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Pak 290/6. All the top 5 batsman got good starts but failed to convert it into 100's. Appadi ippadinnu tailenders suthi lead-ae oru 200+ kondu vandha seri.
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Pak 290/6. All the top 5 batsman got good starts but failed to convert it into 100's. Appadi ippadinnu tailenders suthi lead-ae oru 200+ kondu vandha seri.
AF, niinga aasapatta maathir 200+ lead vanthuduchu.. Hope Aus loses this match.. aana Pakistana namba mudiyaathe...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
I badly want to say a few words on Pricky's current form, and put a few things in perspective on Sachin vs Pricky. But given my great luck with criticism, I dont want to commit so early on print.
Lets see - if my theory comes out true at the end of the career of both these gentlemen, I'll probably choose to say it then.
Pakistan lost the grip here, last 5 wickets for just 54 runs is a wretched performance. With absolutely zero pressure, the middle order collapsed pathetically. I don’t think that Aussies would repeat the first innings form, Lets see. Interesting test match ahead!
19th May, I expect Aussies not to lose this match. Pak will have to struggle hard for a draw, let alone a win.
Plum, if the conditions are bit overcast tomorrow then it would be tough work for the Aussies to bounce back, lets see, but you are over optimistic :)
Lets see. The results dont matter to me. Ponting evLO adikkarAn - adhAn mukkiyam :-)
Yes, let Aussies win 20 matches on the trot, be world no 1 etc. But, Pricky Ranting should not score well!
Ponting oothipaan! Engga kula dheivam ayyanar-ku kaasu vetti potruken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Kaasu or Keda?
1. Pakistan(83 pts) are 6th on the Test ranking list. If oz's(116) lose to them then they will lose points for sure.
I just don't understand how this Ranking system works for eg:, like the Tennis rankings.
http://www.cricinfo.com/rankings/con...ge/211271.html
2. Ada paravaala sollunga.
3. This wicket should still help Paki's bowling. BTW, I saw Australia's 1st innings. Superb bowling by Sami upfront backed up by asif :thumbsup:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
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Originally Posted by hamid
Considering where they were at tea, Pakistan should have kept more wickets intact. Nevertheless they are still sitting pretty with 200 odd runs lead. Considering Pakistan's mercurial batting lineup (even with the presence of prodigious Umar Akmal notwithstanding), they shouldn't fancy chasing anything more than 100 if they were to win this Test. :lol2:
First time in my life - Come on Pakis (Time to support the lesser evil)
Note: My 100th Post Yay!
96.5
Bollinger to Danish Kaneria, OUT, fuller from Bollinger and Kaneria lifts it high in the air in front of Point and Hussey from gully runs forward, judges and takes a good catch. Bollinger picks up four wickets.
Danish Kaneria c Hussey b Bollinger 4 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 44.44
Pakistan lead by 206 runs with 0 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
It's lot more easier for Aussies to bat today on bright/sunny conditions compared to day 1. Pakistan should try and restrict Aussies to 300-350. Give these Aussies slightest room for come back they know how to apply pressure even with a small target to defend against an ever flaky Pakistani batting line up.
Chak de Pakistan. 8-)
Cricinfo Test team of the decade:
Matthew Hayden, Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Pollock, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath.
12th man: Andrew Flintoff
Ron Reed's Test team of the decade:
Graeme Smith (captain), Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini, Glenn McGrath.
12th man: Jacqus Kallis.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/article249035.ece
Too tempted to resist and ignore this. My Test team of the decade would have been below:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourav
Marvan Atapattu, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (vice captain), Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff, Shane Warne (captain), Mohammed Asif, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath.
12th man: Jacques Kallis
Disclaimer: Akram/Donald/Walsh/Younis omitted assuming them to be 90's folks.
Lunch - Aussies 86/0. :evil:
105/0. As expected Pakis failed to wrest the initiative :-(
Oops 105/1 now. Very good catch by Kaneria to dismiss Hughes :-)
Come on, take down pricky please!
