India vs Australia Third Test: Cricket live scores, updates
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Indian batsman Umesh Yadav edges the last ball of the series into the gloves of Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. AFP PHOTO/Tony ASHBY
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India v Australia PCA STADIUM, MARCH 14-18, 2013 3rd Test - IND v AUS |
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| Australia 1st Inn | 408 All Out |
| India 1st Inn | 499 All Out |
| Australia 2nd Inn | 223 All Out |
| India 2nd Inn | 4/136 |
| Australia won the toss and elected to bat | |
| India won by 6 wickets | |
| India | Over:33.3 RR:4.06 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Dhoni* | 18 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 64.29 |
| RA Jadeja | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 160.00 |
| Australia | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| MA Starc* | 10.3 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 4.86 |
| PM Siddle | 11.0 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 3.09 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| . 4 . . 1 . | | . . 4 . 4 . | | 4 4 4 | |
| Last Wicket: | Tendulkar, 21 (RO Warner) |
| Current Partnership: | 20 runs, 8 balls, RR:250.00 |
A controversy-hit Australia look to overturn a 2-0 lead against India when the two teams meet in the third Test match of their series at Mohali. We’ll have live coverage throughout day one from 3.00pm AEDT.
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What seemed like a longish break between two Tests that Australia would use to prepare and mull over a few changes transformed dramatically when coach Mickey Arthur announced on Monday that four squad members were banned from the third Test match.
The reason for their axe – a non-completion by Saturday night of what has been termed as a self and team-improvement exercise – was almost disbelieving at first but as more details came out of the closet in the couple of following days, Arthur and captain Michael Clarke were afforded a lot more leeway from the angry fans.
It may have been a culture-building move but suddenly, the suspension of Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson leaves Australia with only 11 fully fit players from the original squad with Brad Haddin joining them only on Tuesday.
Things have come to such a head that if the injured Matthew Wade is declared fine by the medical staff just before the toss, Haddin might still play as a pure batsman.
Without Watson and Khawaja at the top, Clarke will now be expected to bat higher than his favourite number five but the exact position hasn’t been revealed yet. A lot will depend on how the management perceives Phil Hughes’ batting travails, and consequently whether he will be pushed down to four.
It is numbers five to seven which are a tad hazy at the moment as Steve Smith could join the playing 11 as a specialist batsman now that Watson’s out of contention. Reports online suggest that Glenn Maxwell could be the spinner to miss out.
Interestingly what this ‘line-in-the-sand moment’ has done for the Indian selectors is to take the heat off them with respect to the sacking of Virender Sehwag.
Sehwag’s loss of form notwithstanding, there were a few experts who had questioned his exclusion but all that took a back-seat thanks to the fire that raged in the Australian camp.
Sehwag’s replacement is a fellow Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan, who has shown good recent form that includes a century in a warm-up game before the start of England’s tour of India.
Dhawan will make his Test match debut after having played six limited-overs internationals.
The rest of the side could continue being the same despite doubts over the participation of Cheteshwar Pujara whose knees continue to attract injuries like honey entices bees.
He was hit in by one of the net bowlers at one of the training sessions but has now been deemed fit to play in the Test.
The other issue could have been related to the Indian bowling line-up which has seen Ishant Sharma continue to struggle with the ball.
Sharma’s overall bowling average of 38.52 is hardly par for the course but his last five wickets have taken him four Tests and cost him 56 runs apiece – a damning stat by any stretch.
Harbhajan Singh may not be a match-winner on his own these days but he has shown that odd spark in the series so far but it is difficult to predict if Pragyan Ojha gets an opportunity ahead of him.
The pitch at Mohali has a lot more bounce and carry for the bowlers than other tracks in India but captain Clarke has already stated that it may not play too differently from the previous two surfaces.
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10:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 10:27pm | Report comment
I was just reading a few of our comments from the last Test and this is what I had written about Phil Hughes in my wrap-up:
“Phil Hughes has scores of 19, 0, 6 and 0 in the four innings he has played here and it’s not different for him than it was for Shaun Marsh in that home series against India couple of seasons ago. He could also make his way out unless something drastic transpires between now and the start of the third Test.”
Drastic is an understatement I guess!
6:39pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:39pm | Report comment
That’s that then, we will have to make do with a four-day Test match – of which a few more overs could be lost because of rain in the upcoming days.
