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

[Contra]

forget the 100, but what a time to get out with the new ball just looming. Should have played normally instead of just defending off Clarke, hate it when he gets into a defensive mindset.

 

[Uppercut]

Perfect day from here would be for Kohli to get a roughie. Gagging to see the lemonface.

what a sentence

 

[Cevno]

Sachin was trying to hard to be technically correct against Clarke. Should have played that of the back foot and been more aggressive against him.

 

[Spark]

forget the 100, but what a time to get out with the new ball just looming. Should have played normally instead of just defending off Clarke, hate it when he gets into a defensive mindset.

Nah fair play that was a beautiful delivery. Tossed up, dropped on a fullish length just short of the drive and spun. There's not much shame nicking that.

 

[Contra]

Nah fair play that was a beautiful delivery. There's not much shame nicking that.

I'm not talking about that one delivery, I meant for the last few overs he was defending a little too much. Ganguly mentioned the same thing on air as well.

 

[Uppercut]

forget the 100, but what a time to get out with the new ball just looming. Should have played normally instead of just defending off Clarke, hate it when he gets into a defensive mindset.

That was the normal way to play that delivery. There's nothing in the rules that says Clarke isn't allowed to bowl a delivery too good for Tendulkar, time to get over it.

 

[Cevno]

Nah fair play that was a beautiful delivery. Tossed up, dropped on a fullish length just short of the drive and spun. There's not much shame nicking that.

He would have played that off the back foot or half back late, when looking to score of it. But he was just trying too hard to defend carefully there and be technically correct on the front foot for almost every delivery.

Has done it in the past to part time spinners too, when the defensive mindset takes over.

 

[Noble One]

It's such a shame Clarke cannot bowl more often. He can be quite a pleasing bowler to watch.

 

[Spark]

It's hilarious, really. Against anyone else he's just a regulation darter, but against India Clarke becomes a properly decent left-arm orthodox.

 

[Ruckus]

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Not really, in my view. Clarke has a lot more Test and FC experience as a bowler than Lyon. He's going to have days where he's ineffective as he learns his craft at Test level. He's not exactly getting pumped which is good news in and of itself.

I think Lyon's problem is that he is always going to be giving the ball good flight, and his natural line is a fair bit outside off...on wickets where there isn't much on offer for him in terms of spin and bounce, he is basically just making easy for the batsmen to drive him etc. Clarke's trajectory has been much flatter and straighter, and better suited to these conditions.

 

[Contra]

That was the normal way to play that delivery. There's nothing in the rules that says Clarke isn't allowed to bowl a delivery too good for Tendulkar, time to get over it.

I'll quote myself again..

I'm not talking about that one delivery, I meant for the last few overs he was defending a little too much. Ganguly mentioned the same thing on air as well.

 

[Spark]

I think Lyon's problem is that he is always going to be giving the ball good flight, and his natural line is a fair bit outside off...on wickets where there isn't much on offer for him in terms of spin and bounce, he is basically just making easy for the batsmen to drive him etc. Clarke's trajectory has been much flatter and straighter, and better suited to these conditions.

IMO his main problem is that he's been too full. It's fine if you bowl a wide line but if you're bowling that length too, there's really no risk driving against the spin when they're half-volleys.

It does help that Clarke turns the ball away from the RHer, ofc

EDIT: And once again Pattinson is starting a later spell far, far better than he starts his first spell of the day. Needs to work on that.

 

[Cevno]

Big knock for Kohli. Rohit probably comes in, if he fails.

 

[Ruckus]

IMO his main problem is that he's been too full. It's fine if you bowl a wide line but if you're bowling that length too, there's really no risk driving against the spin when they're half-volleys.

It does help that Clarke turns the ball away from the RHer, ofc.

Yeah, that's the main reason why it's probably unfair to compare Clarke to Lyon here.

 

[biased indian]

What's the latest on rain

 

[Spark]

Hilf *bows*

 

[benchmark00]

I'm so ****ing sick of my state carrying this cricket team. Contribute Victoria you ****ing pieces of ****.

Wooo Hilf!

 

[Ruckus]

What a jaffa!

 

[Noble One]

Wow. What a delivery. Perfect?

 

[Contra]

Ugh... how many times have we seen VVS get out like this.