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

[Twizzle]

so this is what our batting coach does, throwdowns ?

fmd, what's this the U/12s ?

 

[beads6]

Surely he must know himself he is done.. Why can't he just do us a favour and retire gracefully.

 

[aussies1st]

Ah oh no form in the nets time to drop him.

 

[aussies1st]

Cowan, Warner, Marsh, Ponting, Clarke, Hussey, Haddin, Siddle, Pattinson, Lyon, Hilfenhaus, Starc (12th man)

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Siddle and Hilfenhaus in the same team is worrying so let's hope McDermott was able to do something with him

I found the footage

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/27693835/

watch from about 0:48-0:53

So he ISN'T hitting them well in the nets!

 

[lockyno1]

Hope it is a green top, it is our only chance, we might get rolled but we must give our bowlers every advantage!

 

[lockyno1]

No Starc= we have a chance again, even though Hilfenhaus is average.

 

[TheParraboy]

Hope it is a green top, it is our only chance, we might get rolled but we must give our bowlers every advantage!

They are using a drop in pitch, which could mean its a concrete deck, or will be by the time session 2 rolls around on Day 1 :crazy:

 

[Matt23]

They are using a drop in pitch, which could mean its a concrete deck, or will be by the time session 2 rolls around on Day 1 :crazy:

So if India bat first they'll score 600+, oh goody :roll:
F**k drop in pitches and f**k the AFL for insisting they be used.

 

[TheParraboy]

Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Shaun Marsh, 4 Ricky Ponting, 5 Michael Clarke (capt), 6 Michael Hussey, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Peter Siddle, 9 James Pattinson, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus.


http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/546736.html

Christian out, Starc 12h man

 

[lockyno1]

They are using a drop in pitch, which could mean its a concrete deck, or will be by the time session 2 rolls around on Day 1 :crazy:

Grrrr, means it will turn, grrrr:crazy:

 

[African Monkey]

Grrrr, means it will turn, grrrr:crazy:

That won't benefit anybody tbh.

 

[Twizzle]

drop in don't necessarily have to be roads, they can be prepared however the curator chooses to prepare them

 

[Fast Eddie]

Need some green on top of this pitch.

 

[hineyrulz]

Drop in pitches are killing cricket, all they produce are boring low slow wickets with no life in them. f**king AFL!! And now they are doing the same at the Adelaide oval :roll:

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Drop in pitches are killing cricket, all they produce are boring low slow wickets with no life in them. f**king AFL!! And now they are doing the same at the Adelaide oval :roll:

Yeah but Adelaide oval has always been a road, drop in or not it's the soil quality and grass on the ground which has dictated it.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah but Adelaide oval has always been a road, drop in or not it's the soil quality and grass on the ground which has dictated it.

The Adelaide Oval normally did a bit early then flattened out to be a good batting deck. By day 4 and 5 we would see some spin and uneven bounce and normally a result. It was a great cricket wicket. These drop in wickets are normally lifeless from day one and produce boring and dull cricket.

 

[TheParraboy]

drop in don't necessarily have to be roads, they can be prepared however the curator chooses to prepare them

Sure

MCG curator Cameron Hodgkins, however, has provided Christian with a glimmer of hope for Boxing Day, stating that both bowling attacks will require variation to take wickets on what is expected to be a flat drop-in pitch.

"After the new ball has worn and the pitch has flattened out, you tend to need a fair bit of variety to conjure up wickets," he said.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/ed-cowan-tipped-to-make-debut-ahead-of-dan-christian/story-fn67wv6z-1226229719714

 

[The Joker]

so it will be a typical Adelaide road

 

[AlwaysGreen]

so it will be a typical Adelaide road

At the mcg. :crazy:

Australian pitches are anything but roads, especially compared to pitches they dish up in India and bangladesh which give bowlers zero.

Having said that the mcg pitch is the worst in Australia and that's because it's a drop in. Today will be the best day to bowl as there will be a bit of green. After that it will favour batsmen and, as usual, quality bowlers.