India in Australia

[zub2005]

a really poor performence by india. very very bad. if they want to lose atleast lose with a bit of pride. sorry yuvraj you have to be dropped we need a proper opener. and drop r p singh and bring i pathan but dont think that will happen.

 

[.Mob]

what?????

He means play against.

 

[usy]

Don't worry. There are no Indian news channels on planetcricket.

News has become a commercialized product since there are something like 30 news channels now.

As for the Indian performance, I was happily surprised with our bowling performance. Our batting was really bad and I attribute a lot of that to team selection and composition. We had our moments. As any hardcore Indian fan over the last couple of years can attest to--we play our worst cricket when we are trying to be negative.

First of all, half of their stuff is untrue, not the first time. unreliable source of Information.

They really blamed Dravid for whole thing of what I seen, and if same player would have scored 200 runs they would been "ohh.. he is better then tendulkar" etc.. etc..

Give me a break.

 

[manee]

First of all, half of their stuff is untrue, not the first time. unreliable source of Information.

They really blamed Dravid for whole thing of what I seen, and if same player would have scored 200 runs they would been "ohh.. he is better then tendulkar" etc.. etc..

Give me a break.

You missed the sarcasm in my post completely.

 

[Gunner786]

edited my p0revious post guys
made a typo

imagine if australia play 4 pacers in the next match
i honestly think they would be better off playing 4 pacers rather than 3 pacers and 1 spinner
symonds and clarke can do their part time spin

if it happens then india are done for

 

[irottev]

if it happens then india are done for

India are done for either way. No one can stand up to Australia in tests.

Best sports team from any sport in the world. No other team is this dominant.

 

[.Mob]

India are done for either way. No one can stand up to Australia in tests.

Best sports team from any sport in the world. No other team is this dominant.

True that, the Aussies were magnificent in the field, and I think any team would have folded like we did.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Let's face it, in 2006 the England team had the best chance that anyone had ever had in ages to beat Australia in Australia and we were whomped 5-0. That's exactly what's going to happen to India as well in my book. Well, 4-0 anyway.

I agree with Animator. The fickle nature of some of the Indian fans on here winds me up. Where's all the optimism gone lads? Why are you slagging your team off after ONE Test? The one thing that made me proud during our disastrous Ashes tour last year was the way that our fans always got behind our boys; We realised the team we were up against were just too, too good. I think it's time that some Indian fans realised that team India are not as good as some of your ridiculously high standards would lead to believe.

The Barmy Army is a great example. They didn't stop singing and supporting even when you guys were getting thumped.

 

[jordox]

Pwnt.

But who isn't these days?

 

[.Mob]

Evo - we were struck down by a bolt of lightning called reality, our hopes went up in smoke with it.

Nah, I just think we are panicking, right now, we need to get back on form and do the basics well again.

 

[Cricketman]

Half our game is good. We bowled brilliantly in my opinion. Getting 10 wickets in just over a day against australia is AMAZING. Getting 7 wickets is a good feat as well, and I bet if we batted well enough we would have gotten the remaining three.
Zaheer and Kumble bowled their hearts out. It was a great performance from them.
If we batted in the first innings and gotten around 350, which we are capable of, then we would have been in the hunt for the win.

We just need to tweak our batting, that's all.
This series is by no means over.

 

[AndyRAC]

India are done for either way. No one can stand up to Australia in tests.

Best sports team from any sport in the world. No other team is this dominant.

Here, here, Totally agree!!!

What happened when Warne and McGrath retired? Nothing so far, they are a Machine, relentless, steamrolling everybody. Since the Ashes of 2005 they've moved up another level, whereas England have lost the plot. At the moment the 2009 Ashes looks like a mismatch, a 5-0 green/gold wash, AGAIN!!

I say this as an England fan, they are just the best...

