I gave the reason but my post got deleted. 
Well played by the Indians in the first match. A decent bowling performance and some good batting especially Ganguly. Anybody know why Khan did'nt bowl in the second innings for India?
I think Singh has to sit, he was totally unimpressive. I don't know what Kumble can do but he should, at the worst, have a better economy rate than Singh.
Should be interesting to see if India can keep up with the Aussies.
tendlia not coming out to face the hat-trick ball is still a shame for him....
he's such a loser....
well done to Steven Waugh who knotched up yet another half century and also Matthew Hayden who is unstopable at the moment - also Ricky and Damien made it to 50.
good game by Ganguly - certainly i did not expect him to play so well while under pressure - and a tough luck there for Sachin Tendulkar.
Onto the second Test - the Australian squad will be same as first test match.
Bouncer warning for India](BBC SPORT | Cricket | Bouncer warning for India)
Williams is in line for his second Test cap
Australia plan to test out India’s batsmen with short-pitched bowling in the second Test.
Steve Waugh has hinted that Brad Williams may come into the side in Adelaide, probably at the expense of Andy Bichel.
“Brad gives us different things - pace, bounce, a bit more aggression,” the Australian captain commented.
“We didn’t execute our plans that well. We’ll revise those and do something different this Test match.”
He added: "If you’ve got that strike power, like Brett Lee or Brad Williams, you’d probably bowl a little bit shorter.
"The attack we had (in Brisbane) wasn;t suited to bowling a lot of short stuff.
“You have to deal with the bowlers you have. We had swing bowlers, guys who bowl in the corridor. There’s no point in bowling a lot of short deliveries if it’s not the style you’ve got.”
Williams kept his place in the squad despite falling foul of officials by criticising the decision him from the final XI in Brisbane, where Nathan Bracken was preferred.
He was reminded about “the appropriate protocol” and later apologised for his comments.
The 29-year-old took four wickets in his debut Test against Zimbabwe in October.
And he provides the attack with extra firepower in the absence of Lee, who is still working his way back to full fitness following ankle and stomach muscle injuries.
Williams is hoping for another chance at the Adelaide Oval, a ground where he has enjoyed himself in domestic cricket.
“I love it actually. I have got a few five-wicket hauls there. It’s one of my favourite grounds to bowl on,” he said.
“I have tended to get reverse swing there in the past.”
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tendlia not coming out to face the hat-trick ball is still a shame for him....
he's such a loser....
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just shows your cricketing intellect????
Grow up be mature and stop hating anthing Indian.
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tendlia not coming out to face the hat-trick ball is still a shame for him....
he's such a loser....
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Heard lots of people say lots of things about 10dulkar, but a loser...now thats a first.
So by your definition I assume the only true winner is the former UAE captain (forget his name) who went out to face Wasim without a helmet and got a knock on his head.
Team first and then personal glory...
I believe Lots of players can learn from 10dulkar not coming out to bat to face the hatrick ball...
But the question is, why did he not come out to face the hat trick ball being the best batsman that he is. Low of self confidence? Just curious.
yeah i think it was a perfect oppertunity for sachin to get some Match practice b4 next test match. i really wonder why they did not do it.?
Did it occur to you gentlemen that Tendulkar was also off the field during the last stages of the Australian innings. Maybe he had a minor injury or some other physical problem and did not want to risk aggravating it unnecessarily. As for the "hatrick ball theory", it does not say anything about 10dulkar but it says a lot about the mental deficienices of the posters above.
The man who handles(without any display of emotion) the pressure of the hopes of 1 billion people every time he walks out to bat, does not surely need a certificate in mental strength from nincompoops like you.
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Did it occur to you gentlemen that Tendulkar was also off the field during the last stages of the Australian innings. Maybe he had a minor injury or some other physical problem and did not want to risk aggravating it unnecessarily. As for the "hatrick ball theory", it does not say anything about 10dulkar but it says a lot about the mental deficienices of the posters above.
The man who handles(without any display of emotion) the pressure of the hopes of 1 billion people every time he walks out to bat, does not surely need a certificate in mental strength from nincompoops like you.
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ugh..yeah right. Excuses. I think it wasn't a physical problem tendulkar was facing but a Phsycological one.
The hattrick ball theory sounds very valid unless you prove otherwise. Calling names won't prove anything but your own inability to defend a decision of your own cricketing idol. So as long as there is anything conclusive I'll continue to question Tendulkar's mental tougness.
Bucknor dismisses media criticism](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/DEC/011400_AUSIND2003-04_10DEC2003.html)
Steve Bucknor has rejected criticism of his umpiring during the first Test between Australia and India at Brisbane, especially his controversial leg-before decision against Sachin Tendulkar in India’s first innings.
