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Australia vs India | 2nd Test | Sydney | 04/01/08

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Well played Harbhajan.

Now i understand why John Wright referred to Harbhajan's batting
"when he bats, it is more like watching a helicopter blade in motion" :))
 
India 451/7

India trail by 12 runs with 3 wickets remaining.
 
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cricinfo states

umpire whispered to bhajji which he didn't seem to like.

what could it be?
 
imagine if the umpires made the correct decisions India would have a "huge" lead , but well you cant say giving someone out would mean another person would get out too
 
asifp said:
imagine if the umpires made the correct decisions India would have a "huge" lead , but well you cant say giving someone out would mean another person would get out too
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Then atleast give us a hope and Aussies would have been under tremendous pressure .It would have been interesting how they will perform in such a situation .Bucknor spoiled the whole match IMO.
 
How often you see Oz bowlers struggling to get tail-enders out? We are watching something rare here...
 
i cudnt beleive sachin took single of a second ball and leaving number 11 to face remaining 4 balls..

i really understand the logic behind that..
 
purplehaze said:
I wish Yuvi/ Dhoni can emulate that attitude as well, that is- staying not out till number 11 batsman comes...
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they are not test batsmen.. now sachin takes single of a first ball and leaving the number 11 to face lee... not playing for the team
 
phoenix-suns said:
they are not test batsmen.. now sachin takes single of a first ball and leaving the number 11 to face lee... not playing for the team
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I don't think Ishant needs any shielding here... good that India is not missing out on any scoring opportunity here ....
 
this proves that sachin is selfish and worried more about his average than team's extra 20 runs..
 
This small cameo will do Ishant's confidence a world of good when he'd come to bowl. But still inexplicable from Sachin.
 
phoenix-suns said:
this proves that sachin is selfish and worried more about his average than team's extra 20 runs..
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Have to agree that .Poor stuff from him.Spoiled a beautiful innings .
 
Wow- so he's getting flack for remaining not out and getting Ishant out, something which hasn't happen actually? :D
I still feel Ishant is much better batsman than his position tells and Sachin is doing perfectly right thing by letting him bat. You need guts to do that, else media would kill you and Sachin took the risk bravely and Ishant didn't disappoint! Comeon ... let's not miss any scoring opportunity!
 
purplehaze said:
Wow- so he's getting flack for remaining not out and getting Ishant out, something which hasn't happen actually? :D
I still feel Ishant is much better batsman than his position tells and Sachin is doing perfectly right thing by letting him bat. You need guts to do that, else media would kill you and Sachin took the risk bravely and Ishant didn't disappoint! Comeon ... let's not miss any scoring opportunity!
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Ishant has a highest first class score of 7.
 
India 532 all out. Well played guys, now time for bowlers to go out in middle and bundle out Aussies as soon as possible!
 
Great knock by Sachin (altho he dissapointed a bit in the end)..excellent stuff by Ishant. A wicket or two would be icing on the cake.
 
phoenix-suns said:
I have seen laxman doing something like this.. now sachin..
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For Sachin 7 fielders were on the rope saving the boundary and when Ishant was on strike only 1 fielder on the ropes. So it makes sense that Ishant goes for some big shots and gets some quick runs rather than Sachin farming the strike and getting a single run in the over.

Wel played Sachin!!
 
siddharth said:
Have to agree that .Poor stuff from him.Spoiled a beautiful innings .
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Yes, I have already mentioned this earlier. I have seen so many times, sachin, laxman, recently dhoni doing like this. Thats the difference between dravid and others..

Sachin played a great innings overall.. but it wud have been great had he scored some quick runs and got out. what difference it wud make for the team if he being not out or not.
 
31 runs last wicket partnership and people still so upset!

P.S. Gavaskar gives all green flag to Sachin's approach!
 
Arif_India said:
For Sachin 7 fielders were on the rope saving the boundary and when Ishant was on strike only 1 fielder on the ropes. So it makes sense that Ishant goes for some big shots and gets some quick runs rather than Sachin farming the strike and getting a single run in the over.

Wel played Sachin!!
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still asking number 11 and 19 yr old kid to score runs of Lee is little too much.
 
phoenix-suns said:
Sachin played a great innings overall.. but it wud have been great had he scored some quick runs and got out. what difference it wud make for the team if he being not out or not.
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When you are in shielding mode, you normally don't shield just the number 11, you start doing it from number 8-9 onwards. If Sachin had played with that attitude, India won't have reached 532 for sure!
 
