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

Red wrote:Well he was on a roll because when Maxwell asked him if this attack could have made light work of any batting line-up he replied in the affirmative. Was surpriseed because he's usually a bit of a hard taskmaster.

He saved his vitriol for India describing them as officially a rabble!

Harsh call on the rabble, they would put up more of a fight..

Ganguly's gone right mental at the Indian team. He called all the hype of the past 7-8 years of India being a good overseas team as rubbish and also called for the seniors to consider retirement.

Red wrote:Well he was on a roll because when Maxwell asked him if this attack could have made light work of any batting line-up he replied in the affirmative. Was surpriseed because he's usually a bit of a hard taskmaster.

He saved his vitriol for India describing them as officially a rabble!

Euphoria and adrenalin can make the brain do funny things. While I'm chuffed as hell at the excellent form of the current bowlers, the unit is long way from earning "No 1 attack in the world" status.

skully wrote:The Siddle ball in particular was a peach.........

He's unlike any Indian bowler I can recall. Big, fast, brains & benditability.

Blimey - that second test aganst NZ really does seem like a long time ago doesn't it?

Basil wrote:Blimey - that second test aganst NZ really does seem like a long time ago doesn't it?

Aye and triple aye!!

Awesome performances, no doubt, but they're as changeable as 12 year old schoolgirls: "we be the worstest ever team ever and things"... a month-odd later "Gosh we's the bestest. We's soooo good. Oooh, we'sll beat them Pombos in 18 months".

Not sure we Aus FBers are saying that Dan. I think we are making strides in the right direction. We will watch this space for further developments prior to making any outlandish statements regarding future world standings.

Right now we are rightly no. 4 in the world and have much work to do to improve that ranking.

Basil wrote:Blimey - that second test aganst NZ really does seem like a long time ago doesn't it?

So does the 43 in Cape Town.

G.Wood wrote:It was only going to hit leg stump. He shouldn't be given out unless it will hit all 3 stumps

So, how much has Tendulkar been fined for his show of dissent then?

taipan wrote:

Basil wrote:Blimey - that second test aganst NZ really does seem like a long time ago doesn't it?

So does the 43 in Cape Town.

47 you qunt.

To be fair, I think a lot of the "hype" is about the bowling depth Aust seems to have at the moment. The batting is still a car crash waiting to happen.

skully wrote:Not sure we Aus FBers are saying that Dan. I think we are making strides in the right direction. We will watch this space for further developments prior to making any outlandish statements regarding future world standings.

Right now we are rightly no. 4 in the world and have much work to do to improve that ranking.

Aye, I know, TBF that beat the Poms thing was about KOK.

But, I was actually deriding the defeatist doom-mongering that has occurred since the aftermath of the Ashes, you were never a bad side.

At least Duncan Fletcher has been impartial as a coach. He will have ensured we get equal humiliation by both Ashes rivals. If we lose the 4th test now Fletch will see a side he coaches get whitewashed in Aus a second time surely against Aus all over again. India has been Fletched indeed.

And no I don't expect Dhoni to appeal the test ban at Adelaide. It may actually save him the igominy of leading the side to a second consecutive 4 test whitewash and save him some stress of taking hard calls in the last test. Sehwag may find it easy to make easy decisions, postpone the inevitable and play safe to leave Dhoni to face the board after the tour.

tricycle wrote:Ganguly's gone right mental at the Indian team. He called all the hype of the past 7-8 years of India being a good overseas team as rubbish and also called for the seniors to consider retirement.

Bizarre. He was the first one to scream that seniors should have right to retire on their own when he was pushed out finally. Now he seems to be saying the opposite and acting like it's revenge time especially on Dravid.

Actually it seems more like that WC win has led to an arrogant season that has undone all the hardwork and effort Ganguly/Dravid teams achieved in test cricket for India over a decade. All undone in a mere 3 months. I guess he has a reason to feel disappointed.

Batman wrote:

tricycle wrote:Ganguly's gone right mental at the Indian team. He called all the hype of the past 7-8 years of India being a good overseas team as rubbish and also called for the seniors to consider retirement.

Bizarre. He was the first one to scream that seniors should have right to retire on their own when he was pushed out finally. Now he seems to be saying the opposite and acting like it's revenge time especially on Dravid.

