DesiChap Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Slow pitch for India’s warm-up tie Melbourne: A weak opponent and a familiar pitch is not an ideal preparation before the gruelling series against Australia, but India will have to contend with that when they take on Victoria in their lone pre-Test warm-up game here on Thursday. The pitch at Junction Oval here is expected to stay low and slow during the three-day practice tie as it has been the case back home. Besides, Victoria are likely to field a stingless attack and a modest batting but for stand-in captain David Hussey. It will mean poor preparation for Anil Kumble’s men ahead of the Boxing Day Test. India have won just four of the 32 Tests in nearly six decades of visit to the Australian shores and are yet to claim a Test series win here. India are expected to field their likely Test XI, which means that Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Pankaj Singh and Irfan Pathan may remain on the bench. It will be interesting to see whether Rahul Dravid comes out to open on Thursday. TEAMS Victoria (from): David Hussey (captain), Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Nick Jewell, Michael Klinger, Andrew McDonald, Bryce McGain, Robert Quincy, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade, Allan Wise. India (from): Anil Kumble (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, V.V.S. Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, R.P. Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Pankaj Singh. (PTI) http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071220/asp/sports/story_8689845.asp Link to comment
zubinpepsi Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 what time the match starts? Link to comment
Sachinism Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 match starts 45 mins from now weather forecast says rain :( Link to comment
prince40 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 what is star cricket? i see all my cricket ONLINE :giggle::D hey dude im in cali too and am going to watching the test matches online, but the match vs victoria, how the hell did u get it!!! Link to comment
Guest BossBhai Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 -- Removed on request of the user -- Link to comment
Sachinism Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 sucks dont wanna stay awake waiting for it to start Link to comment
Online Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 they're showing some sachin interview - recording it - though in patches. does ICF have some common a/c to upload to youtube? Link to comment
Guest BossBhai Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 -- Removed on request of the user -- Link to comment
Online Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 The good news flowing in is that, match is scheduled to begin at 02:30 AM GMT. Indians have won the toss and chose to bat Link to comment
apocalypse Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 New banner is good Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Boyz be happy I can see the sun shining & there are no clouds around.:yay: Link to comment
Prudent Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Dhoni wins the toss and will bowl first Link to comment
Online Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 karthik dropped Rahul Dravid to open so Khaleej times was right kumble and bhajji resting pankaj singh to play ishant to open bowling Link to comment
apocalypse Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Dhoni wins the toss and will bowl first Team Information: We have news flowing in and that does not look great for the Indians. Kumble is not playing in this game and we are yet to know the reasons. Dhoni will lead in his absence. The others who have not been picked for the game are Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. India have won the toss and decided to bat first Link to comment
apocalypse Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 why sehwag is not picked Link to comment
Online Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 kumble is not playing to give a chance to the bowlers to see who fares well who gets the right line n length Link to comment
Online Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 zaheer is also not playing Link to comment
Prudent Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 It's LIVE on star cricket :yay: Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Can someone PLEASE provide me a link to watch it online .... Its not on TV in Aus :angry_smile: Link to comment
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