*Official* Quarter Final 2 - India v Australia

[smash84]

seems below par to me..........the pitch didn't look that difficult tbh.....Aussies couldn't manage a lot of boundaries

 

[Ausage]

Hard to know what par is considering how different the respective attacks are. I think we're probably 10-15 runs below myself, but it's hard to know without seeing what this pitch will do for Johnson, Tait & co.

 

[Burgey]

Interesting... not watching because I'm at work, but that doesn't seem like a particularly good total. How good is it, from those of you watching?

Pretty decent tbh. Wicket isn't horrible but everyone who came in started slowly, like the pace is hard to pick up*

*Cue Sehwag 41(18)

 

[smash84]

Lee is key

 

[Cevno]

India should have played Chawla instead of Munaf today and gone with a all out spin attack.

Except for that don't think you could fault any other bowlers,the captaincy or the fielding which was very good today.

 

[robelinda]

If we lose it will be because the pace bowlers were expensive. But, i'll wake up and see in 6 hours....

 

[Ausage]

Pretty decent tbh. Wicket isn't horrible but everyone who came in started slowly, like the pace is hard to pick up*

*Cue Sehwag 41(18)

I thought they said Sehwag wasn't playing.

 

[four_or_six]

Pretty decent tbh. Wicket isn't horrible but everyone who came in started slowly, like the pace is hard to pick up*

*Cue Sehwag 41(18)

Need Watto on to get Sehwag early IMO. I just get a feeling he's the best to him. I seem to remember him having Sehwag in some trouble and getting him out when opening the bowling in the IPL.

 

[Howe_zat]

It's a competitive total.

Early wickets, or the lack thereof, is the key for both sides.

That you, Ravi?

20 runs below par for mine. Chasing suits India and they have enough batting to get them over the line. With people like Sehwag, Yuvraj and Dhoni It's just not quite enough for run rate to be an issue, Australia will have to bowl them out.

 

[four_or_six]

If we lose it will be because the pace bowlers were expensive. But, i'll wake up and see in 6 hours....

Don't go to bed now!!

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I honestly think 260 is a good to very good total. Doesn't necessarily mean Australia will win, since they have by far the worst spin attack of any country in the WC and this suits slow bowling, but even so I think Australia are slight favourites. Not an easy pitch to bat on at all. Perfectly poised for a great game anyway.

 

[BeeGee]

I thought they said Sehwag wasn't playing.

Sehwag is playing.

 

[Burgey]

Pretty confident we should chase this there is a bit of turn there, but Aus dont really have a quality spinner to exploit it.

Lee of course is someone we need to see off and play sensibly but Johnson and Tait while always dangerous have the ability to leak runs!

This game is ours to lose!

Krezja to take 5-27

 

[vic_orthdox]

India should have played Chawla instead of Munaf today and gone with a all out spin attack.

Except for that don't think you could fault any other bowlers,the captaincy or the fielding which was very good today.

I think they got it right, India don't need to put all their eggs in one basket like Australia have to do with their attack.

Sehwag could kill this game very quickly.

 

[Burgey]

Need Watto on to get Sehwag early IMO. I just get a feeling he's the best to him. I seem to remember him having Sehwag in some trouble and getting him out when opening the bowling in the IPL.

Johnson at his ribs tbh... Four from four in the tests there in October.

 

[Turbinator]

Australia favourites to win it imo. 70-30

 

[four_or_six]

Johnson at his ribs tbh... Four from four in the tests there in October.

Depends on which Johnson turns up I guess.

Anyhow, no need to worry about Tendulkar - Tait is going to get him out first ball. You heard it here first.

 

[smash84]

Australia favourites to win it imo. 70-30

wow..........coming from Turbi that is a big statement

incidentally I felt that the body language of the Indian team was not as positive as it should have been for the quarter final. My friends also pointed this out here in Pakistan. From the body language it seemed that Aussies had already won the game.

I thought that the indian team looked tense.

 

[BeeGee]

Australia favourites to win it imo. 70-30

India 60-40.

 

[Spark]

wow..........coming from Turbi that is a big statement

incidentally I felt that the body language of the Indian team was not as positive as it should have been for the quarter final. My friends also pointed this out here in Pakistan. From the body language it seemed that Aussies had already won the game.

I thought that the indian team looked tense.

They didn't "lose it" at the end but they certainly didn't bowl well. From the powerplay onward, Zaheer in particular just lost it somewhat. And Harbhajan's last over was dross, lucky it didn't go for 20.