I just saw yesterdays highlights. Ganguly played a gem of an innings. Slightly nervous at the start but after that he was brilliant. Wonder what would have happened if Sachin had not been given out. Maybe Leeds last year might have been repeated.
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Chappell wasn't willing to take any credit for Ganguly's hundred today, saying that the hard work was always done in the middle. He did say, though, that most of all, he had emphasised to Ganguly the need to stay positive and let the merit of each ball dictate his response.
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Shouldnt Ganguly know these facts already? afterall he has played cricket long enough to realize that :D
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I've figured out the secret of Indian players doing well. Each one needs a private foreign coach. Hey, the rich BCCI can afford it surely. For eg, Reid for Zaheer, Wasim for Nehra, Chappell for Ganguly, maybe Jonty for Kaif....
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this may not be as far fetched. Remember a number of past Indian greats come from a) different philosophy to today's cricket and b) find it difficult to be as objective as outsiders can be. Most of them are involved in some state or regional sports bodies for influence or money )nothing wrong with that). Given the amount of money and humongous following, why not?
Great batting by “Prince”. Inning like this against a quality opponent was long due to him and he paid back in style. Draw (which is almost likely) is a big achievement for India as it will give them the much needed confidence.
I have a feeling that something will go a wrong way for Steve Waugh in his last series of his career. For the first time he was out hit-wicket in his long carrier.
Laxman, Ganguly are looked to be in fine form. Lot to watch in the remaining series.
Anyone know about Lee and McGrath? Are they fit enough to play in the next game?
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Draw (which is almost likely) is a big achievement for India as it will give them the much needed confidence.....
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Not to take away all of credit from Indian team, but rain did play a good part in the draw.
I watched the match last night live damn Ganguly was hitting the ball like a football, anything on off stump with little width he would smash it like a hammer. Great knock :k:
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I watched the match last night live damn Ganguly was hitting the ball like a football, anything on off stump with little width he would smash it like a hammer. Great knock
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I know. He was still having trouble with MacGill's spin, but still he played with confidence. Was this Ganguly's first century in Australia or ever against Australia, because he jumped with joy after he reached the 100.
I was also impressed with Laxman's batting. He was really giving Waugh a challange. Also did you guys notice when Ganguly told Laxman not to hit everything, and then Ganguly did it and Laxman told Ganguly to not do it then.
Did you notice Steve Bucknor give Laxman not out, when he was clearly plump LBW against MacGill. Then the ball right after, Laxman was out by catch from Katich? I think Bucknor was fixing up his mistake from previously. After he gave Laxman not out, I could see a lot of relief coming from his back, and he started to smile because he knows now that he's 'evened it up'. (Although a wicket of Tendulkar is not the same as Laxman).
Odd to see Steve Waugh under pressure in Australia, that too on the first test.
Day 5 is approching, and it's going to be a thriller Guaranteed!
Can anyone PM me and tell me details of how to setup broadcast for you guys.I can try to broadcast from my willow.tv account.
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Tendulkar gets raw deal in Australia: Indians
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The dubious decision that sent Sachin Tendulkar packing for a duck in the first Test yesterday prompted former Indian batsman Ravi Shastri to suggest the Indians felt the man widely regarded as the world’s best batsman received a raw deal whenever he toured Australia.
Although yesterday’s contentious lbw decision was made by a neutral umpire, respected Jamaican Steve Bucknor, Shastri pointed to a series of perceived injustices suffered by Tendulkar during India’s previous series here, in 1999-2000.
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“It’s huge and if you go and ask any of the Indian journalists, they’ll say it happened in Adelaide four years ago. In Sydney, he got a rough one,” Shastri said. "He got two or three rough decisions in five innings and still averaged over 50 in that series. ** 
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“It’s bound to stay on their minds, especially when he’s rated as the best player in the world.”
Tendulkar was struck above the pad yesterday by a Jason Gillespie ball that appeared to be rising over the stumps.
The Australians appealed, but Gillespie seemed to have given up and appeared as stunned as anyone when Bucknor finally raised his finger. Tendulkar had faced only three balls and expressed only mild surprise when sent back to the dressing rooms for his 11th Test duck.
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“(I was) surprised because I’d appealed for so long and I didn’t get a response, so I just assumed it was going to be given not out. It was a nice surprise, yeah,” Gillespie said afterwards.*
There was also a suggestion from television footage that Gillespie overstepped the crease and that the great Mumbai batsman had been dismissed by a no-ball.
Shastri said Tendulkar’s dignified reaction to the decision showed why he was regarded as one of the world’s best sportsmen.
