***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

[Burgey]

well the first tour match is pretty meaningless whatever team you send out, because it's a 2 day match. but the 2nd one is a fairly strong team (hughes-warner-cowan-usman and bollinger-copeland-george). the keeping spot is about the only problem

Is Cowan captaining the second match? Be interesting to see where he bats.

 

[Sylvester]

That was random, Sharma only got one over before he was taken off.

 

[Burgey]

That was random, Sharma only got one over before he was taken off.

Is this on tv at all mate?

 

[sledger]

And this bat camp thing is just weird. Initially thought it was a joke.

It's deadly serious I'm afraid.

Short Sharp Science: Bat camp: orphaned critters nursed back to health

 

[Sylvester]

Is this on tv at all mate?

Don't think so, I'm just following it online.

 

[Jono]

Slow start. Vinay Kumar given the new ball, good to see.

 

[Top_Cat]

Neither of these blokes are dashers, but....

 

[TumTum]

This is usually a flat pitch right?

 

[Nate]

Sharma injured then?

 

[Turbinator]

Just 7 runs off the first 9 overs? Wooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo, we're gonna win this 4-0 baby!

 

[Jono]

YAY VINAY

Love this bloke.

 

[Sylvester]

There goes Broad, onto the guys who could be pushing for Aussie selection at some stage.

 

[Top_Cat]

Personally, if I was Ryan Broad, when they have a bowl I'd be telling Haberfield to rock some skulls. These guys have a job to do and it's not to win the game but to try to shake up the Indians a bit in preparation for the next warm-up game. If it works, yay. If not, well it'll give the bowlers in the next game more of a challenge to bowl to some in-form oppo so win-win.

Provided he can get anywhere near their heads, of course.

 

[Prince EWS]

There goes Broad, onto the guys who could be pushing for Aussie selection at some stage.

Broad really has absolutely no hope of playing for Australia tbh.

EDIT: Misread your post; my bad. Need sleep.

 

[Burgey]

Sharma injured then?

Sharma is bowling again now, so hopefully he isn't injured.

 

[Spikey]

Lalor to take 17 wickets.

 

[howardj]

How far back to the basics will Camp Bat go? Might be like one of those week long cricket clinics you attend as a kid in the holidays, where you get to play a practice match on the last day - putting into practice all the basics you've learnt throughout the previous four days.

 

[Bobisback]

So glad I decided to head down to Manuka on Monday not today. Would be asleep by now.

 

[Top_Cat]

How far back to the basics will Camp Bat go? Might be like one of those week long cricket clinics you attend as a kid in the holidays, where you get to play a practice match on the last day - putting into practice all the basics you've learnt throughout the previous four days.

Be at least a day of butcher paper brain-storming too.

 

[Sylvester]

Sharma is now injured.