Re: Australia v India, 2nd Test, Sydney, 3-7 January, 2012 (II)

by lardbucket Fri 06 Jan 2012, 10:42

lardbucket wrote:... throw the new blokes to the wolves in Perth?

sorry, this was in response to Trev's suggestion of Rahane and Sharma for Dravid and Laxman ... I've only just seen the post detailing Pattinson's injury

by lardbucket Fri 06 Jan 2012, 10:43

JGK wrote:Wattomtapped

sounds disgusting

by JGK Fri 06 Jan 2012, 10:50

Stoopid iPad....

by Red Fri 06 Jan 2012, 10:51

skully wrote:Plenty of milestones in the milestone 100th SCG Test.

Pup's highest score
Pup achieving highest ever score at SCG
Pup making highest ever score by a captain on Aus soil
Pup and Punt breaking their own 4th wicket partnership record v India
Pup and Paris breaking 5th wicket record v India
Cot took his 100th Test wicket and 200th FC wicket
SRT didn't score his 100th international 100.

Feel free to add.

Plenty of bowlers brought up tons. Smile

by lardbucket Fri 06 Jan 2012, 10:55

Worst match ever from a keeper in a winning team?

by Brass Monkey Fri 06 Jan 2012, 11:13

Henry wrote:They wont do it, but they should consider throwing all their young batsmen into the team, and leaving out Dravid and Laxman. Great players? Yes. Getting old? Yes. As good as they used to be? No. In form? No.

Rahul Dravid: Averaging 52 in his last 20 Tests. 7 Centuries. 5 Half-Centuries.

Rahul Dravid: Last 10 innings: 146*, 54, 31, 119, 82, 33, 68, 10, 5, 29

I mean, are you kidding me? Really? Are you being serious at this juncture? Absolutely incredible. Really.

by Brass Monkey Fri 06 Jan 2012, 11:17

Nath wrote:Pattinson out for the series Starc into the squad for Perth

Shame and double-shame. OP out, which is the hammer blow. But then Mini-Midge back in the squad. What about Rhino!

by Fred Nerk Fri 06 Jan 2012, 11:25

There wouldn't have been too many times a team lost one wicket whist scoring over 600 runs.

by PeterCS Fri 06 Jan 2012, 11:38

Handy win for the rebuilding Oz.

by Guest Fri 06 Jan 2012, 12:10

Are there any other Aus wicket keepers waiting in the wings?

Obviously I'd love Hadden to still be there next year though.

by G.Wood Fri 06 Jan 2012, 12:28

Tim Paine is the annointed replacement but is out injured. Matthew Wade is also pretty good and a shed load better than Haddin. But they won't pick him in case he does well which would mean they won't be able to get Paine in when fit.

I mean it is only India we are playing - we can probably carry a dud keeper

by Guest Fri 06 Jan 2012, 12:56

Apparently so! God knows what the score would have been had your keeper been able to keep.

by Red Fri 06 Jan 2012, 13:00

All this waiting for Paine is silly because there is some chance his career is in jeopardy due to the finger injury. He's the anointed one but Wade is pretty good with the bat and gloves as well. He should be given a go and if Paine is fit again he should be promoted on merit.

by Brass Monkey Fri 06 Jan 2012, 13:24

Trev, Dravid, WHAT?

by JGK Fri 06 Jan 2012, 13:39

Press reports are suggesting that Patto was going to be rested anyway at Perth so he's really only missing "one" test.

I think they may well going in with 4 quicks and leave any spin to Clarke.

by furriner Fri 06 Jan 2012, 14:36

taipan wrote:India look farked for the foreseeable future.

Word.

by OP Tipping Fri 06 Jan 2012, 17:10

Clarke should be dropped for letting Inja get 400 in the second dig...

by Mick Sawyer Fri 06 Jan 2012, 19:39

Henry wrote:So the first time in his career that a few things don't go his way and he takes 1-100, Pattinson sooks off out of the series with an injury........

twat

by Mick Sawyer Fri 06 Jan 2012, 19:44

Brass Monkey wrote:Trev, Dravid, WHAT?

Another inconvenient truth he's been slapped with. Trev has sooked off to the corner of his room, stroking his todger and sucking his thumb.

by G.Wood Fri 06 Jan 2012, 21:57

Mick Sawyer wrote: Trev has sooked off to the corner of his room, stroking his todger and sucking his thumb.

I bet he tried the reverse first

by PeterCS Fri 06 Jan 2012, 22:00

Touching his stroker and thumbing his sucker?

by Zat Fri 06 Jan 2012, 22:15

by Zat Fri 06 Jan 2012, 22:17

Big Dog wrote:
tricycle wrote:
skully wrote:Plenty of milestones in the milestone 100th SCG Test.

Pup's highest score
Pup achieving highest ever score at SCG
Pup making highest ever score by a captain on Aus soil
Pup and Punt breaking their own 4th wicket partnership record v India
Pup and Paris breaking 5th wicket record v India
Cot took his 100th Test wicket and 200th FC wicket
SRT didn't score his 100th international 100.

Feel free to add.
BCCI gleefully publishes this
http://www.bcci.tv/bcci/bccitv/index/viewarticle?article=/media/releases/content/4f05654f33669.html

India can take some solace from the fact that on the 24 previous occasions that a batsman has scored a triple hundred, his team has gone on to win the Test only eight times. This gives Australia only a 33.33 percent chances of forcing a win

A little bit of wishfull thinking there.

Love it!

by Fred Nerk Fri 06 Jan 2012, 23:21

The Age is building an unfortunate reputation for excruciating, laboured, obscure headlines on the front of its Sport section but today's 'Who mastered the Little Master? CLARKE, OF COURSE!!' sets a new low for ham-fisted lack of wit.

(Did any paper go for 'taking the mickey' after MH and MC's stand?)

by PeterCS Fri 06 Jan 2012, 23:36

Just be grateful your skipper is not Michael Bates.

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