I can see his frustration at many of the comments.
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I can see his frustration at many of the comments.
With two spinners they definitely need the runs on the board asap, can't leave it for the 2nd innings
They were lucky to an extent with the dropped chances. Have to make the most of it.
Hopefully they'll continue to be competitive
Well said.
If anything, 300 on the first day is about 30-40 runs short of where India should be at this point in time.
The Australian bowlers (in particular Clark and Lee), were fantastic - with Clark in particular unlucky not to get at least a couple.
Tomorrow's going to be a massive test of Dhoni's technique.
He's probably been India's biggest under-achiever this series.
As vice-captain, he really should be doing better, but I don't have high hopes.
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No not at all, fact is, at the fall of the first wicket the time it took for the new batsmen to get to the crease was to long.
Im not for a minute blaming the Indians soley for the poor-over rate, but to think they are not partly responsible for the problem is naive.
Im not for a minute blaming the Indians soley for the poor-over rate, but to think they are not partly responsible for the problem is naive.
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Im sorry, but sometimes its like talking to a brick wall around here.
THe bowling over-rate is poor, has been all series.
But its obvious both teams are to blame, the batsmen equally so. Yet everyone just wants to blame Ponting.
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India made sure there was no chance of another over. Held the bowler up for 2 minutes before the over and then Dhoni doesn't take guard for the last ball until the clock hit 6:30
They really dont play the game in the right spirit, do they?
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My money has been on the draw since before the start of play. 2 strong batting line ups, the bowling isn't spectacular, Adelaide pitch. Recipe for Draw.
Works for me. Aslong as India don't draw the series, I'll be quite happy!
We had no answer to their bowling in the last match. Obviously a totally different deck, but looking forward to seeing how we go this time around.
It does look as if Aus are finally succumbing to the fact they no longer have McGrath and Warne in the team.The last match they were let down by their 3rd and 4th bowlers and today India were there for the taking but the bowlers didnt seem to be up to the job .I fully realise it is supposed to be a good track but you still feel the formers would have bowled them out or had them 8or 9 .On he other hand the good news is that India played some poor shots and Aus are probably just ahead
The bowling was fine, it was the fielding that screwed us.
Yeah those two bad drops really hurt us today. We would be well on top otherwise.
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This test last year we had mcgrath and warne and were fasing a dominant England line-up. Didnt help us much.
Wouldnt say the Indian lineup was there for the taken. They are still a class team.
Generally I think that 2 wickets and around 100 runs a session is about a par performance for both teams.
But in Adelaide you would expect to the batting team to do better than that. So I think we are slightly on top. Hard to really know until we bat.
But in Adelaide you would expect to the batting team to do better than that. So I think we are slightly on top. Hard to really know until we bat.
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I just backed India at 4.40 to win.
I can see this track being really hard to bat on by the fifth day and we will have to bat last. India have picked 5 bowlers inc two class spinners. We have no class spinners.
For Australia not to lose I think they will need to have at least a 100 run lead after the first innings. That is likely to need to be 550.
India look a good bet to me.
I can see this track being really hard to bat on by the fifth day and we will have to bat last. India have picked 5 bowlers inc two class spinners. We have no class spinners.
For Australia not to lose I think they will need to have at least a 100 run lead after the first innings. That is likely to need to be 550.
India look a good bet to me.
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Great to see that the Adelaide Oval has produced another road for both teams to bat on.
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Hayden takes that catch it is a clear win to Australia. Nearly started abusing him sitting on the bus watching on my phone.
Anyway 1 over pill first up tomorrow morning, Aussies need inroads.
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Good call Weevil, this is the big question I think we will know about 20 overs into our innings weather we are going for Victory or staring down the barrel. Can India get more out of the pitch then us in this match like they did in Perth.
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Australia's fielding has really gone backward the last 12 months. Hopefully they can really work on it and start to hold some of these catches 99.9% like they use to. There is no doubt in the last test Hayden not playing really stretched our fielding. Those couple of drops today could be the difference.
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Hayden and Geogey bring some batting depth into the team, can only see India spinning to victory on the 5th day.
India are more likely to collapse tomorrow morning and be all out for 350 with the Aussies 6/300 at stumps
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Adelaide's a great wicket, yes, it mainly rewards good batting but if you're any good as a bowler you'll get results out of it. As proven today by Lee. It's not a road in a sense that a bowler has no chance, like at Antigua. It's a beautiful wicket
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I can see where you are coming from, but personally, i still feel that a "good" test wicket should have some 'juice' in it for at least the first session of day 1 and maybe a bit into the middle session before the wicket flattens out into a decent track.
This allows the art of opening the innings to be truly tested, otherwise the fate of the toss can basically decide the test. When you have opening batsmen just swinging through the line with planted feet on the first day of a test in the first session you realise that maybe a bit of sideways movement would make for a better cricket wicket, to really test the skill of the batsmen.
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