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Saturday, October 15, 2005

The Super Test Match : Day 3 open thread

I don't know what to make of this....most of the top(5) test teams would probably have done better than this collection of stars. And this is Sydney, the most batting-friendly of all Aus test venues!

As of now...this test looks like heading towards only one direction....and it won't need 6 days to get there. Lets see if RD or Freddie have a different plan when they bat the second time around. As for Aus batting, a minimum lead of 350+ is looming...and beyond that, its hardly likely to matter if World XI bowled well or not.

Open thread for you guys...again looks unlikely for me to catch any action...

posted by worma at 7:01 PM

36 Comments:

  • I saw a re-play... Hayden gets hit on his ass by murali and is giben not-out... then I remember SRT given out when hit on shoulder by McGrath... wish 3rd umpire could decide then...

    By Blogger Unknown, at 21:09  

  • "when did Dravid make runs against Mcgrath or Warne"

    *cough* hello, greatest test of all time?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 21:15  

  • roublen - which test are u referring to. McGrath and Warne were not playing in the 2003-04 test series.

    thanks chapel is spot on

    By Blogger RandomThoughts, at 21:31  

  • eden gardens, 2001. true that I can't remember him scoring against mcgrath in australia.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 21:49  

  • oh yes of course - I stand corrected !

    Aussies are on a roll. Murali and Vettori are not having any impact.

    Oh - Hayden falls - bowled by Harmison

    By Blogger RandomThoughts, at 22:15  

  • yeah the radio commenters were calling it a "knuckle ball". ie. Harmison bowls a yorker slowly and with a bit of movement in the air.

    interesting how baseball techniques might be coming into cricket.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 22:22  

  • yes, but losing now, no one is a permanent fixture in the side for WC 2007. Is there anyone who is a better bet than Dravid?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 22:29  

  • IP hasn't proved himself against quality opposition. There's a chance that if people study him and figure out his swing, IP's performance could drop dramatically.

    MK sucked during the challengers. YS is notoriously streaky and has holes in his technique. VS is probably a sure thing, but iffy commitmment to Chappell's regime of fitness and fielding. As jiet pointed out, he doesn't like balls bounced into his body, and it's possible opponents could exploit that.

    I think Dravid is clearly the best choice to lead, but I could certainly be wrong.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 22:48  

  • if Dravid goes through a big slump, he can be replaced, but I don't think Dravid is more likely than any other player in the side to go through a slump.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 22:50  

  • couldn't agree more, losingnow. The core of a great team is its bowlers. However it's much more true in Tests than onedayers. In onedays, your best bowler can only play 60 balls, your best batsman can play a 120.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:04  

  • gilchrist next:)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:25  

  • almost a duck!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:26  

  • that was a hell of a doosra

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:26  

  • gilchrist can't pick the doosra

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:26  

  • caught and bowled! 4 amazing balls from murali. gilchrist looked utterly clueless.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:27  

  • sorry that was katich.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:29  

  • the doosra looks like a leg-spinner.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:30  

  • didn't seem to be anything special on the ball, just a good ball that gilchrist nicked.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:38  

  • glichrist gone.. and sehwag lifts murali again.. (should be lifting him with his bat in the next series)

    By Blogger Pavan, at 23:38  

  • great ball from murali. it seems that murali and warne both bowl 5-10 km faster than other spinners who turn the ball. How fast is Kumble? 90-95? Anyone know how fast karthik & harbhajan are?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:41  

  • thanks, jiet

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:45  

  • watson always has that cherubic look. he needs to get a big scar on his face or something, his look now isn't going to cut it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 23:59  

  • wow, that was a soft dismissal

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 00:00  

  • interesting no Vettori

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 00:12  

  • watson looks like he's a very orthodox MCC-stytle batsmen.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 00:14  

  • clearly out, I thought.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 00:28  

  • okay, having Mcgrath sent in ahead of you? *That* is an insult

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 00:31  

  • the english player commentators - bob willis and nasser hussain, are really good.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 00:51  

  • yesterday

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 01:04  

  • Did any of you feel Kumble should've been chosen ahead of Vettori? True Vettori has a good record against Australia, but if that argument is to be applied consistently then VVS should have played this Test and not Inzamam!!

    By Blogger Unknown, at 06:13  

  • @sudhakar
    yes i was in favor of AK right from 2 months ago ... DV did fine in ODIs but AK was a must in tests

    By Blogger Gaurav, at 06:27  

  • sudhakar/GK, I also think Kumble should have been chosen ahead of Vittori. But the problem with the WorldXI is their batting and not bowling.

    Let's see how the who's who of world cricket (lara/dravid/kallis/inzi/flintoff) perform the second time around...

    By Blogger Saurabh Wahi, at 08:12  

  • Update duleep Tophy :)

    I dont like this site as musch as most of you . but still sometimes when click there.

    http://www.cricketnext.com/news1/next/veera/veeru043.htm

    Incase you are scared because of viruses/spyware hitting the site here is the text.


    Former Indian leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule will lead the West Zone team in the Duleep Trophy tournament against South Zone, in place of batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, to be played at Vadodara from October 20 to 23.

    After Sachin Tendulkar informed the West Zone selectors about his inavailability to lead the side as he was more keen to attend the India camp at Bangalore, the selectors decided to replace him with Bahutule and also bring in middle order batsman Jacob Martin in place of Sachin, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) joint secretary Lalchand Rajput said.

    Meanwhile, South Zone too have effected two changes as both middle order batsman Y Venugopal Rao and seamer S Sreesanth will be attending the India camp. Karnataka batsman Barrington Rowland and R Jesuraj would be the two replacements.

    Indian middle order batsman V V S Laxman is the captain of the South Zone team.

    By Blogger Pankaj Tripathi, at 11:38  

  • @vijay
    My preferance would be as under
    1.sporitngstremas.com
    2.www.sgstream.com search by the venue.
    3.www.teluguone.com
    (you need a telugu frind at times to get throgh this :) )
    4. WIllow tv. They will have tough time getting this,as this is in India.(but they have history of strinking deals at last minute)
    5.Dish TV incase one has .
    6.Tamiliar audio video
    http://www.tamillivemovies.com/#
    Well I dont like this a lot as it wastes more time in gettign the right link work rather showing the match . though is free at most of the times.
    7.Try our own doordarshan site.
    5 years back i used to wathc the live streaming (huh kept on buffereing) but hte bandwidth has improved these days.
    My be ddnow will have a good news this time.

    By Blogger Pankaj Tripathi, at 11:53  

  • @vijay
    correction :
    Please read point 1 as sportingstrems.com and point 4 as willow.tv.

    jeez... Prem we need a spell check in the blog, or i have to take the typing classes .
    I know your preference will be the latter :)

    By Blogger Pankaj Tripathi, at 11:56  

  • @vijay
    somebody may kill me for this now
    pls read point 1 as:
    http://sportingstreams.com/

    This is for real :)

    By Blogger Pankaj Tripathi, at 12:27  

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