That said, we will have an early start on all the remaining days and and the game will be extended by half hour too – so a total of 15 overs extra each day.
What this means that up to 60 overs of the lost time today can be covered but it will also means that I will be working over-time
So will be back tomorrow with the live blog of this third Test match, on what will hopefully be a much sunnier and less rainy day at Mohali in Chandigarh.
Edit: And yep, to add to this live blog, there will also be a live radio-like stream here: http://www.theroar.com.au/live/ so do join in!
6:37pm
Geoff Lemon said | 6:37pm | Report comment
No play for the first day is a bit of an anticlimax, but we’ll be calling the second day live on Roar Radio, starting from 14:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Join myself, Glenn Mitchell, Andy Lane, Cam Rose, Paddy Effeney and the rest of the team – check in on The Roar to find the link to our player, or go to http://www.theroar.com.au/live/
7:06pm
Rellum said | 7:06pm | Report comment
sweet
7:06pm
JGK said | 7:06pm | Report comment
Nice one.
Hopefully the IT Nazis at work won’t block it.
7:11pm
Lancey5times said | 7:11pm | Report comment
Australia’s best day of the tour so far
9:09pm
boes said | 9:09pm | Report comment
Great work guys. Look forward to the broadcast. I expect you’ll get a good following.
6:34pm
hammertime said | 6:34pm | Report comment
Hughes has scored well for Australia. he’s battling this tour but I think he’s better than just a club player. Maybe a district one?
6:32pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:32pm | Report comment
Okay this is bad news for sure. The first day’s play has been called off, at as early as 1 pm local time, 3.5 hours before the actual scheduled close.
6:26pm
cuzza said | 6:26pm | Report comment
starc, smith henriques and hughes, how lucky are they, second grade club cricketers representing australia.
8:48pm
MrKistic said | 8:48pm | Report comment
I see India still haven’t named a team. We should have done the same thing… who’s to say Wade wouldn’t have been fit to bat by tomorrow? Rather him than Smith.
6:23pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:23pm | Report comment
Among all the reactions from ex-cricketers related to the four-player ban, here’s one I had earlier missed. Former Australian captain Kim Hughes had this to say:
“If Shane Watson has to think about his position, that tells you more about him than anything else and maybe we’re better off bringing forward a younger kid that wants it.
“I’d give him the marching orders tomorrow. He spends more time being rotated than a rotisserie, he gets paid millions of dollars and sure, his wife is having a baby, but if that’s the way he’s thinking then he should go and play IPL. The sooner we get rid of him the better if he is having to think about it, and he’s the vice-captain.”
6:45pm
Red Kev said | 6:45pm | Report comment
We do need to get rid of Watson, nice to see a ex-cricketer not talking him up for once.
6:10pm
hammertime said | 6:10pm | Report comment
Just while we wait I would like to comment on the use of the word ” homework” as derogatory term that seems to belittle an important part of the game today. It occurs to me that the coach and captain were looking for something / anything that could help them find a competitive edge. surely this is important and good player management. I know plenty of teams and companies whose staff and players appreciative this kind of support. It validates their opinions and helps them focus.
“homework ” seems deliberately trite and infintile.
6:06pm
Cantab said | 6:06pm | Report comment
Aust now paying $11 for the win, draws down to 1.51
6:04pm
biltongbek said | 6:04pm | Report comment
Nice thing about this rain delay is that australia will only have to hang on for 4 days to enforce a draw.
5:48pm
langou said | 5:48pm | Report comment
Suneer
Seeing as we are on a rain break, you wouldn’t be able to a replica ‘live’ stream of an old world series game or something
5:56pm
Geoff Lemon said | 5:56pm | Report comment
We’re getting the Hyderabad Test in replay, so we can commentate that if you like? Australia 4/103.
6:04pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:04pm | Report comment
Haha Geoff, that’s a funny answer to a very funny suggestion. I don’t think langou, you will be interested in the commentary of what I am getting on my feed…
…a Deodhar Trophy match between West Zone and South Zone of India where Yusuf Pathan has just bludgeoned one out of the city.
6:35pm
langou said | 6:35pm | Report comment
Not interested in the Hyderabad match unless it is the part where The Big Show rips through the top order
I think Suneers West vs South will be the better match
6:43pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 6:43pm | Report comment
Unfortunately they have shifted to some hockey now. West beat South in the final to win the tournament – Ambati Rayadu got himself a good, unbeaten half-century to lead a chase of 290 odd.
