Re: 3rd Test: Australia vs. India at Perth (WACA) Jan. 16-20, 2008
I no longer consider the Aussies a better team than us
This I totally.....totally....do not agree with.
Au contraire, I will say that Aussies are still "head and shoulders" above India in their quality of Cricket. They play good solid attacking (almost automated/robotic) cricket no matter the match situation. India, on the other hand, remains a "good at flowing with the tide" team....seldom do I see them recover strongly from a precarious situation.
India's famed Big 3 did zilch when it was most needed (in the 2nd innings)....but look at the Aussies 2nd innings score-card...every body (Ponting/Hussey/Clarke) contributed....Symonds of course was done in by the Umpire. Even their tail-enders (Johnson/Clarke) were toying with the Indian bowling attack.
The Indians have performed well in this tour.....no doubt...and I am delighted as much as the next Indian that we won.....but lets not lose sight of reason here.