Congrats Australia for winning the first test!

[Bradman99]

^ Well done to your team' date=' mate. The relentless pressure of your pace bowlers was excellent, seems like McDermott has had a real impact with his encouragement of a fuller length.[/quote'] Cheers mate! Yeah, we definately look much better now. Feel bad saying this, but Johnson's injury was such a blessing for us! Pattinson is the one who really excites me, I think we have uncovered a real gem.

[Karan114]

Cheers mate! Yeah, we definately look much better now. Feel bad saying this, but Johnson's injury was such a blessing for us! Pattinson is the one who really excites me, I think we have uncovered a real gem.

True, you don't wish an injury on anyone but its good for Australian cricket that the MJ situation resolved itself in that way. Otherwise he would have been kept getting selected in the hope of that once a year match winning performance. Would have been better for us though :winky: Pattinson is an awesome talent. Him and Cummins is going to be a pair that terrorizes batsmen in the coming years.

[CoverDrive]

I don't understand the panic I seem to see whenever India loses a test match. It's not all doom and gloom, see the positives. The bowling attack of India is one of the best they have had in years, Yadav looks like a real talent, Zaheer is quality, Ishant always seems able to trouble our batsman and Ashwin is a pretty good spinner too. That match was very evenly matched. This is going to be a great series if the 1st test is anything to go by, but Aus are definately favourites from here on.

True Batting from the both sides will be suspect form time to time. India needs to get that batting edge over Aussies and perform better to compensate for Australian bowlers who are more disciplined. DRavid and Sachin and even Laxman will fight it out ( they will not make big 100's but will hit 50's) but the rest Sehwag/Gambhir/Kohli/Rohit/Dhoni need to step up