5:57pm
Mr French cricket said | 5:57pm | Report comment
Lol…What about the under arm incident game?
5:42pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:42pm | Report comment
Interestingly the Indian team is still in their hotel rooms. Says something about what they feel about the weather.
Or they just like to be late and keep Australian captains waiting.
5:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:41pm | Report comment
Another interview with the umpires and they did not look too confident either. The lunch break’s over but it’s a gloomy picture there…
…still a few drops pattering down.
4:58pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:58pm | Report comment
Ouch, and now it’s drizzling at Mohali. Seems like the weather forecast has come out to be correct. For a change.
Seems like it’s going to be difficult to have any play today after all.
4:53pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:53pm | Report comment
Incidentally, the Australian team is out in the stadium. Coach Mickey Arthur was having a look at the outfield and seen chatting with the umpires.
Further inspection, according to umpire Richard Kettleborough at 12 noon local time.
4:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:51pm | Report comment
No luck then…the inspection was a brief one with the covers still on. The clouds are also back and lunch has been taken. Will be back for another inspection in an hour’s time or so.
4:41pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:41pm | Report comment
Incidentally March 14 – in 2001 – is also the day when the India v Australia cricketing rivalry took a grand turn. It was the day when Laxman and Dravid announced their arrival…
Here’s what happened: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63920.html
4:30pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:30pm | Report comment
Another update from Twitter, and the umpires seem to be out for an inspection at Mohali.
4:17pm
Brett McKay said | 4:17pm | Report comment
Peter Lalor’s just tweeted that the Aussies are getting ready to leave their hotel…
4:18pm
Red Kev said | 4:18pm | Report comment
Does anyone have an untucked shirt or undone shoelaces?
4:33pm
Brett McKay said | 4:33pm | Report comment
only the journos, mate…
5:19pm
Sandy said | 5:19pm | Report comment
And the brylcreem, did they all get issued with brylcreem!!
5:26pm
Matt F said | 5:26pm | Report comment
Only Usman, the lazy sod
5:43pm
Rob Barrow said | 5:43pm | Report comment
Hehe, yes only Usman
5:48pm
SandBox said | 5:48pm | Report comment
Arthur and Howard give us the best dressed losing team, that have learned to embrace a fear culture. Fear cultures make life easy for managers. Anyhow I’ll go back to reading 1984
3:51pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:51pm | Report comment
An update from Mohali, it does appear to be brighter than it was earlier. So if it does not rain again, we could have a start in another 90 minutes or so…
…fingers crossed!
3:48pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:48pm | Report comment
In some other news, and it is tennis this time, Rafael Nadal has taken three hard-fought sets to beat Ernests Gulbis in Indian Wells Masters fourth round. Its significance?
Nadal will now play Roger Federer in the quarter-final tomorrow! Now that’s a match not worth missing!
3:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:46pm | Report comment
Hussey’s announcement below is a bit of a surprise even given the lack of emotion that some Australian selectors and captain have shown in the past – examples of Steve Waugh chucked out of the ODI team and many others like him.
So what do Roarers think about Waugh’s retirement announcement before the 2003 home Test series against India and the subsequent effect it had on Australia’s chances in those four Tests? (it had ended 1-1). Was it a fair call or should he have expected the drama that obviously followed it and took the focus off that series?
3:50pm
Johnno said | 3:50pm | Report comment
Steve Waugh should never of been dropped, it was a stupid design, by the selectors once again. He was pushed I think into retirement, another stuff by the selectors giving the push to Steve Waugh, not good.
4:34pm
Brett McKay said | 4:34pm | Report comment
Have a look at his last couple of years Johnno, he was lucky to have played as long as he did….
4:35pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:35pm | Report comment
My question actually was slightly different. Once the selectors had pushed him – whether rightly or wrongly – to take a call, did he do a right thing by making an announcement before the start of such a big series (at that time) or could he have waited till say the end of the third Test or even the end of the series?
4:52pm
Brett McKay said | 4:52pm | Report comment
he ensured he played out the series, that’s for sure!
5:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:01pm | Report comment
That he definitely did and ended on a high too at the SCG. Cannot help but feel that the brouhaha around his announcement took the focus away from Australia’s preparations.
