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*Official* VB Series - Australia, India & Zimbabwe
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Sanz
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JONO - I am not upset by the loss, I am upset by the humiliation. His performance on this tour has been a disgrace.
Trsut me there wont by any such riots if he is dropped. He has been a distraction all season. I have been keeping track of his performance since Indian tour of West Indies and I believe his time is over. This guy doesn't have any motivation left and gets low on confidence everytime he gets out. He is a major stumbling block in our plans of future.
Trsut me there wont by any such riots if he is dropped. He has been a distraction all season. I have been keeping track of his performance since Indian tour of West Indies and I believe his time is over. This guy doesn't have any motivation left and gets low on confidence everytime he gets out. He is a major stumbling block in our plans of future.
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Neil Pickup
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I think you're in a minority of about one here.Sanz said:
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Only Dravid did. The others were done in by quality and power in bowling. Not to mention good fielding. Add Ponting's effective plans to that to get rid of Sachin, Sehwag and Laxman. Ganguly couldn't do much, since he was too defensive. If he handled these bowlers the way hw handled Flintoff, he'd be more effective. Compare this with the Indians on the field. What bowling? What fielding? What planning? They were just plain submissive.
Well, that was a little easier than I thought it would be!
After India's top 6 were routed, it was always going to be hard to post 250 or so - but well done to Yuvraj and Agarkar for restoring some respectability in the total.
Once again Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly were tentative, though I thought Laxman looked good for a while.
I felt Williams, Lee, Gillespie and Harvey all bowled very well at times.
Ponting 88 off 80 balls, showing his class again......and well played to Gilly for the flying start, when he left the rate was 8 an over!
Ridiculous decision by Ganguly not to use Pathan with the new ball IMO - the boy has shown he can swing the ball, he has taken 14 wickets in the series, and was coming off a 4 wicket haul in Perth - can someone explain to me the logic in that piece of captaincy?
Anyway, the series is not over yet, good luck to both sides in the 2nd final.
After India's top 6 were routed, it was always going to be hard to post 250 or so - but well done to Yuvraj and Agarkar for restoring some respectability in the total.
Once again Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly were tentative, though I thought Laxman looked good for a while.
I felt Williams, Lee, Gillespie and Harvey all bowled very well at times.
Ponting 88 off 80 balls, showing his class again......and well played to Gilly for the flying start, when he left the rate was 8 an over!
Ridiculous decision by Ganguly not to use Pathan with the new ball IMO - the boy has shown he can swing the ball, he has taken 14 wickets in the series, and was coming off a 4 wicket haul in Perth - can someone explain to me the logic in that piece of captaincy?
Anyway, the series is not over yet, good luck to both sides in the 2nd final.
ReallyCrazy
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The reason pathan didn't get the new ball was because gilchrist and hayden had pummeled him in the other games.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Was Agarkar particularly lethat with the new ball? Balaji had done his job, to some extent. Pathan was using the new ball in Perth to good effect.
What great thing did Yuvraj, far short of Test standard needed here, do to save the team? It was Badani who did something useful, apart from run out a few more batsmen.
And of what use were the 50's? Given batting is the team's strength and bowling a major weakness, especially pace, or the lack of it, that does look useless, doesn't it?
It is surprising, even shocking, that a team with 7 batsmen can't reach 250 runs, even when batting first.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
I agree with Kenny, Pathan should of been given the new ball. Balaji is a young talent but Pathan has shown he can swing, and his confidence was booming after he cleaned up the Zimbabwe top order. It was unlikely that India were going to bowl Australia out anyway, but Pathan could of made a difference.
Regarding India's loss of wickets, it was just brilliant planning by the Australians. Ponting captained well today, no denying that and the Indians looked flat. I believe they will improve on this for Sunday's game.
And Arjun, those two 50's prevented India for being bowled out for 100 and being embarassed even further. It also gave the fans at the MCG (me being one of them) more cricket to watch. I, the Australian fans and hopefully the Indians as well were appreciative of Agarkar and Badani's knock. The ovation Agarkar got when he was finally dismissed was very generous indeed for a man who was made a mockery of only 4 years ago.
Regarding India's loss of wickets, it was just brilliant planning by the Australians. Ponting captained well today, no denying that and the Indians looked flat. I believe they will improve on this for Sunday's game.
And Arjun, those two 50's prevented India for being bowled out for 100 and being embarassed even further. It also gave the fans at the MCG (me being one of them) more cricket to watch. I, the Australian fans and hopefully the Indians as well were appreciative of Agarkar and Badani's knock. The ovation Agarkar got when he was finally dismissed was very generous indeed for a man who was made a mockery of only 4 years ago.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
I'm curious as why they were so defensive at the start, even Sehwag was and that is very very rare. Every game, whether batting first or second, they have come out firing and yet today (or yesterday now) they were very tentative, almost nervous. Whether it was a game plan to not lose wickets (which backfired lol) or whether they were just nervous yet again in a final, despite their experience, I am not sure. But there has to be a logical explanation.
My dad's friend was sitting with the Indian team, and apparently John Wright was very disappointed (as he would be) with the batting performance. As each wicket fell the dressing room was silent.
My dad's friend was sitting with the Indian team, and apparently John Wright was very disappointed (as he would be) with the batting performance. As each wicket fell the dressing room was silent.
I'm sure the Indian players were fighting as hard as they possibly could - I feel that Australia's planning has improved immeasurably, no more of this 7/2 field and bowling outside the off stump........it has made a hell of a difference to see the bowlers attack the stumps/body of the Indian batsman! The length Gillespie, Lee and Williams were bowling today was different........
I think the situation called for some radical thinking by Ganguly - I would have opened with Pathan/Agarkar, and then first change - Kumble!!
Let's face it, he had to bowl Australia out, something left of centre wouldn't have hurt, and Kumble has picked up Hayden a couple of times on tour.
Jono, Sehwag got a pretty good and nasty ball from Gillespie - he was trying to be aggressive I think, but that was just a good ball to get early on.
I think the situation called for some radical thinking by Ganguly - I would have opened with Pathan/Agarkar, and then first change - Kumble!!
Let's face it, he had to bowl Australia out, something left of centre wouldn't have hurt, and Kumble has picked up Hayden a couple of times on tour.
Jono, Sehwag got a pretty good and nasty ball from Gillespie - he was trying to be aggressive I think, but that was just a good ball to get early on.