3rd Test [perth]

[Idol]

Australia announced squad

Australian squad: Ricky Ponting (capt), Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait.

no changes

india playing act now...big news....jaffer scored runs ahahah

[LeFtBehinD]

Hmm thought Hayden was gonna be out. If so David Hussey better get the call up.

[Beef_Taco]

David Hussey doesn't open though? Sounds like Roger's is next in line, was reading an interview with one of the selectors.

[LeFtBehinD]

David Hussey doesn't open though? Sounds like Roger's is next in line, was reading an interview with one of the selectors.

Doesnt matter. Mike Hussey or Clarke could easily open. David is a ****ing star and deserves a spot.

[silicon.rain]

clarke to open and have the brothers in the middle order?! zomg x2 hussey - we cant lose!

[LeFtBehinD]

He'll definitely be in the twenty20 side, he's won the last two VIC games by himself and looks to do so again, currently 42 n.o against SA.

[Catch-22]

roger's name was the only name mentioned on the news tonight as a replacement so I'd guess him

[eko]

sif go past david hussey
the guy is in rare touch atm!

[LeFtBehinD]

Hussey is a god! Another man of the match surely.

50 (37) + he took 1/3 + 2 catches including the match winner. Ill break Hayden's legs now if I have to.

[MagpieMad]

Hussey for P.M. Just let Hussey open the batting and then the bowling! Is their anything he can't do? Oh get selected would be one....those pr***s

[Beef_Taco]

Maybe if he didn't leave WA for your ****ty state he'd have a look in.

[LeFtBehinD]

Aus team confirmed.

http://cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40599
Australian opener Matthew Hayden has failed in his bid to recuperate from a hamstring injury and will be replaced by debutant Chris Rogers for the third Test against India in Perth.

And in other selection news, spinner Brad Hogg has been dropped to make way for paceman Shaun Tait as Australia looks to unleash a pace barrage on the Indians.

[Beef_Taco]

Out with one West Aussie, in with another.

Still no vics, though.

[-Vi2- IriDiuM]

Damn WA being 2 hours behind. I thought i was gonna have plenty of cricket to listen to at work for the next 3 days, but since it probably wont start until 12:30 or so here, thats over half my shift with no cricket. Gay.

[silicon.rain]

is there a website that streams commentary?

[Beef_Taco]

Tv??

[silicon.rain]

work has no TV :(
well... they do have a massive one in front of me but it needs an aerial, hmm maybe I can take my own and convince the supervisor :D

[Beef_Taco]

I meant Iri after work.

[silicon.rain]

I'm working 3pm - 11:30 tomorrow >_<

[Nimrodz]

yeah the delay sux0r.

I knew hogg would be dropped though

[Beef_Taco]

I meant Iri after work.

I'm working 3pm - 11:30 tomorrow >_<

Anyway, just use baggygreen.com.au.

[LeFtBehinD]

pretty sure abc.net.au do web streaming if you really want.

[Dukey]

and so it begins !!
India have won the toss and have elected to bat.

[LeFtBehinD]

From Baggy Green

"I'm a bit like Rogers," recalls Mark Taylor, the former Australia captain, looking nothing like him. "I debuted in Sydney, against West Indies." So nothing like him again then. Bless him.

lol.

[Dukey]

11.29am Wow, I spot... a cricket ball. We have cricket! It's been tossed up by Umpire Buck--- sorry, I mean Billy Bowden, and he's joined by Asid Rauf.

rofl

[M@ndrake]

lol was the start delayed or something? (i just woke up)

[silicon.rain]

perth(noob) time :P

[Dukey]

man if Lee bows another wide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TeAmLeAdEr]

I'm sorry but WHAT THE ****, Lee 3 overs for 22 yet Johnson 2 overs for 4 gets replaced by Clarke, is the man trying to destroy any confidence Johnson might have had.

You can't take a bowler off after two good overs at the start of a test match, if anyone should have been taken off it's Lee.

[Dukey]

gotta have faith in punters tom !!!!