7:00pm
cuzza said | 7:00pm | Report comment
steve waugh should never have been given as long as he was given, has there been a more selfish player to have played for this country, i think not! another who was protected until he made runs against weak opposition.
3:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:28pm | Report comment
Here’s what Michael Hussey has to say about his very sudden retirement:
“Partly why I didn’t want to say anything to anyone was that I cherished every Test match I got to play and I really wanted to finish the Australian summer. If I made it known earlier then perhaps they would start looking ahead earlier and not play me in my last couple of Tests. That was a small selfish part of it that I really wanted to finish when I wanted to finish. I didn’t want them to say ‘you’re going to retire, we’ll blood someone else’.”
3:40pm
Red Kev said | 3:40pm | Report comment
Definite lack of trust in the culture of the team, if a guy with 79 consecutive tests doesn’t feel he can talk about his retirement before the day it happens..
4:01pm
langou said | 4:01pm | Report comment
It could also represent this obsession we are starting to have with The Ashes. Back when I first starting following cricket the most important Test match was the next one we played. The Ashes was always that little bit more special but you never heard anyone talk about Ashes squads during the middle of a South Africa test series and you would never get anyone say we need to blood young players ready for the next Ashes series.
I imagine if Hussey had of announced that at the start of the year we would be retiring after Sri Lanka you would have had all these people saying that he shouldn’t be picked because we should be preparing for The Ashes. There would have been heaps of pressure to drop him and ‘blood a youngster’.
4:12pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:12pm | Report comment
That’s an interesting point and one that I have a problem with too…Ashes is still a biennial event, what catches my goat is when teams start to drop players based on a World Cup which is three-four years away. Doesn’t cut the ice for me.
4:13pm
Red Kev said | 4:13pm | Report comment
That’s true, and I think it is also a measure of how far the Sheffield Shield has fallen. Guys that come out of there are no longer the finished article ready to play tests. It is sad because they should be, we shouldn’t be developing players (*cough* Maxwell *cough*) in tests.
If our team is crap I am all for bringing in new people no matter how hard the next test is – hiding Hughes behind Quiney was a disgrace, and you hear about it all the time in the Wallaby articles (selecting safe players not rookies against the Lions regardless of the gulf in ability or form).
5:45pm
Rob Barrow said | 5:45pm | Report comment
Good point Langou, i can undertand why he didn’t say anything and i like his honesty
3:27pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:27pm | Report comment
While it’s stopped raining at Mohali, no chance of play starting before the second session. In another cricket match happening live currently, England have gotten themselves to 2/251 against New Zealand with centuries for Nick Compton and Jonathon Trott.
Compton’s scored his second century in as many innings, which is as many centuries as Shane Watson has scored in his 40-odd Test match career. Okay, two confessions, a. I read that some place, and b. that’s a low blow…!
3:38pm
Rellum said | 3:38pm | Report comment
Don’t forget the shield Suneer. It would be great if QLD could get on the field. The two games I am interested are on and both are washed out.
3:54pm
Amith said | 3:54pm | Report comment
Khawaja is a Queenslander, he moved here to Brisbane and is one of our own now.
3:55pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:55pm | Report comment
That’s sad Rellum…given how desperately QLD want those points to qualify for the final.
5:19pm
Matt F said | 5:19pm | Report comment
Unlikely that they will get any play today in that game apparently. Bad news for both WA and QLD.
In the other games, NSW have dismissed SA for 182. Botha top scored for the Redbacks with 53 while Sandhu finished with 4 wickets for the Blues.
Tasmania are currently 4/279 against Victoria. Ponting is unbeaten on 87. Cosgrove was dismissed for 81 and SIlk made 53. Victoria’s decision to bowl first isn’t looking too smart right now
3:20pm
Harry said | 3:20pm | Report comment
Haven’t seen a worse Australian side on paper since WSC days.
Hughes, Smith, Haddin, Henriques, Doherty … all currently nowhere near test class. Cowan and Lyon can count themselves lucky to be playing test cricket as well.
Please prove me wrong.
3:56pm
Pope Paul VII said | 3:56pm | Report comment
the 1979 Aussies lost 2-0 in India in six tests. Some very fine establishment players who made the transition to post WSC – Hughes, Yallop, Border, Hilditch, Higgs, Yardley, Dymock, Hogg. Not sure if Dyson was there but he played 77/78 vs India at home.
