1st Test: India v Australia @ Chennai (Fri-Tue)

[beez]

If anyone had a screening of this gam aka justin tv and if they could PM me the screening it would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry mate. There is absolutely no way to watch this game via the means you are referring to.

 

[Torz]

Have Foxtel?

He might be at work though.

 

[MG MG]

Same here mate, how good is it?!

Got it half way through the Big Bash. As the colonel would say...

 

[spookism]

wtttfffffffffff another reason to hate the BCCI

Pretty sure ABC dropped out because of the exorbitant telecast right fees.
Can't send some one to be a update reporter either, as you have to Have broadcast rights to do that.

 

[Paddywhackers]

Sorry mate. There is absolutely no way to watch this game via the means you are referring to.

Well that sucks than.

 

[Miqar_Baqfhied]

top edging a short ball to short leg/to fine leg/to the keeper somewhere

Averaging 54 with over 12000 runs in first class cricket at the same time??? The ball doesnt bounce above the knees in India, he would be ideal. He can play spin well.And he can bowl much better than Warner, Maxwell, and Clarke.

 

[ajdude]

Averaging 54 with over 12000 runs in first class cricket at the same time??? The ball doesnt bounce above the knees in India, he would be ideal. He can play spin well.And he can bowl much better than Warner, Maxwell, and Clarke.

div 2 county cricket boosts that a bit i'd say, and he's woefully out of form, if he'd actually made runs this summer then sure

 

[Miqar_Baqfhied]

div 2 county cricket boosts that a bit i'd say, and he's woefully out of form, if he'd actually made runs this summer then sure

Smith, Kawajha and Warner aren't in top notch form either.

 

[Super Hans]

Really hope Henriques does well. Need him to average 35+ with the bat so we have some stability for the ashes. 35 with the bat and 3 wickets a game I'd be happy with.

 

[Super Hans]

Smith, Kawajha and Warner aren't in top notch form either.

I wouldn't say Warner is in bad form. And the other two aren't play so they're irrelevant.

 

[The_Reaper]

I wouldn't say Warner is in bad form. And the other two aren't play so they're irrelevant.

I wouldn't say Warner is in good form either.

 

[MG MG]

I wouldn't say Warner is in good form either.

I'd say Warner is a walk up start.

 

[Super Hans]

I'm backing Hughes to be our top run scorer on this tour, think he's set for a big tour.

 

[ajdude]

Smith, Kawajha and Warner aren't in top notch form either.

smith's been the best of a bad lot, and khawaja* has done much better than dussey, also i'm guessing you missed the three tests v sri lanka re: warner so i won't even touch that

smith's season

khawaja's season (as well as 2012 county season)

dussey's season

i mean if you'd said doolan or rogers or someone who is in form then alright no dramas but you didn't so ah well

 

[Belnakor]

won the toss, most excellent

 

[Belnakor]

I wouldn't say Warner is in good form either.

in test match cricket he has been

 

[Belnakor]

this pitch looks like it will turn square from ball one

 

[The_Reaper]

in test match cricket he has been

Hard to say given he hasn't played a test in 6 wickets and has just come back from a broken finger.

He's not in good or bad form. Still an obvious selection.

 

[GOAUS!]

this pitch looks like it will turn square from ball one

Dhoni thinks it should start turning today.

 

[pies_this_year]

This is not the BCCI's fault for ABC not broadcasting the series. The ABC are trying to hide the fact they weren't ever going to broadcast the series (due to "believing listeners wanted a return to normal broadcasting and the radio be open to emergency broadcasting" some very limp excuses) and applied for one of their guys to head over but the BCCI said; well no, if you cbf buying the rights, you can't sit in the press area and phone in scores. The ABC are running with the BCCI didn't let us instead of telling us the truth that they cbf going. Pathetic effort from ABC.

 

[Ron]

won the toss, most excellent

Good start at least.

Gee i would love to be 4/300 at the end of the first day.

 

[PTizzle]

Ojha not playing, that's fairly good for us. So it's 2 seamers + 2 spinners + a spinning all rounder. Kumar seems a very crafty one though.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

The ABC was willing to send commentator Jim Maxwell to cover the series as a reporter but the BCCI determined he could not report from any of the Indian grounds as the ABC was not paying for rights. He could only file reports to Australian radio from outside venues.

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The ABC baulked at paying for broadcast rights, which also sharply increased for this series, after the BCCI and the local broadcaster asked for an additional sum, believed to be in the tens of thousands, for hire of ground facilities including the commentary boxes.

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The ABC wanted Maxwell to report from India but the BCCI refused his accreditation after "a bit of toing and froing" and lobbying from Cricket Australia.

The ABC broadcast the Indian series in 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2008 but not 2010 due to a clash with the Commonwealth Games.

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The stoush points to growing tensions within the ABC over cricket's dominance of the broadcast signal. There is increasing antipathy, and some joy, at this decision among ABC Local Radio presenters and staff as the coverage encroaches on key drive and evening slots, including PM, as it broadcasts cricket tours from the subcontinent.

The Indian brouhaha has pleased many within ABC Local Radio as pressure continues to mount to push cricket coverage to digital and online radio.

Conversely, the ABC's sports department is increasingly frustrated at the budget restraints placed on it as other areas, including news and TV drama, have won extra federal government funding.

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Fox Sports will broadcast live coverage of the series but it is understood the regular pool coverage for news organisations, including the Seven, Nine and Ten networks, has been abandoned. Cricket Australia will provide its own "electronic press kits" of interviews and news to Australian outlets.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/med...a-dropped-by-abc/story-fna045gd-1226575726975

:| at bolded.

 

[Belnakor]

Dhoni thinks it should start turning today.

disgraceful really

 

[The Speaker]

Ohja has been dropped for Bhawanweverasjgfsfsdfsdfesh Kumar. Jadeja stays in the team.