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[Jack]

i think waugh is right on the money there

[Jack]

aussie media questioning the choice of not replacing katich for the third and fourth tests. I think katich doesnt deserve the axe considering the wholesale team failure in mohali test.

If katich deserved to be axed just on performance basis, then what about Hayden and B Lee?

[dextrous]

aussie media questioning the choice of not replacing katich for the third and fourth tests. I think katich doesnt deserve the axe considering the wholesale team failure in mohali test.

If katich deserved to be axed just on performance basis, then what about Hayden and B Lee?

katich has always been the scapegoat in the aussie team...but then, they also have the likes of symonds, david hussey, shaun marsh, and brad hodge warming the benches

[dhruvdeepak]

I MAY NOT BE COMING TO DELHI 

just got work with a client starting sunday 

this is sad..

but look at the brighter side.. now you are doing some real work

yeah we'll see about that. sopcast, here i come

[Jack]

katich has always been the scapegoat in the aussie team...but then, they also have the likes of symonds, david hussey, shaun marsh, and brad hodge warming the benches

bradd hodge retired? even if he is not, his show hasnt impressed the CA selectors evidently and been discarded

[Jack]

Rumor mills spinning around the idea of India playing three spinners in the Kotla Test -- Kumble,Bajji and Mishra -- this means Laxman is getting the axe

"It's a very happy problem we have in hand. With Kumble coming back into the team, it will be tough for the team management to leave out Mishra from the playing XI. But a final call will be taken after looking at the pitch. But as of now, they are certainly contemplating a three-spin attack," sources close to the team told  TOI  .

[Jack]

Kumble has also declared himself fit for the Kotla Test match. After all, this venue is where he got his perfect 10 and has 55 wickets from 6 Tests. Incidentally it was at Kotla where Mishra also came into the limelight this season in an IPL match.

curator Radhay Shyam Gupta : "We are preparing a sporting pitch. It will help the batsmen, pacers and spinners. On the third and fourth days, the wear and tear of the wicket will surely help the spinners."

[Jack]

Indian selectors feel that it is upto Kumble and the team management staff to decide on whether retaining the same playing eleven or making any changes to include kumble by sacking either mishra or laxman

[Jack]

Ponting tells its upto Lee to bring his performance up in the Kotla test.

"Because he's been a bit underdone he's been bowling a bit at half- and three-quarter pace at training, concentrating on his technique trying to do everything right," Ponting said yesterday.

"But by doing that he's probably taught himself to bowl slow.

"For the next week he'll be doing that dynamic stuff.

"When he bowls at training he'll be bowling off his long run to train that back into his body again."

The team's fitness adviser Stuart Karppinen, a former West Australian fast bowler, has devised a program that will see Lee do 11 varied sessions in the week leading up to the third Test, which begins here on Wednesday.

The first was a weights session as soon as the team arrived at its New Delhi hotel two days ago.

"We want to mimic the movements that happen when he bowls," Karppinen said.

"We're trying to promote speed."

That includes quick, light upper-body weights and heavier lower-body weights.

During special bowling sessions there will be extended recovery between balls so Lee can focus on fast, high-quality deliveries.

"Because of his personal circumstances, he hasn't done the same volume of work and we want to try to build that up," Karppinen said.

"He's at 95 per cent and bowling in the mid-140s (km/h) but we want him to be able to crank that up.

"He's lost speed and condition."

howz the fitness conditioner going to help lee bowl better -- i dont think it was any fitness issue that caused lee to underperform

[Jack]

The debate over Brett Lee's poor performance in India has continued with Australian coach Tim Nielsen describing his premier strike bowler as "off the boil".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/australia/3246991/Australia-quick-bowler-Brett-Lee-off-the-boil-after-poor-form-in-India-Cricket.html

[OldPal]

Poor Lee.. It may be better for him to take a break from this test, instead of going through all this scrutiny. Hope he does not get tired before the test match will all this extraneous schedulde.

[Jack]

Amit Mishra's  googly is harder to spot than a python in a tree -- The daily Telegraph...

what an analogy -- rofl....

[Jack]

Poor Lee.. It may be better for him to take a break from this test, instead of going through all this scrutiny. Hope he does not get tired before the test match will all this extraneous schedulde.

yea..about time aussies get to experience this kind of things in international scene.......ponting assured lee is gauranteed of his place in the team..but  what if Lee fails in Delhi more worse than he did in Bangalore and Mohali ---

[Jack]

CA considering Shaun Tait as an option for the remainder of the series

[flute]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

[Jack]

Theres a new buzz going around abt auzzie-- read somewhere...

If  Ishant's seamers dont get you, Zaheer's swing will...

If bajji's doosra dont get you, Mishra's Googly will....

[cricinfo]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

[justforkix]

CA considering Shaun Tait as an option for the remainder of the series

makes some sense as he's supposedly their best reverse swing bowler....

[Jack]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

all of the above sounds good to me

[flute]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

BTW, did SG ever make a double century?

[justforkix]

BTW, did SG ever make a double century?

less than a year back : in Bangalore vs. Pak

[Jack]

BTW, did SG ever make a double century?

less than a year back : in Bangalore vs. Pak

only double century of his career....it wud be so cool to see dada make one more in his last series

[OldPal]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

[Jack]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

[flute]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

it could be 2 runs

[Jack]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

it could be 2 runs

had to be 2 runs. cant think of dada getting to bowl and take 2 wickets at kotla.

