**Official** Australia in India Thread

[Dydl]

He could have lost a bit of skill in age, his performance might also be better if he stopped smoking. Murali might start to lose a bit of his touch as he ages but maybe not as much as Warne as he doesn't smoke.

 

[steds]

He could have lost a bit of skill in age

You never lose skill, your body just deteriorates

 

[Waughney]

He could have lost a bit of skill in age, his performance might also be better if he stopped smoking. Murali might start to lose a bit of his touch as he ages but maybe not as much as Warne as he doesn't smoke.

Even though he smokes, Warne is the fittest he's ever been.

 

[Waughney]

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.

That's been and gone.
Second Test match?

 

[Mister Wright]

That's been and gone.
Second Test match?

Yeah, my bad. I meant 2nd test match.

 

[Dydl]

Hopefully it wasn't luck that the Indian batsmen didn't get high scores. If it wasn't then the Aussies are in with a chance of making history and beating the Indians on their home soil. As they defeated them easily today, it may mean something for the future on Indian soil.

 

[Sehwag309]

You are reaching at 1000 , No matter if by bashing FRAZ

Now you've started creating own posts with quotes

Lets see, so you put QUOTE=Sehwag309 and then write "I wanna kill you" and then reply me above. I can't rememer writing that I wanna kill you, I won;t be surprised if I did..show me plz and in the next line I will create a FRAZ quote

Hey, Fraz is cool. Fraz no toruble, man those mongolians and ohyes India is frustrated coz Auz won, plz don't kill Dar..I fear his death and I enjoy posting when India does bad..

 

[Mr Casson]

Keep in mind that Australia still aren't even close to stealing this one. At the very least they are a win and a draw away!

 

[Sehwag309]

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.

He said Gilchrist's captaincy was far to complacent and he should have been more aggresive and wrapped it up earlier.

Ya, I think thats fair enough, and I am sure any other team also would have let their leggie do the same, for confidence as well as record

The thing is Gilly could afford to do it, in that case even India had Aus on 149-4 in the 1st innings but they took the game away from the Indians after that

 

[Mr Casson]

I wouldn't worry about the Indians having confidence against Warne. Sure it might help them, but I think it might help him even more being underestimated.

 

[Hala]

it is amazing what the potential to break a record will do. For a side that says records and stats don't mean anything to them, they prove that to be false with their actions on the field, well warne does at least. The simple fact was, as the australian radio commentators pointed out was that warne bowled the whole session unnecessairly. He was clearly tired after bowling 15 odd overs straight and was not preforming. In the final analysis it doesn't matter and I doubt warne is overly concerned about it. What Warne needs to do is take 2 wickets and break this record so he can put it out of his mind, I expect him to do it the coming match easily and whilst he hasn't bowled to his peak so far he is certinally looking a more effective bowler than in 2001.

Its interesting to note the difference between him and Habajahan Singh, its not so much about spin but about speed and bounce. Warne normally bowls @ 79kph and is pushing it out a bit quicker in this series @ 84kph or so, but Habajahan bowls at 89-90 kph and Kumble bowls at a similar speed, both bowlers get alot of bounce which is why they pick up so many wickets not necessairly spin. I think Habajahan however underpreformed, he didn't deserve his 5 for in the first innings by any means and in the 2nd innings he was fortunate that the Aussies were reckless because of their massive lead, in many ways his preformance reminded me of Murali's in the Australian tour of Sri Lanka, yes he took lots of wickets but he took them after the Australians had already posted big scores and they flattered his preformance in many ways.

 

[Jono]

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.

He said Gilchrist's captaincy was far to complacent and he should have been more aggresive and wrapped it up earlier.

Thanks for that mate. That's exactly what my friend told me.

 

[Dasa]

I wouldn't worry about the Indians having confidence against Warne. Sure it might help them, but I think it might help him even more being underestimated.

I don't think the Indian batsmen are underestimating Warne really. They just play him comfortably - even the tail were able to handle him well enough.

 

[SJS]

I don't think the Indian batsmen are underestimating Warne really. They just play him comfortably - even the tail were able to handle him well enough.

I agree. There is no question of undersetimating him but it was not a performance befitting a bowler of his status and it doesnt look as if he is going to fare differently on this tour than the earlier ones.

 

[Arjun]

A front page line in Mid-Day, Mumbai said this about the BCCI:

Murky off-field, clumsy on it

And how right they are...

 

[Arjun]

Boycott said that Harbhajan was not bowling enough round the wicket. He may have had a point, since the offie was giving too much room coming over the wicket. Maybe he had changed that in the second innings. More video analysis for the team.

 

[Dasa]

Boycott said that Harbhajan was not bowling enough round the wicket. He may have had a point, since the offie was giving too much room coming over the wicket. Maybe he had changed that in the second innings. More video analysis for the team.

I agree with that. Harbhajan tends to stick to over the wicket far too much IMO...

 

[Hala]

I don't think the Indian batsmen are underestimating Warne really. They just play him comfortably - even the tail were able to handle him well enough.

Tell that to Laxman who was out in both innings to him :P

I doubt the Australians will be too concerned.

The Australians have to watch out for mainly Harbajahan, and certain spells of Kumble and Pathan.

India has to be vigilant against every one of Australia's specalist bowlers. That has what has made the Australian bowling attack so fearsome over the last five years, you really don't have a bowler you can smash around at will. Even Warne only conceded at 3.5 runs an over when he was bowling shockingly in the 2nd innings.

 

[Arjun]

India has to be vigilant against every one of Australia's specalist bowlers. That has what has made the Australian bowling attack so fearsome over the last five years, you really don't have a bowler you can smash around at will. Even Warne only conceded at 3.5 runs an over when he was bowling shockingly in the 2nd innings.

They're not going to improve their chances of winning by playing defensively, while their opposition are going great guns and smashing their bowlers around the park. The Indians have to respond by attacking the Aussie bowlers, but should be more effective and thoughtful. McGrath is tough, and you should take what you get, but the Indians shouldn't let the others get the better of them. Coem to think of it, the Indian bowlers shouldn't give away too many runs an over, either.

 

[age_master]

Great start to the series for Australia

looking forward to seeing india's response in the nest test though