Straight drive sounded awesome

Peter Roebuck’s in the booth now - my favorite!

Roebuck’s article for today

Both of them looking more assured now. Initial honours to the aussies. Lets see if the Indians crawl back.

Roebuck has been a machine. have read all his articles over the last 10 days. He has been churning them out.

When I linked it I was 99.9% sure you had probably already read it.

India need a wicket or two before lunch.

Singh in early. Let me know if he gets much turn and/or drift

Uneventful first over. One turned slightly. Lot of bounce though, which is good.

Gentleman Bastard - 26 December 2007 12:41 AM

Uneventful first over. One turned slightly. Lot of bounce though, which is good.

Roebuck was not impressed at all. Thought he didn’t look fluent. Which means he’ll get 3 wickets before lunch

Roebuck was not impressed at all. Thought he didn’t look fluent. Which means he’ll get 3 wickets before lunch

Your words to god’s ears.

Why is Ganguly bowling?

He is a part timer , right?? 1st change?? wtf??

cricinfo is on the money…

“If you’re just logging on now, the scoreline flatters Australia a touch; there have been plenty of play-and-misses, but latterly the pair are bringing things together”

He has been bowling more regularly of late. medium pace,  has a tendency to move the ball both ways. Got a Mark Waughish golden arm.

Gentleman Bastard - 26 December 2007 12:53 AM

He has been bowling more regularly of late. medium pace,  has a tendency to move the ball both ways. Got a Mark Waughish golden arm.

Cool.

Mark Waugh used to always coax a wicket after a good partnership. Nice memory

Sounds like hayden is trying to kill the ball

16.6   Ganguly to Hayden, 3 runs, down the track, mistimed but gets away with the lofted flick of a pull over midwicket

radio had me thinking he smashed that and it should have gone for 4.

They also only just mentioned the 2001 series…What took them so long??

:)

Another gamble that didn’t work. Theme of the morning. Time to take him off.

My cousin who loves cricket but hates Australia is going mad.

He says Jacques played and missed 8 times. he’s convinced we’ll score 600.

He says Jacques played and missed 8 times. he’s convinced we’ll score 600.

8 is an understatement. They gonna score tons, as the wicket seems to be flattening out. Its upto our spinners now. A selection which I liked by the way. Play to your strengths.

Just went to the toilet and missed 3 fours in a row?

cricifo listed teh ganguly misfield 3 times - oops

19.1   Harbhajan Singh to Jaques, FOUR, howler of a misfield from Ganguly, who lets the ball nutmeg him after Jaques’s sweep. No excuses and Harbhajan is, rightly, furious
19.1 Harbhajan Singh to Jaques, FOUR, howler of a misfield from Ganguly, who lets the ball nutmeg him after Jaques’s sweep. No excuses and Harbhajan is, rightly, furious
19.1 Harbhajan Singh to Jaques, FOUR, howler of a misfield from Ganguly, who lets the ball nutmeg him after Jaques’s sweep. No excuses and Harbhajan is, rightly, furious

Nah, you missed a beautiful nutmeg which Ganguly inflicted on himself, and some flat bowling by Harbhajan.

EDIT : you found it yourself :)

What’s a nutmeg?? I have a feeling we have a different term

Damian Fleming is the best Aussie commentator on cricket.

football. where the dribbler sends the ball between the defender’s legs to beat him !

ugh, the intensity has gone out of the indian team. they need a wicket

Sreesanth bowling now would have been awesome - damn.

Gentleman Bastard - 26 December 2007 01:17 AM

football. where the dribbler sends the ball between the defender’s legs to beat him !

ugh, the intensity has gone out of the indian team. they need a wicket

We use a different term - too rude to say here…

is Kumble gonna bowl before lunch??

Seems like years ago when Harb. Singh was awesome. I still think about the 2001 series all the time. Much like the 2003 ALCS. Weird