[normally_crazy]

Originally Posted by suman

Man, I should have got up - I can see that there was some brilliant bowling with Praveen Kumar & Ishant Sharma picking up 4 wickets a piece, SL all out for 179.

I got up at 5 am and saw that Sangakarra and jayasurya were taking the bowling apart, so cursed the bowlers and went to sleep.

Woke up after 2.5 hours and saw SL were 150-8

Solid batting performance this time round - I wonder why we cannot do it consistently.

[karanraheja]

All of us know India can beat Aussies in the finals. But i just feel they are a tad overconfident at times. Bowling has been good. But we should not pick Sreesanth again for rest of the matches. He has not been in good form. I have a gut feeling that we will beat Aussies. I just Hope hope it happens!

[snaronikar]

Originally Posted by karanraheja

All of us know India can beat Aussies in the finals. But i just feel they are a tad overconfident at times. Bowling has been good. But we should not pick Sreesanth again for rest of the matches. He has not been in good form. I have a gut feeling that we will beat Aussies. I just Hope hope it happens!

Our batting will always let us down in crucial matches as we have seen it previously. (other matches with Aussies). Hope this time our batsmen will click & score.

[diabloo]

Our batting USED to let us down, but NOT any more .

Also there is talk of getting Ganguly and Dravid back in the side (Mr Bogle started it). I can tell you all that if they were part of the team in Australia, India would not have reached the finals .

Originally Posted by snaronikar

Our batting will always let us down in crucial matches as we have seen it previously. (other matches with Aussies). Hope this time our batsmen will click & score.

[suman]

Originally Posted by diabloo

Our batting USED to let us down, but NOT any more .

Oh no, help, he's back. Now the dung will start in real earnest!

Originally Posted by suman

So guys, what was different today? Sehwag was dropped, what else?

Sigh.....now I know; Diabloo kept quiet throughout the match!

[diabloo]

Sehwag is waiting like a chained Tiger. I think Dhoni will unleash him against Australia .

Originally Posted by suman

So guys, what was different today? Sehwag was dropped, what else?

[diabloo]

I think you should be , because your feast has arrived

Originally Posted by suman

Oh no, help, he's back. Now the dung will start in real earnest!

[snaronikar]

Originally Posted by diabloo

Our batting USED to let us down, but NOT any more .

Also there is talk of getting Ganguly and Dravid back in the side (Mr Bogle started it). I can tell you all that if they were part of the team in Australia, India would not have reached the finals .

Woah...Our batting is letting down even now. We have seen this consistently in previous matches. There is nobody to stay at the middle order and steer the innings (except MSD).

[diabloo]

Dravid deserves a place in Indian Team as a "Test Cricket Batting Coach" .
Joke of IPL: Dravid plays T20

Originally Posted by rsjaurr

I fully support present young team and if any senior deserves a place in present cricket that has to be Dravid and not Ganguly or Sachin.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by diabloo

Sehwag is waiting like a chained Tiger. I think Dhoni will unleash him against Australia .

I beg to differ. The way he has batted till date in this series, his best place remains in the dressing room. Chained tiger no way.... more like a tamed cat nowadays.

[Steeroid]

Damn! diabloo turns up and the cricket thread is suddenly on top of every "New Posts" search.

[suman]

Originally Posted by diabloo

Sehwag is waiting like a chained Tiger.

Yeah sure, more like a PUSSYCAT

Originally Posted by diabloo

I think Dhoni will unleash him against Australia .

As I said just before this -

Originally Posted by suman

Oh no, help, he's back. Now the dung will start in real earnest!

Originally Posted by Steeroid

Damn! diabloo turns up and the cricket thread is suddenly on top of every "New Posts" search.

As I mentioned Steer -

Originally Posted by suman

Sigh.....now I know; Diabloo kept quiet throughout the match!

[iraghava]

Unfortunately Steer the content ain't good enough to warrant that place in the New Posts list.

[diabloo]

That was stupid of Ishant Sharma. Sachin, being the senior most (or anybody samiliar with the law), must have taught the ICC rules to these new guys. You cannot gesture after getting a batsman out. However, you can bad mouth them . Ishant is young, he will pick it up soon

Originally Posted by Eddy

Ishant loses 15 % of his match fees. The monkey jumps away scot free

Originally Posted by iraghava

Well from what I could make out from the video I saw it was the bloody monkey who initiated it after getting bowled.

[Proxima]

Guys, need an urgent help please.

Can you tell me by going thru espnstar.com when the highlights are today evening? The site is blocked in my office.