Actually it seems more like that WC win has led to an arrogant season that has undone all the hardwork and effort Ganguly/Dravid teams achieved in test cricket for India over a decade. All undone in a mere 3 months. I guess he has a reason to feel disappointed.

Exactly what I'd expect from Ganguly, the hypocritical qunt.

Basil wrote:

G.Wood wrote:It was only going to hit leg stump. He shouldn't be given out unless it will hit all 3 stumps

So, how much has Tendulkar been fined for his show of dissent then?

Last time they checked he was still sulkily watching replays of the LBWs in the dressingroom. He can't understand why the umpires weren't given the script!

JGK wrote:In that hundred, Clarke dropped a sitter off him when he was barely double figures.

If Clarke had taken that catch, Viru might have been dropped for a while. As it was, I think he got his first 300 soon after.

sehwag got his first 300 in 2004. he got the second one in 2008

congratulations australia. india, well, i dont know what to say. but changes will have to be made

Basil wrote:

G.Wood wrote:It was only going to hit leg stump. He shouldn't be given out unless it will hit all 3 stumps

So, how much has Tendulkar been fined for his show of dissent then?

Was thinking exactly the same Bas, was the clearest show of dissent at an umpires decision you'll ever see.

As for India, their tail this match looked weak and turned out to be so. I know i've been called out on wanting a long tail before but I think people underestimate the effect of the pressure it puts on their own top order and the lift it gives the opposition knowing that although there is currently a partnership 1 wicket can bring 4.

As others have said, Laxman to go and Dravid should get his last test in the next match.

tricycle wrote:Ganguly's gone right mental at the Indian team. He called all the hype of the past 7-8 years of India being a good overseas team as rubbish and also called for the seniors to consider retirement.

They drew in SA & AUS and beat an in transition post 2005 England side. Ganguly is a bit harsh, i'd call India competitive away from home during that period rather than good and dominant at home/competitive away is as good a formula as any to get the no.1 spot.

i dont think you will be getting too many rational thoughts from the indians right now. everyone is just consumed by a mixture of anger and depression

any big decisions on the team need to be taken after the series. but a message needs to be sent on the general direction the team needs to take. sharma has to be picked ahead of laxman at the very least

The joker Rajiv Shukla was at BCCI's comical best again. Crocodile's tears of how BCCI is unhappy with performances but IPL can't be blamed. How IPL ended last May, how Aussie players playing IPL weren't effected etc. He said that BCCI had conveyed to team management to do well in 4th test and in one dayers after. Just figures that a one day win would be sufficient for them to boast. How would any positive result in last test matter now that the horse has bolted the stable? Anshuman Gaekwad recalled in an article recently how a player dived in Deodhar Trophy domestic game to stop a boundary and was repriminded by a fellow player who asked him why he was risking injury before IPL? He was livid as those 2 players are now in Indian team. BCCI has forgotten the causality list at the end of the last IPL and how we send an India B side to play WI as a result. Shukla said that players were not obliged to play every IPL game but then why do they issue diktats to senior sto play and why are IPL bosses adament all top players play all games with BCCI blessings? Its come to the point where youngsters now play for an IPL spot and people play selfishly on field so they can save their fitness for IPL?

Batman wrote:The joker Rajiv Shukla was at BCCI's comical best again. Crocodile's tears of how BCCI is unhappy with performances but IPL can't be blamed. How IPL ended last May, how Aussie players playing IPL weren't effected etc. He said that BCCI had conveyed to team management to do well in 4th test and in one dayers after. Just figures that a one day win would be sufficient for them to boast. How would any positive result in last test matter now that the horse has bolted the stable? Anshuman Gaekwad recalled in an article recently how a player dived in Deodhar Trophy domestic game to stop a boundary and was repriminded by a fellow player who asked him why he was risking injury before IPL? He was livid as those 2 players are now in Indian team. BCCI has forgotten the causality list at the end of the last IPL and how we send an India B side to play WI as a result. Shukla said that players were not obliged to play every IPL game but then why do they issue diktats to senior sto play and why are IPL bosses adament all top players play all games with BCCI blessings? Its come to the point where youngsters now play for an IPL spot and people play selfishly on field so they can save their fitness for IPL?

