4th Test: Australia v India at Adelaide Jan 24-28, 2012

[beads6]

Good day for the Aussies. Lets hope Punter and Clarke go on with it even more tomorrow.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

The good: Punter and Pup's hundreds. Ashwin being introduced into the attack within the first 5 overs.
The bad: Cowans shot in getting out, Warner being tied down and Sehwags bowling.
The ugly: Shaun Marsh and India's fielding.

 

[typicalfan]

Warner is great but give me Ponting and Clarke at the top of their game anyday. They have had a lot of great partnerships now.

 

[TheParraboy]

I can see another Clarkey triple ton tbh...

Punter wont let this dig pass either

Wouldnt be suprised if both hit 300s really

 

[TheParraboy]

Clarke has hit 5 hundreds in 12 tests as captain, i wonder where all the haters have gone????

Well Fast Eddie has retired, and havent seen Batman returns in months now

 

[typicalfan]

I can see another Clarkey triple ton tbh...

Punter wont let this dig pass either

Wouldnt be suprised if both hit 300s really

Impossible, Clarke or Ponting I doubt will even get to 300, Clarke will declare long before then. Clarke maybe if he goes troppo but Ponting would need to bat another day and a bit, just too long to bat first especially at Adelaide.

 

[RHCP]

What was Warner's innings like?

8 from 23 doesn't sound like he was himself, was he playing differently or just poorly?

 

[Ridders]

What was Warner's innings like?

8 from 23 doesn't sound like he was himself, was he playing differently or just poorly?

Seemed to get bogged down a bit with Ashwin coming into the attack early.

 

[Twizzle]

Impossible, Clarke or Ponting I doubt will even get to 300, Clarke will declare long before then. Clarke maybe if he goes troppo but Ponting would need to bat another day and a bit, just too long to bat first especially at Adelaide.

why would anyone want to declare in the first innings ?

 

[typicalfan]

why would anyone want to declare in the first innings ?

Because you still need to get the opposition out...twice. Clarke sacrificed a record for the sake of the team, he will probably do it again.

 

[Twizzle]

wont happen,

you dont want to be batting on the last couple of days so you need to get the best out of the batting conditions, its pretty rare to declare in the first innings unless you got 550-600

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Talk of triple hundreds is a bit premature. Maybe 200, but triples are rare birds. Sharma and Khan bowled a good spell at the end of the day and proved that the 2nd morning will be a battle. Australia will look to bat for 2 and a half sessions and have India bat tommorow night. You're going to need time to bowl a side out twice on this pitch.

As for Warner, he's not going to score blazing tons, 50s or even twenties every innings.

 

[typicalfan]

wont happen,

you dont want to be batting on the last couple of days so you need to get the best out of the batting conditions, its pretty rare to declare in the first innings unless you got 550-600

They will have that sort of lead by tomorrow as they pick up the pace, 550 won't be enough for either of them to get 300.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

If we bat all day tomorrow we should be 700

 

[Twizzle]

I like the optimism but we'll see

37 degrees again tomorrow

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Why not? 330 odd today they should at least match it tomorrow if they bat the entire day

 

[Twizzle]

not saying it cant happen, just think its a bit optimistic, we really only got these two and Hussey

Haddin is due but out of form, Siddle is good for a few but thats about it.

We dont have the tail we had in the first 3 tests

 

[hineyrulz]

Adelaide has always been a first innings wicket, by the 3rd and 4th innings the pitch takes turn and uneven bounce. We should bat for as long as we can and hope to bowl them out twice. Batting last is always tough.

 

[hineyrulz]

NSW at its finest.

Notice the sharp improvement of the team since he took over?

Australia always much more successful with a Bluebagger at the helm

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Minor blip between bluebaggers

not saying it cant happen, just think its a bit optimistic, we really only got these two and Hussey

Haddin is due but out of form, Siddle is good for a few but thats about it.

We dont have the tail we had in the first 3 tests

Ponting looks much better than he did in Sydney IMO.

Get to 600 odd if somebody is reaching a milestone then bat on if not declare. A declaration would be a nice deflating action but we should grind the f**kers in to the ground