India Vs Victoria, Tour game, Melbourne, 20-22 Dec 2007

[Dravid]

dada, damn damn run scoring machineee :bow_down:

[Cricketics]

Ganguteli is out.. damn.. was going for an aggresive shot.. caught on mid wicket.. damn same bowler wise takes the wicket..

[DesiChap]

Dada gone for 59

[Donny]

Al Wise takes his 4th. wicket. Gangs out for a good 59.

[Cricketics]

play another 20 overs or 30.. and then declare.. so that our bowlers can get to bowl a bit..

[Laaloo]

ok... so now gangu got his batting now let yuvi and dhoni adjust to this and we should let the bowlers get some much needed practice too dravid is batting beautifully :D

[wholla]

lunch in 10 minutes

[MundaPakistani]

Dravid's SR is not great. He would have to be a touch more positive during the test series.

[Cricketics]

Dravid's SR is not great. He would have to be a touch more positive during the test series.

i don't thik dravid himself is worried about that.. he is just planning to stay and play long innings.. thatz what team needs someone sticking and and frustrating the bowlers n not getting out.. staying on crease and playing out sessions, he will get runs automatically here n there.. i say this is good cricket from dravid.. this is a warm up game and he is making use of it..

[jf1gp_1]

anyone watching the game live ? is the pitch difficult to bat on or dravid taking his own sweet time.

[Cricketics]

yes its difficult to bat on.. even outfield is very poor.. 2 runs being converted to risky singles.. because ball is stopping on any patch of the field even though after being hit hard with the willow..

[The Outsider]

Dravid seems to have a cult following among the Victoria team. They were constantly checking out his bat and incessantly chatting with him.:haha: Poor Yuvraj must have felt a bit left out.

[Desi Cartman]

and now its raining !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jf1gp_1]

does aus get snow in winter ??

[Donny]

i don't thik dravid himself is worried about that.. he is just planning to stay and play long innings.. thatz what team needs someone sticking and and frustrating the bowlers n not getting out.. staying on crease and playing out sessions, he will get runs automatically here n there.. i say this is good cricket from dravid.. this is a warm up game and he is making use of it..

Spot on, Tics. RD is playing exactly how an opener should play on such a wicket and in such conditions. The only spot he can fill in the Test team, with any validity, is as an opener. The perplexing part of that is, that's how he plays - wherever he bats and on whatever wicket. His last Test innings in England (12 from 96 balls) was simply an embarrassment for any Test #3 to play and his efforts against a weak Pakistan outfit were, to put it mildly, lacklustre. Traditionally, and for good reason, your best batsman should bat at first drop, as Ponting does. It's been quite a while now since Dravid was India's best bat. In his last 13 Tests, he hasn't scored a century against any of the top 8 Test teams.

Dravid seems to have a cult following among the Victoria team. They were constantly checking out his bat and incessantly chatting with him.:lmao:

They are just checking to see if he actually brought his bat out there today. :regular_smile:

[Desi Cartman]

another big thunderstorm but its over now. Its not raining but its kinda dark

[Desi Cartman]

does aus get snow in winter ??

Nov - Feb is Aussie summer even in winters it doesnt snow in any of the major Aussie cities ...

[The Outsider]

Traditionally, and for good reason, your best batsman should bat at first drop, as Ponting does.

Not sure about that. Richards played most of his cricket at 4-5. Steve Waugh was Australia's best batsman for a long time and played at 4-5. Border at 4, Tendulkar at 4, Inzamam at 5 etc.

[The Outsider]

I really want to see how are bowlers do here. Conditions are conducive for bowling and it will a good opportunity for them to bend their backs in for the spot at the MCG.

[Online]

video added in the video clips thread