spin, but more than adequate to handle the worlds current pace attacks (esp considering he doesn't have to face Dizzy or McGrath)

 

[age_master]

So where were Lehmann and Warne then?

lol the lehmann and Warne bowling combo would have been absolutley deadly on that pitch