**Official** Australia in India Thread

[Dydl]

when they left Aussies only 103 to score to win.

The Aussies, if I remember correctly, needed 107 to win.

 

[JustTool]

The Aussies, if I remember correctly, needed 107 to win.

Great observation and detection of a typo. Here's a good one from the Press. Enjoy !

Ponting, Buchanan and Co may have their reasons to crib about the wickedness of the wicket, but frankly, that was old whine in new bottle.

 

[Son Of Coco]

You know what really amazes me about the comments on this board is that NONE of the Aussie-English gang is gracious enough to say a good word about AWESOME the batting of Tendulkar-Laxman was (on this same pitch that Ponting is whining about Tendulkar scored 50 of 62 balls coming in to bat at 11 for 2 !) and how India did not lose heart in spite of having lost the series, and seemingly the match, when they left Aussies only 107 to score to win. NOT A WORD FROM ANYONE. They are all busy making excuses or blaiming the pitch.

I am just glad I won't be posting any more with these narrow-minded people...

Later.

The pitch was the same for both teams. I think you are only seeing what you want to see a bit though mate, Ponting did make remarks about the wicket, and it does sound poor given that Australia lost. Laxman and Tendulkar batted very well. What else do you want?

 

[Slats4ever]

I am just glad I won't be posting any more with these narrow-minded people...

Later.

Stop coming back you annoying ****.

i thought you said you were going. you've made your views clear and nobody cares.

 

[Son Of Coco]

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

i know which quote you're talking about, but I didn't take it that way when i read it. I don't think the intended suggestion was that they'd do that to win, or that Indian food was bad.

 

[Sudeep]

Great observation and detection of a typo.[/B]

3 and 7 seem too far on the keyboard for it to be a typo.

 

[Son Of Coco]

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

Which made up for the original decision against Kaif......

THere was a bit in the wicket (obviously if he took 6/9). What's a bowler supposed to do about which wickets he takes when he's brought on when the first 4 have already fallen?

Saying 'Well, he did take 6 but......' sounds a little bit poor..........I can't see the difference between this and saying 'well, India won, but the wicket was fairly average'.

 

[Son Of Coco]

You got it. These guys are amazing - I suppose it's punsihment enough they have to live with themselves, and each other, in their narrow 'world'.

U.S.A........

 

[Swervy]

Ignoring reality will always make you happy. 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 ' "

Ignoring what...the fact is Australia won 2-1..I am not ignoring anything..Australia played the better cricket for longer periods of play.That rained off test could have gone either way,history actually suggests that India would have lost that game as no-one had ever chased down a target as big as the one India needed to get.

Australia werent lucky, they were the better team in the series and they won..whats the big problem with that

 

[Sudeep]

Ignoring reality will always make you happy. 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 ' "

No Shane Warne on the most spin friendly wicket of the series is FULL STRENTGH?

 

[thirdumpire]

No Shane Warne on the most spin friendly wicket of the series is FULL STRENTGH?

so in which test did India have its FULL STRENGTH ?

NO Tendulkar @ Bangalore & Chennai
NO Ganguly, Harbajan & Pathan @ Nagpur
NO Ganguly & Pathan @ Mumbai

 

[tooextracool]

I remember a ODI wicket in Perth where batsmen never needed to get on the front foot. Is that type of wicket so good for cricket?

if that happens 1/300th off the time, whats the problem?
id take that wicket over some of the ridiculous wickets we saw in the ind-WI series in india, or the one in the natwest final 2002.

 

[Mister Wright]

Dravid faced 74 balls and Kaif 60 if your playing test cricket and your not in after facing 10 overs or more there is a problem one would think. Hauritz had ample opportunity against other batsmen that survived a clarke over

Hauritz had Kaif caught by Gilchrist but the umpire didn't give him out. IIRC he had Dravid dropped.

I'd be interested to see how Clarke would have gone had he bowled with both Tendulkar & Laxman in full flow either approaching hundreds or past them, which were both important wickets taken by Hauritz.

 

[tooextracool]

Plaayer ratings:

V Sehwag - 5/10 - Besides one big score, he never got going for me and was too sloppy in the field

i find it hard to believe that someone who averaged over 40 in that series gets a 5. i've never been a big sehwag fan, but credit where its due, he singlehandedly kept india alive in that 2nd game. didnt do too bad in the 1st innings of the 3rd either.

 

[Sudeep]

so in which test did India have its FULL STRENGTH ?

NO Tendulkar @ Bangalore & Chennai
NO Ganguly, Harbajan & Pathan @ Nagpur
NO Ganguly & Pathan @ Mumbai

No Ponting @ Bangalore, Chennai, Nagpur
No Lehmann and Warne @ Mumbai

 

[Mister Wright]

i have to agree that the Gabba is the best pitch going round at the moment, best curator in the world comfortably.

Holy ****! Praise for Queensland, wonders will never cease...

 

[thirdumpire]

No Ponting @ Bangalore, Chennai, Nagpur
No Lehmann and Warne @ Mumbai

Ponting's average against India in India - 12.28
Tendulkar's average against Australia in India - 51.87

Warnes against India in India - 34 wickets @ 43.11
Harbhajan against Australia in India - 55 wickets @ 21.54

 

[Swervy]

Ponting's average against India in India - 12.28
Tendulkar's average against Australia in India - 51.87

Warnes against India in India - 34 wickets @ 43.11
Harbhajan against Australia in India - 55 wickets @ 21.54

what a stupid arguement that is

 

[Sudeep]

Ponting's average against India in India - 12.28
Tendulkar's average against Australia in India - 51.87

Warnes against India in India - 34 wickets @ 43.11
Harbhajan against Australia in India - 55 wickets @ 21.54

Tendulkar out of form. Ponting in decent form.

Warne in form. Harbhajan returning from injury.

 

[tooextracool]

Tendulkar out of form. Ponting in decent form.

ponting is not in any sort of form whatsoever.....