Adelaide Test Pre match and Selection discussion thread

[Needforspeed]

Well if an absolute drubbing gets BCCI to bring in some changes and get the goats (Greatest of All Time) to retire, then let the game be over in one day.

[amiret]

Cowan confident of handing India an 'absolute drubbing'

They have already done that . 3-0 with two Innings Defeats.

[achilles]

Previously, this kind of talk used to be intended for mindgames. These days, the Aussies are pure frustrated with the meek performance and they're trying to fire us up.

[mhr123]

i feel insulted ... saala harami kutriyaa 2-3 match hi khel kaar laambi laambi baate kar raha hai ... saala performance hi itnaa kharab hai ke iske jese G@@@ndu ke zaban bhi khul gayee hai .

[tothepoint]

i feel insulted ... saala harami kutriyaa 2-3 match hi khel kaar laambi laambi baate kar raha hai ... saala performance hi itnaa kharab hai ke iske jese G@@@ndu ke zaban bhi khul gayee hai .

:cantstop:

[Needforspeed]

i feel insulted ... saala harami kutriyaa 2-3 match hi khel kaar laambi laambi baate kar raha hai ... saala performance hi itnaa kharab hai ke iske jese G@@@ndu ke zaban bhi khul gayee hai .

Kya Kerein yaar! Team aise khelegi tho sare Kuthe Bhowkenkge.

[Crookbond]

Sachin Tendulkar to bat in top gear in Adelaide http://bit.ly/w3Vln1

ADELAIDE: In his quest for a 100th international century, Sachin Tendulkar has often lost his wicket to defensive batting but the Indian icon is expected to be in top gear in the fourth and final Test against Australia starting on Tuesday. "He's so charged up he wouldn't rest with just one century. Once he crosses the landmark, he would weigh-in with a big one, possibly a double century," said a team-mate. Tendulkar is a lesser failure than his other teammates on this disastrous tour Down Under where he is averaging 41.50 with 249 runs from six innings. But the wait for the 100th century is getting more agonising by the minute and Australians are bowling as if they couldn't care any less than what Tendulkar does with his broad bat at the other end. Tendulkar is acutely aware he has often hurt his good form by inexplicable lapses into a complete run-denial mode. He owes it to himself to bat in one gear and with complete freedom in the final Test. In the first innings of the Sydney Test, Tendulkar had moved to 20 off 24 balls with four fours. His next 21 runs took him 65 balls. In the very next innings, Tendulkar had made his first eight runs off as many as 42 balls. He shifted gears to raise the next 42 off 48 balls. There was again that inevitable lapse into inactivity and his last 20 came off 43 balls. Sometimes it's been because of a fall of a wicket. Most of the times though it has occurred when Tendulkar nears the end of a session or he is into the final minutes of a day's play. Almost without a fail, his methods have hurt his and his team's cause. In what now surely is his final Test in Australia, Tendulkar owes it to himself to treat fans to the kind of talent which has often drawn comparisons with the incomparable Sir Donald Bradman. More so, since Adelaide has been the home of Don. The wait for his 100th century is now surely weighing on his mind. It's now 10 Tests and 19 innings counting. It's the longest wait ever for a Test century in his 23-year-long, 187-Test-old career. That alone must explain why Tendulkar agreed to be a part of India's one-day set-up which competes in the triangular series next month. Those who know him swear he is bristling with aggression to prove a point before the Australian summer is out. Australians are running riot in the town, beating their chest at how they've claimed him to incoming deliveries or with those which have drawn him wide of his off-stump. They are patting themselves on the back on how their plan to Tendulkar has borne fruit. The little genius is keen to set the record straight. A cricket-mad nation awaits the moment. They want Tendulkar to sour Australian captain Michael Clarke's dream of watching it on a television someday and not while Tendulkar is representing India on Australian soil. Australian coach Mickey Arthur too wishes Tendulkar gets his 100th century -- but only after the present tour is over. It's up to the 38-year-old veteran now to stand up and deliver. It's up to him to ensure that like four previous tours Down Under, he again returns home with at least a century under his belt. For records, Tendulkar has hit six centuries from 16 Tests of four previous tours. In 1992-93, it was hundreds at Sydney and Perth. In 1999-200, it was at Melbourne. In 2003-04, he cracked 241 not out at Sydney. In the last tour in 2008, it was tons at Sydney and Adelaide. There is no better inspiration for him than to remember the final Test of the 2003-04 tour. He was still without a century when the final Test in Sydney beckoned. Almost with an iron will, eschewing the cover drives which had proved his failing, he hammered an unbeaten double century. Tendulkar would wish it happens one last time

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[adi B]

Good post. But remember that Ian Healy never got a farewell. It affected him so much he now spews inane **** for a living (aka he's a channel 9 commentator) These are the risks you take.