4:03pm
Rellum said | 4:03pm | Report comment
This is the worst team I personally have ever see play for Australia. And that is before this weeks events.
3:04pm
the Chosen one said | 3:04pm | Report comment
I am personally embarrassed to call my self an Australian, when at test match level, we are fielding a team of this calibre. what a disgrace! Steve Smith selected as one of the best test batsmen in the country is unbelievable. I agree that the team culture as well as attitude may need improvement. But Arthur’ & Co.s decision to ban these p;layers for 1 match may prove disastrous for this test.
3:13pm
The Dish said | 3:13pm | Report comment
I’m with you on this one, this team is definitely low on quality. The only time I thought I would see Cowan, Haddin, Smith, Henriques and Doherty on a field together would be In a NSW vs TAS second XI game
3:53pm
Amith said | 3:53pm | Report comment
Yes it is disgraceful, our best bowler is sitting out, our VC is sitting out and our best emerging batsman is sitting out, all because Arthur needed someone to take blame for his failures.
5:13pm
matt h said | 5:13pm | Report comment
You are obviously talking about Glen Maxwell
3:01pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:01pm | Report comment
It’s still drizzling at Mohali and it seems like the two teams are still in their hotels.
According to the two umpires, it will take a couple of hours to get the ground in the right condition after it stops raining. Unfortunately, they also add, more rain forecast for afternoon.
2:28pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:28pm | Report comment
We do not know the Indian line-up yet but what is a definite that there will be at least one change in the side. Virender Sehwag was dropped from the team after consistent poor performance and he has been replaced by Shikhar Dhawan.
Reports of a Cheteshwar Pujara injury did rounds but it looks like he’s fit enough to play. We should know about it at the toss, if that happens today.
5:10pm
matt h said | 5:10pm | Report comment
Is it true that Shewag was dropped for failing to deliver a power point presentation on why he failed a skin fold test?
5:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:25pm | Report comment
More so because he did not use the captain’s optometrist recommendation. But it could well have been to do with a three-point presentation too – one on each of his three failures so far.
2:26pm
MrKistic said | 2:26pm | Report comment
So we’ve gone in with 4 specialist batsmen, one of whom hasn’t scored against spin in the previous two tests. Yep, can’t see any problems there at all.
2:29pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:29pm | Report comment
Not that there were too many other options the team had after their decision to suspend the quartet.
2:37pm
MrKistic said | 2:37pm | Report comment
True, but Watson was always a chance to head home for the birth anyway. We should have selected better in the first place.
2:46pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:46pm | Report comment
No doubt about that.
Still Usman Khawaja, as inexperienced as he is, could have added a bit of solidity in place of Watson. And by the looks of things Watson would have played this game as well.
I think the selectors missed a trick by getting in Matthew Wade as early as six. Alien conditions and inexperience against spin bowling should have pushed Australia into going for the six frontline batsmen + four bowlers + 1 wicket-keeper strategy. I would have played Khawaja in place of Henriques, who then did well in the first Test, which was a bit of a surprise. That should have probably earned him a promotion to number six in the second Test, which did not happen again – and Wade did the scoring while MH failed.
Gets all confusing I guess…and for the selectors too!
6:02pm
Rob Barrow said | 6:02pm | Report comment
Yes Khawaja was exactly what we neededin the top order, someone with grit who can provide valuable runs in the top order. I was surprised we didnt use him from the first test
2:40pm
langou said | 2:40pm | Report comment
And we have dropped our number one bowler from the last test match
2:25pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:25pm | Report comment
The news from Mohali isn’t great. It is drizzling in Mohali…it has been pouring since yesterday and the play will definitely not begin on time. In fact the way things are, we will be lucky to get any play today.
2:30pm
Red Kev said | 2:30pm | Report comment
We may salvage a draw then!
2:34pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:34pm | Report comment
I don’t get a good feeling about this Test with respect to weather. The forecast isn’t great, so we may have many starts and stops and yep, the chances of no-results increase greatly.
2:40pm
langou said | 2:40pm | Report comment
More time to study for their mid year exams
4:00pm
Pope Paul VII said | 4:00pm | Report comment
funny
2:24pm
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:24pm | Report comment
Five cricket series going on around the world but the India v Australia one has suddenly become the cynosure of the cricketing world’s eye. Down 0-2, Australian coach Mickey Arthur dropped a bombshell on Monday by announcing the suspension of four squad players for a reason that seemed quite a frivolous one at that time.
