***Official*** Australia in India 2012/13

[Burgey]

R00 bois start at 6.45pm ftr.

How do you reckon they'll go this year, realitstically?

[Burgey]

Good session for our blokes. Would have taken that I'd reckon. More than a decent clip too.

[benchmark00]

Spot the Tony Abbott supporter.

Pretty hard not to spot them mate. They make up 98% of the population.

[benchmark00]

How do you reckon they'll go this year, realitstically?

Anything less than a perfect season will be a failure itbt.

[uvelocity]

nice session ind22d

[Mr_Ronan]

Sensational start from Australia they are well on top. But these two must gone on with it after lunch because we've seen how quickly our batting can collapse before and we can't afford to waste this start and get rolled for 300.

From a base like this, and with a strong tail, we should be targeting 400+

India must be regretting not selecting Ojha as Harbhajan has looked awful...10 overs 0 for 42 on a track offering a lot of turn and against batsmen who don't play spin that well is woeful.

Warner looked jumpy and a bit rusty early on but has played very well since. He is maturing into a fine player.

[Burgey]

Anything less than a perfect season will be a failure itbt.

Mark it down as a fail then.

FMD you said NSW wouldn't lose a game in any format this season, ****

[benchmark00]

These bois definitely have to make hay. Collapses happen so easily these days.

[benchmark00]

Mark it down as a fail then.

FMD you said NSW wouldn't lose a game in any format this season, ****

Fair call actually, I forgot about that.

[Burgey]

Just been to the beach and stopped off for some shopping. How are we going?

[uvelocity]

AB told warner to 'be there at the end'

[Spikey]

''be there at the end' of lunch ftr. the cook is serving up a killer dessert

[Top_Cat]

what do people think about clarke going up the order in these type of series?

I totally understand he's done his best work at 5, and you want to keep him where he's his most comfortable, but that's generally when he's coming in when the ball's stopped doing as much off the deck. In this type of situation where everyone is going to be starting against the spinners, and the pitch does nothing off the seam, seems like the ideal time for him to come in early with more time to bat, especially when we have a shortened batting lineup for him to work with.

Yeah, that and reckon he'll just go better starting against pace in general these days.

[flibbertyjibber]

Well early observations from a neutral, why is Ojha not playing? Sehwag still can't catch so why bother sticking him at slip (may as well have a guy fielding there with shinpads on) and why when Watson comes out stick the pace man back on? Apart from that Dhoni has done well.

Australia need someone to go BIG here as it looks like batting will only get more difficult as the match goes on, unlikely to be Watson as he will throw it away once he has got past 50 so Warner needs to cash in on his lives and go massive.

One last thing why do the comms persist in talking about Our Ashwin like he is a favourite uncle, never hear them call them Our Dravid or Our Jadeja do you.

[Burgey]

Well early observations from a neutral, why is Ojha not playing? Sehwag still can't catch so why bother sticking him at slip (may as well have a guy fielding there with shinpads on) and why when Watson comes out stick the pace man back on? Apart from that Dhoni has done well.

Australia need someone to go BIG here as it looks like batting will only get more difficult as the match goes on, unlikely to be Watson as he will throw it away once he has got past 50 so Warner needs to cash in on his lives and go massive.

One last thing why do the comms persist in talking about Our Ashwin like he is a favourite uncle, never hear them call them Our Dravid or Our Jadeja do you.

It's because they're ****s, beasically.