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**Official** Australia in India Thread
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SJS
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I am not really keen to persist with the same team. I think we need to drop at least two batsmen and Parthiv would be dropped if judged purely on keeping abilities. Unfortnately, the selectors have got themselves in a bit of a hole by not having tried alternatives in games where their worth could really be tested. Its a bad scene.V Reddy said:Anyway your wish of persisting with the same team will continue atleast for the next test. So congrats in advance
Yuvraj, Chopra and Patel (as keeper) have done enough to be dropped
Add to that Sehwag's indifferent form and Laxman's performance plus so-so bowling by Zaheer and there is clearly lots of trouble. But we havent built a bench strength and I maintain domestic cricket in India is not a great way to assess a batsman's caliber.
Mister Wright
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tooextracool said:
He should be worried if he continues to play that way! I never said he should be worried about getting dropped. He is the vice captain and a very, very capable player. But the way Clarke played and the way Lehmann played, if Lehmann continues in that vein he will have to start getting worried.
Surely , Clarke is a classy player .Lehmann , I think technically quite a sound player to have in the side , But his shot selection some times is quite premature.. Harbhajan seemed like bowling straight from his heart ... And Irfan Pathan is impressing me day by day .Mister Wright said:
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Okay I'll attempt to get this thread back to the cricket.
My friend was just telling me he heard some interesting comments on the radio regarding the match and the last day's play. A commentator (sorry I can't recall who) was not happy with Gilchrist's captaincy on the last day, and believed that a major mistake was made by bowling Warne. He said even though Australia have comfortable belted India, that Warne's confidence wouldn't be as high as it should of following a big win, and that with the tail smashing Warne, it'll psychologically work in favour of the top order Indian batsmen who'll see it as, if Harbhajan & Pathan can hit Warne, then they can play him comfortably. Additionally it was said not smart to wear down Warne so early in the series.
What do you guys think? Was it the right decision to bowl Warne considering he was so close to the world record? Or should Gilly have bowled his pacers which may have cleaned them up earlier? Or is this just an overexaggeration, and the tail just showed some fight which is nothing to be concerned about?
My friend was just telling me he heard some interesting comments on the radio regarding the match and the last day's play. A commentator (sorry I can't recall who) was not happy with Gilchrist's captaincy on the last day, and believed that a major mistake was made by bowling Warne. He said even though Australia have comfortable belted India, that Warne's confidence wouldn't be as high as it should of following a big win, and that with the tail smashing Warne, it'll psychologically work in favour of the top order Indian batsmen who'll see it as, if Harbhajan & Pathan can hit Warne, then they can play him comfortably. Additionally it was said not smart to wear down Warne so early in the series.
What do you guys think? Was it the right decision to bowl Warne considering he was so close to the world record? Or should Gilly have bowled his pacers which may have cleaned them up earlier? Or is this just an overexaggeration, and the tail just showed some fight which is nothing to be concerned about?
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It was Keith Stackpole, he said that the Australians can sometimes put the individual ahead of the team. He thought that Gilchrist was overbowling Warne and that it was just to go after the record and not really to wrap it up quickly. He said they should have won the match last night, they should have been more aggresive especially after having India 4-19, he said that what Warne was bowling this morning was some of the worst leg spin bowling he has ever seen and it was a case of Warne going after the record instead of giving the team an extra days rest and it was bad for Warne because he wasn't concerntrating on anything to do with his bowling (for example flight, turn, etc) but rather just getting the record.Jono said:
He said Gilchrist's captaincy was far to complacent and he should have been more aggresive and wrapped it up earlier.
Well Aussies were not far away from victory , even at the start of 2nd Indian innings . It happens that either tail enders totally give up against spinners or they just smash'em around , There is nothing like smooth batting , So its not a big deal ..Jono said:
Toss once again played a vital role and I guess test would have been in India's favour if they had won the toss . But still Indian batsmen did'nt seem like trying to fight it out
Mister Wright
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Dydl said:
Haha! Warne won't get dropped. But he has not proved to me that he has what it takes to dominate India. I think Laxman will get fired up, he won't be too impressed getting out to Warne. Look for him to fire in the second innings.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
I am surprised that Warne continues to attack middle and leg or outside leg.
He has to flight and pitch his legbreaks on and around the off stump. I have always felt he has a problem in this regard and this is one reason Indian batsmen are able to come out and loft him. There is hardly ever any danger of missing and getting stumped.
Driving a legspinner who turns so much is always going to require great skills and unerring judgement. But whenever he pitches on the off stump, he invariablyy bowls short.
He is not an aggressive bowler in this sense as were the old school of leg spinners.
He has to flight and pitch his legbreaks on and around the off stump. I have always felt he has a problem in this regard and this is one reason Indian batsmen are able to come out and loft him. There is hardly ever any danger of missing and getting stumped.
Driving a legspinner who turns so much is always going to require great skills and unerring judgement. But whenever he pitches on the off stump, he invariablyy bowls short.
He is not an aggressive bowler in this sense as were the old school of leg spinners.