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

[MrPrez]

@Deathmonger: Haha! Haha! Haha! (Cue simpsons link)

 

[hazsa19]

Johnson is not there and no way oz will be able to handle umesh and ishant in the waca.

Touring sides always fall into the trap of bowling short at the WACA.

 

[deathmonger]

Touring sides always fall into the trap of bowling short at the WACA.

We didn't last time.

 

[sachin200]

Did England lose the last Ashes 5-0 too ???

 

[GIMH]

Did England lose the last Ashes 5-0 too ???

If by last you mean 'third most recent' then yes, yes we did, but even so I'm not quite sure what your point is

 

[Vroomfondel]

I don't think Zaheer or Ishant are 100%. Given that, I can't see India winning a test.

2-0 to Aus.

Laxman, Dravid and Ponting to score heavily.

 

[NUFAN]

Result: India 2 - Australia 1
Runs: Rahul Dravid
Wickets: Peter Siddle

I'm so glad that Shaun Marsh looks like being fit; Christian would be a disaster, reckon he'd be as useless as this guy

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Result: India 2 - Australia 1

Seriously??

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Touring sides always fall into the trap of bowling short at the WACA.

The one anomaly was in India's last tour Down Under. The length that RP, Irfan Pathan and Sharma bowled in Perth was, I thought, particularly impressive. A lot of edges feathered through to Dhoni in the 1st innings, IIRC!

 

[Burgey]

You're going to hate me even more in a few minutes.

Not possible tbf.

 

[NUFAN]

Seriously??

Well yeah, obviously I would rather an Aussie 3 - 0 win, but there are some serious question marks over our under-performing team.

Our batsman struggle to bat out a full day and the selectors have hinted that we lacked that fifth bowling option, so if Christian plays he weakens the batting and he'll take his wickets at a poorer average (but could help the rest of the bowling unit by being more fresh).

The loss of Watson is huge because it means the selectors wont risk Ryan Harris now and instead India will get the opportunity to face either Hilfenhaus or Starc.

Hopefully Dhoni losses a few tosses so we can set up the game a bit.

 

[Howe_zat]

Was just the perfect to finish to a day of drinking, had a tactical nap at about 7pm and it all worked out wonderfully.

My family went to bed after about an hour, phoned my friend when they were about 6 down and just laughed down the phone.

My family were asleep, I was about to go to bed but then Jimmeh got Hussey and my cheer woke everyone up. Everyone came down and watched us bowl them out for 98 before piling 150 on

Best Christmas ever that was. Cannot wait for this Test Match to start.

Was truly the greatest Christmas ever. Had been drinking all day (me and my sister play a game where the person who drinks the most within 24 hours wins, but you automatically lose if a family member accuses you of being drunk); ushered everyone else off to bed just before the start and stuck Sky on. Fell asleep in my stupor when they went off for lunch after the Hussey wicket, but waking up to 89-8 or whatever it was cleared any chance of a hangover.

 

[Deathknight]

20 funny ways to beat Australia

Twenty ways to beat Australia in Australia - 1 -  

Whisper 47 in Michael Clarke's ear everytime he comes down in the middle for the toss.

Place a fielder at short cover whenever Ricky Ponting is batting and call him 'Gary Pratt.'

Make the whole Australian team watch back-to-back videos of Sehwag's 219 and Tendulkar's 200*.

Send 'best of luck' smses to Michael Clarke from Simon Katich's cell phone.

Offer Big Boss contracts to top Australian players in the team.

Add Vijender Singh in the Indian line-up for the Boxing Day Test.

Make Harbhajan Singh the mascot of Indian cricket team.

Make Doug Bracewell an Indian citizen.


Show Nathan Lyon videos of Shane Warne getting hammered by Sachin.

Hold the IPL auctions two days ahead of the first Test.

Drop Zaheer and take Anna Hazare as the 'fast' bowler in the squad.

Appoint Kapil Sibal as the Media Manager of the Australian team.

Ask MSD to have a chat with Michael Hussey about his CSK contract.

Request Liz Hurley to cheer for the new Rajasthan Royals captain, Rahul Dravid.

Ask Harbhajan Singh to dress up as Santa and distribute gifts in the Australian dressing room.

Request Sreesanth to do a break dance from the sidelines everytime an Australian partnership starts growing.

Make every Australian cricketer watch a repeat telecast of the 2010-11 Ashes series

Request Lara Bingle to join the Indian team huddle.

With Greg Chappell advising the Australian team on how to tackle Sachin and Sehwag, the Indians have already ticked off one box in the list.

Never under estimate Sharad Pawar's power

 

[Xuhaib]

atleast 17 of them are unfunny.

 

[Howe_zat]

atleast 17 of them are unfunny.

Trying to spot which 3 might be.

Edit - to be fair, the Katich crack wasn't bad. But the author really needs to learn that "reference a cricketing occasion" and "make them watch" does not constitute a joke.

 

[Xuhaib]

Gary Pratt, Harbhajan Singh and Ashes 2010-11.

Yes I am easily amused.

 

[Furball]

Johnson is not there and no way oz will be able to handle umesh and ishant in the waca.

A late contender for 'funniest post of 2011.'

 

[Howe_zat]

A late contender for 'funniest post of 2011.'

Expecting it to be sigged after said match.

 

[Furball]

Expecting it to be sigged after said match.

I might have to, seeing as the Pakistani contingent on here seem to be quite grounded and sensible.

 

[Turbinator]

I might have to, seeing as the Pakistani contingent on here seem to be quite grounded and sensible.

You're looking in the wrong places.

If you want material for that series, then read this thread.