Thread: Aus vs India 2007

its enough to give u goosbumps, although I worry that comparing 20/20 matches to test matches....

without Warnie they might play 4 quicks... (feel sorry for MacGill, nah, fuck him, lets go pace and steam roll the Indians!)

Andrew Symonds blasts 85no in Aussie's 54-run win


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Jon Pierik
December 11, 2007 12:00am

SHAUN Tait may force Australia to abandon tradition and unleash four fast bowlers in the Boxing Day Test after cricket's "wild thing" helped to flatten New Zealand in last night's Twenty20 clash.
Tait was simply awesome in his return to international cricket after elbow problems, claiming two wickets in his first three balls to finish with 2-22 off four overs as Australia clinched a 54-run win with nine balls to spare in Michael Clarke's first match as skipper.

Bankrolled by an unbeaten 85 off 46 balls from Andrew Symonds, his highest score in this form of the game, the Australians surged to what they felt was an average total of 6-186 at the WACA Ground.

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But their four-man pace artillery ensured it was more than enough as the stunned tourists were bundled out for 132.

Apart from Jacob Oram's unbeaten 66 off 31 balls, the Black Caps had no answer to the pace attack which flourished on a Perth pitch which has finally regained its hostility.

Spearhead Brett Lee (2-17) and young gun Mitchell Johnson (2-19) were also in fine form, while Queensland debutant Ashley Noffke (3-18) had a night to remember.

Selection chairman Andrew Hilditch last week all but declared spinner Brad Hogg would play in the Boxing Day Test against India at the MCG but that decision may now have to be reviewed.

Super-slinger Tait is clearly breathing fire and the Indians, coming off a home Test series on lifeless pitches, traditionally struggle against pure pace.

MCG curator Tony Ware has already promised to serve up a lively deck to suit the quicks.

Tait was delighted with his form in his first match back for Australia since the World Cup.

"I wasn't sure how fast I was but it came out all right."

Lee last night set the tone with the first ball of New Zealand's innings when he had Lou Vincent on the hop with sheer pace and bounce and induced a mistimed pull shot which was snapped up by Adam Gilchrist. Lee then jagged open another crack when Brendon McCullum was beaten by speed and he, too, top-edged a pull.

The pain got worse for the tourists when Tait, arguably the world's quickest bowler, took charge.
Young Black Caps batsman Jamie How almost looked frightened when he gloved a short delivery which then climbed on Gilchrist and forced the gloveman to spectacularly take two bites at the ball before he claimed the catch.

The sell-out crowd of 17,344 was in rapture two balls later when Ross Taylor was slow to react to Tait's searing pace and he played-on for a duck.

Gilchrist best summed up Tait's devastating spell.

"The Wild Thing has been unleashed," he said.

Symonds was in superb form with the bat and scorched to his half-century off just 26 balls.

Cricket's biggest hitter slugged three sixes and seven boundaries and enthralled everyone with his brute power.

But Symonds' night ended on a worrying note when he left the field late in New Zealand's innings after re-injuring his right ankle.
He initially hurt the joint on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Hobart and took no further part in the match.

Australia was also happy with the form of debutant batsmen Luke Pomersbach (15 off seven) and Adam Voges (26 off 20).

West Australian Pomersbach was told only 30 minutes before play that he was in the team, after Brad Hodge hurt his back in the dressing room and was forced to sit out.

Voges shared in an 80-run stand of just 42 balls with Symonds which turned the game Australia's way.

What is it?? ....a burned chapati in a copper pot?

well we soundly spanked the Kiwis in the one day test on friday, things are looking good!

starts today!

looks like Hogg will get to bowl (there was talk of us playing 4 fast bowlers)

and news from India...

EXCLUSIVE INDIA was plunged into disarray last night when its team management sent an SOS for a fast bowler to rescue an attack in which it has little faith.
The Herald Sun can reveal team management held an emergency meeting on Monday night where captain Anil Kumble called for pace ace Munaf Patel to be drafted into the squad as soon as possible.
In the meeting, bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad expressed concerns at the inability of the right-arm fast bowlers on tour to trouble the gold-plated Australian batting line-up. Prasad also felt Patel, who is still recovering from injury, was the right man for the job.
The strongly built Patel has taken 28 wickets in nine Tests, including the best match figures by an Indian fast bowler on debut: 7-97 against England.
India will today unveil raw beanstalk right-arm quick Ishant Sharma as its third fast bowler in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
But it's understood the tourists have wavering faith in the 19-year-old - as he has played just the two Tests - prompting the plea for a replacement quick.
As India's two key fast bowlers, Zaheer Kahn and R. P. Singh, are both left-armers, the selectors are loath to use Irfan Pathan, who is on tour but is another left-armer.
There are already concerns about Singh, who hasn't played a Test for almost three months, while Zaheer hasn't bowled at full tilt for nearly three weeks.
Young right-arm quick Pankaj Singh is also in the squad but it's felt he is here for development purposes.
There is a chance Patel could arrive in time for next week's second Test at the SCG, but he almost certainly will be here for the third Test in Perth, beginning on January 16.
There are concerns about his recent injury woes, but so desperate is team management it still wants Patel here.
He has worked with Dennis Lillee at the MRF pace factory in Chennai and has modelled his action on Glenn McGrath.
India had hoped right-arm fiery quick Shanth Sreesanth would provide some much-needed grunt and variety, but he is nursing an injured shoulder and is at home.
Kumble was adamant yesterday his team had enough firepower to dismantle the Australians, but privately he is a worried man.

