***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

[adub]

In the buckets, but short odds you'll hear the squeals for months.

 

[Johnners]

(y) Moobs

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Had to be Siddle.

 

[inbox24]

VVS Latchman.

 

[Burgey]

VVS and both his chins at the crease.

 

[Debris]

Another test another no 100 for Tendulkar.

Happy he did not get it here. It's a bit of a empty statistic but if he is going to get it, I want him to get it in a match that matters. Not in a dead match on a road like this.

 

[Top_Cat]

Big area of improvement for Siddle has been how early he's getting his wickets. Not many sighters these days and I'd be interested in how many of his wickets have come within the first couple overs of any of his spells, new ball or old.

 

[Furball]

There's a difference between being really bad and inconsistent. Brisbane in 2010 was pretty poor...we struggled to consistently bowl in the right areas game after game though. This is the key thing that has changed recently in my opinion. Put it in the right spots often enough and, amazingly, you'll get wickets. As a bowler myself, I found Australia's performance with the ball in the two years prior to this summer incredibly frustrating to watch.

And I'm not saying we didn't have problems with our batting, as we obviously did. But our batting being poor doesn't make the way we bowled ok. I'd say almost every single defeat during the same period featured inconsistent bowling that struggled to take wickets consistently. You're basically saying that if we get bowled out for 100 and then bowl a team out for 500 then bowling isn't the problem. It is, but so is our batting.

This is why we struggled to win matches over the last two years. Our batting still has some way to go now, but our bowling looks much, much better. The fact of the matter is our bowling has improved a lot in the last couple of months - we haven't just kept bowling the same **** we were before and all of a sudden we're bowling teams out and winning games. Why we weren't hitting the right areas before is anyone's guess.

cbf checking but I don't remember many instances of you guys giving up 400+. The bowling unit is without doubt better now, something McDermott deserves huge credit for.

Daniel Brettig: How Craig McDermott has got Australia's bowlers to pitch it up | Specials | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Spark]

Twice we've condeded 400 or more.. One at Sydney, on a flat deck, and once at the SSC, on the... well, SSC.

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Do hope Laxman makes a few here, just for nostalgia's sake.

 

[adub]

Happy he did not get it here. It's a bit of a empty statistic but if he is going to get it, I want him to get it in a match that matters. Not in a dead match on a road like this.

It was always going to come in a meaningless ODI I reckon. Money's on India v SL at Hobart.

 

[Johnners]

Happy he did not get it here. It's a bit of a empty statistic but if he is going to get it, I want him to get it in a match that matters. Not in a dead match on a road like this.

Still a chance in a 2nd innings tbh

 

[Furball]

Big area of improvement for Siddle has been how early he's getting his wickets. Not many sighters these days and I'd be interested in how many of his wickets have come within the first couple overs of any of his spells, new ball or old.

Siddle, without question, is the bowler I fear the most for 2013.

 

[Furball]

Twice we've condeded 400 or more.. One at Sydney, on a flat deck, and once at the SSC, on the... well, SSC.

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Do hope Laxman makes a few here, just for nostalgia's sake.

Talking about 2009-Ashes.

 

[Top_Cat]

Not to mention, how many of the times did the bowling attack give up 400+ on the back of <200 by their own batters?

I'm with Ginger****ball, the bowling's been manful, sometimes brilliant, but the lack of winning by the team in the past few years has been more on the backs of the bats than the bowlers.

 

[hazsa19]

We bowled without a plan, with a 'leader of the attack' for whom no plan other than '**** gets wickets' could be set with any confidence of being followed. No question that the batting was often terrible, but that doesn't forgive the utter brainlessness of our bowling much of the time.

The difference from pre-SL to now is stark. You can see where the bowlers are targeting, this is being supported by the fields set, and we're looking to shut down the scoring and attack the stumps and driving length consistently. As Burgey said we're hunting as a pack. Before each bowler looked like they were just running in and bowling a random ball with no relation to what they bowled last ball, or what's going on at the other end. (unless it was consistently short ****)

No chance. Australia and every other cricket team have known about the 'corridor of uncertainty' for donkeys years. Bowling in the right areas, attacking the stumps etc.

Also, there were obviously plans. You actually think Australia just forgot to make plans after 2007/2008?

The difference is simple. They got rid of MJ and brought in Pattinson/Harris/Cummins. A 3 man pace attack can't function if you rely on a 'matchwinner' who wins a match every other year.

 

[Spark]

Siddle, without question, is the bowler I fear the most for 2013.

Gambhir bounced out at Adelaide? Tee hee. Siddle (y)

 

[adub]

Gambhired?

 

[Contra]

damn.. unlucky twice in a row now GG.

 

[Jayzamann]

"Real trier"

"Bowling his hear out"

I wonder how many other cliches they can fit in one single breath?

 

[Sylvester]

Gambhir done by another shortie.