India vs Australia | 3rd ODI | Hyderabad |5/10/07

[draexem]

Australia won the toss and will be batting first.

Ponting in for Haddin. Rohit Sharma boots out Powar.

 

[Zechariah]

Another 300+ score coming up?

Predictions?

Pitch?

Weather?

 

[nikred]

no bracken?????

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Light showers expected,only chance for India to survive

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Ponting win the toss and opted to bat

 

[Afridi_Fan]

No Ganguly,no Bracken, thats a surprise

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Watch out for Gilly today,he is no more a captain so he wont feel any sort of burden

 

[nikred]

ita a new ground. only one match played there.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

God no,they are starting with Arun lal

 

[draexem]

Bracken isn't playing today because he's only just arrived in India. I suspect they want to give Bracken a chance to get settled before rushing him into a match situation.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Chakde India being played in the background, yeah Aussies Chakdeeeeeeeee india

 

[Afridi_Fan]

And Gilly tries to hit the 1st ball to the boundary ropes

 

[Afridi_Fan]

big wide to Haydos

 

[nikred]

four

 

[Afridi_Fan]

1st Boundary to Haydos,halfvolley on leg stump,put away in style followed by a straight drive down the ground for consecutive boundaries

 

[nikred]

fours

 

[Afridi_Fan]

the stumps saved a certain 4

10/0 after 1 over

 

[Afridi_Fan]

The Big mouthed SreeSanth comes into the attack

 

[Afridi_Fan]

swing for SreeSanth

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Good Bowwling slaunted across the batsman,play and miss

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Half stop and a couple to Gilly

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Good over just 2 off it

after 2 overs its 12/0

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Man the crowd is pouring in

 

[Zechariah]

its a nice stadium

wat city is this in..

 

[Afridi_Fan]

couple more to Haydos

 

[jackal786]

India does not have a good record on this ground i think. Australia is going to post a huge total with Ponting back int he side.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

good commitment on the boundary but Haydos taakes 3

 

[Zechariah]

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

 

[Afridi_Fan]

India does not have a good record on this ground i think. Australia is going to post a huge total with Ponting back int he side.

Just one previous Match here against Saffies which India lost despite the century of Yuvi

 

[Asim2Good]

PP would have been put on fire if one of Pakistani batsmen had scored two 50s (as Haddin did in last 2 matches) and then dropped in next match. Poor Haddin, I was hoping, they would drop Hodge as he didn't perform well in last 2 games and Ponting will take his place (NO.3)

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Man sing from the bowler and gilly swung that one to the boundary 4 more

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Man swing from the bowler and gilly swung that one to the boundary 4 more

 

[draexem]

Australia showing respect to Sreesanth here, and seem content to just see him off. They are perfectly willing to go after Khan though.

A four is hit off Sreesanth as I type lol.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Well bowled,edged to 3rd maan for 1

 

[jackal786]

Is this a strategy lol going after Zaheer when everyone was expecting them to go after Sreesanth.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Man thats just power by Haydos 4 more

 

[jackal786]

Not much drama so far.. I think real drama starts when Symonds comes in.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Is this a strategy lol going after Zaheer when everyone was expecting them to go after Sreesanth.

Man they are the World Champions and they can go after almost anyone,today they have choosen to go after poor Zaheer

aagain charging down the track just a single

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Not much drama so far.. I think real drama starts when Symonds comes in.

LoLz and what you call a drama?

just go and bang bang bang?

 

[draexem]

Is this a strategy lol going after Zaheer when everyone was expecting them to go after Sreesanth.

I think going after Sreesanth is exactly what India want them to do. Sreesanth is dangerous in the opening overs, and losing their cool and trying to 'teach Sreesanth a lesson' could gift India wickets and matches. I think they'll concentrate on not letting Sreesanth take any of their wickets early on. That being said, Sreesanth doesn't bowl as well in the later overs, so australia will have an opportunity to 'punish' Sreesanth later... if they have wickets in hand.

 

[tauseefm]

LoLz and what you call a drama?

just go and bang bang bang?

) )

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Gilly takes 3 off Sree

 

[tauseefm]

Great strate drive by hayden.. pure timing

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Straight down the ground for 4 by Haydos,

Are the targeting Sree now?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Haydos on fire another one through the covers,Sree now say something man

 

[jackal786]

Great batting conditions. OZ looking at 320 plus total here. may be even more. With 20 over field restrictions it is very tough to contain them.

 

[draexem]

Of course, I could be wrong.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

And Sree fields the ball dont even bother looking at Haydos head down walks back to the bowwling mark

 

[tauseefm]

Afridi, where do u live(country)?
cuz u r always online..lol

 

[jackal786]

Yup They are targetting sree now. Trying to prove a point ozzies.

 

[jackal786]

No swing movement nothing according to Damien fleming.

 

[jackal786]

They just hit through the line.

 

[jackal786]

68 meter boundary.

 

[jackal786]

I sense a carnage from Ozzies. Anytime these two put together a good partnership they rack up a huge score.

 

[siimo]

India will be murdered today. Going in with 1 less bowler when last two games they were smashed 300+. Stupid!

 

[jackal786]

Btw congrats Haydo and Gilly for 5000 runs partnership. 3rd to achieve behind Haynes/Greenidge and Ganguly/Tendulkar.

 

[nikred]

stupid umpire called it a wide

 

[draexem]

Oh dear. And it was the Indian umpire as well. No calls for bias there I hope.

 

[jackal786]

Yup lol What a stupid umpiring by Shastri. How can he miss the ball that hit the bat.

 

[nikred]

dhoni is frustrated with sree

 

[jackal786]

To add insult to injury last ball went for 4!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

and what will the Aussies score on this pitch with just 4 Regular Indian bowlers?

 

[Bobaran]

Sreesanth seems to be bowling very poorly. 56/0

 

[draexem]

Sree needs to regroup. He's spraying them everwhere at the moment. Dhoni needs to take him off and bring him back on later.

 

[jackal786]

Dhoni's captaincy seems little insipid.Why would he have a fine leg up in the circle for a bowler like Sreesanth.

 

[nikred]

ah maiden over

 

[jackal786]

Sreesanth seems to be bowling very poorly. 56/0

His bowling spell should have been 4-0-25-0. Thanks suresh shastri it is 4-0-30-0.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

9overs gone 56/0

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Pathan in

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Will Arun Lal cry?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Come on Aussies,make him cry

 

[tauseefm]

Will Arun Lal cry?

nope he won't cry but he will get more "LAL"

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Hit the toe end of the bat

 

[Afridi_Fan]

One bounce 4

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Autralia for 400?

 

[jackal786]

Another slow wicket.

 

[nikred]

is it a big ground

 

[Afridi_Fan]

3 men outside for Powerplay 2

 

[siimo]

Australia really missing the skill of Damien Martyn these days. He was brilliant in sub continent.

 

[jackal786]

68 meter boundary all around.