[Pengo]

wicket!! sehwag gone

[TeAmLeAdEr]

Wicket 16.4 Johnson to Sehwag, OUT
V Sehwag c Gilchrist b Johnson 29 (58b 6x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

[TeAmLeAdEr]

Enter Dravid Exit Runs.

OH WICKET - Jaffa gone to Lee again !

[M@ndrake]

24 overs in a session.

aus are using the tactic of not giving the indians any balls to face so they cant make any runs :horse:















on the other hand, less balls means less chance of india getting themselves out lol.

[LeFtBehinD]

I'm sorry but WHAT THE ****, Lee 3 overs for 22 yet Johnson 2 overs for 4 gets replaced by Clarke, is the man trying to destroy any confidence Johnson might have had.

You can't take a bowler off after two good overs at the start of a test match, if anyone should have been taken off it's Lee.

Johnson is a hack. Now way did he deserve a wicket. Clark and Lee beat the outside edge of Sehwag about 10 times each. He got lucky.

24 overs in a session.

aus are using the tactic of not giving the indians any balls to face so they cant make any runs :horse:

You could bowl 50 overs in a session and Dravid will still be on 3 runs at the end of it.

[M@ndrake]

johnson is the same as what lee was when he first started.

fast but innacurate. give him some time and he will be just as good as lee.

[Dukey]

You could bowl 50 overs in a session and Dravid will still be on 3 runs at the end of it.

rofl so true !

[LeFtBehinD]

Tendulkar plum as you get against Symonds and denied. Umps have been told to not give Indians out.

[Dukey]

tendulkar lbw !!!

[Dukey]

Ganguly gone.
what a catch by mr cricket !!

[eko]

man that was not out

that yorker of johnsons on the other hand....

i guess it's evened itself out now.

[silicon.rain]

ZzzZzzZ at Tait..
raw pace is so overrated.

[LeFtBehinD]

FFS Johnson gets the 2nd new ball and is just wasting it with crap bowling. Give it to Clark. He's ranked the best fast bowler in the world for a reason.

[MagpieMad]

6/297 end of day 1. Aust just on top you'd think with the late wickets.

[M@ndrake]

the tendulkar wicket looked a bit dodgy. bit high imo.

great fighting days play. pretty much even stevens one would think.

feel pretty bad for dravid though.

[Dukey]

rofl those 4 wickets fell very very quickly :P
India all out for 330

[M@ndrake]

aus 13/2

havent seen a score like that in a while

pathan u gun

[TeAmLeAdEr]

Hope Hus coming in early this time works.

[Dukey]

hussey gone as well :(
****en hell

[TeAmLeAdEr]

Well that got the same result as last time, apparantly Husseys first duck.

[Idol]

4/44

interesting

[Idol]

5/61

very interesting

[MagpieMad]

5/148 Gilly and Roy smashing them now!

[LeFtBehinD]

Symonds to save Australia yet again!

So should have had Hussey open and David Hussey come into 5th spot. bl to Rogers though.

[Beef_Taco]

Everyone failed. Especially MH at 4 going for a duck. I doubt he would have done much better at the head of the innings.

[MagpieMad]

Symonds now out with Gilly and Lee in. 6/176

[MagpieMad]

You still get the feeling that we will go past 330 though.

[Idol]

You still get the feeling that we will go past 330 though.

8/195

230 if they're lucky

[Nimrodz]

gg the aussie bowlers need to save us this evening.

They must bowl well and get at least 2-3 wickets for us to claw this one back.

[M@ndrake]

very interesting stage in the match atm.

3 whole days left. india has 9 wickets and 180 run lead.

what do they do? make a lead of 450 in a day and give themselves 2days to try and bowl the aussies out - which is risky considering the aussies might well be able to make 450 with a good start on the 4th day.

or do they bat it out and just go for a draw.

[Dukey]

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or do they bat it out and just go for a draw.

thats one thing that u dont wont wanna do with any teams facing aus in this kinda position.
u don't play against Australia hoping for a draw (ie. england last year in the 2nd ashes test or the last test gone by).
Australia of all teams has the one ability to pull one out of their arse :D

[Nimrodz]

they must go for the win!

