anil won the toss and is batting, australia has 4 quicks

should be very interesting on this WA pitch

should be a super corker of a game

i woudlnt want to be the indians facing fired up tait and lee

and GOOOOOO SEHWAG!

1) Tait and lee to push each other to 160.

2) an indian to be too slow and get f***ed up when hit by ball.

3) me to laugh.

Hayden not in 3rd test :(

if aussie won the test to become record 17th won.

keep me posted while im at work fellas. I cbf finding scorecards.

The nine backs old logo on tv :D, looks better then it.

2) an indian to be too slow and get f***ed up when hit by ball.

what?

I think he means reaction time to a bouncer.

Lee got 152!

India batting first *YAWN*

i dunno about that ek

we wanna see the aussies bowlers fully ripping it up!

i know what he means alize, since when are the indian batsmen slow?

lee won't go 160, he's got his line and length in

tait will realise just as lee did that all out speed isn't the only aspect of being a pace bowler

Tait is on bowler now :O

first ball - 150km/h. Go taity!

3/18 sucks dogs balls

yer, 3fer already = gaydongs

India dominating this test match,tThere goes the world record :(

Nah we'll still win.

Yeah doubt it. Gonna set the alarm clock from midday tomorrow and sit down with a few beers and watch the australian side CRUMBLE under the pressure.

almost reminds me of adelaide last year....

yeah I've gotta say, it's going to be an interesting few days of cricket, just watching a nice 2 hour highlights package on skysports :D

I hope we do win, but I've got a bad feeling we won't :/

we were behind in sydney too.

It's not the first time the aussies (even in this 16 game run) have failed in the first innings.

But, i'll be glad if india do win, we need someone out there who can challenge us.

yeah we us we us I AM AUSTRALIAN CRICKET REPRESENTING 120KG FROM MY LIVING ROOM

We used to be able to fail batting sometimes, because you could turn around and let Warney and McGrath rip the life out of a batting line up, mix in Brett Lee under less pressure and BAM, Australia would pull out the win.

Now we're stuck with Brett Lee having a lot of pressure to take the wickets because his back up is Clark (yeah no issues there - but he is a first change bowler so the onus is on Lee to get the first breakthrough) and Mitchell Johnson who is developing but not really there yet as a first class test bowler and Tait who, lets be honest, doesn't really know where the ball is going to land once it leaves his hands.... I'd like to see Symonds get asked to bowl his medium pacers, see if he can get that late in swing going with the old ball like he did last summer.

On top of that, the batting line up is carrying Clarke, Ponting and Gilchrist. Gilly for quite a while I might add, his average over the last 3 seasons is 39ish, which isn't enough to get picked for Australia as a batsman - yes he keeps but there are a few Aussies out there waiting in the wings who can keep and bat well, Haddin is at the top of that list.

Oh and a batsman on debut who must know he's only in there for the one test.

all boils down to, the indians bowled really well yesterday and we didnt on the first day

we were lucky to get them for 330

id say we're done, unless our bowlers turn it all around;

Tait who, lets be honest, doesn't really know where the ball is going to land once it leaves his hands....

f***in reckon

is he just some kind of gimmick by the selectors to scare the opposition or something?

its looking a little better - 3/83

Yay! Two quick wickets and the "gimme" night watchman is still out there to slow the scoring.

Don't diss Pathan, dudes scored a test century and has a few 80s under his belt, as well as being used as a top order bastman in one dayers because he can score quickly.

HOLD THE PHONE!!!!!

5 down!

another 5 quick wickets and we're back on!

haha yeah right

dont make me drag up the last cricket thread paveway to remind you of your wrongness and my rightness!

also, please be safe on sunday, i know how delicate and unexperienced you are at bdo things

haha your rightness, your luckyness more like it

i'm a big boy, i'm sure i'll manage

yer, we're going to lose again

Depends, we're not in an awful position if we can dismiss them this afternoon with India leading by about 370...and then put an unbeaten 50 on ourselves.

It's not looking good though, I must say.

yer looking at 375+ to chase in 4th innings.... probably closer to 400

any money on punter for a double ton?

realistically, if we get them our tonight before close of play, we will have 2 full days to get ~400 or so.... plenty of time to get the runs but it all depends on how the batters bat!

^ you could work for channel 9 with all of those obvious comments

any money on punter for a double ton?

Based on his form so far I'm gonna say.... no

BRING BACK THE HAYDOS

edit: Is it just me or is anyone else s***ting themselves watching rogers bat at the moment?

last edited by trog at 19:54:33 18/Jan/08

yer, i was

i dont like him;

ok, we're back in the game

if we chase down this total (plenty of time) we deserve to win 17 in a row

Interesting, from what I've seen the pitch is still pretty good so the chase is very possible, but with 2 early wickets the Aussies aren't looking good.

Chakas, do you even know anything about cricket?

Nope, as a half Indian/half Australian I've never watched the game in my life and have no interest in this contest.

CHAKASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Chakas, do you even know anything about cricket?

Why would you ask that? His comments about cricket haven't made him come off as a noob about it.

Don't worry, it was an inside joke, I'd like to apologise on trog's behalf.

but seriously chakas - have you ever even seen a cricket game before today?

Can someone please ban trog for his drunk posting above?

Edit: Actually vote 1 Chakas for mod 08. I promise swift vengeance and reprisal against my enemies.

last edited by Chakas at 03:04:20 19/Jan/08

will you fix my post limiter?

I feel this forum needs more Spook posting and less deleting of these posts when trog wakes up today.

Kumble just took roy. They are screwed here in.

Good for cricket imo

yeah Gully are turn, looking foward to hit a 6es!

Gillie out, game over.

Imagine if Sydney had gone different (or even drew)...I bet that's what India are thinking.

Australia might not have turned into pussies and started apologising for appealing and every little thing that might upset the fragile indians, bucknor would still be umpiring...

Ponting caught off a no ball, Hussey given out LBW when the ball would've got over the stumps and Symonds given out LBW after chopping it onto his pads.

So is it time to call off the tour unless both umpiries are sacked? anyone know any good stores to buy Bowden effigies from?

Do we get to chuck a spack now cause symmonds and hussey shouldnt have been given out?

Whos up for an effergy burning?

f*** you channel nine, going to the damm news when the game could be over at any point.

gameover man gg johnson he got 50 runs :) we lose

NBN ftw

There were plenty of the same judgement's that fell Australia's way when India was at the crease. Tendulkar LBW was a disgrace also.

exactly, except the difference is Australia wont have a huge cry about it and say the other team arent playing in the spirit of the game, get the umpires changed and generaly have a cry.

No, the media will pronounce Australian cricket dominance to be over, after losing ONE TEST MATCH BY 70SOMETHING RUNS.

One could argue that if you lose something you no longer dominate it or have dominance over it.

battle vs. war etc