India v Australia | 1st Test - Day 1| Bangalore | 9/10/08

[Afridi_Fan]

Lucky he wasn't commentating when the racist South African gave Ponting not out. Sunny might have had a seizure.

)

 

[Random Aussie]

Cant even see it on my crappy stream

I really cant watch cricket on these streams... i wonder how many of u guys can..

Yep I get mostly TV quality

 

[Keith]

2 wicket taking deliviries gets despatched to the boundary in 1 over. How dare the umpires allow that type of cheating to take place?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Kumble, I really think he needs to hang his boots, he is not that effective anymore and he is holding a place in the side and not giving way to youngsters like Ojha and Chawla.

 

[Punter]

Clarke hitting two 4's in a row of Kumble

3/240

Lol at Cricinfo saying more rubbish from Kumble

 

[Afridi_Fan]

3 Boundaries in the over.

 

[Punter]

Now Hussey gets one

3/245

6 overs left in the day

 

[Afridi_Fan]

83.6 Kumble to Hussey, FOUR, ouch! Thats the most expensive over today, as Hussey rocks back and pulls a long hop over short leg's head for four
83.5 Kumble to Hussey, no run, better delivery, flighting it on off stump and Hussey defends
83.4 Kumble to Clarke, 1 run, full now, slower through the air, he uses his feet to drive to cover
83.3 Kumble to Clarke, FOUR, more rubbish from Kumble, a rank short ball outside off stump this time and Clarke slaps it off the back foot past Ishant in the covers, firm shot
83.2 Kumble to Clarke, FOUR, thats a rubbish ball, a half-tracker sliding down leg stump and Clarke heaves it past square leg for the first boundary in over 11 overs
83.1 Kumble to Clarke, no run, short and flat and Clarke mistimes the shot back to Kumble
Kumble brings himself back with seven overs left in the day.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

This is poor captaincy really, when you know that clark is a good batsman of spin bowling why dont you take the new ball when its available?

 

[Muhammad]

83.6 Kumble to Hussey, FOUR, ouch! Thats the most expensive over today, as Hussey rocks back and pulls a long hop over short leg's head for four
83.5 Kumble to Hussey, no run, better delivery, flighting it on off stump and Hussey defends
83.4 Kumble to Clarke, 1 run, full now, slower through the air, he uses his feet to drive to cover
83.3 Kumble to Clarke, FOUR, more rubbish from Kumble, a rank short ball outside off stump this time and Clarke slaps it off the back foot past Ishant in the covers, firm shot
83.2 Kumble to Clarke, FOUR, thats a rubbish ball, a half-tracker sliding down leg stump and Clarke heaves it past square leg for the first boundary in over 11 overs
83.1 Kumble to Clarke, no run, short and flat and Clarke mistimes the shot back to Kumble
Kumble brings himself back with seven overs left in the day.

Should retire right away, just protect your average if for nothing else.

 

[Romali_rotti]

I think the moral is that umpiring standards the world over are poor and something needs to be done about it.

Not really, moral is Aussies get away with it more than others, bet you anything end of the series umpiring decisions favouring them would be in the lead compared to India...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Ganguly took the right decision, may be we hear something like that after this test from Jumbo?

Really for the betterment of Indian Cricket.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Kumble quickly takes himself off after that shocking over and calls back Sehwag.

) ) )

 

[Sheikh]

Not really, moral is Aussies get away with it more than others, bet you anything end of the series umpiring decisions favouring them would be in the lead compared to India...

Please stop it dude, the whinging is really lame.

As a Pakistani we've been screwed at the gain of the Aussies, the English, the South Africans, even the Windies, but one deals with it - it's a part of the game.

At the end of the day it's the umpires that are crap and something can/should be done about it.

 

[Fish]

Not really, moral is Aussies get away with it more than others, bet you anything end of the series umpiring decisions favouring them would be in the lead compared to India...

It wouldent really matter what the standard of umpiring was Indian supporters would complain, thats just what you guys do.

 

[Keith]

And the same can be said about any international side playing against any other international side. It is the human factor!!

 

[Legendary_Sage]

No review system in place for this series?

 

[Keith]

Nope. Thank goodness though. Club umpires would have to be called to officiate at tests if that were the case!!!!

 

[lollol]

So, what do u guys think about Sharma, is he a fast bowler or a fast-medium bowler?

Neo sports, nimbus sports, sky sports & espn-star (which do a lot telecasts) list him as fast-medium, but cricinfo lists him as fast

 

[Romali_rotti]

Please stop it dude, the whinging is really lame.