While Arthur did not reveal anything further, captain Michael Clarke later announced that the punishment wasn’t restricted to that one-off incident where the quartet hadn’t completed their self and team-assessment exercise – confirming that there were more than met the eye.
So here we are at Mohali with Australia having only 12 players to choose from (and as Tristan’s said below, the choices have been made!)
Hello everyone and welcome to the live coverage of the third Test between India and Australia from Mohali!
2:17pm
Tristan Rayner said | 2:17pm | Report comment
Australian XI: Warner, Cowan, Clarke, Hughes, Smith, Haddin, Henriques, Siddle, Starc, Lyon, Doherty. Maxwell 12th.
Wade out through injury, Watson, Pattinson suspended, and Maxwell carried the drinks.
2:30pm
Red Kev said | 2:30pm | Report comment
And Johnson and Khawaja not even worth mentioning.
2:35pm
boes said | 2:35pm | Report comment
Johnson & Khawaja weren’t in the XI in the last test. So they are not changes to the line up. They will have some extra time to do their homework.
2:46pm
Renegade said | 2:46pm | Report comment
+1
2:52pm
Red Kev said | 2:52pm | Report comment
Maybe Mickey the mouse ought to spend some time doing homework on opponents and selecting and preparing the team accordingly, instead of handing out meaningless assignments to players. You know, actually do his job instead of just talking about it to the media.
3:13pm
Christo the Daddyo said | 3:13pm | Report comment
Well, you could also argue that the players should do their jobs too. You know, their proper ones – scoring runs and taking wickets.
3:21pm
Red Kev said | 3:21pm | Report comment
They should, and when they fail to do so they should be dropped.
Alternately Arthur could reward poor form with more test caps and not consider the wider squad members who had yet to be tarnished with the on-field failures at all.
3:25pm
langou said | 3:25pm | Report comment
Red Kev, is must be hard work being so angry all the time?
3:43pm
Red Kev said | 3:43pm | Report comment
Maybe for you – I’m very talented so I find it pretty easy
3:55pm
langou said | 3:55pm | Report comment
haha good reply
3:50pm
Amith said | 3:50pm | Report comment
These meaningless assignments will cost us, 2 of the blokes have’t played a game but they take the blame for our onfeld performances, Arthur is a master of deflecting blame on others.
4:15pm
Wilson Flatley said | 4:15pm | Report comment
Steve Smith- the worst batsman to ever start a test match at number 5 for Australia?
4:17pm
Red Kev said | 4:17pm | Report comment
I think Steve Smith might do well against India, England or South Africa would touch him up quick-smart, but I think his game might suit India’s bowlers.
6:19pm
cuzza said | 6:19pm | Report comment
how? what has he ever done to deserve such a comment? he is a grade cricketer at best and his record suggests this.
5:08pm
matt h said | 5:08pm | Report comment
Surerly there have been worse … can’t think of any right now …
Maybe in 78/79 when all the best players went to WSC or in the 80′s when half the team left for South Africa, or in the 20′s when the pitches got wet and they used to reverse the order to protect the batsmen …
Actually no probably not
5:15pm
Pope Paul VII said | 5:15pm | Report comment
Nah the 78/79 establishment boys would have had these jokers on toast.
5:32pm
Bob said | 5:32pm | Report comment
At least Yallop, K.Hughes, Bobby Simpson could play spin bowling. They had to play against Bedi, Venkat and Chandrasaekar- three of the greatest spin bowlers ever. can you imagine how P.Hughes, Warner and Cowan would go against those three?
11:20pm
nickyc said | 11:20pm | Report comment
Bob Simpson, even though aged 41 and out of cricket for a decade, was the top scorer on either side during the the 1977/78 series v. India with 539 runs including scores of 89, 176 and 100. For India Bedi took 31 wckts @ 23.87 and Chandrasekhar 28 @ 25.14. Prasanna and Venkat had less successful series.
6:20pm
cuzza said | 6:20pm | Report comment
6:22pm
cuzza said | 6:22pm | Report comment
Smith is not just the worst number 5 in australian cricket, try anywhere in the top 7. and not just for Australia either, he wouldn’t have got a game for Zimbabwe in the early 90′s. maybe he would get picked for Corfu.