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[Village Trundler]

I don't think this Australian team is in good form at all.

I don't remember the last time Australia lost a home test to NZ, which is because I was only 2 years old when in happened in 1985.

How many times in history have Australia bowled a team out for under 200 and then had them back out batting again with a lead of over 150 like they did in SA this year?

I don't remember the last time out "great new hopes" were primarily club cricketers. Cricket Australia is frustratingly made up of non-performing old blokes and kids who don't seem up to the challenge. I am tipping Cowan to do well, but India's mediocre bowling is probably enough to tackle our dismal batting.

[Vic Nicholas]

Boom!!!! Thank you for completely backing up my post! There is nothing wrong with arguing your point with politeness. And the last paragraph, you seem to be completely agreeing with me but just with what you deem to be more eloquence. But I'm not going to argue with you and bring the topic into disrepute.

You already brought the topic into disrepute when you stated in your previous post:

"otherwise beating them only gets belittled by people like you saying that 'this Australian team isn't as good as the one of the late 90's, you'll never be as good as us'"

Again, where did I, or for that matter any Aussie poster on this site state that?

If you need to lie to try and win an argument, you are merely resorting to the last bastion of the scoundrel. That you felt it necessary to defend the indefensible Aussie baiting post of Hads says more about your character than anything else.

[awp]

All Vic has done is ask posters to back up statements with fact, what's wrong with that? There's a lot of posts on this thread offering illinformed 'bar chat' as if it's fact.

[bigboy]

This the same Vic that stated how many international players used illegal bats with no actual knowledge of the facts?  As an Aussie fan Vic makes me cringe with his comments and the way he makes them.

[awp]

Anyway.......Australia v India

I say 2:1 Australia (Australia win in Melbourne & Perth, India win at the SCG, draw in Adelaide)

[Nickauger]

This the same Vic that stated how many international players used illegal bats with no actual knowledge of the facts?  As an Aussie fan Vic makes me cringe with his comments and the way he makes them.

Thank you

[Vic Nicholas]

This the same Vic that stated how many international players used illegal bats with no actual knowledge of the facts?  As an Aussie fan Vic makes me cringe with his comments and the way he makes them.

Errr, you clearly didn't read the post in that SAME thread from the young chap of Indian origin whose brother met teh Indian guys at practice and he asked Dhoni etc about lams and every Indian batsman had one in their kit.

Maybe they just use it in the nets.

I could also "out" another anti lam poster on this site for being the hypocroite that he is, but he is already suffering as it is, so no point rubbing it in.

[kaustav]

Errr, you clearly didn't read the post in that SAME thread from the young chap of Indian origin whose brother met teh Indian guys at practice and he asked Dhoni etc about lams and every Indian batsman had one in their kit.

Maybe they just use it in the nets.

I could also "out" another anti lam poster on this site for being the hypocroite that he is, but he is already suffering as it is, so no point rubbing it in.

Where did you get this --any links to the original comment?

Getting back to the game--that Umesh Yadav guy looks good 

[Joe]

Hussey sawn off - didn't look too pleased

[langer17]

India doesn't want the drs, and Hussey is the unlucky recipient of a crap call. No where near it, what a bloody joke!

[langer17]

Nothing at all on hotspot, and you can see a clear gap between bat/glove and the ball.

[langer17]

Also, nothing on snicko. He was given out because the ball swung before it got to dohni.

[Joe]

Nothing at all on hotspot, and you can see a clear gap between bat/glove and the ball.

The ICC should force implement DRS. Just because the Indians (which means Sachin) don't want it; if they disagreed to bowling off 22 yards would that change?

[langer17]

Another bloody crap call. No snicko, and nothing on hotspot and Cowan has been given out caught behind of Ashwin.

Completely ridiculous that one team can controll so much.

[Joe]

Completely ridiculous that one team can controll so much.

Player. If Tendulkar approved, then so would the board.