1st Test - Australia v India at Melbourne Dec 26-30, 2011

[El Diablo]

someone to do with Pattinson

i think they said Patterson who is someone else

does something or other with the team but his wife had twins who died

 

[El Diablo]

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8395059

Aussie cricketers in black armband tribute
10:40 AEST Mon Dec 26 2011

Australia's cricketers wore black armbands on Monday in the first Test against India at the MCG in remembrance of twin daughters who died due to complications at birth.

Australia team media manager Lachy Patterson and wife Louise are the parents of the babies, Annie and Millie.

 

[roofromoz]

India appealed and the umpire made the mistake? I don't know how that means they cheated.

I agree, it doesn't. I'm going to sound a bit like Tubby Taylor here, but the role of DRS is to weed out the absolute howlers - Hussey and Cowan probably would have stayed, and Haddin probably would have gone if it was in. The umpires are only human and are prone to make mistakes. The technology is not 100% fool proof, granted, but it prevents days like today where we're talking about the dismissals and not so much about Cowan's fantastic debut.

All that said above, if the Indians receive 2 or more similar decisions in this test, or in Sydney or wherever, what odds that they're going to quickly change their tune.

The DRS should be mandatory for any ICC endorsed fixture that receives television coverage, and just be done with it.

 

[Twizzle]

exactly

it should be up to the ICC, not the BCCI

 

[Fast Eddie]

Is it just me or has Clarke been out chopping on quite a bit lately? Probably already been brought up but yeah.

 

[Willow]

Oh, OK well lets definitely not stand up to them.

How about we fix all the matches so they win all the time to keep them happy?

Wanker.

You make it sound like war.

The decisions sucked. That's it. Beyond that, even a wanker deserves to hold an opinion.

 

[Moffo]

How the f**k do we plan to get 10 wickets tomorrow? It isn't going to be pretty unless someone goes nuts. We need cummins and Harris back asap

 

[lockyno1]

Is it just me or has Clarke been out chopping on quite a bit lately? Probably already been brought up but yeah.

Yes, but was very unlucky in my view this time, played it on, the ball did a bit, that is cricket.

As for the game, if we somehow manage to scrape 370, I would say it is a 50/50 game. We must bowl full though, no meat pie bouncers like India did!

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

I don't even know what happened but India are beerhunters
What was the controversy?

 

[JJ]

2 decisions that would almost certainly been reversed by the DRS went against Australia... one decision that almost certainly would have been reversed by the DRS went against India...

Great theatre, enthralling day's test cricket, not really sure what the pages of whinging are about...

I'd prefer to use it, but the Indians have a point - just go back to the recent Aus-NZ series where there were some interesting DRS decisions, and the Ryder one was plain wrong

 

[roofromoz]

http://www.facebook.com/#!/Cricinfo/posts/10150440512092555

If you filter out the kangaroo and curry comments as well karma for what happened in Sydney 4 years ago, there appears to be a small handful of thoughtful comments.

However I loled at one Indian who seemed to repeatedly argue that the reason why us Australians are in no position to say there should be DRS is because Simon Taufel apparently lodged a report with the ICC stating concerns he had with the technology. :roll:

 

[Twizzle]

very small amount, shame they all failed basic grammar

its very difficult to understand what point some of them are trying to make

 

[JJ]

very small amount, shame they all failed basic grammar

its very difficult to understand what point some of them are trying to make

The same is true of much of what's here... it's not a great look...

as above, as an outsider who likes some players on both teams but likes neither team, this was a pretty good day's test cricket...

Yadav looks promising, Cowan was great, and Ponting while a shadow of his former self looked good at times...

I wonder about Warner... he still needs to tighten up a little... Zaheer had one good spell but clearly isn't right, Ishant is a myth... Siddle's a handy cricketer, we'll see how he goes with his real responsibility...


Hussey should be dropped, even if that was unlucky... as I have posted elsewhere in a team that's rebuilding why would you have an overrated 36 year old former opener taking the number 6 spot... surely that's the place that Christian, Smith, Khawaja, Watson or whoever else should be in??? (Watson at 4 or 5, actually, with others sliding down)

 

[_goParra]

Well despite all the hooha about DRS I thought it was an excellent days cricket. Both teams had their moments... Can't wait for day 2

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Australian players, former coaches and even Indian players have called for the DRS. Yadav said he was bemused why BCCI didn't use it, then quickly an Indian official tapped him on the shoulder lol.

 

[TheParraboy]

How the f**k do we plan to get 10 wickets tomorrow? It isn't going to be pretty unless someone goes nuts. We need cummins and Harris back asap

Your right mate, especially if we bat into the tea session.

 

[Mr Angry]

As soon as they work out how to make an effigy of hawkeye, snicko and hot spot, they will accept DRS.

Need to blame/burn something.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

As soon as they work out how to make an effigy of hawkeye, snicko and hot spot, they will accept DRS.

Need to blame/burn something.

Well fmd, there's enough Indians at Uni's across Australia studying engineering. Surely one of them will come up with a better system, no?

 

[aussies1st]

2 decisions that would almost certainly been reversed by the DRS went against Australia... one decision that almost certainly would have been reversed by the DRS went against India...

Great theatre, enthralling day's test cricket, not really sure what the pages of whinging are about...

I'd prefer to use it, but the Indians have a point - just go back to the recent Aus-NZ series where there were some interesting DRS decisions, and the Ryder one was plain wrong

The Ryder one was more through the judgement of the umpire than technology. The ball tracking/camera alignments has shown some interesting calls but if we use it with the judgement of the umpire (need to find competent umpires that can use replays/technology) then this problem should be avoided.

 

[Mr Angry]

Still yet to see a left armer as good as Wasim. Still in awe of his skill.