Australia vs India | Tri-Series | 2nd ODI | Melbourne | January 18, 2015 |

[iHammad]

That was some seriously good death bowling, loved those slower short balls by Sandhu, Cummins and Faulkner. Starc was pretty clutch with his 6 wickets. At one point India were looking set for 310 + and they would really be disappointed

 

[jusarrived]

We have an extremely poor tail in these conditions ...puts a lot of pressure on middle order .

 

[Thivagar]

Decent score by India.

According to PP-ers there are 2 kinds of pitches

1.Green pitches(fast and bouncy)
2.Flat Pitches(slow and not enough bounce)

 

[Thivagar]

In these conditions Binny is a much better hitter .

And where are these proper finishers u talk about ? Its not easy to find batsmen who can play well down the order and his bowling is pretty underrated as well .

Uses crease very well. More smart than gifted.

 

[Tridibans_16]

Decent score by India.

According to PP-ers there are 2 kinds of pitches

1.Green pitches- India get bowled out for 200 odd
2.Flat Pitches(slow and not enough bounce)- India gets anything above 250

Corrected for you.

 

[mithun_minhas]

India are short of a batsman.

Axar coming at 6th down I s a joke. Tail is too long.

 

[Tridibans_16]

Among the top 5-6 teams, or tail is the most pathetic

Bhuvi has lost his mojo recently

 

[desi_launda]

Among the top 5-6 teams, or tail is the most pathetic

Bhuvi has lost his mojo recently

Bhuvi has been mediocre for a long time overrated cricketer

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

India are short of a batsman.

Axar coming at 6th down I s a joke. Tail is too long.

6th down is No 8.

No 8 is a bowler who can bat/smash a bit spot.

What's wrong in that?

Axar is a better hitter than Ash anyway.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Among the top 5-6 teams, or tail is the most pathetic

Bhuvi has lost his mojo recently

BK is useless on these pitches.

 

[Swanny]

We need binny lol

 

[Firebreaker]

Among the top 5-6 teams, or tail is the most pathetic

Bhuvi has lost his mojo recently

LOL you forgot Pakistan

 

[Tridibans_16]

LOL you forgot Pakistan

Yours is better with Afridi

 

[Swanny]

Ash & bk are useless when you need to score fast.

Seriously should have sent in shami instead of ash. He is a better slogger.

 

[Tridibans_16]

Bhuvi has been mediocre for a long time overrated cricketer

Then tell kme his replacement (and please don't say that Sifarishi's name.... Roger Chinny)

 

[Firebreaker]

Yours is better with Afridi

Afridi,Wahab,Junaid,Irfan probably the worst

 

[iHammad]

I feel Indian posters here are feeling that the tail is too long because Ravindra Jadeja is missing, he seems to be the perfect guy to be batting for India at #7

 

[Junaids]

LOL you forgot Pakistan

Would I be right in assuming that Pakistan is looking likely to select:

7. Sarfraz
8. Afridi
9. Wahab
10. Junaid
11. Irfan

If so, 8 out is all out.

 

[Electron]

I feel Indian posters here are feeling that the tail is too long because Ravindra Jadeja is missing, he seems to be the perfect guy to be batting for India at #7

That's true, Jadeja should be a regular in World Cup, Axar being a backup.

 

[Electron]

Let's see if Bhuvi swings it.

 

[Justcrazy]

The chase starts

 

[Justcrazy]

India need to strike early here.

 

[iHammad]

5 from Bhuvi's over, Warner is off already

 

[Electron]

I am getting very convinced about the fact that Bhuvi won't be a threat in Australia.

 

[Electron]

And Yadav keeps bowling at legs.

 

[Electron]

Edge. over the slips.

 

[iHammad]

Edge over slips and 4 for Finch

 

[adnan yasin]

brilliant off drive for by Finch

 

[adnan yasin]

18-0 in 2 overs


Will australia go for another bonus point ?

 

[Swanny]

Lol only 13 of yadav's over. Aussies should be gutted

 

[Justcrazy]

Solid start by Aussies so far.

 

[RamLakhan]

Well Australian conditions demand more physical & mental abilities than raw skills. That's why guys like Harbhajan Singh / Anil Kumble did well as compared to Ashwin. Whereas Ashwin can use the Indian Slow conditions to full effect through his skills.

Another thing if you observe Indians cannot throw (or at least not used to) from these long boundaries. Keeper/Bowler is not near the stumps to collect the balls, they rather move few yards away from stumps nearer to fielder to make it easy.

India has tough time in Australia and this World Cup. To compete in Australia you need full-fledged team in all departments (like Srinath/Zaheer in their prime, fighters like Harbhajan/Kumble, real destroyers like Sehwag, sheer talents like Ganguly/Dravid, legends like Sachin, etc. You cannot compete with forced inclusions like Akshar patel, Yadav in the playing 11. You need a full team)

 

[adnan yasin]

now shami leaking runs now

short down the leg and been pulled for

 

[Romali_rotti]

lol Indian bowlers starting off where they left off in test... I just dont get why Aaron is not getting picked ? There is ZILCH difference between him and a trundler like Shami performance wise only Aaron will atleast rough up the batsmen....