Good return catch. Tall man Kaneria has a much farther reach. As the saying goes, bowlers tend to catch well of their own bowling. Chak de Pakistan 8-)
By the by, when Paanting took guard to face his first delivery, Star TV folks put a note - "Paanting on King pair" :lol2:
Cha, Kaneria oru easy saans vuttaan :evil:
Yeah. That would have put the pressure right back on the Aussies. Bad miss, that is. Costly or not, only time would tell.
:clap: :clap: ellorum maranthutaanga ... btw he dint play after 2003 rite :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Movie Cop
He did tour India in 2005-06 series. He was recalled for Lanka's last tour down under. Technically correct and a very elegant batsman to watch. 8-) One of the best batsman Lanka has produced after DeSilva. He had an unceremonious relationship with selectors for axing him which reminded me of our own Mohinder "Jimmy" Amarnath.Quote:
Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Pricky outttttttttt for 11!!!!!!!!!
Watson in the 90's. Expect some action.
expecting kalyasi,19th may,bala 's dance :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sathya_1979
Me already dancing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
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Originally Posted by sathya_1979
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Ricky :victory:
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Originally Posted by 19thmay
oz's lead by 50 runs with 3 wickets remaining.
Australia - 77/8 :twisted:
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Originally Posted by 19thmay
They need about another 30-40 runs max to win this match. Unless rain intervenes and pak escape with a draw. Who knows 77 might be enough to down Pakistan :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinesh84
Australia in 2009
Ashes anguish and one-day joys
The fall to No. 4, injuries to key bowlers, Ponting's return to mortality: Australia's 2009 was mostly filled with gloom
Peter English
January 4, 2010
Ricky Ponting is hit on the left elbow by Kemar Roach, Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Perth, 16 December 2009
Ricky Ponting: bruised and beaten in 2009 © Getty Images
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So this is how the rest of the world feels most of the time. For as long as under-25 Australian fans can remember, their team has been the best in the globe at the end of the year, but as the new decade began, Ricky Ponting's Test and Twenty20 outfits were in the also-ran category, having been overrun by countries with more A-list quality. Only in the one-day rankings do Australia lead, but there is not much kudos in that, as it is the format with the smallest pay cheques and the most doubts over its lifespan.
It wasn't all gloom in 2009, but it was the year when the empire was flattened so badly that when the Ashes were handed over at The Oval, Australia were rated No. 4. As if losing to England wasn't bad enough, the world champions were sitting in mid-table mediocrity, beaten by a side that had a half-fit Andrew Flintoff and was often missing Kevin Pietersen. Ponting's young team, the one that had wooed the selectors during a 2-1 win over the mighty South Africa at home, had flapped limply in England. Players, administrators and selectors looked at the series statistics and felt they were hard done by, believing it was the mistakes during the big moments that had let them down. It was a cringe-worthy post-mortem from an outfit that had forgotten how to win.
Ponting rightfully kept his job - it's too soon for Michael Clarke, Simon Katich or Marcus North to jostle for the post in the medium term - but was under extreme pressure after becoming the first man since Billy Murdoch to lose two series in England, and the first to do it back to back. Ponting is a fading force as an elite batsman - this was his third season in a row when he averaged less than 50 - but he remains an essential part of the reconstruction. That he still wants to lead a group of unsure, reasonably talented and enthusiastic players is fabulous for Australian cricket. He should have the role for as long as his body allows, although that won't be long if he repeats his awkward duck to West Indies' Kemar Roach, which left him with a bruised elbow in Perth and forced the first retired-hurt of his career.