Aye mate. Nice post. Blimey. Ah went sailing and missed another great test. Ported to the news that the afrikans won the test series against lankans. Well done to them. South africans and english clearly the cream of test cricket today. And what do we 'ave here? Them Indians really forked themselves up now. That was gawdawful. Even a buncha schoolgirls with tampons on would have showed more stomach. Fer cryin' out loud, How did they get to no.1 of cricket not so long ago? A 4-0 result would do the world cup winners lot more good. It would leave no rock of excuses to hide behind now would it for Cricket Indiat? Thot they would show more guts than that. Turns out there was none to talk fer.

JKLever wrote:They drew in SA & AUS and beat an in transition post 2005 England side. Ganguly is a bit harsh, i'd call India competitive away from home during that period rather than good and dominant at home/competitive away is as good a formula as any to get the no.1 spot.

Yes, can't agree with Ganguly about his comments considering their efforts in the past (being competitive away). His commentary is very much like Sky Sports' fanzone.

As for Rajiv Shukla, the thunderqunt better start managing his ministerial duties properly.

roaming_romeo wrote:

Batman wrote:The joker Rajiv Shukla was at BCCI's comical best again. Crocodile's tears of how BCCI is unhappy with performances but IPL can't be blamed. How IPL ended last May, how Aussie players playing IPL weren't effected etc. He said that BCCI had conveyed to team management to do well in 4th test and in one dayers after. Just figures that a one day win would be sufficient for them to boast. How would any positive result in last test matter now that the horse has bolted the stable? Anshuman Gaekwad recalled in an article recently how a player dived in Deodhar Trophy domestic game to stop a boundary and was repriminded by a fellow player who asked him why he was risking injury before IPL? He was livid as those 2 players are now in Indian team. BCCI has forgotten the causality list at the end of the last IPL and how we send an India B side to play WI as a result. Shukla said that players were not obliged to play every IPL game but then why do they issue diktats to senior sto play and why are IPL bosses adament all top players play all games with BCCI blessings? Its come to the point where youngsters now play for an IPL spot and people play selfishly on field so they can save their fitness for IPL?

Aye mate. Nice post. Blimey. Ah went sailing and missed another great test. Ported to the news that the afrikans won the test series against lankans. Well done to them. South africans and english clearly the cream of test cricket today. And what do we 'ave here? Them Indians really forked themselves up now. That was gawdawful. Even a buncha schoolgirls with tampons on would have showed more stomach. Fer cryin' out loud, How did they get to no.1 of cricket not so long ago? A 4-0 result would do the world cup winners lot more good. It would leave no rock of excuses to hide behind now would it for Cricket Indiat? Thot they would show more guts than that. Turns out there was none to talk fer.

Can't disagree on any of those points.....

lardbucket wrote:

Batman wrote:

tricycle wrote:Ganguly's gone right mental at the Indian team. He called all the hype of the past 7-8 years of India being a good overseas team as rubbish and also called for the seniors to consider retirement.

Bizarre. He was the first one to scream that seniors should have right to retire on their own when he was pushed out finally. Now he seems to be saying the opposite and acting like it's revenge time especially on Dravid.

Actually it seems more like that WC win has led to an arrogant season that has undone all the hardwork and effort Ganguly/Dravid teams achieved in test cricket for India over a decade. All undone in a mere 3 months. I guess he has a reason to feel disappointed.

Exactly what I'd expect from Ganguly, the hypocritical qunt.

There's a reason why you'll find him in the forum glossary under Little Bastard.

was this the worst performance ever by a Bannie team?..the non selection of Ashtray for some woeful park trundler began the demise

....the spineless collapse on day 1 (apols to vira tee coli and vvs) ...the dire bowling to the oz (apols to yardarm)...the spineless 2nd innings (apols again to vira tee coli and Jericho)...absolutely nothing from the rest (even tho donut outkept and out batted Haddit)...without looking at the figures I suspect that Siddy Vic alone has outscored the last 4 in the bannie team...

a composite best of team of the bannies and the oz after the 3rd test would look like
Warner (fun but still a GCS)
Cowan (hey... a solid opener - how unfashionable but effective)
Dravid (had a go in several innings and faced no comp from marsh)
Punter (outbatted tlm)
Clarke
Snicket
Donut (outscores and outkept the stubby statue)
Ashtray
Siddle
Patto
Hilf

so on my count just 3 Bannies would make the best of xi and 2 donut and Jericho are there by default...well?