SA Footy

India won the toss and are batting.

Australia: Hogg in for Tait, Hayden in for Rogers

India: Harbajan in for Jaffer; Pathan to open with Sehwag

For those interested:

"The pitch is expected to aid the fast bowlers for the first hour before settling down into a good batting track."

Big call by Indians to make Pathan open against Lee

Hopefully more interesting than day 1 of the the Adelaide test last summer.

The Pathan experiment paying dividends so far:

India 0/23 off 4

Pathan 15*
Sehwag 4*

blink wrote:The Pathan experiment paying dividends so far:

India 0/23 off 4

Pathan 15*
Sehwag 4*

its the other way around and pathan is out. caught behind off johnson. out for 9 they are 1 for 34

Sorry about that Schimma - baggygreen had the names and scores muddled when I first posted. No matter, Pathan is gone now as you said.

India 1/53 (14.0)

Sehwag 33*
Dravid 6*

23.2 Johnson to Dravid, OUT, caught! Dravid fends at one that pitches around off stump and slants across the right-hander, Dravid fends timidly at it, looking to defend, and the outside edge goes straight to Ponting at second slip for the easiest of catches
R Dravid c Ponting b Johnson 18 (55b 0x4 0x6) SR: 32.72



india 2 for 82

You on cricinfo too Schimma ? The best net coverage around

Johnson with the two wickets...well done Mitchy.

Handy pickup before Lunch..get Satchin cheap and looking Ok...

Anyone know if eskys are still allowed at the cricket at Adelaide Oval? (going for the 1st time in decades)

I do know that bringing in alcohol is banned - but as for bringing in an esky containing water or non-alcoholic products I am not sure of...

I took an esky bag last year with lunch and some water in it (god only knows why I continue to take water to the cricket, it just gets left behind (full) at the end of the day so I don't have the extra weight to carry around the pubs afterwards - am intending to do the same this year.

India 4/171

Thanks guys, looks like it's OK to take a soft cooler esky but no alcohol.

India 4/211

When was the last time an Aussie cricketer bowled in sunnies (As Clarke is doing presently)?

sasquatch wrote:When was the last time an Aussie cricketer bowled in sunnies (As Clarke is doing presently)?

Mark Waugh used to do it all the time...

Gilchrist for **** sake, what a terrible drop. Our fielding has gone to shit recently, far too many dropped catches. That was a sitter.

Hooray Gilly held that one!

Laxman gone. Superb bowling by Lee, he has been amazing since McGrath's retirement, Brett has really stepped up.

Gilly has dropped some sitters lately..

10 overs still to be bowled at 6:00.