Australia vs India | Match 7 | CB Series | Adelaide | 17/2/2008

[wanted_desi]

DAmn i thought India were playing Lanka!
well lets enjoy sunny day today

 

[6hitter]

when is the match starting

 

[wanted_desi]

10.15 Est

 

[Saj]

Its a day/nighter and is due to start in about 5 and a half hours.

Brett Lee is going to be given a rest by the hosts and Sehwag is a doubt for the Indians.

 

[Indiagem]

Its a day/nighter and is due to start in about 5 and a half hours.

Brett Lee is going to be given a rest by the hosts and Sehwag is a doubt for the Indians.

More than Shewag......Yovraj should be rested today. Other youngsters should be played today. Uthappa shoud be asked to come up the order. He is unlucky with getting no chance to bat. Raina should also be given a chance today.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

thats one of the reasons why i didn't have lee as my fantasy team kaptaan

 

[Mohsin]

thats one of the reasons why i didn't have lee as my fantasy team kaptaan

O well yaar, he would have done better then Ponting!!

 

[161]

So Clark will finally get the new ball today ?

The biggest mistake Ponting has been making all tour long is not giving Stuart the new ball.

 

[Dhonifan]

I hope India is going with 5 bowlers. Drop Yuvraj and take Raina and chawla.

 

[161]

I hope India is going with 5 bowlers. Drop Yuvraj and take Raina and chawla.

india should def go on the attack with 5 bowlers ..

aussie batting is out of form now .. continued pressure will make them crack.

play chawla and bowl first should be the indian game plan.

 

[tauseefm]

I still don't think clark will get the new ball. He will have to bowl at number 3 after Bracken and johnson

 

[Random Aussie]

Clark is rubbish in ODI and does not swing the ball so won't be getting the new one.

Wish we still had Tait

 

[12thMan]

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first

Australia : AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, JR Hopes, A Symonds, GB Hogg, MG Johnson, NW Bracken, SR Clark

India : SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, RV Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, RG Sharma, MS Dhoni, IK Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, I Sharma, MM Patel

 

[161]

with tait gone australia look real thin in terms of fast bowling depth !

 

[161]

hayden looks like crap against sharma

 

[sayed.jaffar]

Sharma is too good for this Australian lineup....

 

[Random Aussie]

Sharma bowling really well, moving the ball at high pace.

 

[bones20]

hayden looks like crap against sharma

yup, just fishing.

 

[Indiagem]

IS is tightening - and Sree is releasing it!
Hope they know this isnt a process of negotiation to practice “squeeze/release”

 

[XFactor]

Munaf in for Sree. Good move.

Hayden WHACKS Munaf over midwicket for six!

that looked like a desperate shot - did it well in the end.

 

[Random Aussie]

Sharma is too good for this Australian lineup....

Must be why India have won so many games this tour

 

[sayed.jaffar]

India should be pleased with their fast bowlers and especially IS..This guy is too good...

 

[sayed.jaffar]

152K...where was this guy all this time??????

 

[Random Aussie]

Gilly gone - well bowled Sharma

 

[Indiagem]

gilly is gone!!!!!! Way to go.

 

[jackal786]

152K...where was this guy all this time??????

He was never labelled as fast bowler. Infact he is a total surprise.

 

[akram_rejuvinated]

152K indeed... just wintnessed it myself.

stop press! gilchrist bowled the very next ball! beaten for pace!

india need to clone ishant sharma and produce a battery of fast bowlers!

 

[Indiafan]

Must be why India have won so many games this tour

No, thats why India has done better than most team who toured recently!

 

[Indiagem]

152.5 on the free hit

 

[akram_rejuvinated]

Must be why India have won so many games this tour

one less than australia so far... and that too in very very contentious conditions.

 

[Indiagem]

I hope he gets Ponting quickly…

 

[sayed.jaffar]

Regardless of the outcome of this tournament, I think Indians have discovered the bowler which they were lacking for over 2 decades.

 

[phoenix-suns]

World best team (Aussies) struggling against one of the average ODI teams (Indians) in the world. 4-0 whitewash in test series and no chance in ODI... what happened to those comments LOL

 

[jackal786]

Ponting seems like getting a move on.. may be this is the turning point?

 

[XFactor]

Spoke too soon Jackal, Ponting gone!

 

[161]

ponting's not listening to me ..

i told him to move down the order and have hussey come in 3...

but he didn't listen !

 

[jackal786]

No.. it is not a turning point. Punter gone already.

 

[Random Aussie]

Ponting is in absolutely terrible form now.