[flute]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

it could be 2 runs

had to be 2 runs. cant think of dada getting to bowl and take 2 wickets at kotla.

yeah if it is bowling we will be talking about zero really 

[OldPal]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

Now that you insist, Technically it can be Double zero e.g.  "00" as well. I knew what he meant. Was just taking a dig .

[Jack]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

Now that you insist, Technically it can be Double zero e.g.  "00" as well. I knew what he meant. Was just taking a dig .

double ducker wud be terrible -- i hope he dont get out without scoring atleast 20-30 minimum

[OldPal]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

Now that you insist, Technically it can be Double zero e.g.  "00" as well. I knew what he meant. Was just taking a dig .

double ducker wud be terrible -- i hope he dont get out without scoring atleast 20-30 minimum

Cmmon dear, From double ton directly came back to 20-30. Is this in each inngs or combined together ?

[Jack]

nowadays, I dream about 3 things
1. Hayden getting clean bowled by Zaheer
2. Ponting getting cleaned up by IS after scratching,jumping around and looking stupid for sometime.
3. Lee getting creamed for 200 runs in an innings like what happened at Sydney.

I hope all these three will come true in our first innings in Delhi.

I dream of Dada scoring a Double in Delhi....

Double what ?

isnt it double ton he was talking abt? i assumed so....if its not tons, then wat else?

Now that you insist, Technically it can be Double zero e.g.  "00" as well. I knew what he meant. Was just taking a dig .

double ducker wud be terrible -- i hope he dont get out without scoring atleast 20-30 minimum

Cmmon dear, From double ton directly came back to 20-30. Is this in each inngs or combined together ?

double ton was the best -- 20-30 worst case....in each innings ofcourse ...

[OldPal]

Are yaar.. you don't have to answer every post. Some can be left alone. 

[Jack]

Are yaar.. you don't have to answer every post. Some can be left alone. 

alright. will leave this one alone

[OldPal]

Are yaar.. you don't have to answer every post. Some can be left alone. 

alright. will leave this one alone

Thank U 

[Jack]

India women's cricket team inspired by the men's team whipping aussies...

women's team are touring down under....wud be nice treat for the aussies to get a whipping in MCG

http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1683364

[kban1]

Nielsen tells players to stay calm

Cricinfo staff

October 23, 2008


The Australia coach Tim Nielsen has told his team not to panic after the shock defeat in the second Test in Mohali. Nielsen's outfit has not beaten India in the past four encounters and the 320-run loss was the country's seventh-heaviest in history, but he is confident of a turnaround for the third game in Delhi from next Wednesday.

However, he sent the players off for three days of rest with a clear message. "One thing we just have to be so certain about is that we don't panic," he said. "We have to understand what the right way to go about playing over here is, and keep ourselves controlled and calm enough that we can deliver under the pressure we find ourselves."

Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma have troubled Australia's batsmen regularly throughout the opening two matches and the spinners also caused a lot of problems in Mohali. The major issue for Australia is that no part of their game is firing and the bowlers, particularly Brett Lee, are struggling for impact against the home batsmen.

"The game [in Mohali] didn't go to plan right from the outset," Nielsen said. "We were under immense pressure and in no way able to get back in the game. We understand it's only a week since we played well in Bangalore. If we do the same in Delhi we will be competitive."

The India players spoke of their superiority in the first Test and many supporters in the country believe the team has dumped Australia as the No. 1 unit. Nielsen admitted India were better "over the past five days" but would not concede anything else.

"Our challenge is to ensure the momentum they have gathered does not carry itself through to the next two Tests," he said. "They're a talented side and have great experience, but we showed in Bangalore we can compete and put ourselves in winning positions."

The Delhi curator has promised a pitch that is a present for Anil Kumble, who missed the second game with a shoulder problem. Nielsen said it was important for his team not to obsess over the conditions.

"We have to accept it's not the WACA or the Gabba or Adelaide Oval, and accept it's Delhi," he said. "It's not what we're used to, but it's still a wicket, and we need to execute our skills. It does put a bit of pressure on Anil, coming back from injury to get a present like that. I hope he bowls well."

If the surface is helpful for the slow bowlers it could magnify the problems caused by Australia's lack of a high-quality spinner. Cameron White has been serviceable in his first two Tests without being consistently dangerous, while the offspinner Jason Krejza has been overlooked since suffering harsh punishment in the tour match in Hyderabad.

Krejza was originally picked in the squad ahead of White and might come into calculations if the Delhi pitch looks like offering sharp turn. Steve Waugh, Australia's former captain, said the slow bowling was not the reason for the heavy defeat in Mohali.

"We must be patient with Cameron White," Waugh wrote in the Hindu. "After all, he has just started his career and it's too early to jump to conclusions. However, I was surprised that Beau Casson, who was pretty good in the West Indies, did not make this tour.

"But then, it was decided that leg-spin and a finger-spinner were better options. They picked Jason Krejza because they reckoned he was good enough to play, so it's better to try him out rather than to die wondering."

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indvaus2008/content/current/story/375055.html

[Jack]

this series from the end of the first test has been such a delightful one for me to watch and follow just bcos how all the non-playing issues are haunting aussies which they are not used to at all and is more common to almost all the visiting teams when touring down under....

Welcome to the Tropical Tamashaa puntoo and his lame kangaroos!

[Jack]

India's Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said Australian star Adam Gilchrist had phoned him to clarify his controversial comments about the batting great in a new book.

[Jack]

PS; Pak coach fired with immediate effect

[justforkix]

PS; Pak coach fired with immediate effect

makes sense. why pay for a coach when no team wants to play with you anyways