hope zimbabwe can win a match :k:
veeeerryy amazing
Ponting is out - Gilchrist will lead the Australian side - with Sachin and Virendar back in the side - India has edge - Micheal Bevan is out with a broken rib - and the local boy Mike Hussey will make his ODI debut for Aussies on Sunday.
i am exicted for the good match tommorow 
Australia faces daunting Indian line-up](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040131/323/ekuy8.html)
PERTH, Australia (AFP) - Australia will face the full might of India’s batting line-up in their one-day cricket match here, but it is the bowlers that have stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist just as worried.
Gilchrist, who will fill-in for rested captain Ricky Ponting, said there was no magical formula for handling what was rapidly becoming the world’s most formidable batting line-up.
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“It’s been an issue all year, they’ve played so well,” he said ahead of the triangular series match at the Western Australian Cricket Association Ground.
"I’m not going to say we’ve come out with a secret plan that we’re certain is going to do the job.
“But we’ve continued to assess it and got our thoughts together about what way we want to try and execute our plans this time and we’ll see how it comes out.”
Gilchrist said India’s tour of Australia had also unveiled the strength of its previously underrated bowling attack.
“What they’ve done on this tour is prove that they’ve got some quality bowlers,” he said.
"(Anil) Kumble has come into his own on this tour where previously he hasn’t done well overseas or certainly in Australia.
"(Ashish) Nehra, (Irfan) Pathan … Ajit (Agarkar) have bowled wonderfully well all tour.
“Their bowling line-up has certainly proven that they’ve got a bit more fight than what’s been shown before. They have been successful against everyone.”
India have included fit-again batting maestros Sachin Tedulkar and Virender Sehwag in their squad, which already boasts the talents of VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh.
Gilchrist said there was no easy way to counter such a potent line-up but trial and error had taught the Australians they needed to be consistent.
“It’s about the execution, not so much the end result – whether Laxman gets another hundred or Dravid keeps getting runs or Tendulkar or any number of those guys,” he said.
"We’ve been a bit patchy in our execution. Sometimes we’ve been good, sometimes we haven’t been so good.
“They’re such good players of high quality that they capitalise on those times that you’re not doing it well.”
Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said but his team was brimming with confidence gained on the tour.
“There are two very good sides competing. One side really has to play poorly for it to be a one-sided affair,” he said.
Ganguly said India was focussed on winning the best of three finals series which starts next month following Sunday’s game and a final match against Zimbabwe in Perth on Tuesday.
“We will try and win it. We will try and play our best cricket – every game is an international game and you play to win,” he said.
“I’ve always believed it is a difficult place in the world for the number two team.”
Matches between the two teams had been very even, he said.
“When you play a side like Australia the game is not won in the 60th or 70th over, it’s won in the 90th or 91st over,” Ganguly said.
“That’s what it’s been. Two very good sides competing.”
He said the tour had been long and tiring but the Indians had been boosted by their success and now believed they would be an impossible team to beat at home.
For India, only injured spinner Anil Kumble has been ruled out of the match on a wicket renowned for favouring pace.
Australia will be without Ponting, who has been rested for the match, while one-day batting specialist Michael Bevan has been ruled out for the remainder of the series with a broken rib.
His place will be taken by local player Michael Hussey who will be making his international one-day debut.
Attention will also focus on batsman Damien Martyn who has been under intense scrutiny of both his on and off-field behaviour.
Martyn, who has been in a form slump, allegedly made an obscene gesture to a televison crew following Thursday’s washed-out match against Zimbabwe in Melbourne.
Squads:
India: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Rohan Gavaskar, Parthiv Patel, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, Sanjay Bangar, Murali Kartik, Lakshmipathy Balaji.
Australia: Adam Gilchrist (captain), Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Andy Bichel, Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Ian Harvey, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams.
Can't wait for this one.
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Just a few more hours.
So the WACA is supposed to be the fastest pitch the world?
What time is match starting, anyone know? I saw it is Feb 1st but with time diff etc...I am confused
Also who will have to be dropped because Tendulkar and Sewag are fit now?
Why is Ponting not in team?
Something strange about this
Also what does VB stand for?
India in trouble.
101/6 in 22 overs
Australians are into trouble too, they have already lost three wickets.
Although they are still scoring at a very good run rate. Right now Aussies are 57/3 in just 8 overs they still need 147. Gilchrist is playing his natural game, he’s 36 n.o. (already hit 6 fours and a six) Hope Aussies will win is comprehensively. :k:
Persisiting with Brett lee paid off. Well done aussies. :k:
^
shove it where the...
Indians are losing this one. :-(
Gilchrist and Symonds are playing a good knock. Just 88 more runs to win from 34.3 overs with 7 wickets remaining.
heres the next wasim akram "showcasing" his bag of tricks
19.4 Pathan to Symonds, SIX, lofted way over the long off - over the
fence - over the crowd into the driveway beside the Prindiville
gates on Nelson Crescent
:p
at last the aussies win by 5 wickets
A bit of a rout and food for thought for the Indians before the finals. Very ordinary and below par performance. Remember to perform like this next month when you visit Pakistan. :)
ha ha india lost, perfect eid present :k: shabash gilly and bakra aka symonds gr8 knocks, poor bowling india and the same goes for the batting, ha ha and ha
:D
Well, I agree it was darn shameful.. how we( Indians ) performed. I kept myself hidden from this part of gs while the match was on. I dunno whether to laugh or to cry. It is good that they lost this one in this manner, a jolt enough to wake them up again just in time ( b4 finals that is ). Nonetheless.. pathetic performance by Indians.
I only hope they play the exact opposite of this in the march series against pak! :-p
The first batting collapse of the tour, but the good news is that the finals will not be on the waca pitch. The other positive sign is that despite the biggies making zilch the tail still managed to scrape up 200. Overly defensive, the top order.
Hope they've got the mandatory bad game out of their system and don't repeat it when it counts.