Australia Tour Of India 2012/13

[Aalay]

A tweet from cricinfo:

Vijay + Pujara: 371; Australia in both innings together: 367, with one wicket left.

 

[aditya123]

Somehow this result does`nt seem satisfying as an Indian fan. Its been like a no-challenge for the Indian side. I hope Australia put up a fight at Mohali and Delhi and we get to see something competitive. Its their 5th consecutive defeat in India, something which is not very common for an Australian side. The string of defeats stretches to 2008 now. 5 defeats in a row and 8 without a win in India.

 

[midgetwars]

So what's the team for the next match? I say bring in Khawaja but tell him rotating strike is important.

Also, these batsmen need spin training. But there aren't very good spinners to train with that's the problem. Good bowlers lead to good batsmen.

That's why India are so good at spin.
That's why Australia were so good against everyone with McGrath and Warne in the team.
That's why Asutralia now are decent against pace with Pattinson and co. in the team.
Not to mention the Saffers with Steyn and co. as well.

 

[Params7]

Hitler finds out about Australian team selections - YouTube


Though Indians can't really claim superiority until we can put up similar wins on foreign soil.

 

[ricky87]

Mohali will definitely be helpful conditions for Australia's fast bowlers, we should expect a good match there where Australia can play to their real strength, they need to seriously consider bringing in George Bailey and perhaps even Steve Smith in the middle order. Too much reliance on Clarke who I honestly feel is not as good a batsman in our conditions as Cook for England was. But, I expect Australia to fight back.

 

[War]

2nd test review

This drubbing serves those dumb ass selectors after picking Doherty & Maxwell & not taking Bailey on tour & not opening with Watson.

Having watching previous AUS test tours to India in 98, 2001, 2004, 2008 & 2010 this is easily AUS worst performance test by some distance & a whitewash is very much on the cards.

India are a vulnerable team in home conditions as ENG showed in december or even Pakistan during the ODIs. While AUS obviously may not have been strong in certain key area's like them, mainly ENG. You can't pick teams so far off your best and expect to challenge in conditions that you know you are weak in.

1998 India was new to AUS & even though McGrath, Gillespie & Fleming were out, AUS fought even though the batsmen still couldn't play spin.

2001 was just indiviaul brilliance of Harbhajan & Laxman that beat AUS, so no issue their. Series did however expose the then great AUS team still had to work on its batting vs spin.

2004 simply brilliant, years of hard work put into conquering India finally

2008 team was in early transition in the post Warne/McGrath era, never likely to win. But the batsmen fought and kept the defeat down to 2-0.

2010 should good fight especially in that superb 1st test, which they barely lost by 1 wicket & probably would have won if Bollinger didn't break down.

This is a horrible low. Especially as an AUS fan remembering the 2004 test series win & all the countless ODI series AUS have won in India between 1998-2010, its like all the years of AUS batsmen improving their achillies heel vs spin have been bloody thrown down the drain!

As i've said countless times before, have no hope for AUS currently in this series and for the rest of 2013 unless the selection panel is changed totally. They simply have no idea what the best AUS teams are across any format.

 

[Fenil]

You got to feel for Michael Clarke. He always find himself in the thick of things. Aussies can't play spin and there is nothing new about it and if you look at the things closely, its not their inability to play spin that has hurt much. Its the lack of patience of the Australian batsmen that has led to their downfall. When you are playing on such tracks, you need players who can hang in there, like Vijay and Pujara did for India the other day. On the other hand, most Australian batsmen are aggressive players and after a while, get frustrated, try to play a non-existent shot and get out in the process. Matthew Wade may have scored runs in the 1st innings but he is not the best bet to have in the team. In my opinion, Brad Haddin can do a lot better job that him with his better temperament and technique while Maxwell doesn't seem an apt player for test matches. Battingwise at least.

