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India vs Australia | 1st Test | Chennai | 22/2/13 | Day 1

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Sandeep99 said:
I was really looking forward to see Khawaja play... Hughes isn't all that good...
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I saw him play hearth in Aus on a 5th wicket and boy that wasn't a pretty sight, his batting against the new ball has improved but there's still a long way to go against spin.
 
probably time to get jadeja on and continue with Ashwin at the other end IMO.

Kind of poor to get out for both those wickets, but 77/2 ain't so bad.
 
So Ishant is brought back to create more foot marks for Sir J? :))
 
Warner needs to be removed ASAP! He can take away the match in an hour... Costly miss Sehwag!
 
Looks like some Day 4 pitch..! In a way its good to watch this rather than run fest on a flat pancake
 
Hughes is overrated as a player never understood all the hype surrounding him. looks really good when the pitch is flat but is less convincing against against the swinging ball and does not play spin all that well. But this pitch looks terrible to be fair looks like the surface of another planet. But whatever said and done this has all the makings of a classic mid table clash. lets hope the cricket regardless of the quality is compelling and interesting. Looking forward to Clarke playing a big knock he is a quality player of spin.
 
bigdaddymiandad said:
Hughes is overrated as a player never understood all the hype surrounding him. looks really good when the pitch is flat but is less convincing against against the swinging ball and does not play spin all that well. But this pitch looks terrible to be fair looks like the surface of another planet. But whatever said and done this has all the makings of a classic mid table clash. lets hope the cricket regardless of the quality is compelling and interesting. Looking forward to Clarke playing a big knock he is a quality player of spin.
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guy's very hard to get out once he gets going but a terrible starter.
 
Is this VVS laxman day or something they keep showing scorecards of matches in which he scored a lot of runs lol.
 
bigdaddymiandad said:
Hughes is overrated as a player never understood all the hype surrounding him. looks really good when the pitch is flat but is less convincing against against the swinging ball and does not play spin all that well. But this pitch looks terrible to be fair looks like the surface of another planet. But whatever said and done this has all the makings of a classic mid table clash. lets hope the cricket regardless of the quality is compelling and interesting. Looking forward to Clarke playing a big knock he is a quality player of spin.
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Err who rates him? He is what he is, a technically flawed player who can make you pay if you dont get him early. Think Ejaz, Mark Butcher, Ganguly....
 
battler said:
This is a pretty good start by the aussies tbh
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I'm reasonably happy so far, the two guys that are out arent any good anyway. We have 89 on the board in the first session.

Also props to Dhoni for a good over rate, I am sure it isnt intentional though.
 
Random Aussie said:
Err who rates him? He is what he is, a technically flawed player who can make you pay if you dont get him early. Think Ejaz, Mark Butcher, Ganguly....
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a lot af australian fans claim that he is the most talented young player in Australia and even Channel nine team were gushing about him during the last few series calling him a special talent.
 
Random Aussie said:
I'm reasonably happy so far, the two guys that are out arent any good anyway. We have 89 on the board in the first session.

Also props to Dhoni for a good over rate, I am sure it isnt intentional though.
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Yeah and Clarke still to come!if he plays one of his Cape Town type knocks over here,then we are done!
Over-rate will be good when u are playing sir rj,he finishes his overs before one can blink!
 
bigdaddymiandad said:
a lot af australian fans claim that he is the most talented young player in Australia and even Channel nine team were gushing about him during the last few series calling him a special talent.
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Well sure he is talented. But he is equally flawed.

And Channel Nine are massive cheerleaders, take them as seriously as Suni Gavaskar.
 
Random Aussie said:
Well sure he is talented. But he is equally flawed.

And Channel Nine are massive cheerleaders, take them as seriously as Suni Gavaskar.
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True lol channel nine should not be taken seriously i think Hughes is talented too and looks really good when he's on song but his technique causes him a lot of trouble. Whats your opinion on Khawaja do you reckon he's a better prospect?
 
bigdaddymiandad said:
True lol channel nine should not be taken seriously i think Hughes is talented too and looks really good when he's on song but his technique causes him a lot of trouble. Whats your opinion on Khawaja do you reckon he's a better prospect?
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No. Usman is a very nice looking player, much better than Hughes in terms of technique.

But Usman gets in and just stalls, cant rotate the strike and cant score. Whereas Hughes, if he gets in, scores and scores heavily, despite his technique. Hughes when in form can hit good deliveries to the fence, whereas Usman cant score off good bowling.

I hope I am wrong about Usman but he isnt filling anyone with any confidence these days.
 
Ishant, Viru, and most importantly Bhajji are some of the worst selection blunders from our think tank. These guys have been given unnecessarily extended stay at Indian national team at the expense of team's performance.

Jaddu in place of superbly in-form Ojha is an Himalayan blunder.
 
poor selection by india...

ojha should play in place of Ishant or kumar....

play a leggie in place of bhajji
 
Ojha vs jadeja/ishant/bhajji is a no brainer really.

There is no replacement for a good spinner on such a track.
 
CricIndia is down, guess that means the Test has started
 
Sir rj should have retired after the England series!he reached his peak over there!
 
That pitch looks terrible!!
It's gonna backfire- India will crumble in 1st innings!! Judging the cracks
 
Random Aussie said:
I'm reasonably happy so far, the two guys that are out arent any good anyway. We have 89 on the board in the first session.

Also props to Dhoni for a good over rate, I am sure it isnt intentional though.
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I see Ed "Future Captain" Cowan with a Cowanesque 29. Epic!
 
Saurav said:
126/2 with Watto-Warner looking good and Clarke to come.

250?
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There's only one recognised batsman (Pup) to come before the tail. 300 would be a good 1st innings score I reckon.
 
Hope we can bundle them out today so when I head out to the ground tomorrow I can see Sehwag tearing it up for a bit.
 
Why the hell have we dropped the best bowler from the Pom series = Ojha?

And replaced him with the dud Harbhajan!? The amount of nepotism shown to the guy is incredible.
 
OZGOD said:
There's only one recognised batsman (Pup) to come before the tail. 300 would be a good 1st innings score I reckon.
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I'd be mighty happy with that.but even Starc would score against these bowlers
 
Somebody run Watson out. After he crosses fifty.
 
Not really time for panic stations yet. Them Aussies always touch 125/2 and are bundled out for 280 via 180/5.
 
I don't have visual but I still know Harbhajan's bowled rubbish and will continue to do so.

How apt, for his 100th test.
 
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