Australia vs India | 1st Test | MCG | 27/12/11 | Day 3

[test_fan]

If australia are 5 down at stumps... they would take it happily.

There is still one and a half session to go. That will be a match winning effort.

 

[Iffitheking]

yea? what if teenda scores a century to chase the target down?

yeah tell me when did he do that ... India 27 for 4 and tendulkar saved the match.... he always look for his century.... and if Tendulkar manage win this match with the help of Tendulkar... after India is 27 for 4 requiring 250 plus.... then I would say that he is as good as Lara, Steve wagh... etc....

 

[Justcrazy]

I love Australia because of this... even though they were 27 for 4 they still manage to bat aggressively... every other team would have started tuk tuk.. playing 100 balls and scoring just 20 runs and get out... but Australia hats off to them.... Go Australia Go....

Right point. But that is the way to play, scoring runs would pressure on the opposition. You need to score.

 

[violet_may]

What you talkin' about? They should tuk tuk a bit here. It's a Test match, it won't kill them to do so

 

[Confirm]

:4

Aus lead by 102.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

What a shot there by Hussey......

 

[test_fan]

150, this is great consistent speed from Ishant.

 

[VolcanicAsh]

Ishant bowling 150ks.

 

[Buffet]

So guys who do you think is a better bowler Yadav or Pattinson?

Pattinson, based on what I have seen so far.

 

[Sledger]

Hussey looks quite solid - Ponting, as usual these days, not at his fluent best.

 

[Justcrazy]

Big appeal NOT OUT

 

[Justcrazy]

Pointing would not last long..... If he gets a 50 that would be bonus here.

 

[iHammad]

DRS, that would've been out

 

[Justcrazy]

well run.... 3 more

 

[praveen]

yeah tell me when did he do that ... India 27 for 4 and tendulkar saved the match.... he always look for his century.... and if Tendulkar manage win this match with the help of Tendulkar... after India is 27 for 4 requiring 250 plus.... then I would say that he is as good as Lara, Steve wagh... etc....

whatever man..

finally zak to huss.. keep it that way..

 

[Iffitheking]

What you talkin' about? They should tuk tuk a bit here. It's a Test match, it won't kill them to do so

Runs gives you confidence.... tuk tuk take that confidence away.... and beside that if you score 20 runs in 100 bowls... bowlers and fielders will be on you all the time.... with runs... fielding side spread fields etc.... so Playing aggressively... is better then tuk tuk..

 

[iHammad]

Hussey

 

[test_fan]

DRS, that would've been out

No way that hit him inside the stumps, but it was plumb according to Eagle Eye, that's why DRS sucks at it's present form.

 

[Confirm]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[IgnitedMind]

CLASS!!!!

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Aussies fighting from the lower order, hussey and punter must bat at 3 and 4 respectively, most senior players shud lead from front. marsh is crap, warner 1 time wonder, cohan is new so lets see. Ausie need watson and mitchell johnson back. Really want punter 100 hereplz score 100...

 

[Justcrazy]

Thats a good shot by Pointing

 

[Sledger]

That was a great shot, shades of the old Ponting.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Runs gives you confidence.... tuk tuk take that confidence away.... and beside that if you score 20 runs in 100 bowls... bowlers and fielders will be on you all the time.... with runs... fielding side spread fields etc.... so Playing aggressively... is better then tuk tuk..

But once you tuk tuk tuk and tuk tuk fielders fall asleep and when the score reaches 200, you'll be like wow wow wee ah how did that happen

 

[Iffitheking]

few more fours... and Indians... will be real under pressure....

 

[Justcrazy]

Lead 113.....

 

[Iffitheking]

But once you tuk tuk tuk and tuk tuk fielders fall asleep and when the score reaches 200, you'll be like wow wow wee ah how did that happen

yeah nice... but most of the time when batsman start to tuk tuk... he falls sleep himself.... and he wakes up in the pavilion... thinking "***"

 

[Sledger]

I think Sharma and Zaheer are both bowling a bit too short. Whenever they've tried to pitch it up though, they've lost the line, and sprayed it towards leg.

 

[IgnitedMind]

ashwin in

 

[Justcrazy]

Ashwin in

 

[Sledger]

Ahwin on, good move.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Hussey need bigggggg inning here his career is at stake.. good luck form is temporary and class is permanent. indian commentators r funny already talking abt india being at winning situation.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

yeah nice... but most of the time when batsman start to tuk tuk... he falls sleep himself.... and he wakes up in the pavilion... thinking "***"

hahahahahaa good one

 

[Justcrazy]

This is a good pitch still.... Australia need to set a target of at least 250 plus here to make India sweat.

 

[Buffet]

Yadav is a great find for India but Pattinson has every ingredient to be a top class PHAAST bowler, in flat pitches Pattinson will still be threatening and the same cannot be said with Yadav.

I do think that Pattinson has better control and better bowler but yadav bolwed well in flat pitches in WI series.

 

[Sledger]

Tidy over and well played. Things calming down for Australia a bit.

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Justcrazy]

65 /4 .......

 

[Sledger]

Sharma needs to pitch it fuller.

 

[Bashira_taeli]

Salam guys

Was Yadav just too good or the OZ batsman are shi*?

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Yadav is an another average indian bowler u will see soon in this series. apart frm zak rest of indian bowler r ok bowlers. ashwin is a joke as a bowler india has produced grt spinners in past, ashwin makes me laugh, bhaji is ten time better than this lallu..

