Australia v India: 4th Test, Adelaide

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4th Test, January 24-28, Adelaide Oval
Start time: 1030 CST, 1100 EST, 0530 IST, 0000 GMT

Australia:
1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Shaun Marsh, 4 Ricky Ponting, 5 Michael Clarke (capt), 6 Michael Hussey,
7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Peter Siddle, 9 Ryan Harris, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Nathan Lyon.

India:
1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Virat Kohli,
7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav.

Linebreaker wrote:It's only sport, fcs.

Only sport?

I didn't expect that from an aussie. are you sure you are a thorough bred australian.

They usually take winning much more seriuos than that.

That 386 run partnership was epic. The 4th best Australian partnership of all time.

Highest Partnerships by Australia

and the best at the Adelaide Oval

Adelaide - Highest Partnerships

yet again india had a brilliant day

only conceded 600 and lost 2 for 60 when batting


well done punter and clarke another fantastic day in this series for the aussies.

Linebreaker wrote:That 386 run partnership was epic. The 4th best Australian partnership of all time.

Highest Partnerships by Australia

and the best at the Adelaide Oval

Adelaide - Highest Partnerships

Since the first test in SA, Dec 2010, India have batted 29 innings and passed that as a team 3 times. Im assuming they wont be making it 4 in this test.

Ponting really is bloomin brilliant isn't he? Joy to watch him bat today, Pup was sensational again

The less said about India the better...

punter is third on the all time test scoring run charts i think, fantastic stuff from him, one of the greats of the game.

Tendulkar gone for 25... caught Ponting bowled Siddle.
78/3

Gambhir pops one up to Hussey in the gully off the bowling of Siddle again.
India are now 87/4

Laxman now departs for 18. Lyon gets his first Test wicket on his home turf.
India 111/5

India in complete disarray....again....

Linebreaker wrote:Trivia Question:

What do Michael Clarke and Dean Jones have in common?

No takers?

Clarke b Yadav 210 (Umesh Yadav) mins: 380, balls: 275, 4s: 26, 6s: 1, SR: 76.36 at Adelaide 2011
Jones b Yadav 210 (Shivlal Yadav) mins: 502, balls: 330, 4s: 27, 6s: 2, SR: 63.63 at Chennai (Madras) 1986 (tied Test)

A good deal too difficult for me....

I knew the '210' bit... but as for them both being named Yadav? Too hard!
(It was on the radio commentary yesterday, btw.)

Anyway, you get the prize Corporal - for being the only one to respond.

I was just in the midst of typing 'a wicketless session for India with Kohli 90* and Saha 35*' - when Saha decides to leave a ball from Harris which clips his off stump.

103/1 in that session. Kohli has batted very well... he looks like a future No. 3. Able support from Saha until 4 balls before the tea break.

225/6 at Tea

Ashwin out lbw to Siddle for 5.
230/7

...and the very next ball Zaheer edges the ball to Haddin.
Siddle has a 5fer and is on a hat-trick.
230/8

Ooohhh.... Sahrma survives.
Next ball nearly takes his head off though!

The Adelaide Oval crowd is alive & buzzing again now after that tough middle session.

Kohli smashes one to the boundary... and moves to 95.

Woooow... get back Virat. Nearly a run-out on 99. Ishant back on strike.

A few words exchanged between Warner and Kohli at the end of that over.
Ricky plays the diplomat.

Virat Kohli gets his first Test 100.

Very well played... showing the others how it should be done.

A slower delivery from Hilfenhaus removes Sharma's off stump.
At least he hung around longer than Zaheer for his 16 runs.
263/9

Clarke gets the umpire to signal to the groundsmen to get ready with the big roller - so it looks as if he won't be enforcing the follow on when the last Indian wicket falls.

Hilfenhaus traps Kohli plumb lbw with an in-swinging full toss low on his pad.

So India are All Out for 272, and trail Australia by 332 runs.

good morning my cricket buddies. What a lovely sunny day here in Gauteng.

As predicted the Indians are emulating a Nando's chicken foldover wrap and will now commence to retire with little effort in the follow on.

I wonder what is going on in their camp, since Gary Kirsten left the downfall has not been very graceful at all.

LB, have you seen the latest Chris Rattue article?