Batsman | Batting Style
David Warner|Aggressive
Ed Cowan|Innings Grafter (Probably the 2nd best batsman after Clarke in current situation)
Phil Hughes|Getting worse with every new innings
Shane Watson|Aggressive
Michael Clarke|Innings Grafter (Best Australian Batsman)
Matthew Wade|Aggressive
Moises Henriques|Inexperienced
Glenn Maxwell|Aggressive, Inexperienced

 

[midgetwars]

I wouldn't be surprised in England change their pitches.

 

[ricky87]

Still can't get over the England loss, neither the team nor the fans will ever figure out how we managed to achieve that

 

[CremerCurrans]

I was shocked when I saw Doherty had taken 3/131. Then I saw that they were the 3 tailend batsman and was like "Okay, that's more realistic".

Bit disappointed though that his average has dropped below 100. It deserves to be the 150 it should be atm.

Of the 6 wickets he's taken in test cricket, 6 have been of batsman batting below 8, and the other two of been of Bell on 76 and Pietersen on 227. So why is Doherty even playing domestic cricket, let alone international cricket?

And good to see Maxwell take a few. At least there was one spinner who is okay in the side, although okay is putting it generously.

A bit harsh on Doherty, I agree he's not a test bowler, but he's still one of Australia's best spinners at the moment. Who do you think should be the spinner in the side, would be interested to hear who you think? :/

Maxwell is like Steven Smith - Shouldn't be anywhere near the test side. Neither of them are test batsmen or bowlers.

I think we should play both Doherty (He's the only other spinner worth playing in the squad) & Lyon in the next match, and hope they can build some pressure.

Lyon can take Maxwell's spot, and the rest can stay the same. We're going to get flogged anyway, might as well give the same players a chance to dig themselves out of the massive hole they've got themselves into.

 

[War]

I wouldn't be surprised in England change their pitches.

yea. Some have highlighted correctly that ENG may have an issue with its fast bowling depth behind Anderson & Finn currently.

But if that remains until the Ashes. All ENG may have to do is repeat the trend of the famous 1956 Ashes summer when Jim Laker & Tony Lock ran riot on wet wickets & prepare turners for Swann & Panesar.

I love my AUS team to death, but its crazy to think according to the faulty ICC ranking system that if they had won that Perth test vs S Africa a few months ago, the world would have been referring to them as the # 1 test team. What sick joke that would have been right now.

 

[Haarithan]

England probably will never get a more ideal time as this one to smash Australia in a back to back Ashes series. Never.

India v Australia in INDIA:

Last five tests: India 5-0 Australia
Last seven tests: India 6-0 Australia (a DRAW at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008 being the only source of redemption for the Aussies)

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

So its good to thrash the Aussies this way and I havent seen the match but will wait until willow update their highlight link

Good performance by all judging by the scorecard and Australia have some serious thinking to do for next two matches. People are jumping onto the Ashes but I think Aussies will bounce back.

It just goes to show to be fair with England that they played superbly when they toured us. They were better prepared and we were so bad. We to be honest were just behind what pitches and all that stuff, this time let the curator do his work and team doing their work.

 

[CremerCurrans]

Looking at the Sheffield Shield statistics this season, so far, I think they should have picked this test squad:

Michael Clarke
Shane Watson
Ashton Agar
Jackson Bird
Ed Cowan
Ben Cutting
Brad Haddin
Moises Henriques
Phillips Hughes
Mitchell Johnson
Usman Khawaja
Nathan Lyon
Steve O'Keefe
James Pattinson
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc
Matthew Wade
David Warner

With our best line-up being:

David Warner
Ed Cowan
Phillips Hughes
Shane Watson
Michael Clarke
Matthew Wade
Ben Cutting / Mitchell Johnson
Steve O'Keefe
Peter Siddle / Jackson Bird / Mitchell Starc
James Pattinson
Nathan Lyon

So they weren't far-off, just think this squad has more depth.

 

[midgetwars]

What's more pathetic is the media. Front page of news.com.au is RIP Cricket Australia.

I've seen that headline just last year against the Saffers? What in the world?

I also saw it against the Saffers in 09. That's 3 dead Cricket Australias.