India - Australia 3rd Test

Lovable little urchin, isn't he, Joel?

Not sure you can say what Matthew Hayden just said

australia run rate was too low in the 1st and 2nd innings, only 2.49 in the 2nd innings. that's cost them for me. u need to go at at least 3 an over on batting friendly wickets.

an extra 50 runs would have meant a draw.

anyone have a stream link

crictime . com

extracover.net

would be quite funny to see the ozzies white washed in india 4-0

Why?

it's going to be 4-0. i arbed ind 4-0 in a shop 25/1 was hoping aus got at least a draw in the opening few tests so it would free up some funds, not be be.

Murphys law YOMOMMA.

Had a torrid time lately on the tennis, how has it been treating you?

why joel ?? because Australia used to whitewash all and sundry in the past , and now its their turn to be on the receiving end

i made loads arbing on the indian wells tournament last week shiraz. tennis is boring me these days, might do some cricket for a while.

nadal winning it was a bit of a shock. he's back to his best so quickly after 7 months out injured.

I'm going back to bed, this match is over. Goodnight.

Yes Nadal does'nt seem to have missed a beat other than that loss to Zeballos.

Good work with the arbs, do you use Pinni a bit?

India gone into defensive mood after losing that first wicket, odd tactics

*mode

Mar 18, 2013 -- 10:28AM, crete wrote:

India gone into defensive mood after losing that first wicket, odd tactics

still plenty of time and overs - sensible.

still two hours left - not sure the market has realised this?

but not like they could lose from here anyway, is it ?

Mar 18, 2013 -- 10:30AM, crete wrote:

but not like they could lose from here anyway, is it ?

No way unless it was fixed

Odd, close is 4:30pm - I thought they would get the extra 30 mins?

that was I thought as well

current time is 3:04 so definitely time for more than the minimum 12 overs.

had half hour at start to make up for day 1 rain  I think so none at end.

Mar 18, 2013 -- 10:35AM, cragihol wrote:

had half hour at start to make up for day 1 rain

cheers mate.  makes sense.

1.10 on India was available for a brief moment

Mar 18, 2013 -- 10:37AM, crete wrote:

1.10 on India was available for a brief moment

that was odd for sure.  A misunderstanding of time left I wonder.

how have you ended up this test Nigel ?? done ok ?

Mar 18, 2013 -- 10:48AM, nicky27 wrote:

how have you ended up this test Nigel ?? done ok ?

Yeah, not got it right really but still made some money - I never complain at that.  Biggest mistake was thinking it would be a draw - should have leveled green on IND/Draw as it really was a toss of a coin.

nice one ... 4-0 on the cards in this series ...Australia look like they've totally lost their spirit , thanks for all your weather analysis and views pre tests , I appreciate ur insight ....IPL not so far away now ( however , test cricket easily my biggest earner )

Mar 18, 2013 -- 10:53AM, nicky27 wrote:

nice one ... 4-0 on the cards in this series ...Australia look like they've totally lost their spirit , thanks for all your weather analysis and views pre tests , I appreciate ur insight ....IPL not so far away now ( however , test cricket easily my biggest earner )

Yeah, I much prefer test cricket.  Might not even bother betting on IPL - only strategy that might work is laying short odds given potential for big gubs and match fixing.

Captaincy does not get worse than what we have seen from Clarke this innnings.

why are they blocking not watching but surely should be easy

India leaving this very late, I'd say. Needlessly IMO. 28 in 7 overs required now.

What is Dhoni doing - it's as though he has all the time in the world.

hmm.. slightly odd

beware of outside influencies

Mar 18, 2013 -- 11:46AM, Mad Postman wrote:

beware of outside influencies

yes, indeed

if they dont win this will be the strangest thing for a long time

Mar 18, 2013 -- 11:48AM, cragihol wrote:

if they dont win this will be the strangest thing for a long time

fix It'll be.

d13phe 18 Mar 13 10:03 
Captaincy does not get worse than what we have seen from Clarke this innnings.


agree entirely.

now, what about the punishment.

1000 lines, 50 laps around the pitch or play the next test in his underpants?

Dhoni on the draw.

Dhoni looking suspiciously inept.

what a load of **** e from the indian commentators

Gavasker thinks its top class bowling

fix written all over it...soon be evens the draw

i sense some panic in these comments....

he'll be fine, and if anything it's probably about making sure someone else doesn't fack it up.

