**Official** Australia in India Thread

[Richard]

Oh, I'm not saying the 92 wasn't a good achievement, nor the 59, but nonetheless that's what they are.

the umpires decision is final

It is indeed, but there would be no point in watching cricket if we didn't take account of these things. The whole point is not just to look at the most commonly used statistics but to analyse the meaning of them.

 

[Scallywag]

What if you are wrong and Bowden is right. Which taking into account where he was standing and where you were sitting I think he has the better veiw and I also would think his experience probably overshadows yours by a very lagre margin.


would that mean you are arrogant.

 

[V Reddy]

Why on earth would you want to wish that?

I personally wish, he would improve his keeping considerably, then fail repeatedly in his batting. He is a good batsmen, with a lot of potential, and simply speaking, I just hope that Parthiv improves his wicketkeeping.

I admit Parthiv isn't a top class keeper, but he is a good batsman, and he just needs to improve his wicket keeping. Your logic baffles me.

Arjun is a bit sick like me i think of Ganguly's policy of sticking with those limited players who he likes no matter how they perform. Parthiv has been making those mistakes for far too long and we have been saying that intl cricket is not the place to learn keeping . It's not as if he is a better batsman than Dhoni or Karthik either and sometimes the reason given Parthiv is young and has a long future as if Dhoni and Karthik are any older than him. The thing they don't have is Parthiv's baby looks

 

[Mr Casson]

Erm how exactly?

Did they deliberately injure Ponting?

No, but they chose Clarke when they could have picked someone else.

 

[Mr Casson]

Reverse the roles, Lehmann 151, Clarke dismissed playing irrationally.

I imagine you'd have written it off as it's only his debut Ged.

That's not what happened, is it?

 

[Mr Casson]

You what?!

Lehmann is in no danger for his spot whatsoever - he has been our best player since his return to the side and is the current vice captain.

I never meant to say Lehmann should feel in any less secure than some other batsmen in the side. Somewhere else (I think it was a different thread), I said the best thing to do would be for Clarke to step aside and bide his time.

Just using Lehmann as an example.

 

[krishneelz]

McGrath struck with the fourth ball of the Indian innings as Aakash Chopra shouldered arms to one that darted back in. Replays showed that the ball might have gone just over the stumps (0 for 1).


Interesting reading from cricinfo

personally i didnt see it so what are your thoughts

and was it bucknor

 

[Mister Wright]

McGrath struck with the fourth ball of the Indian innings as Aakash Chopra shouldered arms to one that darted back in. Replays showed that the ball might have gone just over the stumps (0 for 1).


Interesting reading from cricinfo

personally i didnt see it so what are your thoughts

and was it bucknor

A batsman has no excuse when the leave the ball and get struck on the pad so close to the stumps. The law on LBWs regarding pading up says that the ball doesn't have to hit in line with the stumps but the ball still has to hit the stumps. I had no problem with the decision. He should have played a shot. It wasn't a dangerous ball by any means.

 

[Mister Wright]

Just for interest's sake India are $16 to win the test match...Come on Laxman you 2nd innings specialist you...

 

[shaka]

Can Irfan Pathan finally break and beat his 49 run highest score in test matches against the worlds best? on the cards, he has just punished Warne for a boundary, his 3rd of the innings, looking fairly solid, and is currently on 31* 196/6

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

It looks like Pathan has been the victim of a poor decision from Billy Bowden. Unlike the Clarke decision yesterday, which I think was out but can understand why there would have been some doubt, this was a clear case where the benefit of the doubt should have gone to the batsman and didn't. The ball hit the pad and missed the edge of the bat by a noticable margin on replays.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Interesting reading from cricinfo

personally i didnt see it so what are your thoughts

and was it bucknor

My thoughts are that it was plumb LBW, and could be used a textbook case of how not playing a shot can lead to a batsman being out LBW even when struck outside the line. And yes, it was Bucknor.

The Clarke decision (made by Bowden) was average, the Patel decision was shocking, and the Pathan decision (also Bowden) was just as bad, if not worse because it resulted in a wicket instead of just the lack of one. However, Bucknor got the Chopra call dead-on.

 

[adharcric]

Bowden is useless

I haven't seen him umpire well in some time now. Idiot ruined that fighting partnership between Pathan and Patel ... Bucknor is so much better

 

[JustTool]

Bad, bad umpiring

Bucknor has already proven, time and again, that he is horribly biased against Indians. Now, Bucknor is learning from him.
What a TERRIBLE decision. All the Australian commentators are always complaining about Indians appealing excessively but it has been prove, time and again, that Hayden, Slater et al are a bunch of real cheaters and appeal even when they KNOW that a catch was grounded or there was no nick.

Time to introduce technology as it is in Football in the US. It's the ONLY way to keep everyone HONEST.

 

[adharcric]

I completely agree . . . Feel sorry for Pathan

 

[viktor]

Bucknor has already proven, time and again, that he is horribly biased against Indians. Now, Bucknor is learning from him.
What a TERRIBLE decision. All the Australian commentators are always complaining about Indians appealing excessively but it has been prove, time and again, that Hayden, Slater et al are a bunch of real cheaters and appeal even when they KNOW that a catch was grounded or there was no nick.

Time to introduce technology as it is in Football in the US. It's the ONLY way to keep everyone HONEST.

u mean't bowden, didn't you ??
i am not able to watch the match but whenever i've seen bowden before, he seemed to be very good. may be it was a bad decision but i'd give him the benefit of doubt this time around. bucknor on the other hand is a totally different story

 

[rajat]

Two players are making all the difference in this India Australia Match


Guess who?

 

[rajat]

Well its simple

Steve Bucknor & Billy Bowden.

Steve Bucknor has always been a Match Winner for Australia

Right?

I think he will take away the Man of the Match & Man of the series awards this time for sure

 

[Jono]

I'm going to avoid this "Bucknor sucks, Bowden is starting to be just as bad" commentary because it makes us Indian fans here look utterly bitter (which a lot of them are), but I will say that Bowden's decision regarding Pathan was absolutely shocking. If you looked at his reaction, he was totally unsure and the Aussies loud appeal conned him into giving that out. It was far away from the bat, there was such a large gap. I was so disappointed because Pathan and Patel batted almost two hours straight without looking like getting out.

Disappointing.

 

[JustTool]

Viktor:
Yes, I meant Bowden. And you are right. He is usually very good.
But for Bucknor to be umpiring - he must be realted to the muckety-mucks in the ICC or he has their pictures :-)