As a Pakistani we've been screwed at the gain of the Aussies, the English, the South Africans, even the Windies, but one deals with it - it's a part of the game.

At the end of the day it's the umpires that are crap and something can/should be done about it.

Dont you feel it is a wee bit strange everytime aussies get more umpiring decisions favouring them on a consistent basis ? Is it really bad umpiring or maybe something else ???

 

[Keith]

Steyn is fast, make your own comparison!!!!!

 

[Keith]

Dont you feel it is a wee bit strange everytime aussies get more umpiring decisions favouring them on a consistent basis ? Is it really bad umpiring or maybe something else ???

bad umpiring

 

[lollol]

Khan removes Clarke!

 

[Romali_rotti]

Yeahh Clarke gone,, hate him with a passion D....

 

[Fish]

Dont you feel it is a wee bit strange everytime aussies get more umpiring decisions favouring them on a consistent basis ? Is it really bad umpiring or maybe something else ???

Why do you think the Indian team had almost all of their reviews knocked back in the series against SL. Meanwhile the SL team had almost all their reviews go in their favor.

Dont you think its strange that India made calls for all those reviews and got it wrong while SL got it right.

 

[Keith]

Fairly even day with aussie slightly shading it on points!!

 

[Sheikh]

Dont you feel it is a wee bit strange everytime aussies get more umpiring decisions favouring them on a consistent basis ? Is it really bad umpiring or maybe something else ???

They appeal very well. Seriously, it's an art and other teams should practice it. It's like that in football and basketball where players fake getting hit to get a call in their favour. It's a bit of play-acting, a false appeal if you will. We all do it (Kumble appeals for everything yaaarrr; throw Kaneria into that mix too). It's just that the Aussies do it better than anyone else.

Throw in some inept umpires who don't deserve to officiate school matches and you'll get plenty of incorrect decisions.

 

[lollol]

Why do you think the Indian team had almost all of their reviews knocked back in the series against SL. Meanwhile the SL team had almost all their reviews go in their favor.

Dont you think its strange that India made calls for all those reviews and got it wrong while SL got it right.

Dont u know? Because the 3rd umpires etc are also conspiring against India...

 

[Romali_rotti]

Steyn is fast, make your own comparison!!!!!

Steyn is fast alright, and he will be faster when he gets to Oz...

P.S. His balls that will race 'fast' to boundary by a gaint Hayden standing 10 feet outside the crease that is in OZ..

 

[Keith]

Steyn is fast alright, and he will be faster when he gets to Oz...

P.S. His balls that will race 'fast' to boundary by a gaint Hayden standing 10 feet outside the crease that is in OZ..

But the umpires will get haydey before he has any chance to do anything. The saffers have spoken to the bcci to ensure this happens ....

 

[Romali_rotti]

But the umpires will get haydey before he has any chance to do anything. The saffers have spoken to the bcci to ensure this happens ....

Mate with umpires or without umpires you know as well as I know, you lot just dont have what it takes to beat a team like OZ, so put a sock in it...

 

[Keith]

Mate with umpires or without umpires you know as well as I know, you lot just dont have what it takes to beat a team like OZ, so put a sock in it...

I know that you have not won a series in quite a while now ..... and we all know that you ain't gonna win this one either!!!!

 

[Milroastnescafe]

That late wicket was unnecessary, but still confident of Aus scoring 450+ and putting alot of pressure on the old has-beens.

 

[Amjid Javed]

I think that last wicket has made it indias day.

Watson, Haddin and white will have to dig in against new ball tmoz and hussey will need to get a ton and Aussies should be looking at 400+

If i was kumble id be happy with 254/4 on what looks a good batting surface!

 

[Romali_rotti]

I know that you have not won a series in quite a while now ..... and we all know that you ain't gonna win this one either!!!!

Mate

The series isnt over yet and YES you will be humliated again as usual in the series coming down under. Let me put it bluntly: You will have your a** handed to you on a royal platter AGAIN.. Atleast we have given the best team in the world a run for their money, do you want me to remind you what your chockers have done against Oz ??

 

[Keith]

Mate

The series isnt over yet and YES you will be humliated again as usual in the series coming down under. Let me put it bluntly: You will have your a** handed to you on a royal platter AGAIN.. Atleast we have given the best team in the world a run for their money, do you want me to remind you what your chockers have done against Oz ??

and still you were not good enough!!!

Indulge me though, right after you have indulged me about your teams perfomances in your RECENT SERIES' that you have played in.

