It wasn't the greatest of starts today, we managed to only take two more wickets in the first two sessions (cheers Ruggie, by the way) and made the dire mistake of letting Tendulkar get himself settled. This is never a good thing to do. The world knows that man only needs the slightest of provocation before he will punish bowlers and play with their minds.
And he had help today. He took the inexperienced Raini by the hand and got all Yoda on his arse. The two taunted Hilfy, Hauritz, Mitchy and Twatto - although Mitchy and Twatto gave pretty good in return. I was surprised at how tight Twatto's bowling was, actually. There's nothing to make fun of there, but dropping the simplest of catches is a different story altogether ...
The breakthrough finally came off North, of all bowlers, and surely we were all a bit disappointed to see Sachin go on 98, yes? Well, no actually. It was a much needed wicket and, all due respect, I don't care what he was on.
Dhoni came out swinging, but Johnson got him at 14 with a rather dodgy catch ... did it carry or not? Actually, I think it did but only after watching several slo-mo replays. I don't believe the umpires could have been clear and probably should have given the Dhoni the benefit of the doubt, but there you have it.
From there things pretty well crumbled for India. Johnson took a 5 for and My Lord helped himself to a couple of tail-enders as well. I'm peased for him, he was started to look a bit iffy out there.
At stumps on day 3, India were all out for 405. Australia will start to bat again tomorrow with a lead of just 23 runs. Methinks Stani was right - we're gonna run out of time and end up with a draw.
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You think it carried. Even Watson didn't think. Only Sanjay Hazare thought so.
Dhoni now has the record for most dismissals by a Third Umpire when he was actually not out !
The first and second sessions were painful to watch.
The fielding in the last session was absolute pathetic. :(
I'm surprised how Australia got the lead actually. I bow at Johnson's feet now.
Govind, I watched until my eyes hurt and I think it carried but who can be sure? Which is the point, isn't it? The umpires can't possibly have been sure - they should not have given it out.
Hareem, Australia don't really deserve the lead. It's all down to Johnson, although North made the breakthrough with Sachin that changed it all so maybe a wee bit of credit there. It's only a tiny lead though.
Aussies are speculating a lead of 300 tomorrow should be enough, but I don't know. Let Sachin, Sehwag and Dhoni go mad and you just never know what can happen. Would be nice to see Ponting finally win a test in India, but my money's still on a draw.
Govind, I think I need to go watch again ... you have questioning my faith here!
Kirby,
Formely known as Sachin? I think he's still now as that....BTW - That was a bad decision with Dhoni.....Unacceptable!
It was just a little joke there, Poshe. A play on words and all that. Don't take it so seriously.
I still disagree that it didn't carry, but as I said - batsman should've got benefit of the doubt.
Just woke up to see the highlights of what I missed (the entire tea session). Insane! Really bad shot selection from our batsmen, it's like they forgot it was Test cricket for a bit. No idea why they were hurrying.
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Oh yes, amidst everything happening in the final session, I'd almost forgotten the dropped catch by Watson!
Of all the dropped chances in this match (there were many), I guess this one was the simplest... and the funniest to watch!
Shrid, it was funny to watch because it was Watson who dropped it.
But my, what a game this has turned out to be. Couldn't watch due to broken tv and college but was great to see the scorecard when I came back. And then to think I was predicting a draw...
I was convinced it was going to be a draw, but now I just don't know.
That dropped catch was funny because it was Watson. The cry-baby faces that guy pulls are just too too funny.
Other than that, a dropped catch - so not funny ... you know, except all those ones that Dhoni keeps doing. What's up with that?
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