Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Good to see Johnson opening the bowling, remember he destroyed the Indian top order taking 4-11 in the DLC cup (?) last year.
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Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
I've never seen anything to suggest that Dhoni isn't a competent keeper.
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Like I said, his control was poor and that was one aspect of his bowling that let him down. He bowled more than three good balls, he just bowled three balls that took wickets. Also, as I mentioned earlier, he bowled with pretty good pace, which is something India are seriously lacking, so it didn't surprise me too much that his line and length went missing a bit.
pup11
International Coach
What a knock from Michael clarke today simply awesome, the kind of innings he played under pressure was true sign of his class and Pup surely does love this ground as he scored his maiden test ton in his debut innings on this very ground.
Haddin also needs to be given a lot of credit as he supported Clarke very well and Hopes also chipped in with a very good cameo.
Its good to see Johnson bowling with the new ball and he has been swinging the ball too, which is nice to see.
EDIT: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!
Haddin also needs to be given a lot of credit as he supported Clarke very well and Hopes also chipped in with a very good cameo.
Its good to see Johnson bowling with the new ball and he has been swinging the ball too, which is nice to see.
EDIT: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!!
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Dhoni's keeping had certainly improved this year. I believe he missed a stumping off Powar today. Did anyone see that ?I was also going to say before, I thought Dhoni kept quite well - better than his reputation suggested he would.
EDIT: Straight after typing this, Gilly concedes 4 bye
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He used to be pretty poor when he first come onto the scene, was picked because his batting was superior to the other option (Karthik). Since then he's improved massively, but still seems to get a hard time about his wicket-keeping, which is quite harsh.
SJS
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I heard one of the commentators (I think Shiva) saying that
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
I think must be the one he was refering to - in his very first over.
20.4 Powar to Haddin, no run, Loopy flighted delivery, Haddin is beaten in the flight as he gets forward and the ball misses the bat but hits the pad and runs away to the off side. Had it not made contact with the pad, it would have been an easy stumping chance. Haddin had lunged forward and was out of the crease
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Why wasn't Sourav Ganguly opening? If they insist on mucking around with the openers, then either have Gambhir at #3, or put Tendulkar down the order. Ganguly needs to open the innings, he isn't as good in other positions. Also seems like a dubious decision to send in Pathan at #3, lets hope it proves to be a good one though.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
With wives everything is too much to askI think my wife was trying to talk to me at that point.
