Australia thrash India

There you have it... Australia jumped, kicked, stamped, mauled and raped India to a huge win. I woke up at 4 a.m looking forward to a possible contest or a fight. 1 hour was all that made me decide to let me catch some sleep. I wonder if this has to be the worst defeat to them in the recent past. There were no excuses to be made and was at least glad to know that there were no excuses made by Anil Kumble. So is it the Australian conditions that did them in? Is it lack of practice matches i...

Day 3 – Australia consolidates to strike India

I couldn’t catch much of the match today and therefore keeping it short. Australia played as well as they possibly could on this pitch to post a steep total of 499 for the Indians to chase. Phil Jacques once again did well at the top and Clarke also chipped in with a fine fifty. Jacques is turning to be very interesting player to watch as he has been consistently delivering. Ricky Ponting continues to be Harbhajan’s bunny. Though Harbhajan picked most of the wickets, I still feel that he ...

Day 2 – Australia eat Indian crumble pie

The annoying fact of India's growing inability in not wiping out the tail quickly ran on even today as Australia posted a very competitive first innings total of 343. The Robin Williams look-alike and possibly gay Stuart Clarke, entertained to lift Australia up to a strong position. The pitch today was even more interesting and seem to be deteriorating far quicker than perceived. Overnight, that tennis ball bounce has dipped a bit and the odd balls were keeping low and slow. The pitch becoming s...

Day 1 – A promising match Folks!

What an interesting day of play! The first test match of the India-Australia series has shown signs of a competitive test series. Now this match really looks alive and kicking isn't it? Not yet though! To start with, I was pleased to see Kumble go in with two spinners because somehow it made sense to play to your strengths and utilize all the experience in hand. I really thought that India should use a two spin attack for the series and exit from their earlier modes in Australia. The pitch wa...

Harbhajan takes a digg at Hogg

Finally, the series which I have been looking forward is around the corner and the games have already began. Harbhajan on landing in Australia has already taken his first dig at... Hogg! On questions posted on the Australian debate on using an all-pace attack or spin, he said "From our point of view, we would be happy to see how Hogg would go against the best players of spin in the world." Hogg is "not close to the class of Warne and MacGill". "It would be a big test for him, and we all know how...