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India v Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3 18/10/08 Mohali

Looks like we are going to avoid the follow on.

Edit - maybe not

Edit - MJ 6666666

One run to go lol, 9 wickets down.
 
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jusarrived said:
4 wickets for mishra , hope he can get 5fer ...will be an awesome debut !
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And he does. Well bowled.

And we do not avoid the follow on, come on Dhoni, put us in again you know you want to.
 
yessssssssss five wickets for Amit Mishra on Debut & aus fail to avoid follow-on !
 
Random Aussie said:
And he does. Well bowled.

And we do not avoid the follow on, come on Dhoni, put us in again you know you want to.
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no he wont put aus to bat , I wana see Shewag bat now !
 
Kumble might have had played his last test already.
That's awesome bowling by a debutant. 5-fer against the aussies.
 
jusarrived said:
no he wont put aus to bat , I wana see Shewag bat now !
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yeah we need to bat again while the pitch is good.
trying to make even 150 on last day is unnecessary pressure.
let the aussies deal with that.
 
Well done to Amit Mishra, a 5-fer on his debut! India are in the box seat with a lead of 201.
 
pixaar said:
yeah we need to bat again while the pitch is good.
trying to make even 150 on last day is unnecessary pressure.
let the aussies deal with that.
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Awww he didn't make us follow on. :(

Surely not even India can lose or draw the match from here.
 
will they play now the second innings or india won the second test match??
 
India have not decided not enforce the follow on. Give Australia a total of 450 to chase in 4 sessions.
 
HuZi said:
what does this mean??? india won the second test??
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do you know what a test match is?
aussies were over 200 runs away from india's total so india had the choice to enforce the follow-on, meaning let the aussies bat again, and for example if the aussies made 250 batting again india would only have 50 runs to win. but india chose not to enforce the follow-on so india are batting again, australia will have to chase the target down in the last innings and the test match is continuing as usual.

good decision.
 
0.1 Lee to Gambhir, no run, A ripper of a delivery to start by Brett Lee. Lee's off on his that's-got-to-be-out celebration after Gambhir is struck on the pad by a yorker, but that was sliding down the leg stump
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Random Aussie said:
Nice Brett only 5 runs from the first over.
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Have patience. Didn't Lee ask his team mates to keep patience before the start of the tour. He specifically told that patience is the key to success in India.
 
bublubhuyan said:
How do you know ? It's just been a over bowled by the Aussies.
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thats always the case , the pitch is flat only when indian batsmen are batting .
 
bublubhuyan said:
Have patience. Didn't Lee ask his team mates to keep patience before the start of the tour. He specifically told that patience is the key to success in India.
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Ponting as impressed with Brett Lee as the rest of us, taken off after 3 overs.

Hope that stings him a little because he has woefully underperformed so far.
 
India doing it easily 0/53 after 12 overs.

Sadly the 23 year old Peter Siddle is attempting to hold the attack together while Lee and MJ bowl garbage.

In discussions with some other Aussie fans about meeting up to burn effigies and drink beer. Would look very funny on the news.
 
Random Aussie said:
India doing it easily 0/53 after 12 overs.

Sadly the 23 year old Peter Siddle is attempting to hold the attack together while Lee and MJ bowl garbage.

In discussions with some other Aussie fans about meeting up to burn effigies and drink beer. Would look very funny on the news.
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:))) :))) youtube it plzzz :D
 
India are in a commanding position at 100-0 at the end of day 3 with a total lead of 301! They should look to bat for 2 sessions tommorow and give Australia 500 runs to chase in 4 sessions.
 
India should declare with a 450 run lead.

Unless Aussie batsman really pickup their game, this is the end of Aussie dominance. Siddle and Johnson are not the kind of bowlers who I can picture demolishing batting lineups
 
Well frankly, I can see no way out of this match For Australia. No doubt India have cheated, through wizzardry or some other method, but congratulations to your inevitable crushing victory in this test match.
 
mileroastnescafe, what a loser you are if you think the opposition team cheated.

very bad post.. just accept that you in trouble because your team couldn't make 300+
 
Milroastnescafe said:
Well frankly, I can see no way out of this match For Australia. No doubt India have cheated, through wizzardry or some other method, but congratulations to your inevitable crushing victory in this test match.
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bet your nescafe was real good last night watching the aussies get canned
 
bablu_khan said:
mileroastnescafe, what a loser you are if you think the opposition team cheated.

very bad post.. just accept that you in trouble because your team couldn't make 300+
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sheesh have a sense of humor mate..atleast he congratulated.
 
I think I mentioned this somewhere else as well, but this Aussie team really SUCKS.
 
maamrut said:
sheesh have a sense of humor mate..atleast he congratulated.
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I thought the 'Wizzardry' comment was an easy giveaway that it was a joke. I will try harder to appear more sarcastic next time.
 
