***Official Australia in India***

[four_or_six]

What is Watson doing? One run off nine balls... totally not sticking to team plans. Drop him!

 

[Prince EWS]

This is a right walloping. 3 poor shots, 3 wickets. To be fair to Ponting that ball would have beaten anyone.

Yeah, can't blame Ponting for his dismissal. Hayden, Hussey and especially Katich should be very disappointed though - it seemed as if they'd never encountered a bat-out-a-draw situation before in their lives.

 

[Nate]

So why couldn't our seam bowlers get that sort of seam movement?

They're not that type of bowler.

 

[tugga]

Watto to get a maiden test century. Clarke to score a double. Brett Lee to bif his way to a half century as does Haddin and White. Positive thinking boys.

 

[irfan]

Frigginn Awessssssommmmmmme. Have never ever ever seen Australia play so ****e though. India absolutely rampant here, playing with so much confidence

 

[tugga]

They're not that type of bowler.

If they aren't swing bowlers. And they're not seam bowlers. What are they then hey?

 

[inbox24]

If Cam White scores a match winning triple hundred here, then I will retract my calls to have him dropped for the remainder of the series.

Until then, SCORE THAT MATCH WINNING TRIPLE HUNDRED YOU CRUNK.

 

[duffer]

Finally taken RP out of there and put a guy who wants to field in there.

 

[pup11]

Clarke's ****ed, there's a close of play before the end of the match.

No, Clarke to come good in this game, the stage is set for pup to turn into a top dog.*fingers crossed*

 

[stephen]

See what happens when Victorians get selected?! SEE?!?!

Agreed. Horrible selections this tour. I mean Cameron White FFS.

Better selections for the first test:

Hayden
Jaques
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Katich
Haddin
Clark
Johnson
Lee
Token "spinner"/Watson (seriously, we could have used Clarke and Katich to cover our spin)

For this test (assuming Jaques/Clark injured):

Hayden
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Watson
Haddin
Johnson
Lee
Noffke
Token "spinner"

At least we'd have Noffke to score our runs for us FFS. I mean who decided we were in desperate need of Victorians anyway? Whoever it was needs the sack.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Haha wow.

I think we can safely mark this one down as 1-0 for India.

Where to now for Australia? I'd look at bringing in Clark and Bollinger for Siddle and White, fitness permitting.

White's bowled far better than expected but I don't think the plan is working out. I'm not usually one to advocate wholesale changes mid-series, but Australia's attack has been simply dismal so far, aside from Johnson.

 

[Prince EWS]

If Cam White scores a match winning triple hundred here, then I will retract my calls to have him dropped for the remainder of the series.

Until then, SCORE THAT MATCH WINNING TRIPLE HUNDRED YOU CRUNK.

Haha. I've had a feeling since before the game that White would make a significant contribution with the bat. Didn't do it in the first innings; it's on.

 

[stephen]

Haha wow.

I think we can safely mark this one down as 1-0 for India.

Where to now for Australia? I'd look at bringing in Clark and Bollinger for Siddle and White, fitness permitting.

White's bowled far better than expected but I don't think the plan is working out. I'm not usually one to advocate wholesale changes mid-series, but Australia's attack has been simply dismal so far, aside from Johnson.

Noffke > Bollinger

Only reason Bollinger took more wickets last year is because Noffke generally only had to bowl one innings, except when he scored enough runs to force a second innings.

 

[Ikki]

Someone give Warne and McGrath a call FFS.

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha wow.

I think we can safely mark this one down as 1-0 for India.

Where to now for Australia? I'd look at bringing in Clark and Bollinger for Siddle and White, fitness permitting.

White's bowled far better than expected but I don't think the plan is working out. I'm not usually one to advocate wholesale changes mid-series, but Australia's attack has been simply dismal so far, aside from Johnson.

Yeah, fully agree. I don't want to sound like a broken record but whilst White has done his job with the ball, the job Ponting has given him doesn't really justify a place in the eleven and Watson is bowling far too many overs as a result.

 

[stephen]

Yeah, fully agree. I don't want to sound like a broken record but whilst White has done his job with the ball, the job Ponting has given him doesn't really justify a place in the eleven and Watson is bowling far too many overs as a result.

I'm just assuming that Cricket Aus have decided to write this series off from the start and are using it to blood new players. Nothing else can explain the poor selections.

 

[Johnners]

They're not that type of bowler.

Indeed. Not that it makes it any less disheartening

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Noffke > Bollinger

Only reason Bollinger took more wickets last year is because Noffke generally only had to bowl one innings, except when he scored enough runs to force a second innings.

I'm not a big fan of Bollinger, but Noffke isn't in the squad so it's a moot point. I can also see the justification for keeping Siddle in for another chance, but I don't think he's bowled that well as a whole.

 

[honestbharani]

No, you are wrong. There was both.

dont remember any such thing from the main posters here on CW and definitely did not see it mentioned by any of the Indian players......

 

[pup11]

So why couldn't our seam bowlers get that sort of seam movement?

Only Lee and Clark are the kind of bowlers who can pitch the ball up and seam it off the deck, otherwise Johnson, Watson, and Siddle are all bowlers who hit the deck hard and always target the short of good length area, obviously they aren't going to seam the ball from there, Lee has been **** with the ball on this tour and Clark hasn't played, so obviously there is no one left in the Aussie ranks then, who can make the ball move the way Sharma and Zaheer have.