As if pretending the Ashes had never happened, Australia returned to world-beating status in the one-day arena, taking care of Scotland before beating England 6-1, picking up the Champions Trophy in South Africa and then toppling India 4-2 away. It was an old-fashioned streak from Ponting's team and it inflated confidence, which was soon dented by the No. 8-ranked West Indies in the opening Test series of the summer. Australia won 2-0, but after the Brisbane Test, which they collected in three days, life was much tougher as the bowlers struggled to get the 20 wickets that had been a certainty for so long under Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
Ponting's young team had flapped limply in England. Players, administrators and selectors looked at the series statistics and felt they were hard done by, believing it was the mistakes during the big moments that had let them down. It was a cringe-worthy post-mortem from an outfit that had forgotten how to win
Mitchell Johnson was the nominal attack leader, but the ease at which the side operated depended on which Johnson turned up. In South Africa he had been immense, breaking Graeme Smith's bones, just as he had in the opening Test of the year in Sydney. When he scored a Test century as well there were comparisons with Ian Botham, but his bowling was soon being likened to drains in England. He feared he was going to be dropped as his form suffered, while his mother was telling papers back home about his family life. For Johnson, soon to be named the ICC Cricketer of the Year, England was a write-off (Peter Siddle was also hit-and-miss, while Ben Hilfenhaus was the most impressive). Johnson recovered to lead the global wicket list for 2009 with 63 at 27.42, a huge number for an inconsistent performer.
Hilfenhaus ended the year with a knee injury, which came during his Man-of-the-Match performance against West Indies at the Gabba. It was a horrible conclusion for the bowlers, with Brett Lee (elbow), Stuart Clark (back) and Nathan Bracken (knee) unavailable, while Siddle and Hauritz were also struggling under the weight of games. Ponting knew he needed more time to dismiss opposition sides and more patience with his new men, and his early declaration in the first innings against Pakistan at the MCG paid off when the win was secured early in the second session of the final day.
The batting was more solid against the minor teams towards the end of the year, but had failed at crucial times during the Ashes. Simon Katich led the run list with 1111 and Michael Clarke (1042, with three hundreds) was the most valuable performer, stepping up at important times, while Shane Watson surged once he replaced Phillip Hughes. After a comedy run of mishaps between 50 and 100, Watson finally got to three figures in Australia's final batting innings of the year, via a dropped catch and a single from the misfield. It was that sort of period for Australia, who did well in patches, folded spectacularly at others, and finished in the unfamiliar position of looking up at the best teams in the Test world.
New kid on the block
The partners of Katich were the freshest faces. First it was Phillip Hughes, who stunned and starred in South Africa, scoring twin centuries in his second Test. However, after a couple of Ashes games he was dropped due to his problems with the short ball and Flintoff. Watson came in for the Birmingham game and finished the year as the in-form batsman, scoring six fifties and a century in seven games.
Mitchell Johnson is happy to see the back of Sulieman Benn, Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Perth, 4th day, December 19, 2009
Mitchell Johnson: surprisingly the leading wicket-taker of the year despite a miserable Ashes © Getty Images
Fading star
Brett Lee started the year having ankle and foot surgery, recovering in time to be picked for England, where he suffered a side injury the week before the opening Test. That problem ruled him out of the first three Tests and he wasn't considered for the final two. After a strong campaign in the following limited-overs affairs, he was looking forward to a big home summer, but he sustained a sore elbow in India that led to more doubt and, eventually, more surgery. He may still have a role in green and gold, but his Test career is probably over after 76 matches and 310 wickets.
High point
The tour to South Africa was the summer romance for Australia, whose young bowlers roughed up some of the best batsmen in the world on the way to a 2-1 victory. It was such an impressive performance that they forgot the innings loss in the third game. The instant revival didn't last, but this team will always have Johannesburg and Durban.
Low point
Two trips to London provided the troughs. At Lord's, Australia lost their first Test at cricket's home since 1934 and a month later at The Oval they handed over the urn for the second time in a row. Upset by Stuart Broad, and without Nathan Hauritz on a subcontinental surface, they were ground down by England and then drowned in a sea of celebratory bunting.
Peter English is the Australasia editor of Cricinfo
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A very good article summarizing Australia's recent form in Test's. It will be great if Pakistan can beat them today.
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/442020.html
Bakistan :fatigue:
They shouldn't let this Hussey last long. He is worse than Steve Waugh in forging partnerships with tailenders :evil: