4th Test - Australia v India 24th - 28th of Jan ADELAIDE

[mal]

Duncan Fletcher the Indian coach has now coached teams in 14 Tests against AU in Australia
14 Tests
1 win
13 losses

[stan]

From Australias point of view. The Fast men were terific. Seriously brillant. The way that HilF has come back is sensational. Siddle was great, Harris was good when he came into the side, Pattinson and Starc showed that they will be around in the future and with Cummins to come back we seriously have some fast bowling power.

I thought Lyon struggled, but he did bowl well in Adelaide. It was good to see him get plenty of overs and take a few wickets.

Batting wise, now this is our problem. The top order. Warner goes well and when he does go he is great, but very inconsistant. Cowan is a good honest cricketer who plays his role well. But the combination seems a bit hit and miss at the moment. Marsh needs some time at first class level now to get his feet back. Bring back Khawaja in my opinion for this role.

Haddin was ok with the bat, but his glovework is starting to let him down, I feel that now would be a good time to have Wade in the team.

[CENTURION]

2 good things have come from this recent series, we can now bowl sides out & our tail end batting always saves the day.

[The Dark Knight]

How much money would CA lost this series?
The Sydney test over within 4 days
The Perth test over within 3 days
The Adelaide test went into the 5th day but because it started on a Tues, there was hardly anyone there Tues & Wed then free entry today.

Series was nothing short of boring and a massive anti climax.

seriously????? we were written off before the series started.... we played amazingly... nothing borring bout this series imo....

AGREED!!!

Loved it!! And there was not "hardly anyone there Tues and Wed". 21k and 19k are great crowds!

I loved it, great to see our boys belt the living suitcase out of the Indians.

[The Dark Knight]

Sharma-5wk @ 90.2

[dedja]

And I still didn't see the bastard hold the ball up for getting a 5 for ...

[gadj1976]

Bowling

Hilfenhaus-27wk @ 17.22
Siddle-23wk @ 18.65

India

Bowling

Zaheer-15wk @ 31.8
Yadav-14wk @ 39.35
Ashwin-9wk @ 62.77
Sharma-5wk @ 90.2
Vinay Kumar-1wk @ 73
Sehwag-1wk @ 157
Kohli-0/26

Hilfy and Siddle take 50 wickets between them. India take 45.

[brod]

"I am definitely nearer the end than the beginning, there is no doubt about that," Dravid told Channel Nine. "I haven't made any decision and there is no need to make any decisions now, we're not playing another Test match for seven to eight months so we'll see how it pans out. At my stage in my career it's always about taking it a series at a time and not looking too far ahead, so we'll see what happens."

[brod]

Did anyone know this series was called the 'THUNDER DOWN UNDER' series??? I surely didnt (saw it on cricketarchive.com)

[brod]

I know he didnt play..but did he even watch???

It happens in some series but there is nothing to worry about. We are world champions after all and we will be back in our elements soon," said Harbhajan after the inauguration of his cricket academy.

"It is true that we have not performed well but it happens in cricket. I am sure the team will be back to form soon and give a tough fight to all its opponents," he added.

[dedja]

World champions? ... at what, bullying the ICC and anyone else who gets in their way?

Methinks his turban is a tad too tight.

[brod]

World champions? ... at what, bullying the ICC and anyone else who gets in their way?

Methinks his turban is a tad too tight.

ODI..obviously what rules in India