 

[Iffitheking]

When Javed Miandad used to play we used to call him tuk tuk player... means he always... take single on every deleivery ..... so tuk tuk means... you tuk the ball on square and take the single... then came the Misbah..... for him tuk tuk... means... no runs.... now tuk tuk means no runs you just block every single deleivery... taking single on every deleivery was pure talent and now we love players who... able to take single almost every deleivery... actually now no one do that.... Miandad was a legend....

 

[Sledger]

Commentators ripping the umpires. )

 

[Justcrazy]

Lead 120

 

[Buffet]

Lead 120

I feel lead needs to be stretched little bit more by these two and then it is Australia's game.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Dhoni switching bowlers around, smooth criminal

 

[Justcrazy]

Zaheer bowling so well !!!

 

[lahoriyah1234]

anything between 230 to 250 is winning score here. morning session will produce wickets. i lve this sort of test wickets awesome to watch test cricket.

 

[Genghis]

I feel lead needs to be stretched little bit more by these two and then it is Australia's game.

I would say a bit more than a 'little bit'. India certainly with the upper hand at the moment. Australia need to get a lead of 250+ to feel comfortable.

 

[shobiii]

top cricket allround - these two are doing well - and yes the bowling is decent

 

[Sledger]

India need another wicket soon. This partnership is starting to build nicely.

 

[Sledger]

Nvm, I didn't realise the tail starts after these two.

Siddle needs a promotion.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Yup, zak is following his newly indian national wasim akram sahab. indian lover advise so its obvious he will do well. I really want to salute waqar younis he is a true hero in my eyes, done a grt job as a coach, hope he returns soon for pak cricket.becoz of afrida begum and dramaqueen of heera mandi he had to leave coaching job.

 

[Justcrazy]

2 more runs and 50 runs partnership

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

50 run partnership

 

[Justcrazy]

Yup, zak is following his newly indian national wasim akram sahab. indian lover advise so its obvious he will do well. I really want to salute waqar younis he is a true hero in my eyes, done a grt job as a coach, hope he returns soon for pak cricket.becoz of afrida begum and dramaqueen of heera mandi he had to leave coaching job.

wasim is a money minded person. He also has a shady past. A person with such a past should not be incharge.

More than that was very much jealous of . He under bowled him on several occasions.

 

[Iffitheking]

is this me... or you guyz think as well that... as long as I have watched cricket in my life.. all the Indian bowlers.... never got any respect from any of the batsman of the world... from Australian, South African to Pakistani and Srilankan batsman... they all want to hit Indian bowlers for 4s and 6s... and almost everytime... you see... there are rarely wickets to good balls... just because batsman plays too many shots they lose wickets.... for me its because Indian bowlers are real irritative... most of the time they got wicket by irritating batsman... by irritating I do not mean cussing or abusing...

 

[Justcrazy]

TEA

Australia 81 /4

Lead 132

 

[ads101]

is this me... or you guyz think as well that... as long as I have watched cricket in my life.. all the Indian bowlers.... never got any respect from any of the batsman of the world... from Australian, South African to Pakistani and Srilankan batsman... they all want to hit Indian bowlers for 4s and 6s... and almost everytime... you see... there are rarely wickets to good balls... just because batsman plays too many shots they lose wickets.... for me its because Indian bowlers are real irritative... most of the time they got wicket by irritating batsman... by irritating I do not mean cussing or abusing...

not sure, but I do not think the Australian batsmen gave Yadav the respect he deserved and they paid the price for it

 

[Sledger]

81/4 at tea. Good recovery but India's session. Break this partnership and it's into the tail - Ponting and Hussey need to keep going.

 

[ads101]

Australia and India level now, a lead of two hundred on this pitch is defendable and that's only seventy runs more which looks achievable now

 

[Random Aussie]

The highest chase to win here since 1948 was 217 or so.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Its simple indian history shown us that they have always produce grt batsman, so the chances of producing grt bowler is very v low. not cussing but look at current side ashwin is a joke realy embarssing especially wen u have seen anil kumble great bowler always used to get inzi out. Batsmen gets out becoz of Zaheer khan he is bowling superb which created pressure...

 

[praveen]

all high score chases have been majorly rewritten in the last couple of years..

 

[Inzy's Aloo]

Good to see Ricky Ponting coming back into some sort of form, class player to watch.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

not sure, but I do not think the Australian batsmen gave Yadav the respect he deserved and they paid the price for it

yes aussie didnt they shud have taken him to a cleaner imagine hayden and gilchrist...

 

[MVP26]

Most of the wickets have been poor shots by the batsman

 

[Bashira_taeli]

Watching the highlights. Two of Yadav's dismissals were played on.

 

[Justcrazy]

How many mins more for tea to be over???

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Some of the ex Aussie players want Punter to retire, if Punter wasn't playing today, Aussies would have been all out by now

 

[Justcrazy]

Whatever Aussies get, the chase would be interesting one.....

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

lol at the guy falling off

 

[Justcrazy]

Some really good test matches recently, SL SA would be interesting.... SL have a 170 runs lead...

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Australia need a keeper like Matt prior for Test.

Haddin is as good as Mushfiqur Rahim

 

[Justcrazy]

India would be very happy to chase anything bwt 225 - 250 .

 

[Bashira_taeli]

Tony Greig @greigtalks Close
Leave a bit of grass on the pitch and Indian batsmen get the wobbles. This is why they are known as ‘flat track bullies’ #ausvind #cricket

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[Random Aussie]

This has been a really good Test, credit to both sides.

Some of the chasing numbers bandied about here and on TV are funny. Cos teams chase 300 all the time in the fourth inning. And the wicket is bouncing and seaming.

 

[Justcrazy]

Final session