Momo said:
I think I mentioned this somewhere else as well, but this Aussie team really SUCKS.
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Now S.A will lock horns with the Aussies for the #1 spot, I believe. Until recently the gap between the Aussies and the #2 team was humongous, not anymore.
 
Milroastnescafe said:
Well frankly, I can see no way out of this match For Australia. No doubt India have cheated, through wizzardry or some other method, but congratulations to your inevitable crushing victory in this test match.
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Racist!!!!
 
So what was Lee's speed today? The usual 135-136 km/hr he has been bowling on this tour.
 
Crickfile on ARY Digital is showing - Watching Pakistan vs India 2006, the Karachi Test one. Akhtar is clocking 90 MPH, but bowling the poor deliveries consistently. Sometimes, i feel that we are better without Akhtar who is not gonna use the brain to accomate line/length or possibly to bowl in right area :|

India is on the top. Great to see. That was expected :D
 
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Savak said:
So what was Lee's speed today? The usual 135-136 km/hr he has been bowling on this tour.
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watched an hour towards the end of the day. I think it was slightly above, 138-141 km/hr. for some reason his line of attack wasn't threatening at all, that wasn't the case in the IPL few months ago. seeing the field placement one would wonder that if Ponting's confidence on him is shaken a bit!
 
dinakar said:
watched an hour towards the end of the day. I think it was slightly above, 138-141 km/hr. for some reason his line of attack wasn't threatening at all, that wasn't the case in the IPL few months ago. seeing the field placement one would wonder that if Ponting's confidence on him is shaken a bit!
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So far on this tour the difference between Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar could just not have been clearer. I have really been dissapointed by Lee on this tour.
 
Savak said:
So far on this tour the difference between Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar could just not have been clearer. I have really been dissapointed by Lee on this tour.
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Savak, can you please show me any of Shoaib's latest pics of that T20 game vs Sri Lanka ? Or of any latest game ? I haven't been able to find any over the internet.
 
bublubhuyan said:
Savak, can you please show me any of Shoaib's latest pics of that T20 game vs Sri Lanka ? Or of any latest game ? I haven't been able to find any over the internet.
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Cmon yaar, please now dont lay into Shoaib for his weight, i was only talking from Cricketing skills and abilities point of view. Anyways i dont have his latest pics either.
 
Savak said:
Cmon yaar, please now dont lay into Shoaib for his weight, i was only talking from Cricketing skills and abilities point of view. Anyways i dont have his latest pics either.
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No, I wasn't insulting him. I'm just curious to view some of his latest pics because a lot of posters have commented on his weight. I was just curious.
 
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bublubhuyan said:
No, I wasn't insulting him. I'm just curious to view some of his latest pics because of lot of posters have commented on his weight. I was just curious.
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Yup he is on the heavy side. I havent found any pictures of him from the T-20 tournament either.
 
Milroastnescafe said:
I thought the 'Wizzardry' comment was an easy giveaway that it was a joke. I will try harder to appear more sarcastic next time.
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:)))

try using [sarcasm] ... text ... [/sarcasm]
if that does not work. well.......
 
SalaamPakistan said:
I have his pictures. Want em? :D
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I ain't swinging the other side of the plate, if you know what I mean ;-)
But seriously, do you have any of his pics from the latest T20 matches ?
 
Savak said:
So far on this tour the difference between Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar could just not have been clearer. I have really been dissapointed by Lee on this tour.
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The thing with Akhtar is that he rarely bowls defensively. I have never seen Akhtar bowl half heartedly. He gives it all. An all out attacking bowler. Never bowls to contain.

Also, I have never seen any batsman playing him comfortably. He always has something to trouble the batsmen on any surface. I have now heard this many times from pakistan cricketers that Akhtar is not an intelligent bowler compared to waqar etc. I dont understand these comments.

Also Akhtar seems to have a much better control over line/length than Lee at that pace. You rarely see Akhtar overpitching and giving batsmen the luxury to plant and drive. He usually likes to keep the batsmen on the backfoot and then slip in a fuller for LBW/bowled.

he has a comprehensive skillset. I cant find anything lacking in his bowling.

On another trivial note, I read in one of his interviews in which he was asked about Ishant Sharma and he said that he first saw him in nov-dec 2006 bowling in nets and was very impressed and he conveyed that to Indian dressing room.
 
jusarrived said:
thats always the case , the pitch is flat only when indian batsmen are batting .
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Yes the Indian pitches and biased and doctored to turn flat for Indian batsmen :D
 
bones20 said:
The thing with Akhtar is that he rarely bowls defensively. I have never seen Akhtar bowl half heartedly. He gives it all. An all out attacking bowler. Never bowls to contain.

