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Australia vs Ind | 4th test | Adelaide | 23/01/2008

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kashif77 said:
good for batting .. this match will either be a draw or an indian win .. don't see the ozzies getting 20 wickets here.

Adelaide's always been like this though - every match that's been played here in the past few years someone has gotten a double ton (Dravid & Ponting in 2003, Lara in 2005, Collingwood in 2006) but there has always been a result. There have been more results on this ground than there has been for any other ground in Australia, including the WACA.
 
Few more mins to go..I’m counting down overs and mins...why do I feel like this...it’s a batting track...two guys have been there for some time...then I realise we are watching India..

May be I need to change my whole attitude and chill..but that will happen only after lunch..till lunch..it’s count down for me... sad really sad..
 
kashif77 said:
buhahahhah i jinxed him :))) :))) :)))


ok here's some more:


tendu will go one to score a double ton !!
Insha-allah Tendu will make your dream come true
 
At Lunch - Veeru is still there (who cares how close the survival was).
And Aussies are falling behind on the over rate - So all lot of Hogg and
SRT can urge Veeru on - so a lot of good ole positive cricket to come.
 
looks like another possible LBW not given, Looked like Sehwag. Healy says good desicion and Hawkeye says hitting off stump. Asad Rauf the umpire and Johnson the bowler

27.1 Johnson to Sehwag, no run, loud shout for lbw but Rauf says not out, it pitched on middle and held it's line across the right-hander, Sehwag defended off the front foot but played down the wrong line, that might have just missed off stump with the angle across the right-hander, extremely close call, replays show it hitting off stump
 
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12thMan said:
looks like another possible LBW not given, Looked like Sehwag. Healy says good desicion and Hawkeye says hitting off stump. Asad Rauf the umpire and Johnson the bowler

27.1 Johnson to Sehwag, no run, loud shout for lbw but Rauf says not out, it pitched on middle and held it's line across the right-hander, Sehwag defended off the front foot but played down the wrong line, that might have just missed off stump with the angle across the right-hander, extremely close call, replays show it hitting off stump

Surely that is hawk eye and not replay.
 
moumotta said:
Surely that is hawk eye and not replay.
no that is cricinfo :) but now sometimes replays also includes hawkeye
 
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OZGOD said:
LOL. I don't think you'll get too many takers mate, for some reason.

For obvious reasons - wait and see how Rauf denies Indians a few plumb lbws.
 
OZGOD said:
Adelaide's always been like this though - every match that's been played here in the past few years someone has gotten a double ton (Dravid & Ponting in 2003, Lara in 2005, Collingwood in 2006) but there has always been a result. There have been more results on this ground than there has been for any other ground in Australia, including the WACA.

chances of an Indian batsman getting it is looking remote. :12:

what kind of score would be a good one to defend on this pitch, Ozg?
 
12thMan said:
please keep Rauf out of Aus-Ind fight. thankoos

Mate, the fight, if you can call it that , was started by someone else. I was pointing out that Rauf will be consistent and give Australia the same benefits. Chill. :11:
 
Hogg appeals for LBW against Tendu. Rauf says no. One question was if Tendu was playing shot and the other was did the ball come back eough. It was htting the off stump by hawkeye and umpire was Rauf again
124-3 after 34 overs
 
Dhonifan said:
Mate, the fight, if you can call it that , was started by someone else. I was pointing out that Rauf will be consistent and give Australia the same benefits. Chill. :11:
Now Rauf may been involved in 3 LBWs not given. don't jinx him :batman:
This is not Pak-Ind-Aus match. don;t say his name that much
 
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Dhonifan said:
chances of an Indian batsman getting it is looking remote. :12:

what kind of score would be a good one to defend on this pitch, Ozg?

About 400 for the 1st innings as an absolute minimum, less in the 2nd innings. Bowling last is a huge advantage here, as Warne and Co proved last year.
 
well there was Dravid decision and other tow one can say can go either way. But all I can say is Asad Rauf is A Okay :19: and a rising :83:
 
OZGOD said:
About 400 for the 1st innings as an absolute minimum, less in the 2nd innings. Bowling last is a huge advantage here, as Warne and Co proved last year.

well, just 250 more needed.

This pitch does look as if it has something for everyone. should be a good match.
 
Just heard chatter that Viru's wicket ball should have been a no ball. can any one watching confirm.
 
I would haven Ganguly not out. Its the correct decision but like the commentators said more oftern that none its given not out
 
Dhonifan said:
well, just 250 more needed.

This pitch does look as if it has something for everyone. should be a good match.

Adelaide is always a good pitch, both for batsmen as well as bowlers. Probably one of the best pitches in Australia.
 
Guys get over the umpiring. Pitch is good for batting. But slightly on the slower side. Indians played badly infact.
 