 

[jackal786]

Pitch is different from the one they played Test at. Slightly more bounce.

 

[jackal786]

Hayden gone. Extra bit of bounce. I think Hayden under-estimated the bounce.

 

[161]

ponting's not listening to me ..

i told him to move down the order and have hussey come in 3...

but he didn't listen !

and i also told ponting to bowl first ...

he didn't listen to that either !

 

[XFactor]

India's five bowler strategy will help them today.

 

[jackal786]

India's five bowler strategy will help them today.

Lee's absence could have contributed to that decision in a way.

 

[XFactor]

... and Sehwag's injury too ( he is injured, isnt he? side strain? )

 

[jackal786]

... and Sehwag's injury too ( he is injured, isnt he? side strain? )

They could have gone with Raina. But they opted for a bowler. Because batting strength can be reduced considering the absence of Lee.

 

[XFactor]

Yeah, you are right there.

 

[Tupac]

good start..but we need to knock hussey over. Clarke will follow after that

 

[XFactor]

60/4 in 20.

 

[Master Blaster]

Hussey Goneski !!

 

[funky4u]

Hussey gone...
Aus 73/5...

Feels so damn gud to see India on top and Australia struggling...
And tht too Coz of India`s bowlin and fieldin...
seriously one of the best times in Indian cricket....

And as I m writin this....thr goes a boundary......Lets see, how much will they score frm now on...

 

[Random Aussie]

India killing Australia here

 

[161]

India killing Australia here

ponting needs to shake things up ..

the batting order needs to be changed and he needs to start bowling first ..

 

[Master Blaster]

Pup and Hopes are batting well now.

108/5 in 28.2

 

[Master Blaster]

Hopes is hopelessly stumped out !!

Good doosra by bajji.

 

[jackal786]

Hopes bamboozled by the doosra.

 

[Random Aussie]

Hopes bamboozled by the doosra.

No surprises there

 

[jackal786]

No surprises there

I have no idea what the hell he was trying to do there. If you don't know how to get to the pitch of the ball.. stay at the crease..

 

[PlanetPakistan]

This is unbelievable really. I certainly didn't expect AUS to be blown away in 2 consecutive games by IND>

 

[Master Blaster]

Why did he drop his bat ??

 

[jackal786]

Why did he drop his bat ??

Probably tried to throw the bat at ball to create a deviation

 

[Master Blaster]

Great slog sweep by Pappu !! 444444444444

Brings up his 50.

131/6

 

[jackal786]

Very good knock under pressure by Clarkey.

 

[Random Aussie]

I have no idea what the hell he was trying to do there. If you don't know how to get to the pitch of the ball.. stay at the crease..

Hopes is not an international standard cricketer.

 

[Master Blaster]

Pup is powering Aussie towards a good total !!

157/6 in 40.2

 

[UP]

Shocking stuff from India early on but Aus is recovering now as Clarke is still there. Good stuff from Ishant again this guy has emerged form nowhere!

 

[jackal786]

Australia has reached a safe total.

 

[UP]

Australia 186/7 (45.4 ov)

Hogg run out!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Mix up between the batsmen and Hogg is run out after playing a useful innings

185/7

 

[UP]

Clarke out for 79! Well played

Australia 187/8 (46.1 ov)

 

[UP]

If India can get them under 200 they should chase it easily and if its not the case they should still do it comfotably.

 

[UP]

4th wicket for Pathan! Bracken out!

Australia 187/9 (46.5 ov)

 

[jackal786]

India will cock up this total big time.

 

[UP]

I have never seem Australia so desperate like this before.

 

[161]

huge over for india ..

that double wicket maiden from irfan just dropped about 25 runs off the aussie total.

 

[UP]

Australia 203/9 (50.0 ov)

India should chase it easily.

 

[Random Aussie]

Australia 203/9 (50.0 ov)

India should chase it easily.

Doubt it

 

[aggarwald]

Australia 203/9 (50.0 ov)

India should chase it easily.

Even if India win, Aussies are gonna make us sweat for every run.

 

[jackal786]

It is going to be difficult for India considering the pace and bounce of the pitch. It was pretty fast pitch. That is a surprise at Adelaide oval.

 

[Indiafan]

A good start is very important. a flying start ALA Jayasuriya will give the momemtum but unfortunately no Viru for india

 

[jackal786]

A good start is very important. a flying start ALA Jayasuriya will give the momemtum but unfortunately no Viru for india

Viru never goes on to make a big one. After this many matches he has only 7 centuries to his name. That is pretty ordinary. Average of 31 as an opener is well below par in this day and age.