Australian Media Reaction

[flamy]

Forgive them. They dont even deserve the time one would waste in typing a comment.

But, do enjoy their ignominy. :--D

[f.b.m]

As a cricketing journalist, Jon Pierik is pure gold. Not even Mike Brearly could dream of something half as insightful and varied both in thought and in expression. His amazing cricketing acumen is on display here and by default cannot be matched. Not even if Moses started watching cricket. And the Herald Sun is such a high quality newssite that I really envy its cricketing page. The poetry in the headline is a sight to behold but the picture next to it is worth its weight in platinum. A beautiful potrait of the most central figure in the second test match (the Dumble). Here it is:

[flamy]

^^^^^^^ :hysterical::hysterical::haha::cantstop:

[bharat297]

Guys ... why are we complaining about the Aussie media. Every time they try to rile our boys up ... We beat them. It happened after the Sydney test, it happened during the CB series , it happened after the first test ... It was happening even back when Dada was captain. If we wanna keep beating Australia , one of the key components of our winning formula is the mind-numbingly stupid and biased Australian media that keep riling our boys up and throwing their young inexperienced lads right into the lions den. Bring it on. I want India to win this series. More power to the Australian media. God bless those idiots!!!

[punjabi_khota]

Lets win this 3-0. That will be probably lead to few retirements/droppings in the Aussie team.

[Sachinism]

Lets win this 3-0. That will be probably lead to few retirements/droppings in the Aussie team.

Yeh hopefully Ponting keep all of Sachin's records safe :D

[arkay]

Shane Warne: Stars need to shine Stars need to shine Shane Warne October 23, 2008 12:00am NO NEED to sharpen the guillotine or write off any players just yet. Sure, India has had the wood on Australia in their past four Tests, in Perth, Adelaide, Bangalore and now Mohali. The scoreline reads India 2 wins, Australia 0, draws 2. It's not great, but there's no need to panic. Since India toured Australia we blooded some young players against a weak West Indies Test team and won comfortably. But now comes a stern challenge from the Indians, who are always hard to beat in their own back yard, even with the best teams we have sent there. What concerns me is not that we were outplayed, but the way we lost and whether we have the ability to take 20 wickets. India did not allow Australia into the game from the moment it won the toss. When the chips are down and you are challenged as a group and as individuals, the great players and the champions stand up. That's how you separate and define the good teams and individuals from the great ones. Mohali's gone. Deal with it, move on, say well played, carry yourself well and hold your head high. But deep down, use it as motivation and keep the hunger inside alive. Be the man to drag the team along and in the right direction. Be prepared for whatever the opposition throws at you, fight and never give up. Don't be afraid and don't start thinking about negatives and what ifs. No doubts, or you start hoping someone does something. You go into your shell, start looking after your own backside and forget about the team. The boys will fight in the Australian way and come back and compete in Delhi. India can be a wonderful place to play and it took me a while to appreciate the country. I love it now, and they do pizzas. But it can suffocate you, and you can sometimes feel that you have no space. The constant noise, the ribbing of the fans, the attention from the press, interview requests - it feels like it's coming from every angle. This is where experience and calm heads rise to the top, and Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke as leaders will be crucial. Sitting around over a glass and chewing the fat with the team and coming up with some new plans. Talking tactics as a group is important. Also have your own chill-out time. Freshen up the mind for a few days, and then hook into the preparation, mentally and physically. Make sure your plans are right for Indian conditions. Adapting to reverse swing and spin can be difficult, especially when you first come in. You must be sharp. The Indian bowling I saw was first class, and as good as I have seen in Test cricket for a while. The 2005 Ashes was the last time I can remember the bowlers hunting in packs. The Aussie boys will be itching for the Delhi Test. The disagreement between Ponting and Brett Lee has been well reported but the truth is it was a disagreement - nothing more. The skipper would have grabbed Brett after the day's play and sat down and talked it through. They both would have had input and moved on, and probably had a laugh about it. ON another note, I hope St Kilda recruits Ben Cousins and gives him a second chance. The club has a good structure to help him settle back into the groove, and as a supporter I want see the best players playing. Ben would look good in Saints' colours. And his pace through the midfield? Yes please.