1st wicket added 34 runs
2nd wicket added 48 runs
3rd wicket added 40 runs
4th wicket added 34 runs

Good starts, but not been able to convert so far.
 
400 will be a decent 1st innings score here.
 
India is wasting good form of Laxman at no 6. He should be the No 3. Dravid should open, and Lax at No 3. Hope they make that change for the next inning.
 
Indiagem said:
India is wasting good form of Laxman at no 6. He should be the No 3. Dravid should open, and Lax at No 3. Hope they make that change for the next inning.

Really! Atleast, they can his swap his position with Ganguly... this is not because Ganguly is doing bad, but just to make sure our best in form batsman is getting more opportunity ...
 
OZGOD said:
400 will be a decent 1st innings score here.

Actually, good first inning score would a lot depend upon how much Hayden scores. If we can get him cheaply- I would be happy even with 325 or so :D
 
purplehaze said:
Actually, good first inning score would a lot depend upon how much Hayden scores. If we can get him cheaply- I would be happy even with 325 or so :D

it's unbelievable how patient guys like clark are.
put your head down, run in, bowl.
put your head down, run in, bowl.
put your head down, run in, bowl.
put your head down, run in, bowl.

makes it near impossible to like him, although it's a very good approach.

looks like mitch johnson is following in his footsteps - for a left armer, he just doesn't have anything special except line n length. any of you remember bruce reid?
 
purplehaze said:
Actually, good first inning score would a lot depend upon how much Hayden scores. If we can get him cheaply- I would be happy even with 325 or so :D

true that SOB hayden is a run-getting BEAST.

He's 7th alltime in most centuries ONLY behind the likes of:

Sachin/Gavaskar/Lara/Ponting/Waugh/Bradman.

He also has a better century per inning than just about everybody on the list except Bradman.
 
this is where tendy starts losing concentration.

cmon, genius, grind them down.

bat for 2 days.

do a sunny.

do a sydney.

do Oz the good ol' Tendy way.
 
tmac4real said:
true that SOB hayden is a run-getting BEAST.

He's 7th alltime in most centuries ONLY behind the likes of:

Sachin/Gavaskar/Lara/Ponting/Waugh/Bradman.

He also has a better century per inning than just about everybody on the list except Bradman.


yes, he's very lucky he never had to play ambrose or walsh or any of the real merchants of pace.

hell, he couldn't even play simon jones or flintoff or properly.
 
I am getting irritated by this ROBOT, , into his 20th over, I suspect he is taking some prohibitted drugs :))
 
Perth93 said:
it's unbelievable how patient guys like clark are.
put your head down, run in, bowl.
put your head down, run in, bowl.
put your head down, run in, bowl.
put your head down, run in, bowl.

makes it near impossible to like him, although it's a very good approach.

looks like mitch johnson is following in his footsteps - for a left armer, he just doesn't have anything special except line n length. any of you remember bruce reid?

If Dravid would have been a fast bowler, I feel he would have been much like Clark/ McGrath. Someone who can bowl on particular line length entire day...

Bruce Reid, lanky tall man, our bowling coach during last trip isn't? If I'm not wrong, he was good against during 92 series as well... I don't know how good his overall record is, but he does sound like an underachiever for sure...
 
if I were to pick two failed selections, they are

Yuvraj and JAffer.

Jaffer tried atleast, he lasted till 15th over in Perth match. Yuvi was a big disappointment.
 
tmac4real said:
He's 7th alltime in most centuries ONLY behind the likes of:

Sachin/Gavaskar/Lara/Ponting/Waugh/Bradman.

And most of these centuries came in just no time. 2001 India's tour was a BIG turning point in his career....
 
spot on, indiagem.

i read in a Kiwi cricket blog that someone has called Mitch Johnson a 'PROBOTER' - a Professional Robotic Cricketer.

A new breed led by the likes of Hussey, jaywardene, clark, johnson, etc etc
 
Perth93 said:
yes, he's very lucky he never had to play ambrose or walsh or any of the real merchants of pace.

hell, he couldn't even play simon jones or flintoff or properly.

sure, but he has more than made up for that by destroying just about every other team with the exception of the Ashes, in recent memory atlesat.

AFter he was dropped after ashes and came back, he's been a top 3 batsman in the world easily, and easily the best opener.

Guys like Sehwag/Smith have come and gone, Hayden is proceeding stronger than ever.
 
purplehaze said:
If Dravid would have been a fast bowler, I feel he would have been much like Clark/ McGrath. Someone who can bowl on particular line length entire day...

Bruce Reid, lanky tall man, our bowling coach during last trip isn't? If I'm not wrong, he was good against during 92 series as well... I don't know how good his overall record is, but he does sound like an underachiever for sure...


Yup, Reid was phenomenal on Oz wickets.

