Australia v West Indies | 1st Test | Brisbane | 26-30 Nov 09

[On_the_up]

Start of the Australian season with Pakistan due to tour later.

Australia squad
RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, DE Bollinger, BJ Haddin†, NM Hauritz, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, SM Katich, MJ North, PM Siddle, SR Watson

West Indies squad
CH Gayle*, A Barath, SJ Benn, DJ Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, TM Dowlin, BP Nash, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, DJG Sammy, RR Sarwan, JE Taylor, GC Tonge

The WI big guns are back after effectively having a 'B' team against Bangladesh and the CT.

 

[On_the_up]

I can see WI batsmen putting up a good show against the Australian bowlers and even ending up drawing the test.

 

[On_the_up]

Australian team
1 Simon Katich, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Marcus North, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Peter Siddle, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus.

 

[Poison]

I can see WI batsmen putting up a good show against the Australian bowlers and even ending up drawing the test.

I hope they can win this series.

 

[On_the_up]

I hope they can win this series.

Not with their bowling line up.

 

[On_the_up]

Australia win the toss and will bat first

 

[Genghis]

Weather here is cloudy and its an unusually cool day for this time of the year. Perfect day for cricket!!!

 

[Genghis]

Australia win the toss and will bat first

Windies to have any chance needed to win the toss and bat first. I can see the Aussies putting up a big score now.

 

[Random Aussie]

Woohoo batting first against quick bowlers on a bouncy pitch. Excellent.

 

[Poison]

Windies to have any chance needed to win the toss and bat first. I can see the Aussies putting up a big score now.

Australia will be 4-50 today

 

[12thMan]

I hope they can win this series.

No it should be Pakistan first. If WI wins then Pakistan win though their first series there win will not be same

 

[Random Aussie]

No it should be Pakistan first. If WI wins then Pakistan win though their first series there win will not be same

If the WI beat us I am joining the Taliban.

 

[Poison]

Pretty poor crowd. It is a Thursday though.

 

[the_love_machine]

would you say this is our full strenght team? I'd say replace replace katich with jacques, bring watson down to 6, take north out, and open with hughes! and a fit brett lee has to play!

 

[On_the_up]

West Indies team
CH Gayle*, A Barath, TM Dowlin, S Chanderpaul, DJ Bravo, BP Nash, D Ramdin†, JE Taylor, SJ Benn, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach

Sarwan being out is a big blow for WI

 

[Poison]

would you say this is our full strenght team? I'd say replace replace katich with jacques, bring watson down to 6, take north out, and open with hughes! and a fit brett lee has to play!

Lol, I really hate Katich too, but he's deadset the most under-rated batsman in the world at present.

 

[12thMan]

would you say this is our full strenght team? I'd say replace replace katich with jacques, bring watson down to 6, take north out, and open with hughes! and a fit brett lee has to play!

I will only play Watson down if he is going to bowl is tests which he is not doing. He he basically playing as a batsman. You do have him as an option to bowl if he is batting at #6 but I haven't seen much of him bowling in last series or two. He was supposed to be replacement to Symonds but then he wasn't bowling much either

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Is Roach the new fast bowler from the WI?!

 

[Poison]

KEMAR JAMAL ROACH is playing!

Lets see what the surprise packet can bring !

 

[Random Aussie]

He better not bowl Watto first ball again

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Katich and Watson out in the middle

 

[Poison]

What a beauty by Jerome !

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Good ball by Taylor

Just beats the outside edge of Watto's bat!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Who's going to share the new ball with Taylor?! Rampaul or Roach?! Who's your pick?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

And it is Roach he was my pick to share the new ball as he's got good pace!

Should be interesting!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Has a tendency to over step quite a bit if he can sort that out he's one to look out for!

 

[Poison]

LOL Watson, YOU IDIOT.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Watson gone LBW to Taylor

0 on the board and 1 man down Aussies!

 

[Poison]

Terrible terrible choice of shot. Or non shot.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Didnt even bother asking for a referral!

 

[Poison]

Because it was plumb.

and Ponting off the mark with

 

[Random Aussie]

Cricindia failing to update. Typical.

Great start from Watson.

 

[Poison]

Cricindia failing to update. Typical.

Great start from Watson.

Isn't it on free to air TV in Melbourne? Or is that another thing wrong with that city ?

 

[Random Aussie]

Isn't it on free to air TV in Melbourne? Or is that another thing wrong with that city ?

It is but I am at work. To the pub shortly for a parma and some beers i think.

 

[Poison]

Sulieman Benn is really gigantic. He towers over Ponting.

And sounds like a good idea RA, Ponting's looking a bit loose early.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Cricindia failing to update. Typical.

Great start from Watson.

They're doing the same with the Pak-NZ test too at the moment!

 

[Poison]

Ponting has a ridiculous batting average.

Kemar Roach is pretty quick; in the 145kph zone without effort it seems.

 

[12thMan]

Isn't it on free to air TV in Melbourne? Or is that another thing wrong with that city ?

It may not be as sometimes they blackout locally for few hours to get people to ground.

I have to switch on cricinfo now

 

[Poison]

It may not be as sometimes they blackout locally for few hours to get people to ground.

I have to switch on cricinfo now

Its at the Gabba yaar.

 

[12thMan]

I don't know where the match is. I just checked the title. I can start watching for a while in maybe half hour and have to decide to watch this or Pakistan one. I can follow the other here or cricinfo

 

[Poison]

Roach just hit 150.1kph on the yorker.

Ponting looked out just now.

How is Roach getting faster and faster? He's up to regularly 147+ now.

 

[On_the_up]

Ponting gets a gift of a full toss on the legs and he doesn't miss out. 4

 

[On_the_up]

SK with a four down to fine leg, a pull shot

 

[Random Aussie]

Well finally I have quit CricIndia and now follow on Cricbuzz. There you go CricIndia, one devoted follower gone for good.

Roach is quick. Taylor is good. Wish they had Fidel as well though.

 

[12thMan]

I just went to cricinfo and the match has not started yet. sucks. In the other match thread someone posted Fawad hit a four and he is on 2 and Pakistan 21-9.

Well I am getting info here until I start watching

 

[Random Aussie]

Aus 26/1 Ponting just hit in the box by 146kph Roach

 

[Poison]

Ponting playing well; but there's been a few little problems.

 

[Random Aussie]

This Ravi Rampaul gonna be cannon fodder this summer.

Typical West Indies, early wicket, lots of pace and fyah, gets to about 10 overs and they drop their heads....

1/42 after 10.

 

[Poison]

This Ravi Rampaul gonna be cannon fodder this summer.

Typical West Indies, early wicket, lots of pace and fyah, gets to about 10 overs and they drop their heads....

1/42 after 10.

Pitch is quick, but has nothing, and ball has stopped swinging.

 

[Poison]

Ponting is just struggling a bit against Rampaul.

 

[Poison]

Appeal for Ponting LBW here.

 

[On_the_up]

referral, Umpire gave Ponting not out

 

[On_the_up]

and the decision stands

 

[On_the_up]

Hawk eye says hitting the top of the stumps by a coat of varnish.

 

[Poison]

I'm sorry this appeals system is absolutely ********. Gayle just appealed and Ponting would've been out, the ball would've clipped the top of the stumps. But it was given not out because of the lack of certainty.

IT WAS CERTAIN TO HIT THE STUMPS. That was so plumb.

 

[On_the_up]

Australia 60-1(13)

 

[On_the_up]

I'm sorry this appeals system is absolutely ********. Gayle just appealed and Ponting would've been out, the ball would've clipped the top of the stumps. But it was given not out because of the lack of certainty.

IT WAS CERTAIN TO HIT THE STUMPS. That was so plumb.

Hawk eye is a predictive system, it wasn't certain.

 

[Poison]

Hawk eye is a predictive system, it wasn't certain.

Without hawkeye, if you just saw that and knew there was no inside edge, it looked pretty damn plumb.

On another note, Ponting is really struggling against Rampaul.

 

[On_the_up]

Ponting with a trademark pull for 4

 

[On_the_up]

66-1 in the 17th

 

[Poison]

Katich with a 4 and now a gigantor 6.

 

[12thMan]

Katich on magnificent 38 - Ponting 41
Aus 85-1 after 20.3 overs
Katich crossed 3000 test runs too

 

[Poison]

Katich looks set for a very very big score. He's played a chanceless innings.

 

[Random Aussie]

1/97 after 21/4 overs, Katich and his funny looking head have made 50.

 

[Poison]

Punter does not look comfortable at all.

 

[12thMan]

Rampaul not having a good debut. Gone for 23 runs in last 2 overs
Aus 102-1 after 23 overs

 

[Random Aussie]

Lunch 1/114

Wonder if they are having surf n turf for lunch.

West Indies a bit unlucky in that session.

 

[Poison]

Australia will rack up 500. Normal service resumes.

 

[Poison]

Ponting very lucky. Roach had him LBW, umpire is mentally ill and gave it not out, they didn't appeal but if they did, it would've been out.

 

[Lahoria]

RA isn't it amazing how Ponting almost always ends up on the right side of these decisions. Australians sure do get lucky while they are in Australia!

 

[Lahoria]

Roach is a serious talent, when Edwards comes back WI will have the fastest pace attack in the world.

 

[Random Aussie]

RA isn't it amazing how Ponting almost always ends up on the right side of these decisions. Australians sure do get lucky while they are in Australia!

Yeah amazing. *rolls eyes*

Amazing how the team winning the match usually gets the close calls.

Ponting out to Roach for 55.

 

[Poison]

This Roach kid knows how to bowl.

 

[Lahoria]

Yeah amazing. *rolls eyes*

Amazing how the team winning the match usually gets the close calls.

Ponting out to Roach for 55.

So you honestly think Australians haven't benifited from umpiring at home issed:

 

[Poison]

These heart rate measuring things are not correct - Its a physical impossiblity for Roach to have hit 200.

 

[Random Aussie]

So you honestly think Australians haven't benifited from umpiring at home issed:

The umpires are neutral. Not Aussie umpires. And luck goes with the side that is winning - which is usually us.

Now across to India with you and you can commiserate with their fans.

2/140 runs not coming so fast now.

 

[Fish]

So you honestly think Australians haven't benifited from umpiring at home issed:

Nuetral umpires make mistakes against all teams, only difference is when its an Australian batsman who gets the wrong decision nothing is said.

 

[Lahoria]

"The umpires are neutral. Not Aussie umpires. And luck goes with the side that is winning - which is usually us."

How do you expect a teams like WI to win when series after series the decisions are always in favor of the Australians.

 

[Poison]

Anyone else think Jerome Taylor looks like a velociraptor?

 

[Random Aussie]

"The umpires are neutral. Not Aussie umpires. And luck goes with the side that is winning - which is usually us."

How do you expect a teams like WI to win when series after series the decisions are always in favor of the Australians.

The decision are not always in favour of us. Were the decisions in the last Ashes series in our favour? No.

Just that touring teams like to hang their hats on one bad call here and there to justify why they lost. Ignore everything else like the WI just dropped both batsman within 2 overs.

And nobody expects the WI to win, they are $18 for any punter wishing to lose his money.

2/187 should be 4 down.