There are two possible outcomes to this test match.
Either Ponting plays the innings of his life and India lose.
Or India get Ponting out and they win.
There is no other player in the Australian batting line up who can make the runs required to win them the game.
Sure I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
King Probot Hussey is in scratchy form. He is not batting bad, but he has definitely lost that sense of invincibility from before. I sense a Jimmy Adams come down in his future.
Michael Clarke is a teddy bear, and I cannot see him handling the pressure of a 400 run chase well. If he does, I will stand and applaud, because he is doing it from the weakest form in the side.
Big Roy is seeing them well, mind you he has had more luck than Homer Simpson. I would doubt if he could contribute more than a stylish 70 in a chase like this. If he did make a big score, would make the chase one hell of a spectacle.
Gilly is a legend, but he is not the Gilly of Hobart 99. He is just a mere mortal who dabbles with spectacular deeds now, and with Kumble probing at him, I just can’t see him making the bulk of these runs.
Brett Lee is a bowler who bats, not an all rounder, Johnson can hold a bat, Clark bats like a tail ender should and Tait deserves his spot at 11.
It’s Ponting or bust.
Beg to differ Unc J. I think Hussey is your man. And him being in bad nick may be a good thing if he opts to keep away his strokes while Ponting-Clarke-Symonds-Gilchrist attack. What you need tomorrow is someone to play sheet anchor for the first session. Who better than King Probot?
Ponting and Symonds would be the key… whatever may be the outcome, it has been a good match so far.
Hussey, Ponting Gilly and Symonds. Clarke isn’t to be ignored in all this.I think Australia could do it with about 3-4 wickets to spare.India are a spinner short and a session/session-and-a-quarter batting short as well. I’m not befooled by the first innings.If India win this one, I’ll be mostly relieved.
I wish I could make a big unbeaten century and be considered out of form.Not that it matters. We’re toast.
David, not out of form, just scratchy. He didn’t look like his robotic self.
He’s looking scratchy still.. but I believe in the Husswah.so anyone willing to put their dignity on the line for this game?http://www.cricket-blog.com/archives/2008/01/19/Australia_v_India-onilne_comp/