I agree that this series is not over yet. In the same breath I can say that we have not played aussie this season so we just don't know do we? Or are there different "rules" pertaining to series still to be played?

 

[Keith]

Anyway, back to aussie vs india. Aussie have a slight advantage after day 1.

 

[Romali_rotti]

and still you were not good enough!!!

Indulge me though, right after you have indulged me about your teams perfomances in your RECENT SERIES' that you have played in.

I agree that this series is not over yet. In the same breath I can say that we have not played aussie this season so we just don't know do we? Or are there different "rules" pertaining to series still to be played?

Mate

We have beaten Aus with Warne/Mcgrath/Steve Waugh now your chockers with your all time great chockers such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards wouldnt be able to pull that off.. Till you can prove that you can even draw a game against OZ you will always be pretenders.. Beat OZ or lets see if you can even draw game then we will start talking..

P.S. Recent or past you werent good enough then or now, just wait and see; hope you and that little girl Saffer are both here when you are getting humliated and not do a runner like your fellow country men is known to do often....

 

[Keith]

Mate

We have beaten Aus with Warne/Mcgrath/Steve Waugh now your chockers with your all time great chockers such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards wouldnt be able to pull that off.. Till you can prove that you can even draw a game against OZ you will always be pretenders.. Beat OZ or lets see if you can even draw game then we will start talking..

P.S. Recent or past you werent good enough then or now, just wait and see; hope you and that little girl Saffer are both here when you are getting humliated and not do a runner like your fellow country men is known to do often....

At least we don't blame umpires or anything like that though... Check your stats again matey about series victories over aussie by sa. You will be surprised!!!!

 

[micro]

At least we don't blame umpires or anything like that though... Check your stats again matey about series victories over aussie by sa. You will be surprised!!!!

come on ....

SA choke.

END OF STORY

 

[Keith]

Let us see now. sa have beaten aussie home and away and drawn on a couple of occasions. Tis a crap thing when you spew junk and you are found out .....

 

[Keith]

come on ....

SA choke.

END OF STORY

but we don't blame the losses on the universe though ...

 

[Hash]

Umpires saved India today with 2 horrific decisions otherwise we would have been a good 300 for 2 or so.

 

[Keith]

Umpires saved India today with 2 horrific decisions otherwise we would have been a good 300 for 2 or so.

Thanks for the change back to the thread!!!

 

[jusarrived]

Aus slightly ahead here after day one ...but i would take 250/4 , the pitch is not exactly flat but it has very little assistance for pace bowlers ....if we bat decently we should be able to atleast match oz score in first innings !

 

[micro]

but we don't blame the losses on the universe though ...

no, you just keep blaming each other

Allan blames Klusener

Klusener blames Donald

SA cricket grind themselves into the dirt

I bet you still aren't over that much or .....

practically, all the matches in the 2003 wc where SA played decent opposition ....

posted decent scores .....

AND LOST

 

[Keith]

As i said at least we don't blame the universe. We blame OURSELVES.

Thanks for making that statement though, it proves my point.

I thought we were talking test cricket. Oh well, if it must be world cups then how was your teams semi in the last world cup? oh yes, sorry you were not there ...

 

[Keith]

Mate

We have beaten Aus with Warne/Mcgrath/Steve Waugh now your chockers with your all time great chockers such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards wouldnt be able to pull that off.. Till you can prove that you can even draw a game against OZ you will always be pretenders.. Beat OZ or lets see if you can even draw game then we will start talking..

P.S. Recent or past you werent good enough then or now, just wait and see; hope you and that little girl Saffer are both here when you are getting humliated and not do a runner like your fellow country men is known to do often....

SA beat Aussie 3-1 in 66/67 and again 4-0 in 69/70 with the players in bold (in above quote) playing in 1 or both those series.

I am sure that it was "merely a slight oversight on your behalf"

At least we saffers CAN RUN!!

And oh yes, kindly leave my daughter / family out of the equation. Appreciated.

 

[bablu_khan]

And oh yes, kindly leave my daughter / family out of the equation. Appreciated.

i think he was talking about the member on pp whose id is "Saffer" HE reffered to him as "little girl"

i don't think he intended to mean it about your daughter

 

[Keith]

i think he was talking about the member on pp whose id is "Saffer" HE reffered to him as "little girl"

i don't think he intended to mean it about your daughter

Thank you!! The "grammar" got me there a bit!!

An immediate apology is issued!

 

[itduzz]

Aus Ind match thread turned into a Ind/SA fighting thread....