:hysterical: omfg! on the risks

[adi B]

hope he plays on a 4th day kanpur track.... thats all i would like to say :--D

[rageaddict]

We will see what he has to say when Australia tour India .

[Needforspeed]

We will see what he has to say when Australia tour India .

When this feckers come here let us prepare dust bowls which will turn from day one and play Ashwin, Ojha and Mishra/ Rahul Sharma. Then Wridhiman Saha can come up with similar statements.

[Haarkarjeetgaye]

what great confidence..the whole world knows it Mr Cowan..stfu and go and bat

[bulbul]

hope he plays on a 4th day kanpur track.... thats all i would like to say :--D

We will see what he has to say when Australia tour India .

When this feckers come here let us prepare dust bowls which will turn from day one and play Ashwin' date=' Ojha and Mishra/ Rahul Sharma. Then Wridhiman Saha can come up with similar statements.[/quote'] Typical... these are the same things suppossedly Kohli and Ishanth told to OZ players during last tests :giggle:

[Old guy]

When this feckers come here let us prepare dust bowls which will turn from day one and play Ashwin' date=' Ojha and Mishra/ Rahul Sharma. Then Wridhiman Saha can come up with similar statements.[/quote'] calm down bro lol whole world knows we are gr8 at home..even if we beat them 4-0 here it wont satisfy me atleast we need to forgetthis thinking meri galli main aaio phir batau ga :P our next target after seniors go hsould be domination away like many people say after world cup people dont have motivator.. this should do the job :P

[Number]

Clarke says anything less than 4-0 will be disappointing. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-australia/top-stories/Anything-less-than-4-0-will-be-disappointing-Michael-Clarke/articleshow/11580799.cms

[rkt.india]

Yadav stands tall amid the rubble Umesh Yadav does not speak English. However, he can bowl fast - for an Indian - and move the ball too. His first press conference in Australia was on the day Michael Hussey had been given out caught behind without having touched the ball. The Australian press was annoyed at the absence of DRS, and wanted answers from anybody who represented India. There was rage in the press box and commentary booths. Yadav had bowled to Ricky Ponting in front of a 70,000-plus Boxing Day crowd with more poise than he fronted up to the press. It didn't help that he has no media training or translators. One of the Indian journalists was asked to translate what he said. Yadav was asked why his side didn't want the DRS. "I don't know," he said. What he meant was he didn't know what to say, but he had frozen. It is credit to the newspapers here that it didn't get reported out of context. The next time Yadav attended a press conference he had taken five wickets at the WACA. But on the same day, India lost four second-innings wickets, which had sealed the fate of the match and the series. Yadav was asked that day was if it felt bad that his maiden five-for was coming in a big defeat, about Sachin Tendulkar's unusual reaction at being given out lbw and other angry questions. On a disastrous tour, Yadav's good days have been overshadowed by other bigger events. Under the shadow of the bigger picture is India's rare positive from this tour. If this whole series was played at Lord's, Yadav would be the only Indian on the honours board. Clearly, he is more at home doing what he does than talking of what he does. Yadav is fit, strong, quick, and gets the ball to swing late. More importantly, he attacks the stumps, and doesn't wait for edges. Eleven of his 21 Test wickets have been bowled. Another has been lbw. Five matches is a short career for a bigger statistical analysis, but it is worth mentioning that he takes a wicket every 39.2 balls. It is not at large odds with his overall first-class strike-rate of 46.8. Attacking the stumps also leaves less control on the run flow, which shows in his economy rate of 4.24 in Tests. This kind of bowling doesn't usually sit well with MS Dhoni, but thankfully, Yadav has been given the licence to bowl quick, and because of his good flowing action he looks the likeliest man to buck the Indian trend of bowlers losing their pace after a good, quick start. Zaheer Khan said of Yadav: "The way he is bowling I am very happy. The way he is taking the responsibility. I think that freedom is important for him. At this age, especially four-five Test matches in, you are allowed to make mistakes. What is important is how you are approaching the game. What attitude you bring to the ground. I am very happy with his attitude. He is a wicket-taker, so that is what his job will be." In other attacks, the mistakes Zaheer spoke about can remain inconspicuous. Yadav, though, is part of an Indian attack that doesn't always complement him with control from the other end. He has also been part of a unit whose plans were dated: they tried to bounce Ponting out at the MCG, which is a throwback to 2009-10. Yadav is hardly a finished article. He can get carried away with the short ball, he was ineffective in Sydney, but already he has shown the best grasp among Indians of what length needs to be bowled on pitches that have helped seam movement and swing. As India look to salvage something in the series, Adelaide promises to be the biggest test in Yadav's short career. The pitch will be flatter, the opposition is on a high, but if the Indian batsmen can finally deliver, Yadav might, for a change, have some cushion to work with. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/550366.html

[rkt.india]

