yeah, but again, the umpiring was atrocious... I remember Gilchrist got a shocker in 2001 too but honestly, in that test, the umpiring was bad for both sides... Here India were simply robbed..... So, for me, that test will always be even and that's it... I understand that losing 3 wickets to a part timer is bad but I am sure the things that went on earlier in the test did play a part in all that happened later on...
They ended up losing by 122 runs. Even with poor umpiring, you'd be hard-pressed to convince me they were truly robbed, especially since there was still plenty of the game to go when the bulk of the poor decisions occurred. Robbed, to me, is when the match is on the line and at a crucial moment, a poor decision or two happens. Not on day 1. They had plenty of opportunities to fix things after that and their collapse in their second dig just tips the match in the favour of the Aussies.
if dravid was not given out and ganguly's catch had been reffered to third umpire we would have most likely saved that test....and both of them happened in the second inngs.
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I'm no fan of Clarke but I reckon he took that catch. There's a 'bobble' effect with low catches where hands make contact with the ground which people, I think, misinterpret for the ball being grounded. This is from my personal experience taking low catches in gully (where more seem to bloody happen too) as well as watching the game. His catch against Hopkins in the NZ ODI last year in Adelaide was more egregious than that one.if dravid was not given out and ganguly's catch had been reffered to third umpire we would have most likely saved that test....and both of them happened in the second inngs.
Voges to play next match. Starting to feel sorry for guy. They wont realise him to play for WA, but they wont give him game time either.
How is he not playing for W.A. He's not even in the Australian squad.
He actually looked quite good against Sri-Lanka in the test series, and then dominated NZ in the Chappell Hadlee. I don't think he's been owned as such, but he is having an average summer by his very high standards. Don't forget, he still has say 4 ODI matches left at the very least, and I'd be surprised if he didn't at least get 1 score of 50+ in those 4 matches. Average/Mediocre summer yes, owned, nah.
He was called into the squad on standby due to Ponting and Hayden injuries and never got realised back to play for WA.
I think released is the word you're looking for.
Pretty sure both Noffke and Voges were released after the Brisbane match.
Nah, he's been owned. A player who averages 59 over their career to average below 30 in a test series and 1 double figure score that was below 30 in 4 ODI matches is being owned. He may yet score 4 hundreds in the remaining matches, but at this stage of the summer he's been owned.
I know Voges wasn't allowed to play in the Pura Cup match v QLD. So I presume he stayed on, as Symonds also isn't 100%.
He actually averaged 38 in the Border-Gavasker Trophy, and 45.33 in 6 test matches this Australia Summer. He has also averaged 71 in 6 ODI innings (2 unbeaten) so far, with 4 to go. As I said, it's been a mediocre summer for him so far, but he hasn't been owned.
(just realised it wasn't the G, that's the problem 
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