 

[Hash]

Aus Ind match thread turned into a Ind/SA fighting thread....

South Africa are better

 

[micro]

As i said at least we don't blame the universe. We blame OURSELVES.

Thanks for making that statement though, it proves my point.

I thought we were talking test cricket. Oh well, if it must be world cups then how was your teams semi in the last world cup? oh yes, sorry you were not there ...

ahem......

anyone will tell you that SA will choke against significant opposition, be it tests, odi's (wc's) or t20

so, the score that stands so far:

SOUTH "WE CANT STOP CHOKING" AFRICA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Rest of World

 

[12thMan]

South Africa has done well today

 

[Oxy]

South Africa are better

Who are 'we' supporting Hash?

 

[OZGOD]

Terrible decision...where is the upcry ? Aren't the umpires cheating ???

I think OZ might cancel the tour!! )

 

[OZGOD]

73.4 Kumble to Ponting, no run, there's a shout! Kumble slips in a quicker one, looks to be the slider, Ponting sees the short length and tries to pull and gets struck high on the inner thigh, to the naked eye it appears in front of off stump but Koertzen shakes his head ... replays suggest it was high, nevertheless Kumble is livid

I think the umps are on to Kumble - he appeals for wides!

 

[OZGOD]

Good day for the OZ overall, spoiled by the loss of Clarke off the last ball of the day. Good to see that after Haydunce was thiefed out by Zaheer, instead of whinging and complaining the OZ dug deep and fought back. Could have been very different.

 

[netlurker]

Very lucky century from ponting. if chawla had been there, he would not have passed 20.

would be very difficult for australia to come back from such a disappointing day.

kumble's men have done well to keep persevering, despite some ridiculous decisions againt them.

 

[netlurker]

It wasn't a pretty good wicket to score on, there was not much bounce and there wasn't much pace either," the 33-year-old said.[\quote]

i was puzzled how he survived ishant for long. now comes the answer fromthe horse's mouth. saved from yet another certain humiliation. very lucky man today indeed.

 

[Amjid Javed]

The new ball battle between Zaheer/ishant V Hussey and co will be crucial, lets see what Shane watsons really made of!

 

[OZGOD]

Very lucky century from ponting. if chawla had been there, he would not have passed 20.

would be very difficult for australia to come back from such a disappointing day.

kumble's men have done well to keep persevering, despite some ridiculous decisions againt them.

This is what India are good at - the game of "coulda, woulda, shoulda".

Though I agree with you on one note - Ponting and Clarke's dismissals were very disappointing, Ponting's particularly so. He had to stay there to protect our fragile middle order.

 

[bones20]

ahem......

anyone will tell you that SA will choke against significant opposition, be it tests, odi's (wc's) or t20

so, the score that stands so far:

SOUTH "WE CANT STOP CHOKING" AFRICA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Rest of World

They should change the name from South Africa to Choke Africa

 

[netlurker]

This is what India are good at - the game of "coulda, woulda, shoulda".

you forgot to add- thrashing australia when push comes to shove .

 

[maamrut]

Boy,these saffers can't tolerate the fact that India have been the only team to compete against Aus in the last decade..they just can't.They love the limelight and can't live with the fact that aren't in it.

 

[lollol]

Boy,these saffers can't tolerate the fact that India have been the only team to compete against Aus in the last decade..they just can't.They love the limelight and can't live with the fact that aren't in it.

It indeed is true (except the ashes05), but why are u guys so much talking about IND v AUS & SAF v AUS?

Why not SAF v IND?? Last series i remember, it was draw. And from previous 5 series, SAF won 4 of them if i remember correctly...

And SAF is ranked 2nd, while India is ranked 3rd. Now i know u will remind me of PAK position in the rankings, but thats not the subject...

What i find extremely annoying, is that every time u guys come up with this "at least we can challenge AUS" thing. While it is true, and its sure something to be proud of as a Indian, its being overused...

When talking about SAF v IND, just look at the recent series between these two and current rankings....

 

[Milroastnescafe]

Watson will do nothing with the bat, he even makes Dhoni look a test class batsman (some feat, I might add) but Mike Hussey should thrive against the new ball bowling if anything, since spin is his supposed weakness. I think India should keep the old ball and work on reverse swinnging him out for a little while. But he is the key, if he gets a ton Aus will get 450+ but I also have confidence in the lower order to pull some runs together if he goes cheaply. Am looking forward to tomorrow.