Sachin spoilt his innings with his selfish desire to remain unbeaten and maintain high average against Australia/his career average.

this is unbecoming for a player of his abilities.shocking to say the least.
after playing for more than 5 hours, comfortably against all bowlers, he is expected to attack the bowlers when he is with numbers 10 & 11.

what does he do?
exposes the tail to Lee!


I am sure Lara would have gone on for a blistering attack and would have scored 30 more runs for himself and the team.

These acts lower his reputation certainly and takes away the gloss on a truly memorable innings up to 125.any way, he needs his average to answer the sceptics who point it out , but as fans, we expect SRT to play for the team not for the statisticians or for historians.
 
today everyone performed.. but 9 out of 10 times tail enders get out cheaply.. its always best to bet on settled number 4 batsmen than number 10 or 11
 
phoenix-suns said:
today everyone performed.. but 9 out of 10 times tail enders get out cheaply.. its always best to bet on settled number 4 batsmen than number 10 or 11
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Did you watch the match? Who was scoring in last 3 partnership? Yes, it wasn't Sachin but Bhajji/ RP Singh and Ishant. He looked just fit enough to rotate the strike, I don't feel he had in him to take on the bowling. Tailenders were striking the bowl better than him... he did right thing at right time.
 
purplehaze said:
Did you watch the match? Who was scoring in last 3 partnership? Yes, it wasn't Sachin but Bhajji/ RP Singh and Ishant. He looked just fit enough to rotate the strike, I don't feel he had in him to take on the bowling. Tailenders were striking the bowl better than him... he did right thing at right time.
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He did give a maiden over . :20:
 
purplehaze said:
Did you watch the match? Who was scoring in last 3 partnership? Yes, it wasn't Sachin but Bhajji/ RP Singh and Ishant. He looked just fit enough to rotate the strike, I don't feel he had in him to take on the bowling. Tailenders were striking the bowl better than him... he did right thing at right time.
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u didnt get my point i guess. today it worked that number 10 and 11 scored some runs. but 9 out of 10 times it wont work. you must be really naive to beleive that sachin wanted to rotate the strike to get single of first ball.

last time he played for the team when he was in similar situation was 1998 in chennai when he scored 155 against australia. i never seen single innings like that since then.
 
Sachin is asked question by Harsha that why he rotated strike with tailenders- Sachin replied that he got a very defensive fielding set-up and barring a gully most of them were escorting boundary, whereas other fellow got an attacking field. Since tail-enders were doing good he decided to let them score since they had better scoring opportunity!
 
purplehaze said:
Sachin is asked question by Harsha that why he rotated strike with tailenders- Sachin replied that he got a very defensive fielding set-up and barring a gully most of them were escorting boundary, whereas other fellow got an attacking field. Since tail-enders were doing good he decided to let them score since they had better scoring opportunity!
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Oh ,thats why he faced Hogg and let the tailenders face Lee.strange .
 
Arif_India said:
For Sachin 7 fielders were on the rope saving the boundary and when Ishant was on strike only 1 fielder on the ropes. So it makes sense that Ishant goes for some big shots and gets some quick runs rather than Sachin farming the strike and getting a single run in the over.

Wel played Sachin!!
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Right on the money. But don't give these technical details to Tendulkar bashers, they don't have the brain (or the inclination) to understand this. Even Tendulkar said the same thing in the post match interview.
 
purplehaze said:
Sachin is asked question by Harsha that why he rotated strike with tailenders- Sachin replied that he got a very defensive fielding set-up and barring a gully most of them were escorting boundary, whereas other fellow got an attacking field. Since tail-enders were doing good he decided to let them score since they had better scoring opportunity!
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Hmm..if thats the case, then Sachin probably was right in Ishant getting the strike.
 
Siddarth,

I told you india would get back into match and i will go as far to say they will win this chasing just over 200 on day 5!
 
Thanks AJ ,it was a huge relief getting the lead .Bhajji was just wonderful giving a fantastic support for Tendulkar .
 
Well played India and Tendulkar!.

Where are all the Tendu bashers now? and this thread has only reached to page 3.
 
purplehaze said:
Sachin is asked question by Harsha that why he rotated strike with tailenders- Sachin replied that he got a very defensive fielding set-up and barring a gully most of them were escorting boundary, whereas other fellow got an attacking field. Since tail-enders were doing good he decided to let them score since they had better scoring opportunity!
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Even Symonds, an outright attacking batsman, was slow in the clsoing stages of Aus innings.
 