“Everyone makes mistakes and that was a poor decision, but I thought what came out of it was the way that Tendulkar handled it. He was extremely composed, where a lot of other batsmen would have thrown the toys out of the cot,” Shastri said.
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“In fact, (Justin) Langer showed more dissent than that when he was given out, when he was out. I don’t know what I might have done, I probably would have lost it. For me, that just goes to show what a role model he (Tendulkar) is for the younger players and why he is respected all over the world.” **
There was a collective groan of dismay from Indian and Australian onlookers and commentators alike at what was widely regarded as a bad mistake.
It has been an inauspicious match for Bucknor, who has stood in 83 Tests since his first in 1988-89.** He has now made four apparently incorrect decisions for lbw in this Test, three of them “not outs” that denied wickets to India.
Two of those showed Zaheer Khan twice could have had Langer’s wicket early in his innings of 121. On the first day, Bucknor called Zaheer for a no-ball, from which Langer was caught on eight, that replays suggested was a legal delivery.
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However, any mutterings of a conspiracy were dispelled when, not long after Tendulkar’s dismissal, Indian opener Akash Chopra was given not out when he appeared to hit a catch to Simon Katich at bat-pad off the bowling of leg spinner Stuart MacGill.
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Four years ago, Tendulkar was twice given out by Daryl Harper in bizarre circumstances in the Adelaide Test, most memorably when a rising Glenn McGrath bouncer struck him on the shoulder while he was crouched before the stumps.**
Last night, India captain Sourav Ganguly was asked whether he raised an eyebrow at Tendulkar’s dismissal. “Well, I’m not supposed to make a comment on that, am I?” he said.
Dont you guys think youre over reacting to Tendulkar's wrong decision? I mean it was a nuetral umpire, and everyone makes mistakes, why keep jumping...
Come on Spock, 4 mistakes? 3 of them against us? That's a high percentage.
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I know. He was still having trouble with MacGill's spin, but still he played with confidence. Was this Ganguly's first century in Australia or ever against Australia, because he jumped with joy after he reached the 100.
I was also impressed with Laxman's batting. He was really giving Waugh a challange. Also did you guys notice when Ganguly told Laxman not to hit everything, and then Ganguly did it and Laxman told Ganguly to not do it then.
Did you notice Steve Bucknor give Laxman not out, when he was clearly plump LBW against MacGill. Then the ball right after, Laxman was out by catch from Katich? I think Bucknor was fixing up his mistake from previously. After he gave Laxman not out, I could see a lot of relief coming from his back, and he started to smile because he knows now that he's 'evened it up'. (Although a wicket of Tendulkar is not the same as Laxman).
Odd to see Steve Waugh under pressure in Australia, that too on the first test.
Day 5 is approching, and it's going to be a thriller Guaranteed!
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This is his first ever 100 against Australia not just in Australia.
So 1st test is most likely to end as draw? :k:
Rain and Bucknor have robbed us of the chances of a win...
Anything uptil 300, Indians could have chased comfortably.
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this may not be as far fetched. Remember a number of past Indian greats come from a) different philosophy to today's cricket and b) find it difficult to be as objective as outsiders can be. Most of them are involved in some state or regional sports bodies for influence or money )nothing wrong with that). Given the amount of money and humongous following, why not?
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And if you take into account how each player comes with his unique set of psychological problems depending on region, parents, popularity at school and self-image, it's a sensible choice to give them their very own psychoanalyst/coach/friend.
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Come on Spock, 4 mistakes? 3 of them against us? That's a high percentage.
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Karina, but they were neutral umpires... And if they had known it would cause so much controversy, they would not have made such intentional mistakes, so its gotta be a genuine mistakes. That has no effect on Tendulkars repute as a great batsmen, even the great ones have to accept the umpires mistakes, and I read he accepted the umpires decision and didnt protest, and all these protest articles are only taking the aesthatic away from him. What needs to be lauded is his sportsman spirit of not protesting infront of the umpires like some present cricketers have a habit of doing.
Trust me a lot of cricketers would rather have Steve Bucknor at the other end than have Venkat. Do you know Venkat literally almost finished off Nasser Hussain's career by giving him wrongly out in consecutive matches.
It's so terrible to go on 99. The game's taken a twist but I doubt Aussies will crash a la Calcutta. Not at Brisbane, not without Zaheer.
No FB, Some1 etc. And no Asif of course, which must be making so many happy.
^^ quit crying about who is here and who is not.. you think you are not good enough to continue an argument without the help of others?
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Trust me a lot of cricketers would rather have Steve Bucknor at the other end than have Venkat. Do you know Venkat literally almost finished off Nasser Hussain's career by giving him wrongly out in consecutive matches.
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Now they don't have answer to this ;)
Anyway is today the last day of this test?