Also, I have never seen any batsman playing him comfortably. He always has something to trouble the batsmen on any surface. I have now heard this many times from pakistan cricketers that Akhtar is not an intelligent bowler compared to waqar etc. I dont understand these comments.

Also Akhtar seems to have a much better control over line/length than Lee at that pace. You rarely see Akhtar overpitching and giving batsmen the luxury to plant and drive. He usually likes to keep the batsmen on the backfoot and then slip in a fuller for LBW/bowled.

he has a comprehensive skillset. I cant find anything lacking in his bowling.

On another trivial note, I read in one of his interviews in which he was asked about Ishant Sharma and he said that he first saw him in nov-dec 2006 bowling in nets and was very impressed and he conveyed that to Indian dressing room.
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It really brings a smile to my face when someone other myself writes a post like this. Could not have put it better myself. Lee has had things to easy, i am certain he now knows how much hard work commitment and skills Akhtar has had to put in for his 178 test wickets given that 90% of the time he has bowled on wickets like the ones in India. It takes a lot more effort, commitment to bowl 95 mph in such conditions on a consistent basis then in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and England.
 
Excellent performance by IND so far.

Only chance AUS have now is to dismiss Sehwag early and then hope IND send Dravid in to bat who ends up scoring at a SR of under 50.
 
^not likely imo.Surely all batsmen will have one and one instruction only..go belt some leather.
 
So once again, its India that is giving the world champions a taste of their own medicine.

If anything, given what an arrogant **** Ponting is, India should make that medicine taste even more bitter. Serves him right.
 
Can’t remember when India was in such a dominant position at the end of day 3 against a major test playing nation- pr when Australia was in such a hopeless position.

Looking forward to see how Australia bowl, field and bat during the next two days when they have their backs to the wall for such an extended period of time. Quite apart from the result we might get some nice stories to munch over. :D
 
Random Aussie said:
I am here now, had rehearsal today.

Some fight from Watson and Lee here but we aint going to avoid the follow on - and don't want to, need to hope that Dhoni puts us in again. :D

Yaar weakest team we have put on the field for a very long long time and it shows.
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You into drama and all? No wonder :D
 
rhapsodite said:
So once again, its India that is giving the world champions a taste of their own medicine.

If anything, given what an arrogant **** Ponting is, India should make that medicine taste even more bitter. Serves him right.
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Hilarious coming from Indian supporter. No arrogant players in the Indian team at all :))) :)))
 
Random Aussie said:
Hilarious coming from Indian supporter. No arrogant players in the Indian team at all :))) :)))
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Eh? You gotto be kidding.

This is what Geoff Lawson, an Australian himself, had to say about your team.

'Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach and former Australia bowler, said he was disappointed with the way the side played in Sydney. "There's certainly been a lot of feeling from ex-players who think the baggy green has been disrespected," Lawson told Sydney radio 2KY. "Some of these [current] players need to be spoken to.

"Perception is everything and the outside world thinks that this Australian team is arrogant and not well behaved. Whether the team themselves think that is another issue, but I can guarantee you the rest of the cricket world certainly feel that about this cricket team."

Ponting does not believe the team is arrogant. "I don't think anyone wants the way Australia plays cricket to change," he said. "Everyone likes to see a tough, uncompromising brand of cricket ... If we were big headed and arrogant we wouldn't have been celebrating like that. Big headedness doesn't go hand in hand with the sort of euphoria we showed at the end of the game."

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/330150.html
 
rhapsodite said:
Eh? You gotto be kidding.

This is what Geoff Lawson, an Australian himself, had to say about your team.

'Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach and former Australia bowler, said he was disappointed with the way the side played in Sydney. "There's certainly been a lot of feeling from ex-players who think the baggy green has been disrespected," Lawson told Sydney radio 2KY. "Some of these [current] players need to be spoken to.

"Perception is everything and the outside world thinks that this Australian team is arrogant and not well behaved. Whether the team themselves think that is another issue, but I can guarantee you the rest of the cricket world certainly feel that about this cricket team."

Ponting does not believe the team is arrogant. "I don't think anyone wants the way Australia plays cricket to change," he said. "Everyone likes to see a tough, uncompromising brand of cricket ... If we were big headed and arrogant we wouldn't have been celebrating like that. Big headedness doesn't go hand in hand with the sort of euphoria we showed at the end of the game."

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/330150.html
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Where did I post the Aus team was not arrogant? I just pointed out the Indian team has more than it's share of arrogance. But in typical Indian style you can't actually address the point I raised, you just point fingers at the other guy like schoolkids "but they did it first!"

And wow the Pakistan coach says what his masters would like him to say, wow that is a surprise. You think he is going to say no they are great guys? He coached more than half the team in past years.
 
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