[arkay]

Looks to me like a very cool head. It is a shame that he did not get to lead Australia. IMO both Shane Warne and Ravi Shastri were very good tacticians in their teams. Unfortunately both did not get an opportunity to lead their respective countries for a long stint even though they were vice captains for a while

[bharat297]

^Shane Warne def ... I did not get to see a great deal of Shastri

[Predator_05]

Indians dish up curry to Aussies

AS expected, the Australian tail did not wag like ravenous labradors given the run of the Pal factory. Australia went down in a screaming heap in the second test at Mohali. With two tests to go, India has gone one up in the four test series and one suspects more humiliation is on the way for Ricky Ponting and his men. The conventional wisdom is that the cycle has finally turned and Australia’s days at the top are over. The reality is, the Australian XI is facing its toughest rival for many years; an opponent hell-bent on victory. It’s hardly an even contest. The Australian XI is up against 1.3 billion Indians. Even counting Australia’s vast coaching staff, Ponting and the lads are heavily outnumbered. They have entered a world of doctored tracks, dodgy food and questionable tactics. At the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, curator Daljit Singh prepared a track which unfairly tipped the scales in India’s favour from the outset. When the Indians had the pads on it was a docile batsmen’s paradise, but as Hayden and Katich strolled to the middle, the track suddenly turned into a ‘Gabba green top and a vicious, spitting, spinning Old Trafford deck all at once, before calming down again when the Indian batsmen returned to the crease. Some say Daljit is a genius. If so, he’s an evil genius, laughing maniacally while stroking a fluffy cat and pushing the heavy roller back and forth along the pitch. Add to that the fact that the Indians have mastered the dark art of reverse swing. Ever see an Indian bowler with a decent manicure? It doesn’t happen. Most have fingernails like Ming the Merciless. Meanwhile, in the heavily manned slips cordon, the Indian catchers are chomping away on some local breath mint that turns their saliva into silicon. The Indians get the ball reversing around the 15 over mark. Just as the conventional swing from the new ball stops, the ball starts reversing around like mad. It’s hardly fair, given that the Australians shun these crude tactics. When Australia is in the field the only time you see the ball move off the straight is during its gentle, curving trajectory over the boundary rope. On the umpires in this series thus far, I will say nothing except where is Steve Bucknor when you need him? And here’s Australia without a decent leggie since Bryce McGain went off to have a hip replacement and up pops a 25 year old Indian, Amit Mishra, who fizzes them down on a perfect spot and takes five wickets on debut. Surely that kind of precocious talent needs a good, hard examination and there’s no better man for the job than Daryl Hair. If there’s a problem with Mishra’s action - and his figures in this test say there’s got to be - Hair will find it and have him dispatched to Perth, for a battery of tests before he’s allowed to return to the game with a strict warning if he cocks that elbow one more time, he’ll be on the first plane back to Perth to do it all over again. The odds and the numbers are stacked heavily against the Australians. You can’t really expect an even and competitive series when Australia struggles to replace the irreplaceable Glen McGrath while the Indian selectors pluck their very own Glen McGrath out of their backsides. Not only does “Instant Karma†Sharma bowl the same niggardly length and line as the great “Ooh-Aahâ€, he’s got the same nasty temper. What a cheek. Of course, the gangster-slapping off spinner, Harbhajan Singh, has a dreadful track record of openly flouting the laws and spirit of the game. In this series, he seems to have gone a step further, humiliating his Australian counterparts by actually turning the ball off the pitch. Some say there are a few in the Australian XI who have gone a season or two beyond their use by date. Australia’s premier opening batsman, Matt Hayden, now in his dotage, has spared the scorers any repetitive-type wrist injuries in his last four innings. Matt, a great servant of Australian cricket, is finding out that there comes a time in every sporting career when the body just won’t work like it used to. The eyes go first, the muscles don’t twitch so sharply, the feet become leaden and wobble about unhelpfully. It’s why Muhammad Ali doesn’t fight anymore. That and the Parkinson’s. Before you know it, you’re putting out a cookbook and appearing on Dancing with the Stars. While not too long in the tooth as fast bowlers go, Brett Lee only shows a bit of mongrel when he’s arguing with his captain. None of this bodes well for the remainder of the tour. Sadly, we must concede Australia is up against a cold, unrelenting foe who will do whatever it takes, including crushing their opponents, until the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is firmly ensconced in their hands. It’s not all bad news. The Australians can come back and lick their wounds and the cycle will move again as Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman wander off into the sunset. India won’t be on top for long and Australia will meet New Zealand in the Australian summer. But if the Kiwis beat us, we’ll know we’re in trouble. Over to you ... Linky

[cowboysfan]

lol-that was pretty funny.

[anbuchelvan]

Aussies are the moaning B*****ds.it is my friendly batter.:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: