**Official** Australia in India Thread

[Arjun]

Exponentially.

Exponentially? I'll remember that. Hmmm...Dinesh Karthik and Mahen 'Mighty Slash' Dhoni may not be far from the Test cap.

 

[Arjun]

..and finally Parthiv takes the 1 which matters

Matters? How much? The batsmen who troubled the Indians most were Hayden, Langer, Clarke and Gilchrist.

 

[mavric41]

Lehmann gone.

Edit: Great catch for Patel! I guess we jinxed it.

Looked like a retirement shot - he just doesn't want to be there does he.

He is making the selectors job very easy.

 

[maxpower]

wow cricinfo is so slow, its still 191/3 on it.

 

[Sehwag309]

BTW, ..those are tough to judge (wicky and umpire)

 

[maxpower]

Looked like a retirement shot - he just doesn't want to be there does he.

He is making the selectors job very easy.

yeah I felt like that too when I saw him play in the 1st test.

 

[Sehwag309]

wow cricinfo is so slow, its still 191/3 on it.

ahhhh..cricinfo is crap, try www.cricbuzz.com , they claim to be the fastest

 

[mavric41]

Looks like the spinners are bowling hand grenades now.

I wonder how Warnie will bowl on it - it should suit him down to the ground.

 

[mavric41]

ahhhh..cricinfo is crap, try www.cricbuzz.com , they claim to be the fastest

Thanks for that link - I didn't know about them.

 

[maxpower]

ahhhh..cricinfo is crap, try www.cricbuzz.com , they claim to be the fastest

seems faster, thanks.

 

[Jono]

Lol, normally you jinx a player but praise them about how they are playing well, and then they go out or get smacked for six. This worked in the opposite with Patel. We bagged his keeping, and he took a catch

Still doesn't change the fact that he's kept poorly, and I'm still concerned. I just think its best if he takes a year off, work on his keeping non stop, and come back a changed player. He's 19, he has plenty of time to become a star keeper.

 

[Mr Casson]

I really don't understand those mess-ups he made... The simplest stuff that any fielder would snap up without gloves he drops, and the thick bottom edge he catches... Where's the logic?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Yuvraj drops katich, regulation chance.

 

[Sehwag309]

Yuvraj drops katich, regulation chance.

quite bouncy, standing pretty close and not easy IMO

 

[Sehwag309]

Knew it...Clarke was kinda loosing it

 

[Mr Casson]

Clarke plumb-diddly-umb.

 

[mavric41]

The Indians get a crap decision back in their favour. Clarke out lbw to Kumble to a ball that would have easily missed leg stump.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

This containment strategy is working well for India. They aren't exactly ripping through the lineup, but the run rate has dropped a lot and importantly all the runs are coming in singles, it's not lots of dot balls with boundaries thrown in, and the Australian batsmen are obviously getting frustrated.

It's going to be interesting to see how Gilchrist plays.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

The Indians get a crap decision back in their favour. Clarke out lbw to Kumble to a ball that would have easily missed leg stump.

I disagree. That was plumb, he was well beaten and the ball would have hit leg stump.

 

[Sehwag309]

The Indians get a crap decision back in their favour. Clarke out lbw to Kumble to a ball that would have easily missed leg stump.

Open ur eyes WIDE and watch the replay, umpires agree, comm agree...would have clipped leg stump