Talking about not letting it go. Geez.

Hi Biltong.

Australia coming out to bat. 13 overs left in the day.

biltongbek wrote:LB, have you seen the latest Chris Rattue article?

Talking about not letting it go. Geez.

No, what's he saying?

So nothing much changed for India, th only bright spot being Virat Kohli proving to the world, and more importantly to himself, that he belongs at this level.
I'd strongly recommend 2 changes when the Indians come out to bat a 2nd time. Think Kohli should bat ahead of VVS Laxman in the order. Had VVS been any kind of form, I'd have had him at 3 and Dravid at 5, but alas, just can't make out who's more out of touch.
The more obvious one is that Ishant Sharma should certainly bat ahead of Zaheer Khan. As Harsha Bhogle said on commentary, Zaheer seems to have lost the will to bat. He looks like he's ready to give Chris Martin a run for his money.

Yes msp, they may as well try something different in their batting order. There's no reason why they should stick with the current one.

Kohli was class today. A good omen for the future Indian side perhaps?

Morning breaker. Looks like the Aussies have this easily wrapped up. How many runs do you think they will aim for, 500 lead by lunch tomorrow and declare or go for a few more?

I like Warner as an opener, ok he can be unpredictable but he certainly takes the attack to the bowlers. Perfect opener in my books.

Something like that Billy - maybe a little more just to be sure?

Warner spoons one back into Ashwin's hands for 28.
Aus 39/1

Thanks Billy... now go back to the match in Abu Dhabi... please!

But would you settle for a century then 4 low scores every 5 innings, thats how i see him at the moment.

Sorry breaker

He's still a Test baby, Skye. Give him time.
Marsh looks at sixes & sevens yet again.

He is still learning the trade skye but i see him as being the perfect opener soon.

Marsh is a walking wicket........

See... another duck for Son of Swampy!
40/2

Watson and Warner opening, could be explosive

Dont see his use in this Aussie team breaker, sorry but he is just not good enough even if he is family of swampy....

No need to apologise Billy - I can see your point but you probably haven't seen him bat much before this series. He was in very good form, then got injured.

Will 380 be enough of a lead?
Cowan gone now and it's 40/3.

Oh dear, what is happening??? Cowen out now too....

I have seen him bat quite alot breaker, he can be very good but is no way near consistent enough for an Aussie team. Even before his injury he was'nt that good in my opinion.

Linebreaker wrote:Yes msp, they may as well try something different in their batting order. There's no reason why they should stick with the current one.

Kohli was class today. A good omen for the future Indian side perhaps?

lb, by the time Kohli came into the test side, many of us thought it was a given that he'd take to the format like a natural. When he struggled a bit to start with, I guess a lot many got a touch too disappointed and even impatient. But showed he has the technique as well as temprament to make it count at the highest level. Now the challenge for Virat is to maintain high levels of consistency, particularly in a side that will be going through a generational shift pretty soon. Kohli has to be at the forfront of it, and good he has proved himself here. You do need that test hundred to feel that you really belong, and even in the midst of all these gloom, Kohli, and thereby India, has something to feel good about.

Linebreaker wrote:Yes msp, they may as well try something different in their batting order. There's no reason why they should stick with the current one.

Kohli was class today. A good omen for the future Indian side perhaps?

lb, by the time Kohli came into the test side, many of us thought it was a given that he'd take to the format like a natural. When he struggled a bit to start with, I guess a lot many got a touch too disappointed and even impatient. But showed he has the technique as well as temprament to make it count at the highest level. Now the challenge for Virat is to maintain high levels of consistency, particularly in a side that will be going through a generational shift pretty soon. Kohli has to be at the forfront of it, and good he has proved himself here. You do need that test hundred to feel that you really belong, and even in the midst of all these gloom, Kohli, and thereby India, has something to feel good about.

Gone are the days when the Aussies would worry about Ponting coming in, in a situation like this. He has some form again and a very mature and experienced head. He and Clarke will bat the Aussies into a good position.

So you haven't seen him bat much then.

He was awesome in Sri Lanka and has a decent record in domestic - which is obviously what selectors look at when picking Australian batsmen.

Plenty of players look good in the domestic comps breaker but that does not always mean that they have what it takes for the top level and i dont think that Marsh has.