 

[karnog]

India will hit back. I think they should take the positives from this game and move on. The bowling proved the critics wrong and that they can take 20 wickets without releasing 1000 runs. Thats a moral victory. The catching has been excellent- one drop catch by Kumble when Hayden was on 50. That was a hard one though. Ganguly's innings have been superb and India should follow his lead in batting. Play the ball at its merit. To me the openers left alone balls that should have gone for atleast a 2. It took 2 brilliant deliveries to remove Ganguly as opposed to throwing away their wickets- Jaffer, Tendulkar and Laxman are culprits.

I really think India need a 5 man attack- bring in Pathan and possibly replace RP with Sreesanth or just keep RP. As for Dhoni i think on Australian pitches he should be considered a tailender. No offence to him but he didn't look like a batsman throughout his 11 runs. What India need to do is to manipulate the weak areas of the Australian players. Swing the ball in when Symonds comes in early, put a spinner for Ponting, Jacques early on doesn't move his feat much, Gilchrist has problems with swing bowlers going around the wicket, Johnson bowls a bit to wide, bat outside the crease when playing B lee and Clark, etc. etc. These may not be their weaknesses but they should go over the videos and see where they went wrong. There's no place but up for India.

Lol, alright my own report card for India.
JAFFER- 2/10 {Threw away his wicket in both innings with a nothing shot but fielded ok}
DRAVID- 1/10 {Not only a horribly defensive, unattractive first and second innings but very poor ground fielding}
LAXMAN- 6/10 {Got starts but had a moment of madness in the first innings and a soft dismissal in the 2nd. Good catching and average ground fielding}
TENDULKAR- 7/10 {Great first innings and a bit unlucky, threw away his wicket in the 2nd, the few overs he bowled showed good turn and flight, good catching, ok ground fielding and horrible accuracy when throwing at the stumps}
GANGULY- 7.5/10 {Unlucky to have to bat with the tail but showed how to bat on Aussy pitches against Clark and Lee, horrible ground fielding, inaccurate shys at the stumps and excellent catching}
YUVRAJ- 3/10 {Batted poorly, dissented when he was correctly given out, ground fielding was ok but not as good as i expected and was excellent as a close in fielder}
DHONI- 6/10 {His batting was poor but his keeping was excellent. Keeped well to the spinners especially. He made one bad error- the ball before Symonds got out in the 2nd innings where he decided to let the ball fly to 1st slip. He lost a few points as a result. I understand he's a batsman keeper but half his marks are allocated to his keeping as well}
KUMBLE- 9/10 {Bolwed superbly, ground fielding was one of the best in the team, catching was average though, batted well for a tail ender and showed the most guts out of the Indians.
H. SINGH- 4/10 {Bowled well in the 2nd innings with two important wickets, a bit too restrictive in both innings and didn't look like getting runs. He fielded terribly but you can't blame him for not scoring}
Z. KHAN- 7/10 {ground fielding was average, bowled superbly in the first innings, 2nd was also good but was marred by his no-ball problems and hence lost marks as a result, batted ok for a tail ender and his outfield throws were one of the best in this side}
RP SINGH- 5/10 {Bowled well to Clarke and Hussey, struggled with line with the new ball, ground fielding was average, worst out field thrower i've ever seen, inaccurate and clumsy in the field, ok for a tail ender batsman but showed his talent with the old ball. He should be a first change bowler in the next match if he plays}

57.5/110 {That was fun... interesting to see who agrees and who actually read this}

 

[aussie1st]

No chance of us going into the Sydney test with no specialist spinner. Would be an interesting sight of course seeing the 4 pacemen 3 of which are express but unless it's totally against spin bowling the Aussie lineup won't be looking like that.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Not necessarily better all the time, but probably more effective most of the time. Sehwag's got a test strike rate of 76 and an average just a shade under 50 but I think you would take Clarke over him?

No, I wouldn't take Clarke over him. Ganguly yes, but not Sehwag.

As far as strike-rates go, it's how you judge a batsman.

under 45 = Blocker.
45 to 55 = Normal.
55 to 60 = Aggressive.
Over 70 = Slogger.

Generally anything between normal & aggressive is ideal enough for me.