They aren't there for nothing

[Cricketics]

R.p Singh Irfan Pathan Ishant Sharma Harbhajan Singh And The Kaptaaan - Anil Kumble They Aren't Their Representing India For Nothing Have Hope.. Whatever We Score.. Don't Think Aussies Will Definately Score 500+ This Bowling Line Up Has Done Wonderz In The Past In This Series, And Shall Continue To Do So Here @ Adelaide Too.. Come On, Have Hope..

[yoda]

laxman scores a 4. :D

[Sachinism]

yeh they better contribute to the innings cricketics, they are actually there to bowl aus out and maybe chip in with a few runs

[Dinx - the Jinx]

i agree wid yo on tat.. we can score in excess of 400.. no worries.. am sure we'll get a 1st innings lead..

[sandeep]

'tics, there's no question of not having hope - the game is balanced at the moment with Oz just in front (IMO anyway). I think a lot of fellow fans are wringing their hands at the missed opportunity to execute the preferred test-winning strategy - pile up a mountain of runs with big hundreds at the top of the order so that the best that the other team can hope for is to save follow-on and the match. Can't blame us fans for wishing that we would set Oz 450 to save follow-on, can you? Especially when Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman and even Sehwag didn't really lose their wickets to great deliveries. Can't really blame Veeru too much, he at least knuckled down, changed his batting approach for the team and tried to get a big innings going.

[Cricketics]

'tics, there's no question of not having hope - the game is balanced at the moment with Oz just in front (IMO anyway). I think a lot of fellow fans are wringing their hands at the missed opportunity to execute the preferred test-winning strategy - pile up a mountain of runs with big hundreds at the top of the order so that the best that the other team can hope for is to save follow-on and the match. Can't blame us fans for wishing that we would set Oz 450 to save follow-on, can you? Especially when Dravid, Ganguly, Laxman and even Sehwag didn't really lose their wickets to great deliveries. Can't really blame Veeru too much, he at least knuckled down, changed his batting approach for the team and tried to get a big innings going.

offcourse, getting 4 big gunz out of 5 on day 1 is what all aus wanted.. and it would be stupid of anyone to say it was not a good day for AUS.. but that said aus would still be looking to break the Tendulkar-Dhoni p'ship early.. thats the p'ship which actually is a threat for the aussies.. this p'ship can set our total to near about 450+ too with tailenders chipping in with runz also..