*Official* India in Australia Thread

[CDAK]

He was not comparing Zaheer to Wasim or any of the such.

He was saying that India would have a very good team if they had those elements.

Thank u. This was what I meant .

 

[amits]

i never meant comping these indian players with the legends. the reason y i said things like zaheer=wasim and harbhajan=murali is that these indian players r still under-25s.

being 25 or less, they have a lot of years of cricket left in them and these cricketers r only going to grow with time. within 5 years, what that "=" i posted will come true.

india will be the best team within the next 3-4 years and nobody can stop us.

 

[CDAK]

i never meant comping these indian players with the legends. the reason y i said things like zaheer=wasim and harbhajan=murali is that these indian players r still under-25s.

being 25 or less, they have a lot of years of cricket left in them and these cricketers r only going to grow with time. within 5 years, what that "=" i posted will come true.

india will be the best team within the next 3-4 years and nobody can stop us.

Amit, what u said is OK.But the quote was for "warrioryohannan".

 

[Kenny]

I wanted to say, it will be better to go for an off-spinner than leg spinners though they r world class. I never think McGill bowled badly.But it's the Indian toporder's ability to mange him made him so underrated.

I also think the Indians manage leg spin very well........both Warne and MacGill have been handled quite easily in the past - the exception would be Sachin not picking the overspinner that got him LBW to MacGill in the 2nd innings - a nice piece of bowling.

It was interesting to see Laxman unable to pick Katich's wrong-un on the last day, and checking with Dravid to see if it was indeed, a wrong-un!

 

[Gaijin-san]

I wanted to say, it will be better to go for an off-spinner than leg spinners though they r world class

That only and only leaves Hauritz then.

 

[Craig]

It should be posted under Australia and India rather than Rest of the World.

Also...

Dravid got 233.

Will get to it and I spoke to Andre before posting it and he said to puti t under Rest of the World asas well. Also if you noticed it is under Australian and India as well.

 

[Craig]

I dont rate Hauritz. He is nothing special. He hasnt done anything at FC level to play for Australia.

 

[CDAK]

the exception would be Sachin not picking the overspinner that got him LBW to MacGill in the 2nd innings - a nice piece of bowling.

!

THis is not always correct. Sachin is India's best player of spin. Remeber, in 1999 & 2001 series, warne was tamed by Sachin in almost all the game.McGill took Sachin's wicket, that's Ok, but it won't happen all the time. According to me Sachin is weak,

: agaist Left arm spinners
: against the ball that keeps low.
: sharp in-cutters that offers him a frontfoot drive on the up.

 

[CDAK]

I dont rate Hauritz. He is nothing special. He hasnt done anything at FC level to play for Australia.

I think I haven't seen Hauritz. But how come aus lack good off-spinners!!!?? Warne beutified legspin with the most ever turning balls.I thought aus might be having similar kind of off-spinners.

 

[age_master]

But how come aus lack good off-spinners!!!?? Warne beutified legspin with the most ever turning balls.I thought aus might be having similar kind of off-spinners.

who knows

 

[deeps]

why does india lack decent fast bowlers?
Why does the West Indies and England lack good spinners?
Why does Australia lack good all rounders?
why does england lack decent cricket players? :P

 

[PY]

why does england lack decent cricket players? :P

:rolleyes:

MP Vaughan in The Ashes series 2002-03

Matches - 5
Innings - 10
Runs - 633
NO - 0
100s - 3
50s - 0
Average - 63.3

 

[CDAK]

why does india lack decent fast bowlers?

There are a handful "extra"decent fast bowler waiting for their chances(selectors have to be open eyed).Nehra and Zaheer are just samples..still more left...Manaf Patel, Sreeshant, Paul, Bahandari, ....the list goes like this..:P

 

[Kenny]

THis is not always correct. Sachin is India's best player of spin. Remeber, in 1999 & 2001 series, warne was tamed by Sachin in almost all the game.McGill took Sachin's wicket, that's Ok, but it won't happen all the time. According to me Sachin is weak,

: agaist Left arm spinners
: against the ball that keeps low.
: sharp in-cutters that offers him a frontfoot drive on the up.

Oh yeah I agree I was only referring to that one ball in the last test.....he was set, going well, and all of a sudden padded up in front to an overspinner......wouldn't have thought it.

 

[mavric41]

I think I haven't seen Hauritz. But how come aus lack good off-spinners!!!?? Warne beutified legspin with the most ever turning balls.I thought aus might be having similar kind of off-spinners.

They all want to bowl legspin.:duh:

 

[iamdavid]

I dont rate Hauritz. He is nothing special. He hasnt done anything at FC level to play for Australia.

IMO he's got what it takes to be a more than handy ODI bowler , he is very accurate & uses his flight & changes of pace well.
However in Australian conditions he simply lacks the ability to turn the ball as well as the patience to be a real threat at first class , let alone test level.

 

[bugssy]

congrats to the indian side, as for bolwers i dont rate zaheer, he really struggles

agit is a far much better bolwer

look at zaheer in the world cup final and the one day series we played over there


he really does struggle

 

[Tim]

Zaheer I think is a better ODI bowler.

Agarkar & Kumble were the best for me...Agarkar bowls quicker than you think & can pitch it in the right areas, while Kumble's international future should not be over just yet if he keeps bowling like he did in Adelaide.

 

[CDAK]

congrats to the indian side, as for bolwers i dont rate zaheer, he really struggles

agit is a far much better bolwer

look at zaheer in the world cup final and the one day series we played over there


he really does struggle

zaheer,indeed is going to be the strike bowler in the coming years.How can u expect somebody to be flawless in his 3rd year of international cricket? What u saw in the WC final is his immaturity in bowling in big event...one needs experience for that.
if he gets the chance that Agarkar got over the years, sure he will become one of the top bowlers in the world cricket.

 

[deeps]

They all want to bowl legspin.:duh:

fair enough too...a 'back of the hand' leg spinner (RHB) tends to have more variety than an off spinner..... How many front of the hand off spinners can spiun the ball the 'other way'? i can think of 3:
Saqlain
Murali
Harbajan

i don't think there's many others... Leg spin is much more hard 2 perfect though,but i guess that's how high the standards in australia are atm