And Bucknor, long regarded as one of the best umpires in the world, dismissed suggestions that his form was on the wane. “Just recently I was umpiring the World Cup final so I don’t understand what is happening, but at the moment I am pretty comfortable with my form,” he told the Australian Associated Press. “The criticism doesn’t bother me. Mistakes are going to be made. I know that. Everyone makes mistakes including myself.”
The plethora of television replays indicated the ball which trapped Tendulkar would have sailed over the top of the stumps. But Bucknor delivered his verdict – described by the media in terms such as “a disgrace” and “an insult” - after his customary long deliberation.
“I give myself enough time to think about my decision, to replay just about everything about that delivery, and by so doing I should in the end be able to make that [correct] decision,” he explained. While refusing to discuss the Tendulkar decision itself, he added, “Sometimes it doesn’t go that way … it’s not because my brain is working slowly. Once the hit is made I have a fair idea of what my decision is, it’s a matter of seeing whether something else could have happened.”
Although the Tendulkar dismissal was the one which grabbed the headlines, Bucknor was also criticised for other decisions during the match. He gave Australia’s batsmen the benefit of the doubt on three well-justified appeals, and also appeared to mistakenly reprieve Akash Chopra for what looked like a good bat-pad catch shortly after Tendulkar’s wicket.
Maybe it was an injury problem, maybe it was phsycological one. I think if he was not injured it probably was the correct decision not to send him in. He had already been given out in the first innings on a duck when he was not out and would therefore would have been under pressure at such a critical juncture. The pressure on him and the rest of the team would have been enormous if he had got out on the hattrick ball. It might have affected his performance for the rest of the tour. Therefore, the team management might have decided not to take that risk. He is after all very cruicial to their batting line up and rightly so.
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Maybe it was an injury problem, maybe it was phsycological one. I think if he was not injured it probably was the correct decision not to send him in. He had already been given out in the first innings on a duck when he was not out and would therefore would have been under pressure at such a critical juncture. The pressure on him and the rest of the team would have been enormous if he had got out on the hattrick ball. It might have affected his performance for the rest of the tour. Therefore, the team management might have decided not to take that risk. He is after all very cruicial to their batting line up and rightly so.
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i agree with u some what...but for great players like him..he kindaa had some thing to prove in the second innings atleast this is what i was waiting for to watch. i mean i dont see players like Viv Richards sitting in dressing room when SPECIALLY when they were wrongly given out but thats just what i think (and also what great players think:D.)....and consideringthe aussie bowling for the test match(Commmon Gangully scored a hundred in first innings.)..i think he missed an oppertunity of getting Psychological advantage ahead of 2nd test match.he would still go into next game with NO runs against his name, which if i am aussie i see it as a good thing.
I usually dodnt like to post on silly things but when u people are targeting him so much i think i have to reply
First thing the reason for him not coming on feild is he was off the feild for 45 mins or more while feilding so he has to come on the ground for batting after 45 mins of game or on the fall of 5th wicket. I think many here dodnt know the rules of cricket properly and start talking about cricket and also who is the best batsmen in cricket.
By the way australians them self accepted him to be the greatest batsmen of the contemporary cricket. So he dosent need to be scared of them.
May be pakistanis are after him so much(trying to target him for silly things) cause they r envy that he was born on the other side of the border.
Tendulakr was not send after the fall of 2nd wicket because of cricket laws restrictions. He was off the field for 48 minutes in AUS inning so by law he could not come out and bat till the fall of 5 wickets.
Ager law nahi bhi hota tu bhee it was a good idea keyun k he was given out for 0 in first inning, ager 2nd main bhee out ho jta (ya day diya jata) tu his moral would have come to the earth.
(now if staying off the field for 48 minutes was planned then what can i say ;) )
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just shows your cricketing intellect????
Grow up be mature and stop hating anthing Indian.
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Same applies to u too, so its good to look at urself before pointing fingers.
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But the question is, why did he not come out to face the hat trick ball being the best batsman that he is. Low of self confidence? Just curious.
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He had a back problem. Curiousity satisfied I hope.
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May be pakistanis are after him so much(trying to target him for silly things) cause they r envy that he was born on the other side of the border.
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YOu got it darrrling..:)
So Bucknor felt the heat of the media/players so much he had to make a public statement to defend his mental faculties.
Good. IT's about time umpires were held accountable for extremely poor decisions. One can understand iffy ones, but not outrageous ones. If players can be dropped for poor performance after one test, why not umpires too? They're too complacent sometimes.
I agree with Tony, 3rd umps should have the power to reverse really bad decisions. That is the best.