Rajasthan Centre of Excellence v Australians

[Ram]

Wow, thats a full strength Aussie batting line-up skittled out for 218, in less than a day, by some random Rajasthan team? Attn Salil: Looks like Katich is gonna open, with Watson at no.6. Great news for India! :yay:

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

Gagan Khoda.,I remember this guy .. he remained in the team for quite a while inspite of failing in all innings. Then he scored a 130 ball 80 against Kenya and got kicked out :haha:

[Donny]

Any play today ?

[Desi Cartman]

91/7 :D http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/indvaus2008/engine/current/match/369454.html

[Chandan]

RCA COE XI : 91/7 Lee and Krejza have taken two each while Clark, Bollinger and Siddle took one each. Bowling analysis is not available though! Interesting that Johnson is wicketless till now, if cricinfo is correct.

[Donny]

B Lee 2/17 from 9 overs SR Clark 1/23 - 9 MG Johnson 0/21 - 8 PM Siddle 1/7 - 6 JJ Krejza 2/12 - 6 DE Bollinger 1/1 - 4

[h4te]

LULZ. their batsmen got PWNED by some random spinner = Aus batsmen will be very low on confidence their bowlers PWNED some random batsmen = Aus bowlers will still won't be that confident so, it's a win for us :D

[Donny]

Excuse my laughter. :regular_smile: All out 122. Bollinger 3/9, Krejza 3/35, Lee 2/17.

[Rajiv]

Krezja is a spinner? Good start for the aussies, although a draw but big margin

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Australian bowlers rip through RCA Australia's bowlers were clinical in routing Rajasthan Cricket Academy's Centre for Excellence for 122 on the final day of their warm-up match in Jaipur. More... RCA Centre of Excellence v Australians, Jaipur, 2nd day Australian bowlers rip through RCA Cricinfo staff September 28, 2008 Australians 218 (Katich 73, Gajendra Singh 5-58) drew with RCA Centre of Excellence 122 (Bollinger 3-9, Krejza 3-35) Scorecard Shane Watson did not bowl, and Mitchell Johnson went wicketless, in the practice match in Jaipur © AFP Australia's batsmen, barring Simon Katich, may have struggled on the first day but their bowlers were clinical in routing Rajasthan Cricket Academy's Centre for Excellence for 122 on the final day of their warm-up match in Jaipur. Five of the six bowlers used, Mitchell Johnson being the exception, picked up wickets and the game was called off after RCA were dismissed about an hour after lunch. Brett Lee and Stuart Clark had picked up a wicket each to reduce RCA to 38 for 2 by stumps on the first day and Lee struck first this morning, trapping the captain Venugopal Rao lbw for 20. Victoria fast bowler Peter Siddle had the other overnight batsman Gagan Khoda caught behind for 33 to reduce RCA to 57 for 4. Offspinner Jason Krejza and left-arm fast bowler Doug Bollinger mopped up the rest of the batsmen. Bollinger finished with figures of 3 for 9 off 9.2 overs while Krejza picked up 3 for 35. The Australians had a practice session after the game was called off. Their next tour match is against a Board President's XI in Hyderabad from October 2 to 5.

[Donny]

Jason Krejza is an off spinner. Was first with NSW but moved to Tasmania as NSW had MacGill, Casson and Hauritz.

[Guest Hiten.]

Jason Krejza is an off spinner. Was first with NSW but moved to Tasmania as NSW had MacGill, Casson and Hauritz.

Can you please give more info about Krejza ? Is he capable of being Aussies spearhead spinner in near future ?

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Jaipur stay a mixed experience Truth be told, the answers to these questions will only be known once the four-Test series gets over, and though, in the final analysis, this week at Jaipur may well amount to nothing, one thing is for sure - it won't be for a lack of effort. More... Australia in India - Jaipur stay a mixed experience Arjun Sen Jaipur, September 28 HAS JAIPUR helped this Australian team understand Indian conditions better? Has the week spent at the Rajasthan Cricket Academy's Centre of Excellence made Ricky Ponting and his boys more than ready to face the challenges the Indians will pose? Truth be told, the answers to these questions will only be known once the four-Test series gets over, and though, in the final analysis, this week at Jaipur may well amount to nothing, one thing is for sure - it won't be for a lack of effort. For, despite the brouhaha that has surrounded the Aussies' presence here, the cricketers have gone on with their work seemingly oblivious to everything else. They made maximum use of the modern facilities that were made available to them by the RCA, right from customised wickets to a video analysis of their day's work, and never backed out from an extra hour's workout under the unrelenting desert sun. A lot of emphasis was paid on rookie spinner Jason Krejza, with assistant coach Greg Chappell often spending most of his time closely watching and analysing the offie's action. The other spinner in the squad, also a rookie, 36-year-old leggie Bryce McGain, didn't turn his arm over too much over the week. The frozen shoulder he suffered while turning out for Australia A hasn't completely recovered and we could have to wait for Hyderabad to see him in action with the senior Australian team. Despite his lack of practice in Jaipur, the Australian team management still regards McGain as the main spinner and will, in all likelihood, play in Bangalore. Krejza, however, did his chances no harm, picking up three wickets against RCA on Sunday . The other two new faces in the squad are pacers Peter Siddle and Doug Bollinger, both of whom were impressive at the nets and the match. Bollinger, in particular, looks like someone who can generate disconcerting bounce at good pace - a potent concoction. His pace and accuracy earned him figures of 9.2-4-9-3 on Sunday, and though the batsmen he was bowling at were not exactly world-class, Bollinger has shown he might have enough to trouble the Indians. Add Bollinger's raw pace to the experienced trio of Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson and you have a pace arsenal that could have ammunition to hurt the Indian line-up. But Jaipur not only solved problems for the Aussies, in fact, it posed a few too. The batsmen, both at training and in the match, were strangely off colour, being bundled for a meagre 218 by a pedestrian RCA attack. But, more than the low score, what would have worried the Aussies is the lack of batting practice Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden - the two mainstays - got. It was precisely for this reason that Chappell organised an almost four-hour long session for his batsmen. This past week in Jaipur, was in many ways, the perfect gestation period for the Australian team ahead of the India series, and Chappell and Co. will be dearly hoping come December 10 and Nagpur, all this hard work leads to a series win.

[Dravid]

^are u capable of going to cricinfo, typing his name in the search box, and reading the god damn info ? as for the 2nd q, wait and watch and decide for yourself. donny is no god