That wicket of Ponting was some great fielding. Hussey and Clarke struggled. Clarke was continuously coming down the track don't know what was the thought behind it. The wicket was not turning that much. Sharma is injured?
It was great fielding, but geez I wish Ricky would put his head down and stop ball watching when he's running. It cost him in the Ashes last year when Flintoff ran him out as well. It's become a bad habit for him and it's ruining his attempts at getting back in the big runs.
North to get a pair and then make a century in the 2nd match
That's our Marcus...
But seriously, if he's going to do that, I wish they'd put him in at #4 or something like that. Then if he fails we have plenty of time to regroup and if it's his 'century day' then he's got plenty of time to complete it. Or we could just drop the guy...
Zaheer Khan seems to be the only decent Test match fast bowler India have at the moment
I'm gobsmacked he only got 16 overs yesterday and only 5 in the first session even after he took a wicket. Is it general fitness? Because with Ishant out, you want Zaheer bowling 20-22 overs a day, 25 if he can handle it.
Here's the session by session breakdown - great start for Aussies, but India really put the screws on and the wickets of Ponting, Clarke and North in particular were keys:
to lunch: 1/101 in 28 overs
to tea: 2/78 in 29 overs
to stumps: 2/45 in 33 overs (RR of 1.36
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Before play, I was dreaming of a good start and declaring with about 500 on the board before tea on the 2nd day, leaving plenty of time to bowl India out. Well at least we've got a chance of lasting that long, but we aren't even going to be 400 by then...