***Official*** India in Australia

[Pup_23]

He played an aggressive stroke like many times in the inning when he shouldn't have. As I said earlier, his approach was wrong. He should have grinded it out in the middle or tried to till he adjusted as much as he could to the pace of the wicket.

Thats his problem on all wickets in Test match cricket though isnt it? He does not give himself enough time to get set and adjust to the conditions. Its not just this wicket that he has problems getting set on. I agree that he needs to grind it out in the middle until he feels comfortable but he just does not seem like he can do that.

 

[Captain Cricket]

Hoggy's on, could clean up the tail now.

 

[Pratters]

He is all at sea to Lee and Hogg, It has nothing to do with the pitch. Look at Laxman, Ganguly, Sachin, even Singh are they having trouble timimg the ball on the "slow" wicket?

Laxman didn't as the ball was coming on nicer to the bat yesterday. Tendulkar wasn't so sure about the timing. He has had to grind it in the middle. Regarding spin - even Tendulkar wasn't as comfortable about the spin - one went off the edge of the ball and he was plumb once. The ball has been spinning prodigiously. Look, I am not saying I am convinced Yuvraj will do great necessarily in the 3rd and 4th test but I am not willing to discount him either after the first two tests given the pitches have not been his kind. I will wait for the tour game and how he looks in the nets and wouldn't really be surprised if he does play the third test.

 

[pup11]

Man... this is highly frustrating to see this partnership growing like this, FFS get rid of them guys!

 

[SJS]

Dravid - 53
Laxman - 107
Tendulkar - 85*
Ganguly - 67
Kumble - 4/106

Nah, old boys doing well

Dont tell me you missed the tongue in my left cheek Perm.

 

[silentstriker]

He didn't - hence the ""

 

[Perm]

I don't think the wicket is as slow as you're making it out to be Pratyush. It's not as hard and fast as the Austalian pitches we usually see, but the ball is still coming onto the bat fairly well. Laxman, Tendulkar and even Harbhajan have whipped shots through the leg-side from balls around off-stump, which is pretty difficult on a slow wicket.

 

[Perm]

Hoggy's on, could clean up the tail now.

Or hopefully, and more likely, get belted around by Tendulkar. Well, maybe if he wasn't so close to a century.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I bet Sharma will be first in line to buy the signed framed poster of Andrew Symonds.

 

[Perm]

Man... this is highly frustrating to see this partnership growing like this, FFS get rid of them guys!

Now you know how the Indians felt when Symonds and Hogg put on 170, and then Symonds and Lee combined for a century partnership. Even Symonds and Johnson put on 40.

 

[Perm]

Dont tell me you missed the tongue in my left cheek Perm.

He didn't - hence the ""

Yeah, what ss said.

 

[Prince EWS]

I bet Sharma will be first in line to buy the signed framed poster of Andrew Symonds.

Nah, I'll buy them all so I can burn them.

 

[Perm]

There's a tour match between the second and third tests, isn't there? If Sreesanth could get fit fot that and come over, I'd consider him for the third test for sure.

Definitely agree. He has to have some game time under his belt though, no point rushing him over to play the 3rd Test when he hasn't bowled in ages. He'd be preferred above Ishant Sharma for sure.

 

[pasag]

200+ runs in two innings for positions 8-11 for both sides and the innings isn't even over yet.

 

[Perm]

Yup. Get rid of the young brigade.

RP Singh - 4/124
Ishant Sharma - 0/87
Harbhajan Singh - 2/108
Yuvraj Singh - 12
MS Dhoni - 2

Can't drop RP Singh or Ishant Sharma at the moment, while Harbhajan helped to set up the Australian collapse. FTR I'd drop Yuvraj, but not Dhoni. Has kept pretty well, and although his batting hasn't been that flash, I really don't think the selectors see Karthik at #7.

 

[Beleg]

Hogg bowling nicely.

 

[biased indian]

Cricinfo
Tendulkar on 95 ,Most of the fielders are in the circle. Hogg from over the wicket.

Something kumble has to give a look.......

 

[Prince EWS]

Definitely agree. He has to have some game time under his belt though, no point rushing him over to play the 3rd Test when he hasn't bowled in ages. He'd be preferred above Ishant Sharma for sure.

Yeah, I wouldn't pick him if he wasn't fit to play the tour match, especially given the strange fitness/attitude issues he had in England. He needs some bowling under his belt first.

 

[Pratters]

Thats his problem on all wickets in Test match cricket though isnt it? He does not give himself enough time to get set and adjust to the conditions. Its not just this wicket that he has problems getting set on. I agree that he needs to grind it out in the middle until he feels comfortable but he just does not seem like he can do that.

He is far more aggressive than your usual test batsman. He wont need to grind it on most of the time and his natural game is more aggressive. We both agree that he needs to grind it a bit more at times, particularly like today though. Whether he can do that and has a defensive game at all - I do believe he has it. He wouldn't be able to make runs in one day cricket by just smashing it and having no defensve whatever. You do need proper defences even for one day cricket for every one (except if you are say Afridi).

 

[Majin]

Sachin!!!!!!!! YES! Finally! Oh man, it's been too long coming, but he deserves it so much. So happy.