Your team for 1st test against Aus.

[Trundler27]

I predict: Warner Cowan Watson Hughes Clarke Khawaja Wade Siddle Pattinson Beer Lyon Come on, we should beat this tripe. Zaheer?

I don't know about Zaheer man..... if he is not fit enough to play the ranji finals then i wouldn't count on him making it for the first test.... dhobi might persist with his policy of playing to 'his' strength and hence giving chawla, jaddu, et al another outing

[cowboysfan]

The aussies have better players of spin than the poms and Ashwin has regressed staggeringly,i am bracing for a white wash.

[Sooda]

Just to be different... Mukund Gambhir Pujara Kohli Rahane Ashwin Saha Bhuvneshwar Yadav Zaheer Ojha Rohit, Nadeem, Shami Ahmed, Vijay

[Vivek.S.123]

Weren't you the one who blamed Fletcher for everything and said Dhoni is the best man? :hmmm:

Sorry Typo

[bharat297]

Mukund Rahane / Sehwag Pujara Tendulkar Kohli R.Sharma Dhoni © Ashwin Shami / B.Kumar / Zaheer (if 100% fit ... we can't have him leaving midway through the match) Ojha Yadav

[diga]

The aussies have better players of spin than the poms and Ashwin has regressed staggeringly' date='i am bracing for a white wash.[/quote'] I think reverse swing will be the key during the dry Feb/March... Series will be decided by the following in that order for me.. 1. Indian batsmen's contribution 2. Aussie bowlers 3. Yadav/Zaheers fitness

[Spiderguy252]

Australia don't have "better players of spin" than England. In hindsight, Cook, Pietersen and Prior scoring runs didn't surprise me. By the same proviso, the only guy I can see scoring runs is Clarke. Cowan and Marsh and Khawaja and people like that are hacks against the turning ball but I suspect someone like Warner might get lucky one innings out of the eight and end up with maybe a 70/80 score.

[Muloghonto]

IIRC Pattinson is out for rest of the Aussie summer. AUS will also probably play this for a starting XI: Cowan Warner Hughes Khwaja Clarke* Watson Wade+ Starc/Johnson Siddle Beer/Hilfenhaus/Bird Lyon

[Spiderguy252]

Clarke should bat at #4 IMO. And they'll play 2 spinners for sure lest they get blown up like the Poms did with Bresnan in test #1 at AMD.

[diga]

Clarke should bat at #4 IMO. And they'll play 2 spinners for sure lest they get blown up like the Poms did with Bresnan in test #1 at AMD.

If watson plays as a batsman, then he will bat #4... Khwaja will play @6. Too many lefties in there.

[jj_28]

Gambhir/Rahane Sehwag Pujara Tendulkar Kohli Tiwary (he can be the perfect no.6 for India) Ashwin Zaheer/Kumar Umesh Ojha

[vamos_rafa]

Gambhir/Rahane Sehwag Pujara Tendulkar Kohli Tiwary (he can be the perfect no.6 for India) Ashwin Zaheer/Kumar Umesh Ojha

No WK?

[diga]

Gambhir/Rahane Sehwag Pujara Tendulkar Kohli Tiwary (he can be the perfect no.6 for India) Ashwin Zaheer/Kumar Umesh Ojha

No WK?

only 10 players there... implied that MSD is the skip/WK

[adi B]

^ Yadav will be fit by the Aus tour. He already is good to go and has started net sessions.

:two_thumbs_up: my team pujara sehwag kohli sachin(terrible form,just final chance) rahane rohit saha ashwin(just bcoz his batting comes handy) ojha yadav zak(since aussies have too many lefties) shami 12th man

[Vivek.S.123]

Is this Duncan Fletcher's last series?

[Lord]

No WK?

Sehwag?that way he wont have to run:hmmm:

[SLICKR392]

Sehwag?that way he wont have to run:hmmm:

:cantstop: And he dives around pretty well.

[Lord]

:cantstop: And he dives around pretty well.

lets not go there:--D

[vamos_rafa]

Sehwag?that way he wont have to run:hmmm:

:hysterical: Sehwag would retire by lunch in the 1st session of 1st day.

[SLICKR392]

:hysterical: Sehwag would retire by lunch in the 1st session of 1st day.

:hysterical: Ashwin can take over as his bowling is crap in Tests. These 2 can shift gloves each session.