Top run scorer Aus-India Series

[Captain Cricket]

I actually went for Hayden from the start, I knew he was always going to have a big series based on recent form. Seems like the choice is paying off..

 

[Johnners]

As I said, I've no issue with anyone saying Harbhajan had Ponting's number in India in 2000\01. For me, though, to connect that with this series is basically drawing together two completely unrelated things. There's little in common other than the fact that the players are the two same people. And had the 2000\01 series not happened, no-one would be saying anything now.

You've essentially argued for and against what I was saying there Tim. First you say "being a bunny is as simple as you've got out a lot to 1 person" then you say "there's much more to it".

If some bowler gets some batsman out lots, that equates to having them as a "bunny" IMO. If some batsman gets out to some bowler lots, that equates to coincidence. Harbhajan may have got Ponting out lots in 2000\01; Ponting has merely got out to Harbhajan a few times in 2007\08.

Again you bring a hypothetical situation into an argument that is completely irrelevant. The 2000/2001 series DID happen, and in the 2000/2001 series Ponting had nothing on HB Singh. In the 2007/08 series, Ponting still has very little on HB Singh, ffs he's been dismissed by him 5 times on the very first ball he's faced, and 8 times overall. IIRC, HB Singh has got Pontings wicket in some ridiculous % of the games they've played against each other so it's quite clear that he knows what to do to get Ponting out. If that isn't the definition of a Bunny, nothing is.

 

[Johnners]

Haha.

I'll let Peter Garrett answer this one for me:

"End - your dreamworld is just about to end
Fall - your dreamworld is just about to fall
Your dreamworld will fall"

I severly dislike Peter Garrett, but he's right on this occasion.

 

[Perm]

I voted Ponting too. I didn't think for a minute Bhajji would trouble him this much on Aussie wickets.

Too right, cobber.

Haha, I thought Ponting would have been a class above the Indians. I'm glad Harbhajan has dominated him though.

 

[Mister Wright]

Haha, I thought Ponting would have been a class above the Indians. I'm glad Harbhajan has dominated him though.

Me too. There's not enough individual rivalries in cricket anymore, and it's glad to see one still alive and well. Unfortunately the controversy of the series has overshadowed this a bit.

 

[Richard]

Again you bring a hypothetical situation into an argument that is completely irrelevant. The 2000/2001 series DID happen, and in the 2000/2001 series Ponting had nothing on HB Singh. In the 2007/08 series, Ponting still has very little on HB Singh, ffs he's been dismissed by him 5 times on the very first ball he's faced, and 8 times overall. IIRC, HB Singh has got Pontings wicket in some ridiculous % of the games they've played against each other so it's quite clear that he knows what to do to get Ponting out. If that isn't the definition of a Bunny, nothing is.

Again, you've simply said something that's not the case; Harbhajan has NOT taken Ponting's wicket 1st ball 5 times in 2007\08. He had the wood on him in 2000\01, and has had Ponting get out to him a few times now.

FFS, I hope Ponting actually scores some and I seriously hope Harbhajan plays the remaining 2 Tests, just to put to bed this "Harbhajan owns Ponting in Australia" rubbish.

 

[Mister Wright]

Again, you've simply said something that's not the case; Harbhajan has NOT taken Ponting's wicket 1st ball 5 times in 2007\08. He had the wood on him in 2000\01, and has had Ponting get out to him a few times now.

FFS, I hope Ponting actually scores some and I seriously hope Harbhajan plays the remaining 2 Tests, just to put to bed this "Harbhajan owns Ponting in Australia" rubbish.

Before, I thought you were just being 'difficult' for the sake of it. Now, I'm seriously worried. Have you considered professional assistance? Because, I don't know if you've been watching the India v Australia tests, but Harbajhan has gotten Ponting, not the other way around. I could maybe understand if he is trying to tonk him out of the ground and gets caught on the boundary, then I'd agree with you. But the 2nd innings in Melbourne he was well and truly beaten by a wrong-un, he had no idea what was going on. Fair enough in the first innings it was an inside edge onto pad, but in the 2nd innings in Sydeny Harbajhan did him in flight and bounce and drew Ponting forward for a simple catch at silly point.

 

[Richard]

That's as maybe. But he hasn't got him 5 times first-ball in this series.

 

[Johnners]

No, he's just dismissed him 3 out of a possible 4 times, once first ball, and the other 2 were also early on in the piece in terms of HB Singh vs. Ponting. Must be just luck huh?

 

[Mister Wright]

That's as maybe. But he hasn't got him 5 times first-ball in this series.

So, you've admitted that maybe you're wrong, and in an above post you said Harbhajan had the wood on him in India 2001. So, you're basically saying that Ponting is Harbajhan's bunny.

 

[Richard]

I'm not - earlier on in the thread, I asked "how similar have the dismissals really been to 2000\01?" The answer is, just 1 of them has been similar.

Not enough for me. I'm going to wait to see what happens in the rest of the series.

 

[Mister Wright]

I'm not - earlier on in the thread, I asked "how similar have the dismissals really been to 2000\01?" The answer is, just 1 of them has been similar.

Not enough for me. I'm going to wait to see what happens in the rest of the series.

2 of 3, and if the other one hit the edge it would be 100%

 

[Hoggy31]

Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
A Symonds (Aus) 3 6 1 380 162* 76.00 504 75.39 1 2 0 42 6
SR Tendulkar (India) 3 6 1 327 154* 65.40 510 64.11 1 2 0 36 2
ML Hayden (Aus) 2 4 0 307 124 76.75 459 66.88 2 0 0 29 0
VVS Laxman (India) 3 6 0 303 109 50.50 556 54.49 1 1 0 39 0
MEK Hussey (Aus) 3 6 1 270 145* 54.00 546 49.45 1 0 1 24 0
SC Ganguly (India) 3 6 0 210 67 35.00 306 68.62 0 2 1 24 2
R Dravid (India) 3 6 0 208 93 34.66 631 32.96 0 2 0 31 0
MJ Clarke (Aus) 3 6 0 198 81 33.00 346 57.22 0 2 1 18 0
PA Jaques (Aus) 3 6 0 183 66 30.50 345 53.04 0 2 1 22 0
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 3 6 0 136 55 22.66 196 69.38 0 1 0 17 0
GB Hogg (Aus) 2 4 1 132 79 44.00 198 66.66 0 1 0 11 2
RT Ponting (Aus) 3 6 0 128 55 21.33 199 64.32 0 1 0 17 0
MS Dhoni (India) 3 6 0 105 38 17.50 268 39.17 0 0 1 12 2

I dominate.

 

[Perm]

Still one more Test to go, and I'm confident Tendulkar and possible even Hayden will eventually score more than Symonds.

 

[Mister Wright]

Jaques with another failure in Adelaide imo, and to fall further down that list.

 

[Malleeboy]

Just to prove statistics can be meaningless, Johnson's a shot at topping batting av.

 

[biased indian]

75 voted and only 6 got it right

who are the other five ?????

 

[Jono]

Supremely hope it'll be Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

Love you forever Sachin

 

[adharcric]

 

[Mister Wright]

Wish it was public so we could see who the 2 gooses are who tipped Jaques. Although, I could read through this thread to try and find out I can't be bothered.