Just quick scorecard analysis cause I’m gonna be late for work.
India batted first, amazing what that does for a team, that said they still only fell home. If nothing else it makes the series a lot more interesting.
Brad Hodge failed again. He hasn’t batted that low in a batting order for ten years. Dudes like Bevan and Hussey like the guiding role, Hodge not so much. Some guys like to be guided in, some guys like to find it them selves.
You would have to wonder how seriously the Australians took this game when looking at the bowlers used. Bracken in his first game back bowls ten overs at nearly 8 an over. While lee bowls 7 overs at under 4 an over. Symond’s bowled 7 overs. Quite odd.
Kartik bowled well, good to see him back, shame ranatunga (powar) had to be dropped for this to happen.
Khan got a bit of stick but good to see the fast bowling singh back in.
Dhoni went nuts, but he will do that. Lets hope he can do it for 10 years.
Hopes continued his good form with the bat and ball, hopefully the fact his fringe is two millimetres from his eyebrows won’t cause him long term problems.
Bit surprised that Clarke didn’t bowl and Symond’s bowled so much. On spinning decks Clarke is usually the better option and surely would have been worth an over or 2.
2-1. If these results are repeated my 4 –2 prediction (guess) was right. Who woulda thunk it.
Is there any reaction from the Oz media to the Ponting dismissal?
Sachin’s innings yesterday was probably the worst I have ever seen from the great man. Hopefully it is a sign of his return to form, and that we will see more competitiveness over the remainder of the series.
John, they were pretty quiet about it, i think it was like 6th paragraph. They let Dhoni’s comments speak for themselves. Mostly they seemed to blame Hodge for his interesting innings.Stuart, I’ve heard it was scratchy as. But like you said lets hope its all for the best and he finds some form.