Arif_India said:
I will just laugh at your suggestion!! Go and take a break.
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The hell? Did you see the way he exposed the tail? Do you not understand he's selfish and only wants to up his average.

India doesn't need such classless and selfish players in the team.
 
Intresting to see how Aussies go about batting on day 4. Will they go around playing aggressively and look to try and set up match for day 5. I think Kumble and Harbi could cause more problems on this wicket and i can see an indian run chase on day 5.
 
phoenix-suns said:
this proves that sachin is selfish and worried more about his average than team's extra 20 runs..
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no no this proves you are a fool.He made 154 and you are calling him selfish,go and get a life.Cricket doesnt need fans like you who changes their views about players like they change their underwear.
 
tmac4real said:
The hell? Did you see the way he exposed the tail? Do you not understand he's selfish and only wants to up his average.

India doesn't need such classless and selfish players in the team.
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if you are indian then "india doesnt need fans like u" go and watch kabaddi.And if you are from Pakistan then i can understand your comments. :P
 
One thing this series has proven is that Jaffer, Yuvraj and Dhoni struggle on much bouncier wickets then flat ones. Yuvraj and jaffer am not surprised with as both like 2 just camp on back foot and play with minimal foot movement.
 
david_becks said:
if you are indian then "india doesnt need fans like u" go and watch kabaddi.And if you are from Pakistan then i can understand your comments. :P
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I guess you didn't get the sarcasm.
 
Amjid Javed said:
One thing this series has proven is that Jaffer, Yuvraj and Dhoni struggle on much bouncier wickets then flat ones. Yuvraj and jaffer am not surprised with as both like 2 just camp on back foot and play with minimal foot movement.
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Sehwag's chances of playing in the next test are good now.But i will prefer Jaffer and Sehwag with Dravid at 3.Yuvraj has to warm the bench. ;-)
 
India batting did good today.. but the big score they got at the end was thanks to the tail who 9/10 times dont make more then 30 between them !!

Yuvraj and Dhoni seem to be doing crap at the moment they need to find form for India..

If it rains as expected i think it be a draw.. or else i still wont be suprised if Aussies set India 290 odd to win on day 5 and win.. when it comes to pressure on a last day India are a bit like Pakistan and kinda bottle it !!
 
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Sehwag better get a go. Dravid played a good knock, but in reality, both openers are struggling, as well as Yuvraj. No reason for Sehwag not to be in the team. You kept him out of the team long enough.

Aggressive players like Sehwag, who have actually been PROVEN to perform in Austrailia, are NEEDED now. Two grafters like Dravid/Jaffer are not going to do any favors in helping India get quick starts and getting settled.

Yuvraj and Dhoni are aggressive, but plain not good enough in tests yet.
 
Australia will go for a win, no doubt about that. They will be expected to play like a odi match tommorow, go out with all guns blazing. I think if rain don't intervene, India will be expected to chase around 300 runs on the last day which will be difficult. This match is India's best chance of squaring the series and a chance to have a shot at winning the series all together.

This match is nicely poised for both teams.
 
Aussies go on the attack?..well i hope they remember the first innings..Symonds won't be able to bail them out every time.... India's hopes rest on Bhajji and Kumble... Anyone fancy bhajji to get ponting again??
 
Megadeth said:
Aussies go on the attack?..well i hope they remember the first innings..Symonds won't be able to bail them out every time.... India's hopes rest on Bhajji and Kumble... Anyone fancy bhajji to get ponting again??
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Australia always go for a win, they want to win 16 straight games, equalling their best ever at 16, only to be stopped by India in 2001.
 
Rickz said:
Australia always go for a win, they want to win 16 straight games, equalling their best ever at 16, only to be stopped by India in 2001.
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And they will be stopped again by india. :P Even a draw will stop them. :)))
 
First session is very, very crucial, it all depends on how Kumble and Harbhajan bowl, hopefully they work their magic tommorow. Come on India!.
 
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Pointing and Gilly havent really fired yet in this series and they could come to party on day 4.
 
The last time a test match was poised like this between two teams in Aus the aussies went gun hoe and ended up been bowled out for less than 200 and ended up losing the test to india. Same could occur again!
 
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