India's fortunes in the series opener will also be heavily dictated by Kumble's own bowling, with the medium-paced leg-spinner set to have a heavy workload on what is likely to be a benign deck.

The tourists have already had a disrupted campaign, with rain washing out all but 48 overs of their three-day warm-up clash against Victoria.

"I think we have done whatever we could. We have got maximum out of the practice facilities and whatever game we could get in the middle," Kumble said.

"We have been playing a lot of Test cricket in the past and I think we are all match-fit.

"The team mood and the spirit is pretty good. It would have been ideal bowling in a match situation but, having said that, they are looking really good.

"The practice match would have certainly helped a few of the bowlers to get into a rhythm and a few of the batsmen to get used to the conditions as well."

Well, just loaded up the esky, the ham, turkey and crays from yesterday are plated up and I'm in peak condition for a big day in front of the teev watching the boxing day test. Heals, and Bill are already crapping on and the aussie openers are on their way to the centre.

See ya once the summer's over.

Great start, but the Indians at work are all smiling this afternoon....

Good days play, certainly much better than the borefest that was the NZ Vs. Bangladesh ODI

Yes, a very interesting day - I think the first day would be a win for the Indians.

well teh commentators were saying that if the aussies got less than 360 it would be an indian win, however, after the 2nd session and teh start of teh 3rd i reckon our tail wagged enough to make it a successful draw!

Handy last wicket stand pulled the Aussies out of deep shit ... the bloody Indians are in good form .

and now that they have batted??????

they been taught a lesson in how to play cricket!

it's hard to see how the aussies couldnt win this game now.

190 in front 10 wickets in hand, 3 days to go.

Aussies declared 499 in front. 2 days to go.

India have been SA-PANKED!

They put a couple of hours of good cricket in tho'.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Aussies declared 499 in front. 2 days to go.

India have been SA-PANKED!

Aussies cheated again.When will it end.Oh the humanity....

When the other teams pull their fucking socks up

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Aussies cheated again

huh? how? care to elaborate?

Oh poor indian captain is hurt!

WOUNDED captain Anil Kumble last night admitted he was dumbfounded over India's inept performance in the first Test and has challenged his team to show greater character in Sydney.

Kumble said he was "hurt" after the tourists were thumped in the first of four Tests and now face a monumental challenge to stay in the series which shifts to the SCG on Wednesday.
The Indians hope the SCG pitch will be more spin friendly and provide greater pace for stroke-making, but Australia is unlikely to change its pace-dominant attack, which intimidated and destroyed the tourists' vaunted batting line-up at the MCG.
"I wish I knew what went wrong," a stunned Kumble said. "It was important that we batted sessions, but our batting didn't stand up.
"People are experienced. It's just probably our mental make-up that we need to adjust and that's something that we will address in the next three or four days.

"Once that is addressed I am sure the batsmen have the skills to counter whatever strategies they (Australia) come up with."
While Australia celebrated last night, India began to contemplate a selection gamble for the New Year's Test after batsmen Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh failed miserably.
Dravid, 34, followed his turgid five off 66 balls in the first innings with 16 off 114 balls yesterday.
The former skipper has struggled for form and there are fears the 116-Test veteran with almost 10,000 Test runs to his credit is burnt-out after a long and decorated career.
Yuvraj, who does not look to be of Test quality, was fired out for a duck and five and is facing the axe -- a move which could allow Virender Sehwag to return.
Sehwag, not even picked in the initial touring party but who made the trip at the last minute, may open at the SCG in place of Dravid, who could slip back to his customary No. 3 spot or into the middle-order.
The tourists struggled to score freely at any stage in Melbourne - a point not lost on Kumble.
"It is a concern. If you are looking to win Test matches, you need to ensure it is a positive and healthy run-rate," he said.

Kumble also admitted India's poor fielding was a worry.
But he said there was little hope of improvement, because several of the team's stars were ageing and were approaching the end of their careers.

but adding Sehwag into the line up is gonna help? I bet he fails miserably also!

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Aussies cheated again

huh? how? care to elaborate?

Nope..

Good.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

huh? how? care to elaborate?

because he knows its bullshit...

Originally Posted by Butch

When the other teams pull their fucking socks up

I bet u say that to all the boys.

don't ya just love a tail that wags.

Symo got a huge slice of luck. That said, the decision against Ponts was the worst I have seen in many a year.

In fact, the umpiring today was horrid. Not a good day at the office for the boys in the middle.

Are you going down to have a looky looky tomorrow william?