Australia v India.

Clear bright day, India trail by 363.

 

Play and miss Tendulkar. maiden. 5 in a row.

 

38 years, 15,000 test runs. 3 no and taking no chances. Very defencive play, is it a mistake?

 

Maybe time to try something different with the ball. Pace is not looking all that dangerous.

 

Siddle tries to take tendulkar's head off.

 

7 maidens in a row. Tendulkar 3 from 30 balls. 2-105. Gambhir 65no.

 

8 maidens.

 

4 overs left in the day.

 

Hilf off, Pattinson on. More pace. No ball, at last a run.

 

Aust skipper Clarke has only 1 slip in place, silly? They still lead by 362.

 

Why not attack all out when batsmen just want to dig in looking for stumps?

 

None off the bat that over. 3 overs to go.

 

Not great bowling, most of the overs have not committed the batsmen.

 

French cut by Tendulkar. Lucky. 4 runs. 7no. Gambhir 66no. India 2-111.

 

Dropped. Ghambir dropped bt keeper. Easy catch. Shocker by Haddin. Didn't get a glove on it.

 

Chest high, a metre to the left, haddin no hope.

 

Stumps day 3. India second innings, 2-113. Gambhir 68no, Tendulkar 8no. Trail by 354. Hilfinhaus 12-6-37-2.

 

Australia wrapped up the second test when India was dismissed for 400 in the second innings. Australia won by an innings and 68 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

 

Thanks for the updates.

India look to be well below the standard of Eng, Aus and SA now, best of the rest, maybe?

 

I think they are a stronger force at home. Even with the aging line up, they'll still take some beating in India. Their pitches will probably always make it hard for them to travel. Maybe it's time that they introduced faster pitches so their younnger players can get used to them. They want slow tracks to keep winning at home, but it's a short sighted view. Even if they quicken things up, they'll still have home ground advantage. Time to move on like everyone else.