Umesh Yadav finds nothing difficult about fast-bowling Fast-bowlers are apt to be experts at deluding the self, for the constant strain the craft exerts on the body has first to be overcome in the mind. Umesh Yadav appears a candid, open young man; it isn't certain if he is capable of such exquisite deceit. What seems to help the 24-year-old quick run in ball after ball with undimmed energy besides the exceptional physical gifts of a strong core (back and abdomen) and elastic limbs is the air of bustling good cheer about him. The easy thing is to surmise that to Umesh, the son of a coalminer, hard work comes easy, that unspoilt by the good life, he finds nothing difficult about fast-bowling. While that mightn't necessarily be untrue, this much can be said with certainty: where lesser men would have given up, broken, Umesh has risen he has more than matched in effort and skill, the persevering Ishant Sharma and the masterful Zaheer Khan. Bright points There were two pinpoints of brightness in the darkness that was the Perth thrashing. One was Virat Kohli proving, more to himself than anyone else, that he has the game and the gumption to counter the best, within their comfort zone, at the highest level. The other was Umesh putting behind him an alarming dip (in Sydney) to address an old Indian bowling weakness: the lack of penetration between the first and second new balls. India has struggled to shift the lower-order in the past. This trend grew particularly worrisome over the last year, evident in the runs raised after the fall of the fifth wicket. Thrice, England plundered more than 200 (and it didn't even surrender all of its last five wickets); more significantly, India had England at 124 for eight at Trent Bridge before Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann turned the match around. Australia gathered a vital 128 and 98 in Melbourne, including 74 for the last two wickets in the second innings. Only five times in the 15 Tests before Perth had India taken the last five wickets for fewer than 104 runs. India has had to rely on Zaheer, but while the left-armer has done his part with the old ball, he has rarely found wicket-taking support. At the WACA, it was Umesh who led the way. After being knocked off his line and length by David Warner on the first evening, he started the collapse on the second morning. High pace At Melbourne, Umesh had not only bowled at high pace mid to late 140s (kmph), at times crossing the 150 mark he had also got the ball to swing away and on occasion nip back in off the surface. In Perth, Umesh used the easterly breeze to shape the ball into the right-handers through the air the delivery that pierced Ricky Ponting's off-balance drive to detonate middle-stump was first-rate. The odd ball straightened off the seam after angling in, like the beauty that bowled Peter Siddle. Between the two performances, Umesh showed that when he gets it together, he can do most things with a cricket ball, at speeds that severely challenge reaction time. Like the Australian seamers and Zaheer, his threat was enhanced by the fuller length. Australia lost ten wickets for 155 runs at the WACA, the last five for 68, the last two for 26. It was the first time India had managed to remove the lower half for fewer than 70 runs in 10 Tests abroad. Umesh, in his fifth Test, finished with his first five-wicket haul, which included three of the top four and two of the tail. Bowling to the tail has become more difficult in the modern day. The development of protective equipment and the increased emphasis on learning how to bat has meant a greater price has been put on the wickets of numbers eight, nine, ten, and jack. Ben Hilfenhaus has shown one way of doing it, putting away his swingers for spiteful, well-directed bouncers. Ū don't like it at my head, so yeah, said Hilfenhaus' comrade, James Pattinson, when asked if that was the plan to the lower-order. The Australian bowlers (and most around the world) do have more batting skill than their Indians however. So Umesh's responsibility is two-fold. He has the bowling largely covered. Rhythmic His run-up and action are rhythmic, smooth, direct, the only possible risk of injury being the back-leg that splays away to the left before delivery to permit his hip and shoulder to power through (but his body seems used to it). As he admits, he doesn't always have control of his direction, but that should come with repetition and experience. He, and Zaheer and Ishant, will need to maintain their energy and intensity to bowl effectively at the tail workload management and injury prevention will be vital to this, as will the captain's direction, for spread fields dissipate energy. But India's seamers will also need to improve their batting, to ensure their counterparts work as hard as they do. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2821019.ece

[Old guy]

if he can get 1 more 5 wicket haul he will be proven thing tbh compared to find of ishant last time we toured he is a bigger find who has performed much better then ishant of 2008 but since team is losing his performances are going unnoticed

[rkt.india]

Poor Sydney test has hurt his stats on this tour. If you exclude Sydney test he has taken wickets at an average of 22 and SR around 32-33.

[Old guy]

Poor Sydney test has hurt his stats on this tour. If you exclude Sydney test he has taken wickets at an average of 22 and SR around 32-33.

but it helped him a lot mentally and he proved to all of us that he is here to stay bad games happen to every one even the gr8s have them! good thing was same thing was oging to happen in perth but he got 3 wickets and started the collapse of australia people hwo have failed are oldies and who performed are youngsters so future isnt that bad as people make it sound hope he can perform again in adelaide and win it for india it sounds impossible but like ur avatar says hope is life