[MagpieMad]

Hmm Australia under the pump. If the aussies don't get a breakthrough in the 1st hr tomorrow then you can kiss the record goodbye.

[LeFtBehinD]

Everyone failed. Especially MH at 4 going for a duck. I doubt he would have done much better at the head of the innings.

You doubt he would have done better than 0?

[Misguided]

Australia 2.60
Draw 12.00
India 1.68

That draw is almost too tempting. I will have to think this over.

Edit: Im thinking india will be too afraid to lose this from a winning position again. They will pile on the runs and only leave enough time for them to bowl Australia out, not letting Australia even have a chance of winning. Australia being the class team they are shouldnt have to bad innings in a row.

mmmm lots to think about.

[silicon.rain]

they are stupid if they don't go for the win

[Nimrodz]

yeah y draw when u can win, gee wiz if india dont go for the win here they are selling themselves and their fans short. Gona make for some interesting play tomorrow.

[silicon.rain]

zomfg I got tomorrow off work!!!!! this is so good, cricket all day!
But they have us by the balls unfortunately. I was around when Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor were captain but I consider Ponting as the 'captain of my youth' if you know what I mean... and want to see him break that record.

[M@ndrake]

its still very possible that aus can win. u dont get to being the best team in the world for the better part of a decade without having the ability to scrap out a hard win.

3 days is an eternity in cricket, anything can happen.

the match hangs in the balance of the big 5 indians - dravid, tendulkar, sehwag, laxman and ganguly.

[silicon.rain]

its still very possible that aus can win.
not if

Shaun Tait overs: 2 maidens: 0 runs: 15 wickets: 0 economy: 7.50

continues.

lol :F

[ToFu]

they arent that big :P

[Nimrodz]

yes tait's last over last night was terrible. I dunno what they think playing him, im sorry but hes just not had enough practice at this level. Last night the only bowler who bowled really well (considering they need awesome bowling to get back into this game) was Clarke.

[LeFtBehinD]

yes tait's last over last night was terrible. I dunno what they think playing him, im sorry but hes just not had enough practice at this level. Last night the only bowler who bowled really well (considering they need awesome bowling to get back into this game) was Clarke.

FFS its Clark, get it right. There's like 3 of you in this thread that always call him Clarke.

But yeah, I cannot believe he doesnt get the new ball and he's ranked the best fast bowler in the world. Johnson must be blowing Pointing or the Coach cause it makes no sense.


its still very possible that aus can win. u dont get to being the best team in the world for the better part of a decade without having the ability to scrap out a hard win.

3 days is an eternity in cricket, anything can happen.

the match hangs in the balance of the big 5 indians - dravid, tendulkar, sehwag, laxman and ganguly.

Your the most optimistic person here. And you're Indian.

[LeFtBehinD]

Oh Clark what a gem! Sehwag clean bowled!

[Dukey]

yes !!
clark makes an early break after mr cricket dropped a gem :P

EDIT: rofl @ same time LB

[LeFtBehinD]

Dravid gone! Here we go...

Get the little man and we could rip through 'em!

[Dukey]

this just got a little more interesting :D

[TeAmLeAdEr]

SR Tendulkar lbw b Lee 13

Woot.

[TeAmLeAdEr]

SC Ganguly c Clarke b Johnson 0

Woot big wicket.

[silicon.rain]

that was a ****en ripper of a ball to LBW tendulkar

[siege]

pathan out for 46, b clark caught ponting at first slip. 6/160

[Beef_Taco]

We probably need one more wicket and we're deep into the tail.

Cleaned 4 of them up yesturday for 2 runs or something.

[Dukey]

dhoni gone !
what a catch by gilly

[LeFtBehinD]

Symonds the man!

[LeFtBehinD]

CLARKE DROPS ANOTHER CATCH!!! Cut his ****ing hands off already.

[Dukey]

rofl
singh got hit in the ganguly's !!

[Dukey]

412 to win and 2 days play left still :D
def doable

[eko]

man rogers would be feeling the heat right now

im predicting he gets out early for single figures.

