**Official** Australia in India Thread

[FaaipDeOiad]

Another century partnership for Langer and Hayden, and a 50 for each of them. This is getting away from India pretty quickly.

 

[JustTool]

Told ya. 500+ at 4+/over. Wait till Yuvraj bats for my other predictions to come true

 

[Mister Wright]

I dont think many people even knew and the broadcasting had audio problems at the start (no sound from pitch) or very low..so that may have been the problem

If you remember, Don Bradman had passed away when Australia toured India last time and there were exact same scenes, and the crowd joined in. Moresoever, everyone knew Don, but IMO many didn't know Keith Miller

Even so, it is pretty obvious when both teams are just standing there, not moving of doing anything. Even if Keith Miller isn't that well known, he should get the respect he deserved.

 

[Mister Wright]

Told ya. 500+ at 4+/over. Wait till Yuvraj bats for my other predictions to come true

For the sake of the match I hope your other predictions don't come true.

 

[Deja moo]

Even so, it is pretty obvious when both teams are just standing there, not moving of doing anything. Even if Keith Miller isn't that well known, he should get the respect he deserved.

Maybe the crowd didnt know what the players were just standing there for .

 

[maxpower]

107/0 AUS, best part of this session for IND is when lunch will be called. Nice batting AUS.

 

[Deja moo]

For the sake of the match I hope your other predictions don't come true.

For the sake of Indian cricket , I hope the other prediction comes true . Better that Yuvraj fails again and is dropped for a long time than him scoring a century now and then taking it easy for the next twenty tests .

 

[JustTool]

For the sake of Indian cricket , I hope the other prediction comes true . Better that Yuvraj fails again and is dropped for a long time than him scoring a century now and then taking it easy for the next twenty tests .

I think dropping Chopra, after his huge gutsy performance in Australia, or rather, just doubting him, has destroyed his confidence. Yuvraj has failed miserably many many times with awful defensive technique. And Zaheer, well - it's there for everyone to see. Is Karthik (the other budding wk) any good ? We'll never know because Ganguly will never drop Parthiv until he has dropped a 100 catches - which should happen by the end of the series.

I have followed Indian cricket for a long long time and the only way player perform in India is if they are Gavaskar, Kapil-Dev or their place is constantly under threat. Personally all this drama around Tendulkar's injury is quite pathetic. The guy should stay at home till he can practise and recover. The BCCI is in shambles.....

But, who's complaining ? Not me

 

[Deja moo]

I have followed Indian cricket for a long long time and the only way player perform in India is if they are Gavaskar, Kapil-Dev or their place is constantly under threat. Personally all this drama around Tendulkar's injury is quite pathetic. The guy should stay at home till he can practise and recover. The BCCI is in shambles.....

I dont see why the BCCI drama should affect the players at all , and I dont think it is . As for Tendulkars elbow, isnt it just the media which is obsessing over it ? He isnt doing anything wrong. His being with the team allows him to train with the physio .

 

[Jono]

Is anyone really surprised at Zaheer's poor performance once again? I sure am not.

AA should just run on the field and bowl and be the super hero for India.

 

[JustTool]

Is anyone really surprised at Zaheer's poor performance once again? I sure am not.

AA should just run on the field and bowl and be the super hero for India.

I am with you on this 110% - another Ganguly tactical blunder. Worse than picking Mr. Macho-Superhero-I-only-date-movie-stars-Yuvraj-but-never-make-runs-but-always-hang-my-bat-out-Singh

 

[JustTool]

I dont see why the BCCI drama should affect the players at all , and I dont think it is . As for Tendulkars elbow, isnt it just the media which is obsessing over it ? He isnt doing anything wrong. His being with the team allows him to train with the physio .

I do see your point....however...surely with his money he can afford to hire his own physio for a couple of months and avoid distracting the team with the stupid media doting on him.

 

[JustTool]

GoodNite all !!

Please wake me up before the 3rd Test begins to discuss how India will win the next 2 to tie the series.

India 1st innings 0/1: Yuvraj c Gilchrist b McGrath 0(3)
(McGrath was bowling left handed for change so it took him 3 balls)

 

[Mr Casson]

I've just come home from school and I'm watching the first session highlights... What is with all the appeals for LBW with balls that move across the batsman and hit outside the line?

 

[Mister Wright]

I do see your point....however...surely with his money he can afford to hire his own physio for a couple of months and avoid distracting the team with the stupid media doting on him.

I'm sure the Indian players aren't a bunch of babies like you are making out and can handle the media. Should Tendulkar take seperate routes and stay in different hotels fromt he rest of the team, just because it might effect the other players? Why should he be made to not feel part of the team?

 

[Mister Wright]

I've just come home from school and I'm watching the first session highlights... What is with all the appeals for LBW with balls that move across the batsman and hit outside the line?

Because they are close. The same could be said about McGrath's appealing when the batsman has obviously hit the ball onto his pad.

 

[Mr Casson]

Because they are close. The same could be said about McGrath's appealing when the batsman has obviously hit the ball onto his pad.

I suppose in real-time they do look a lot closer than they actually are. However, part of the reason that there was an appeal for LBW given out despite an edge had a little bit to do with the crowd noise, whereas these appeals didn't.

But I see your point.

 

[Mr Casson]

More rubbish keeping from Patel... That was really lazy, and almost cost India 5 runs.

 

[Mr Casson]

Something Laxman Sivaramakrishnan said before really irked me... One of the Aussies got an edge and it hit his pad (I'm not sure if there was an appeal), and Laxman said something about the edge, followed by 'but the umpire in this test isn't Billy Bowden.'

That's just disgraceful commentary in my opinion. It was completely unnecessary, it singled out Billy Bowden in particular and made an (unfounded) insult about his ability as an umpire.

 

[Mr Casson]

Thanks for coming, Haydos, see you in the second innings!

Perhaps it wasn't a great idea to charge Harbhajan...