444444

little master to save the day, unless you were on the draw

Most likely someone bet which over does the match finish in and Dhoni will see it finishes that way

there you go, India's brought this on themselves

what would be your bet now, if you were a betting person that is

1.23 India bet of the century get on

aus shud throw in sum bouncers and wides

what good would the wides do?

People actually backing the tie!!!!!!!!

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:04PM, Mad Postman wrote:

what good would the wides do?

wide but not enough for it to be called a wide

4444444

you've clearly never played the game yourself mcfc1981

wow, why are people backing that tie???

Dhoni playing properly again - LOL

That's some fine batting.

someone backed the tie at 100's lol

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:08PM, RMB © wrote:

That's some fine batting.

why does he do it?

1.25 was insane after set fell

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:07PM, Mad Postman wrote:

you've clearly never played the game yourself mcfc1981

when it was close(17 off 23) the shud have been bowling the odd bouncer and down the leg side

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:08PM, nicky27 wrote:

someone backed the tie at 100's lol

I laid £7 of it!

dhoni likes the drama , thats why he dot dot dot dotted

all over

4-4-4

the time for negative bowling was hours ago mcfc.

as daphne said, it's a poor defence from clarke.

u like laying the impossible nige , strange finish , but not complaining 4-0 incoming

17            £3,367

Its all about rupees. Makes Dhoni more marketable

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:10PM, nicky27 wrote:

u like laying the impossible nige , strange finish , but not complaining 4-0 incoming

yes I do! ;-)

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:08PM, nicky27 wrote:

someone backed the tie at 100's lol

Strictly 50s. Someone laid it at 1.02!

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:11PM, Mad Postman wrote:

Its all about rupees. Makes Dhoni more marketable

yeah, makes sense I guess.

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:11PM, Darlo Bantam wrote:

Mar 18, 2013 -- 11:08AM, nicky27 wrote:someone backed the tie at 100's lolStrictly 50s. Someone laid it at 1.02!

No way. Missed that

the time for negative bowling is when they need 17 off 23

i make that nearly 34 overs in just over 2 hours and 20 mins.

an over rate of around 15-16 per hour in those circumstances.

why have india made it look hard,5 fours of the last 7 balls shows it wasnt,they havent been on the spreads have they.

There's a minimum number of overs that can be bowled during the last day/session, so don't think negative captaincy/fielding to avoid bowling overs works.

of course it does.

Clarke was going for the win the numpty

Except you have to bowl the required number of overs on a final day whether it takes five minutes or five hours. There's a law to prevent slow over rates simply to gain a draw.

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:20PM, Darlo Bantam wrote:

Except you have to bowl the required number of overs on a final day whether it takes five minutes or five hours. There's a law to prevent slow over rates simply to gain a draw.

aus could have bowled less overs at the start of the innings and then just 15 overs in the last hour.

Darlo's right here d13phe.

Mar 18, 2013 -- 12:22PM, mcfc1981 wrote:

Mar 18, 2013 -- 11:20AM, Darlo Bantam wrote:Except you have to bowl the required number of overs on a final day whether it takes five minutes or five hours. There's a law to prevent slow over rates simply to gain a draw.aus could have bowled less overs at the start of the innings and then just 15 overs in the last hour.

oh yeah, actually that's true as well!

Hope millionaire morse still a millionaire !!

they were only required to bowl 15 overs in the last hour.

they should have slowed it down a bit until the final hour,

he also attacked far too much.  if he restricted them they might have had to take a few risks to get the run rate up.

it was clueless from start to finsh tbh

btw Clarke has admitted going for the win

omg clarke is clueless he never had the bowlers to get 10 wickets in 30 overs

bonkers stuff from clarke. was never gonna bowl out india in 30 overs on that pitch with his bowlers.

Bowling full on Vijays pads early on with no midwkt covering the boundary etc..

what he could have done is stranggled the right handers by bowling into the rough (JUST LIKE WEST INDIES
DID IN DOMINICA!!) could have picked up a few wkts thru batsmen getting frustrated and got the RRR up.

Then he could attack with the ball with his pacers and slips etc...

Wow, that is amazing - the sheer self belief of Clarke never ceases to amaze me.  Like I said earlier in the thread unless India were on the fixing game there is no way AUS could win that test match with 30 odd overs.

Could someone please tell me how low the draw traded during India's chase?
Cheers.

5.3 lowest.

Thanks Lix,BTW I enjoy your insights both here and on twitter;)