 

[bablu_khan]

I think India should keep the old ball and work on reverse swinnging him out for a little while. But he is the key, if he gets a ton Aus will get 450+ but I also have confidence in the lower order to pull some runs together if he goes cheaply. Am looking forward to tomorrow.

they have alredy taken the new ball

 

[Milroastnescafe]

they have alredy taken the new ball

Oh dear, India are screwed then. Should have got him out while the ball was old and the spinners were on. Now he's in his element. Prepare for a Hussination.

 

[Romali_rotti]

SA beat Aussie 3-1 in 66/67 and again 4-0 in 69/70 with the players in bold (in above quote) playing in 1 or both those series.

I am sure that it was "merely a slight oversight on your behalf"

At least we saffers CAN RUN!!

And oh yes, kindly leave my daughter / family out of the equation. Appreciated.

Yeah you beat an Aus side back then, re read my thread I clearly stated your pathetic chockers wont be able to pull anything off Against Mcgrath/Warne/Steve Waugh etc. Mate jealousy is a curse instead of cussing you better hope you win this coming series down under, if you dont, well atleast hope you wont pull a runner like that little girl Saffer make sure you come back and listen to us tell you again for the 1000th time why you are not good enough to beat Oz .


P.S. Didnt know Saffer was your daughter, apologies...

 

[Romali_rotti]

It indeed is true (except the ashes05), but why are u guys so much talking about IND v AUS & SAF v AUS?

Why not SAF v IND?? Last series i remember, it was draw. And from previous 5 series, SAF won 4 of them if i remember correctly...

And SAF is ranked 2nd, while India is ranked 3rd. Now i know u will remind me of PAK position in the rankings, but thats not the subject...

What i find extremely annoying, is that every time u guys come up with this "at least we can challenge AUS" thing. While it is true, and its sure something to be proud of as a Indian, its being overused...

When talking about SAF v IND, just look at the recent series between these two and current rankings....

A few points to highlight here; Indians are not claiming to be the best side in the world however all we are pointing out is, if SA really is such a great side why is there gulf of a difference when Comparing Oz against SA to India against Oz, when both lock horns ? Surely if SA is such a good side they wouldnt get so badly humliated like they have been for more than last 10 odd years or so ? Difference between Oz and Sa is very close to comparing Oz and Bangladesh..Sorry but chockers deserve no respect till they prove they are deserving by atleast drawing a test match against OZ...

 

[12thMan]

well said by all of you

 

[PlanetPakistan]

I except Hussey to do well. I think Watson is also a decent player of pace bowling but Sharma is bowling really well and will get him out soon.

Is White any good with the bat?

 

[Amjid Javed]

I except Hussey to do well. I think Watson is also a decent player of pace bowling but Sharma is bowling really well and will get him out soon.

Is White any good with the bat?

White is a very good batsmen as is Haddin so Aussies could still build a very sizable 1st inns total.

 

[Romali_rotti]

I have got faith in the boys, we need to make early breakthroughs its a loooooonnnnggggg Ausssie batting line upppp......

 

[Amjid Javed]

I think the indian team looks one bowler short at moment, going forward i think they need to start using Dhoni at 6 with maybe pathan been used as balance in batting and bowling.

 

[netlurker]

LOL, you want to screw us too ?

A top specialist batsman is expected to pass 30 atleast 45% over his career. even the best bowling allrounders pass 30 only around 30% of the time. how is he expected to fill in for a specialist?

allrounders are overrated really especially considering the crowded schedules today that renders someone like flintoff immobile for large periods of time.

 

[12thMan]

allrounders are overrated really especially considering the crowded schedules today that renders someone like flintoff immobile for large periods of time.

this is opposite the logic. Teams look for the all-rounder because they want the 5th bowler and complete the team, be it Muddassar Nazar or Kallis type or Flintoff type (Michael Clarke and Sehwag don't count). It is not the schedule but the boards that don't select right teams, don't rotate players, don't prepare proper pitches etc. 4 bowlers only make more work for the bowlers and if it doesn't work then not much variation or rest. Like this match with the two spinners bowling about 50 overs off the 90 overs

 

[Random Aussie]

I have got faith in the boys, we need to make early breakthroughs its a loooooonnnnggggg Ausssie batting line upppp......

Think we have a slight advantage but need to make a fair few more runs to make that advantage work for us. But as usual in any game involving India it comes down to how India bat (and we bowl to them).
Should be a good second day.

 

[jusarrived]

if our senior players play the way they have been recently , am afraid uas has already done enuf to win this one ...they need to bat much better , though we will get some help from oz bowlers........n i have a gut feeling shewag wont score much in this test ...