Australia Tour of India 2013 |Feb-Mar|

[kubrickian]

Pattison' date=' [b']starc, lyon,doherty should be the bowling attack siddle is too slow and no reverse swing to do anything in india.

No control. Sprays the ball all over the place.

[panther]

NO he has pace and can use reverse swing he will do well in the next few test.

[carnish]

We can't not play a seamer, regardless of the wicket. One dimensional attacks are a huge risk. If 2 front-line spinners can't take you wickets on a spinners deck, then the 3rd one is not going to make that much of a difference. The problem with the first test was we picked Harbhajan over Ojha, which was a big mistake as Ojha has been our best spinner over the past year. If it's a dry pitch with bounce, then the pacemen come into play through reverse swing. The other crucial thing is you change up the rhythm for the batsmen by having a mixture of pace and spin. The way I see it is. Unless your spinner is Shane Warne or Muralitharan or your paceman is Dale Steyn or Wasim Akram, the dynamics of a spin/pace attack to the pitch work as follows: * On pace friendly pitches - the pacemen play an attacking role while the spinners play a more containing role * On spin friendly pitches - the spinners play an attacking role while the pacemen play a containing role. But regardless of the pitch you need a combination of both I feel to have your best chance of taking 20 wickets. Otherwise your bowling attack is just one dimensional.

Exactly My Views.

[Square Drive]

I knew when it was dark and gloomy in the morning that some bad news is coming Australia badly missing a quality spinner. But what a great effort by the debutant :hatsoff:

[G_B_]

India have found a 'settled combination' - Dhoni http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/622704.html?CMP=chrome looks like the same 11 who took to field in chennai will play in Hyderabad..... sad really sad for the likes of Ojha Dhawan and Rahane

[Lord]

gotta feel sad for Ojha n Rahane

[cowboysfan]

I feel its the fatso who is keeping Ojha out of the team,he has done nothing wrong but the fat man wants his bowlers to bat and ojha has touble holding the bat.

[G_B_]

you really need to axe fletcher regardless of what happens in this test series. my biggest nightmare is that we do well, win the series convincingly and fletcher stays on for another 2 years.

[carnish]

Really sad news for Ojha ... Arrogant and Stupid Mentality this is. If you want this combination atleast drop Bhajji and get ojha in.

[diga]

Hope Ojha's career is not destroyed by MSD/Fletcher in desperation to give Jadeja more chances.. MSD seems hellbent on proving his critics wrong about Jadeja than picking a winning team for next few series

[The Dark Horse]

Harbhajan, Ishant, Vijay, Sehwag in the team and he calls it a settled one:giggle:

[kubrickian]

Picking Ojha on Indian wickets is a no brainer. Aussies will be so happy to see him out of the side. Do they seriously think Ishant will be a better bowler than Ojha in Indian conditions against Aussies, whether there is reverse swing or not ? :facepalm:

[cowboysfan]

keep in mind that hyderabad pitch has more bounce,i think it was boult who troubled us.the aussies are going to play the same bowling combination too.

[G_B_]

keep in mind that hyderabad pitch has more bounce' date='i think it was boult who troubled us.the aussies are going to play the same bowling combination too.[/quote'] they will bring doherty for siddle i think

[Needforspeed]

If Dhoni is stupid enough to play the same side in Hyd, he will pay for it. India got away without playing Ojha only becos of some inept Aussie batting and that innings by Dhoni. Dartie sure seems to have some solid connections. He doesn't even look like a Ranji player.

[Number]

What a retard. Unless he gets kicked out of the team along with his daddy Srini from BCCI nothing can go better for Indian Cricket.

[ganeshran]

Kick Mewrali Vijay and Bhajji out of the team :protest:

[putrevus]

This is right combination for second test , If Rahane wanted to be in team as opener he would have done that in domestic cricket when he had a chance but he did not even attempt it. Players need to be given some confidence one failure you are out attitude will not work for new comers. Sehwag knows if he fails in second test he will be gone for good. Ohja after first test against England did very little other than bowling lot of overs. Bhajji like Sehwag will be playing for his career if he fails he will be out for good.

[Lord]

This is right combination for second test ' date= If Rahane wanted to be in team as opener he would have done that in domestic cricket when he had a chance but he did not even attempt it. Players need to be given some confidence one failure you are out attitude will not work for new comers. Sehwag knows if he fails in second test he will be gone for good. Ohja after first test against England did very little other than bowling lot of overs. Bhajji like Sehwag will be playing for his career if he fails he will be out for good.

Rahane is captain of Mumbai??

[King Khan]

And few more remarks from Deano at comment section also proove his new love for BCCI :cantstop:

Sound like you're on the BCCI payroll Dean! "No Ted I am not. But it is OK once in a while to say well done to our Sporting authorities on where our game is heading. India now rule the roost. People just don;t like that no matter how good a job they might be doing. Don't shoot me Ted for BCCI making all of todays money for cricket. If other countries had a problem then they should use their vote at the table. They don't so that tells me they are also OK in the governance in cricket today?" "If India are such the bad guys then why doesn't every Test country just vote them out? India just has one vote at the DRS level. Just vote them out. But they don't? Why? Because maybe other Boards are scared of the BCCI. It is a democracy and people can vote and yet the other Boards don't. So does that make them weak? Well maybe you should not fire rockets at me but fire rockets at todays Boards? By the way I am doing OK. I work for a variety of media outlets and don't rely on the BCCI. Of all people that should be critical of the BCCI then it should be me! Yet I have the courage to say well done to the BCCI. I feel they have done OK. I appreciate your opinions but just because you don't like me, just steal yourself and be honest that the BCCI have done good for cricket since we have gone through a massive GFC!" Australian public is denied radio coverage of a major test series; and can only access TV through pay-TV. Photographers have been excluded also. The cricket boards have a responsibility to promote the game of cricket; not just squeeze more profit. Deano- at least you declared your conflict of interest... "Thanks for your comments. You make some good points but I do disagree with you. CA recently did the same thing about what media they want to promote the game. The same happens in the NFL and NBA. Trust me anyone can use the 3 mins highlights packages that are offered to media outlets. But with the ABC, they just wont pay the fee. That is their choice. Foxsports did as well as many other TV networks around the world. The Aust government has waisted so much money on a lot of things, it should have been a problem to waist a bit more here!" http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/india-the-new-world-provider-for-cricket-20130222-2ex1x.html#ixzz2M0oOLvVd