Re: Australia v India, 3rd Test, Perth, 13-17 January, 2012

by skully Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:27

tricycle wrote:
Allan D wrote:Highest score by a player making his first Test appearance at the WACA?
Hodge scored a 200, didn't he?

Aye, Hodge's 203* V SAf is the one, I'd reckon.

by skully Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:28

lardbucket wrote:
tricycle wrote:
Allan D wrote:Highest score by a player making his first Test appearance at the WACA?
Hodge scored a 200, didn't he?

That couldn't really have happened

His cement feet were outdone by the drossness of the wicket and the Yarpie bowlers.

by lardbucket Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:29

and a couple of (easy) dropped catches early on

by lardbucket Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:31

skully wrote:That's a damn good comeback by India. It's their session.

So, that's a lead of 85 at lunch on day 2, with 7 wickets in hand. Hopefully we might bat until late tomorrow, leaving ourselves just over two days to bowl India out.

by Allan D Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:33

skully wrote:
tricycle wrote:
Allan D wrote:Highest score by a player making his first Test appearance at the WACA?
Hodge scored a 200, didn't he?
Aye, Hodge's 203* V SAf is the one, I'd reckon.

Yes indeed it is, in December '05. Of course FTB holds the ground record with 380 against the Zimbots in October '03. FTB made 0 on his first appearance here however.

by skully Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:33

Yeah, there's still a Test match win to be fought for here. A quick surrender and a SRT batfest in I2 could see Aus chasing too many on a cracked pitch.

Hopefully TSC, Pup and Paris can grind out another 250 or more and completely demoralise the bannies.

by lardbucket Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:35

No early declarations here I hope ... 2-0 up, plenty of time, no need to open the series up, try to grind the opposition into the dust if at all possible.

by PlanetPakistan Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:36

Excellent pace by this Yadav fellow! Very fine talent.

i am not sure why they are wasting time by playing the other guy who bowls at 125-130 KPH! Should have played the left arm spinner

by skully Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:36

Ball is still darting around a bit. The quality of TSC and Moo's batting disguised the fact very well.

by Allan D Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:38

A combination of circumstances could secure the Bannies an improbable victory but Oz has the advantage of the Bannies failing to field a spinner which should make batting in the 4th innings considerably easier. Also even a mediocre batting performance from here on should still see Oz with a 200 lead on 1st innings which should, by any account, be a winning margin.

by lardbucket Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:41

Henry wrote:Considering they can't sink any lower and have nothing to lose after six straight away test losses, my Indian team would be-

Gambhir
Sehwag(c)
Rahane
Tendulkar
Kohli
Rohit
Dhoni+
Ashwin
Zaheer
Ishant
Yadav

Maybe for the next Test in Adelaide ... although I'm not even sure Sehwag and Dhoni have a future in Tests.

by tricycle Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:43

PlanetPakistan wrote:Excellent pace by this Yadav fellow! Very fine talent.

i am not sure why they are wasting time by playing the other guy who bowls at 125-130 KPH! Should have played the left arm spinner

Praveen Kumar is a good 120+ bowler. Vinay is a bit of a clueless trundler who wouldn't have been in the squad if Aaron had been fit. Ashwin or Ojha, either's better than Vinay.

by PlanetPakistan Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:46

tricycle wrote:
PlanetPakistan wrote:Excellent pace by this Yadav fellow! Very fine talent.

i am not sure why they are wasting time by playing the other guy who bowls at 125-130 KPH! Should have played the left arm spinner
Praveen Kumar is a good 120+ bowler. Vinay is a bit of a clueless trundler who wouldn't have been in the squad if Aaron had been fit. Ashwin or Ojha, either's better than Vinay.

Who is Aaron?

Praveen can swing the ball a bit but surely Yadav will soon be their # 1 bowler. I don't really like Zaheer, not because he doesn't bowl fast but because he is NOT a gutsy cricketer.

by tricycle Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:53

PlanetPakistan wrote:
tricycle wrote:
PlanetPakistan wrote:Excellent pace by this Yadav fellow! Very fine talent.

i am not sure why they are wasting time by playing the other guy who bowls at 125-130 KPH! Should have played the left arm spinner
Praveen Kumar is a good 120+ bowler. Vinay is a bit of a clueless trundler who wouldn't have been in the squad if Aaron had been fit. Ashwin or Ojha, either's better than Vinay.
Who is Aaron?

Praveen can swing the ball a bit but surely Yadav will soon be their # 1 bowler. I don't really like Zaheer, not because he doesn't bowl fast but because he is NOT a gutsy cricketer.

Varun Aaron, India's other fast bowler. Bowls around the same pace as Yadav but not as good yet. Zaheer's still way more than a decent bowler and by far the best, no question of dropping him (regardless of fielding or batting).

by lardbucket Sat 14 Jan 2012, 04:54

Zaheer's batting certainly smacks of an unwillingness to put his body on the line. The square leg umpire must have felt crowded a few times during Zaheer's brief innings yesterday ... lots of retreating and flailing.