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Nov 10th 2011, 2:12 am
#541
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
Nov 10th 2011, 2:26 am
#542
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Nov 10th 2011, 9:44 am
#543
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
<Blinks into the daylight> SA 81 for 1 chasing 200 odd ... Hmmm, advantage them then ...
Nov 10th 2011, 11:18 am
#545
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
Some crazy stats from this test:
Lowest Aussie score in over 100 years
All 4 innings featured in 1 day - only the 2nd time this has happened
SA were 22/0, a few hours later Australia were 22/9
23 wickets
SA were going okay at 40-odd/1 and then both teams had some kind of crazy mind f**k - Brad Haddin, what were you thinking! Bowling was very good and batting was tough, but not THAT tough. After 9 down, the last 2 Aussie batsmen realised that you can actually bat on this wicket, SA are batting well in their 2nd dig. The enhanced DRS setup is great.
SA are in control, but after yesterday, who knows..........
Nov 10th 2011, 1:36 pm
#546
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
There is an absolute classic comment by someone on the foxsports.com.au website that asks:
"what sort of cricket team has their opening batsman taking the most amount of wickets and their number 11 making the most amount of runs?"
Classic!
"what sort of cricket team has their opening batsman taking the most amount of wickets and their number 11 making the most amount of runs?"
Classic!
Nov 10th 2011, 8:16 pm
#547
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
Nov 10th 2011, 9:31 pm
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
Nearly done.....well done S.A. 
100 for Smith. Good on him.
100 for Smith. Good on him.
Nov 10th 2011, 9:38 pm
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Nov 10th 2011, 10:05 pm
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Nov 11th 2011, 7:54 pm
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
Nov 11th 2011, 11:54 pm
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Nov 12th 2011, 7:16 am
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
Nothing wrong with that pitch at all.
Nov 12th 2011, 11:01 am
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Re: England v India, who is going to win
I'm not a big fan of his, but I was impressed by Clarke. Not just the 151 against good bowling on a tough pitch, but more so his reaction to the defeat. Ponting would have had that 'caught in the headlights' look on his face and would have come out with every excuse in the book. Not so Clarke. He said that Australia had sucked and that their performance was unacceptable, that his 151 meant nothing and that heads are going to roll. Good stuff.
Ponting, Haddin, Johnson, Hughes really need to be worried about their places. Australia are now in a perfect position to start building for the future. It's up to them.