[LeFtBehinD]

Langer has been really good in the commentary box. Not the best voice but very insightful.

We should be able to make these runs with 2 whole days left. Just hope we dont lose any wickets tonight.

[MagpieMad]

Nothing like chasing a record score to get a record number of wins. Aussies -bring it on baby!!!!

[Dukey]

sigh

rogers gone.

[LeFtBehinD]

Im calling it now. We'll lose by 200 runs. Every batsman is obsessed with gliding balls into the slips.

[Dukey]

u would think they would realise what they are PLAYING for !!

[LeFtBehinD]

Where the hell was Pathan in the first 2 tests!? He is swinging it like mad away from the lefties.

When you think about it India lost themselves this series. No Pathan or Sehwag till it was over.

[VerT]

Langer has been really good in the commentary box. Not the best voice but very insightful.

was thinking the same thing, some great insight and character... would make a great addition permanently imo

Pathan has played superbly. good to see him back in form, though gotta hate it that it was during this match from an aussie standpoint :P

hopefully punter and huss can put in a good knock each and put us in position to win. looking forward to tomorrow's play.

[MagpieMad]

Last time Pathan played a test he scored a hundred....surely they would just play him on his batting alone. I think he averages 32 with the bat. He did have 2 bad years when he couldnt swing the ball. Now he looms as the danger man.

[Beef_Taco]

Where the hell was Pathan in the first 2 tests!? He is swinging it like mad away from the lefties.

When you think about it India lost themselves this series. No Pathan or Sehwag till it was over.

Bit like England last year playing Giles and Jones instead of Panesar and the other keeper.


What in the hell was Jaques doing? I mean, the ball that took Roger's was a pearler, but Jaques was giving fielding practise.

[silicon.rain]

What in the hell was Jaques doing? I mean, the ball that took Roger's was a pearler, but Jaques was giving fielding practise
Yep, the ball was so far outside the line... terrible shot :(

[Nimrodz]

Its about time that Ponting gets a century I reckon. I predict him and Hussey will bat a huge partnership and from there well we just gotta hope the rest of the batsmans TAKE THEIR TIME!!!

[TeAmLeAdEr]

I thought a pitch was meant to player better the longer the test went, these guys are moving the ball around like a mofo.

[LeFtBehinD]

Hussey gets an LBW above the stumps, Symonds gets an inside edge LBW, therefore the Indians should be labelled as cheaters? Thats how it works yeah?

Id expect Cricket Australia to come out and request the sacking of Asad Rauf for those poor decisions.

[VerT]

Hussey gets an LBW above the stumps, Symonds gets an inside edge LBW, therefore the Indians should be labelled as cheaters? Thats how it works yeah?

Id expect Cricket Australia to come out and request the sacking of Asad Rauf for those poor decisions.
shall we take to the streets? ill bring the effigies you bring the lighter.

[LeFtBehinD]

shall we take to the streets? ill bring the effigies you bring the lighter.

lol, we should. It would be in the true spirit of the game.

[ToFu]

lee pwned lol

[TeAmLeAdEr]

I can't believe he gave hussy out it hit him in the thigh pad ffs.

[LeFtBehinD]

And my new avatar is justified :D

[MagpieMad]

7 down now. Can Clarky make a hundred? And i know where Billy Bowden can shove that crooked finger of his when he gave out Symonds LBW when he clearly hit it.

[eko]

great bit of bowling by kumble to get clark

[LeFtBehinD]

Clarke!!! Its CLARKE!!!!!

[VerT]

ah well, nicely done india. they really did play well.

can't help but wonder how it would have went if those two LBW decisions went the other way though. Tait had a shocker also.

a good match to watch none the less.

[MagpieMad]

Well played umpires well played...

In all seriousness India outplayed the Aussies and were the better team. Our first innings proved costly making only 212.

[Nimrodz]

incredible effort by the tail

[M@ndrake]

good win.

[silicon.rain]

I was listening to the cricket in a taxi on the way to work today and heard the symonds wicket.........

my taxi driver was indian,

worst day of my life! lol