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I don't think it will be easy for India in Aus.
Did you watch Shaun Marsh-Michael Clarke in the first test first innings? (of course nobody watched the second innings, oru tea saaptu varadhukkuLLa mudinju pOchchu)
Much rests on Zaheer.
Plus their bowling will be stronger when they are back home.
It's never easy in Aus. People are confident because this Aussie team is a pale shadow of what it was 4 years ago.
naan paartha varaikkin, 1999 team than strongest.. 2003 kooda, mcgrath & warne illa...
^Warnie is a non-entity against us..my grip is we have to constantly outbat them unless bowlers come to the fore..in home conditions Mussey will be a beast
It will not be easy - mainly because when Ponting comes to form, he'll come to not ungappan or engappan veettu form but monstrous form. 242.257.209* ipdi sequence adippaan. Plus, they seem to have found decent bowling now. England faced Bad Mitch, Trier Siddle, HoHum Hilfy and injured Bollinger not to mention Beer, Wine, X-Man et al. Now they have unearthed a good fast bowling youngster in Cummins and Lyon is steady, while Copeland is promising. Harris is injured now - means he'll be fit for India tests. So, essentially, England faced a soththai team last year while we get a decent team to face. This is not the same as 1999 team or the 2007 team but it is better than last year. 2003 didn't have a great bowling attack - unfortunately we lost Zaheer so couldn't take advantage. Besides, I will take any win - don't the Aussies still thump the desk in pride of a whitewash against a team that read "Ramesh, Prasad, Agarkar etc"? Varalaaru miga mukkiyam. 100 yearskappuram varum madaiyargalukku Rickyless Australiavai jeyichomnu puriyavA pOgiRadhu? But anyway the genie has been unleashed. India will suffer - pona varusham England kooda form-ukku vandhurukkalAmE, ipdi polamba vechuttAnE Ricky
PR,Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
easynnu sollalaye.. we will do well-nu thaane sonnom.. Zak shd be back by them.. Ishant thaan sariyilla.. PK will also do well in australian conditions.. Ashwin can be handful.. Hope they dont include Bhajji..
Our batting is very strong with all the players in form.. [except the No.6 though..] Out batting advantage neutralise the bowling advantage Aus has... we to got good bowlers though that will be their advantage.. overall an interesting series in the waiting.. and India might come out victorious.. I somehow fel Ricky wont do much against India this time..
Flau, mun-jaameen granted :lol2:
"Now strong India team, had they met the the then weak Aus team would have defeated them as comprehensively as Eng managed to"-nu ungaLaala namba mudinjA sari.
hamid, PK is unlikely to be as good in Aus.
Zaheer and....solradhukkE kashtamA irukku, irundhaalum ivanai thaan nambaNum: Ishanth Sharma.That spell in the Lord's test - innum kaNNukkuLLayE irukku.
That summarises India's plight: "ungaLa thAnE nambaNum"-nu NT Thevar Magan-la "kaLlapArt nadarajan"-ai pArthu sonnA epdi irukkumO, andha mAdhiri irukku namma Ishant-ai pArththu andha dialogue solradhu. Mun jameenO pin jAmeenO, we are not as lucky as England avLO dhaan. PArunga Steyn/Morkel/both will get injured before SA-England series...
Steyn nEthikkE mudhugu vali.
Armour maadhiri edhuvO pOttirukkAn.
Match mudinjadhum avanukku oxygen ellAm kudukkuraaingaLaam.
hmm...athu avan mandaikkulla kuuda illaye.. he is a spoilt star.. ozungaana guide illainu ninaikiren.. and I dont think he will do anything good in Aus.... PK will do well..paarthutte irunga :yes: Ashu also :nambikkai:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
rain :banghead:
fonding formkku vandhadhu andha dheivathukkE porukkala.
oh.. thats bad.. we are going to miss an exciting finish.. :sad:
Anyway, Bryon Coverdale innikku enna solRARu pAppOm. Coverdale on 3rd day - Ponting MUST retire. On 4th day - he he, will Ponting do a Steve Waugh/03? Today? "Ponting the link between present and future of Oz?". I half-wonder if it was a chatterjee article by Coverdale. The comments section were equally full of "I am an indian fan and hate Ponting but I hope Ponting comes through succesful out of this" type counter-chatterjee comments :lol:
The covers are off.. there are still chances of the match..wait..
circinfo surely got the chatterjee bug..they were testing it religiously against Sanga during the test series :)
koot..konja neram aadittu draw'ntaangna kaduppaayirum..
Clarke Gone.. Ponting still at the crease....
sabaas da thambi plander!
Yes, a single handed Ponting-driven win/draw/fighting loss for Australia. Ippo othukkaREn he is a great player - destiny doesn't write these scripts for non-great players
heart in mouths
41.4 Steyn to Ponting, no run, 135.4 kph, comes ever so closer to off stump at 135 kph, but Ponting knows exactly where the off stump his. His visas are stamped, he is leaving in style. Outside the off stump, that is.
41.5 Steyn to Ponting, no run, 134.3 kph, beaten! Just as I type that, Ponting proves that jinxing still works. Having left balls closer to off stump, he thrusts the bat at this one needlessly as it whizzes beside him. The away seam is prodigious enough to miss the edge ...
cricinfo..try harder :rotfl:
Unlike Sachin, Ponting can single-handedly win 4th innings chases against tough opponents. That's what is being proved today...
Plum,
Time fr you to go ad get some sleep.. Ponting is out
If Hussey goes, the match is virtually over.
over bulildup..he is going to tour Engerland :banghead:
Morkel to Ponting, OUT, 136.4 kph, is that the last ball of Ponting's glittering career? It is the end of this innings, and what a strong effort it was. It has ended in rather meek fashion though. Short and pacy from Morkel, wide of off stump and asking to be left. Ponting's been very astute all morning, but this time he goes for a flat-footed cut. The pace of the ball is too much, it takes the edge and flies into the slips. The glint in the eye, the stony gaze, Ponting takes a look at the toe of his bat, which it where it hit, he sees it is over and marches off. No lingering, no theatrics. The handful of people in the ground rise to salute the legend.
Hamid, nandri hai. Phew! This man Ricky will give me a high blood pressure/piles by the time he retires - evLO mukka vENdi irukku :yabba:
Are you sure? If Aus loses this match, it's going to be very difficult for selectors to select him again.Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
^tina :-)
Plum :lol:
niinga mukkunathunaalathaan avan out concept pathi romba pesiyaachu.. so I dont want to get into it
LM,
Injuries to Watson and Marsh, and this half century.. he sure will be in for the next tour at least...
If he plays against New Zealand and India, centuries and/or double centuries will flow from his bat. Who knows 300+ as well! The only hope is he gives up himself now - but fat chance, he is a mongrel up for fight any time. Will not give up.
adapaavigala.. mudive panniteengala.. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
Germaniaaaaa!!!!! Ponting out for 62. Gritty knock. Aus need another 115 runs and 47 overs left in the day's play. Camaan Aus.
Weed back to form :clap::clap::clap:
Endha form aa solringa? :lol2:
Sachin should avoid presiding over the wedding. Weed has been known to blame Sachin for his poor performance when Sachin captained him.
edhu eppo..Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
AF, he planned it well..selectors will think twice before dropping a family man..loled at this line :Bhajji also feels that the time is right for the two to settle down as he’ll get no time during the peak season of cricket,” says a close friend of the cricketer.
Hussey out :-( SA are just 4 wickets away now.
Haddin going for it. 2 4's this last over.
2 more fours. 68 to win..