Injury cut him down before he reached 30, and until then I saw him taking 13 wickets in an Ashes test, and another 12 against us in 1992.
He was weird. 6 foot 8 inches in height, 8 inches in width.
But he was really attacking.
 
this is how you treat bowlers like hogg. Put them back in their place! This is what I'm talking about.
 
62.6 Hogg to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Hogg gives it a bit of an extra air again, pitches on the stumps, angling away from the right hander, Tendulkar comes on the frontfoot and gets under it nicely, smashes it to long on for four this time, one bounce over the ropes, this is Tendulkar at his best! taking the attack to the opposition camp!

62.5 Hogg to Tendulkar, SIX!!, Hogg tosses it up on the off, angling away from the right hander, Tendulkar comes down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball nicely, gets under it and heaves it over the bowler's head, straight down the ground for a biggie! that went soaring into the fence, that is the longest fence on this ground and he cleared it with ease!

62.4 Hogg to Laxman, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the middle and leg, drifting into the right hander, Laxman closes the face of the bat and clips it to mid wicket for a single

62.3 Hogg to Laxman, FOUR!!, Hogg tosses it up outside the off stump, spins back into the right hander a trifle, Laxman comes down the track and reaches the pitch of the ball, drives it between extra cover and long off for four, glorious shot, excellent use of the feet on that occasion!

62.2 Hogg to Laxman, no run, back of a length delivery on the off, angling away from the right hander, Laxman goes on the backfoot and defends it to side

62.1 Hogg to Tendulkar, 3 runs, delivery looped up on the middle and leg, straying on the pads, Tendulkar kneels down and paddle sweeps it to fine leg for three runs, deft touch on that one, delicateply played to pierce the gap with precision
 
62.6 Hogg to Tendulkar, FOUR, and again, this time Tendulkar goes over long-on, the ball bounces a few feet inside in boundary and rolls over, 18 runs off that over
62.5 Hogg to Tendulkar, SIX, Tendulkar plants his front foot forward and lofts Hogg straight down the ground, he hit that with a lot of power and it just cleared the long-off boundary, he's really attacking Hogg
62.4 Hogg to Laxman, 1 run, Hogg bowls a shorter one and Laxman pulls it through midwicket
62.3 Hogg to Laxman, FOUR, shot! Laxman uses his feet to get to the pitch of a flighted delivery and drives superbly through extra cover, extremely well placed and lovely footwork
62.2 Hogg to Laxman, no run, Laxman moves back in his crease and watches the ball as it spins back into the right-hander from out side off stump, he defends towards the off side
62.1 Hogg to Tendulkar, 3 runs, Tendulkar leans across and plays a fine paddle sweep, he's placed it well enough to run three


hahahhah Hogg is getting abused.
 
Indiagem said:
Yuvi was a big disappointment.

You can't expect anything more from a mentally weak player.

He really is a pathetic batsman fit only for 2 hour games.

A batsman's version of Tait, perhaps.
 
22 runs off last 7 balls by India...

wasn't this the revised target for Saffers in their first ODI world cup, semi-final match perhaps :D
 
man i hate when clarke bowls. I hope tendulkar and lax get 20 off his over. i hate when partimers bowl it makes me nervous
 
i dont get it, they hit guys like lee and hogg who are full time bowelrs. BUt for some reason they struggle aginst a fool like clarke.
 
only 10 years back, I would be doing somersaults in the air to see a score like 245-4 on Aussie pitches. now I've become greedy.

There was a time when India batting in Oz meant 45 for 4. And only Prabhakar and More to follow.

hallelujah.
 
About 400 for the 1st innings as an absolute minimum, less in the 2nd innings. Bowling last is a huge advantage here, as Warne and Co proved last year.


I think you're dreaming...400 will be a great score with the pressure the Aussies are playing against at the moment . They look set for it at the moment .
 
22 runs off last 7 balls by India...

wasn't this the revised target for Saffers in their first ODI world cup, semi-final match perhaps

went from 22 from 13... to 21 from 1 ...
 
Hats off To sachin. Greatest batsman since Viv richards by far. May even be better than VIv.
 
Congrats Tendulkar. I think he has started listening to his son adn trying to get 100 from boundaries
 
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Indiagem said:
I am getting irritated by this ROBOT, , into his 20th over, I suspect he is taking some prohibitted drugs :))

He is very fit and athletic and quick and left arm - we seem to be happy for him to learn how to get batsman out at Test level so long as he can bowl long spells and keep pace. Also fields well and bats well.

Having said that he has a good economy rate because a lot of what he bowls is rubbish outside off stump that the batsman let go.
 
jackal786 said:
Guys get over the umpiring. Pitch is good for batting. But slightly on the slower side. Indians played badly infact.

Amen - sick of hearing about the umpiring. We are even hearing about it when India are on top and people are arguing over marginal calls. If the umpire says it is out then it is out. It is only a no ball if the umpire calls it.
 
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