 

[Justcrazy]

warner

 

[Random Aussie]

Solid start by Aussies so far.

Aided by terrible bowling. You would think after four Tests they would have learnt not to bowl short at Aussie batsmen on Aussie pitches.

 

[Electron]

Shami bowling 145kph filth.

 

[Justcrazy]

One legged pull

 

[Convict]

Short and down leg with two slips?

To the agricultural lumberjack?

 

[iHammad]

This is just too easy for Australia

 

[Electron]

Getting better Shami. Very good pace, shows how he holds it back in Test matches.

 

[Justcrazy]

This may be another bonus point for Aussies

 

[adnan yasin]

Aided by terrible bowling. You would think after four Tests they would have learnt not to bowl short at Aussie batsmen on Aussie pitches.

thats what i was thinking why are they bowling short

 

[Electron]

Bowlers settling into a rhythm now, I expect scoring rate to go down.

 

[adnan yasin]

Kumar is bowling brilliantly ... swinging the ball and pitching at 4-5 meter length

 

[Justcrazy]

32 / 0

5 overs

 

[Electron]

Shami bowling 145kph consistently, has hit the right length as well.

 

[adnan yasin]

145 K for Shami with just a hint of swing

 

[adnan yasin]

Finally shami in this over fined his length ... bowling now in good length area

 

[Electron]

Good short ball. Batsman lucky there.

 

[Electron]

Squared him up. This is good for India.

 

[adnan yasin]

India 267/8

Australia 34/0 (6 ov)
Australia require another 234 runs with 10 wickets and 44 overs remaining

 

[RamLakhan]

But suddenly this Australian team looks completely out of sorts playing in India

 

[adnan yasin]

Kumar 3.2-0-11-0

 

[Convict]

But suddenly this Australian team looks completely out of sorts playing in India

Not in the one dayers

 

[Electron]

Woww... how did that miss !! Great bowling from Bhuvi.

 

[Justcrazy]

Kumar has good control with new ball .

 

[adnan yasin]

brilliant bowling by kumar

now giving any kind of free hand to play strokes

 

[adnan yasin]

Run out appeal

and the batsman is safe

 

[Electron]

Nice comeback from Indian bowlers.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Well Australian conditions demand more physical & mental abilities than raw skills. That's why guys like Harbhajan Singh / Anil Kumble did well as compared to Ashwin. Whereas Ashwin can use the Indian Slow conditions to full effect through his skills.

Another thing if you observe Indians cannot throw (or at least not used to) from these long boundaries. Keeper/Bowler is not near the stumps to collect the balls, they rather move few yards away from stumps nearer to fielder to make it easy.

India has tough time in Australia and this World Cup. To compete in Australia you need full-fledged team in all departments (like Srinath/Zaheer in their prime, fighters like Harbhajan/Kumble, real destroyers like Sehwag, sheer talents like Ganguly/Dravid, legends like Sachin, etc. You cannot compete with forced inclusions like Akshar patel, Yadav in the playing 11. You need a full team)

Painful fact.

You may be very right.

 

[adnan yasin]

too wide by Shami and Finch blasted over offside field

 

[Justcrazy]

38 / 0

7 overs

 

[adnan yasin]

short ball by shami

 

[Justcrazy]

runs coming easily here

 

[menace2society]

I am impressed with the pace of Indian bowlers. Its the fastest trundling I have seen so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

up

 

[adnan yasin]

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Aaron Finch 22 33 3 0 69.69
David Warner 23 21 3 0 114.28

 

[adnan yasin]

Warner gone

Yadav to Warner, OUT, skies it! And Raina yells in delight after completing a soft dismissal
DA Warner c Raina b Yadav 24 (22b 3x4 0x6) SR: 109.09

 

[desi_launda]

 

[Justcrazy]

Warner gone

 

[Bilal7]

Short and down leg with two slips?

To the agricultural lumberjack?

This Finch hate needs to stop. He's the next Matthew Hayden and will be Australis' best bat the at the World Cup.

 

[adnan yasin]

good couple of deliveries by yadav to watson

 

[Justcrazy]

Watson in now , can India trap him LBW quickly ?

 

[adnan yasin]

now a freebie on the leg side by yadav

 

[Bilal7]

Finchman realizing that he needs to play the anchor role here. He has brains and brawn.

 

[Bilal7]

Its going exactly like someone said, the best Indian bowler is going to be the one playing for Australia.

 

[adnan yasin]

India 267/8

Australia 56/1 (10 ov)

Australia require another 212 runs with 9 wickets and 40 overs remaining

 

[Justcrazy]

56 / 1

10 overs

 

[adnan yasin]

Last over by kumar of his first spell probably