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Fourth Day of Play:
And finally India has made the history, RP Singh took the wicket of Tait and it’s all over for Aussies. There chariot of Victory has been again stopped by Indians. They once again fell to win 17th consecutive test matches. Johnson still remain not out at 50 and Aussies are all out at 340
Everything now depends on Tait. Aussies still require 87 runs and India only one wicket.
And now India is on the verge of creating history again. SR Clarke fell to Pathan and Aussies are now 326 for the loss of nine wicket.
The current partnership between Johnson and SR Clarke has reached to 50 and Aussies are now at 303 for 8, still require 110 runs with only two wickets in hand.
Two Consecutive boundaries in and one no ball from Kumble to Johnson has brought Aussies to 284 for the loss of 8 wickets.
One boundary by SR Clarke brought Aussies to 273 for the loss of 8 wickets. Johnson is playing at 13 and Clarke is at 10 they still require 140 more runs.
And Clarke gone at 81 and Aussies are now at 254 for the loss of 8 wickets.
At tea of the day four Aussies are batting at 247 for the loss of 7 wickets. India need 3 more wickets while they need 166 more runs to save the match.
One more Jhatka to Aussies and Lee has gone. Sehwag has taken another wicket and Aussies are really under huge pressure. They are now at 229 for the loss of seven wicket and they need another 184 runs and India need simply three wickets.
And Aussies are under pressure again. Gilly gone to Sehwag. Sehwag has once again proved his utility in the team and Aussies are now at 227 for the loss of 6 wickets.
One four from Gilly and Aussies are at 223 for the loss of five wickets. They require another 190 runs.
One more boundary from Clarke brought them to 216 and for them and 55 for him.
One more boundary from Clarke brought Aussies to 212 for five and he has completed his half century too.
One boundary from Gilly has brought them to 208 for the loss of five wickets.
A boundary from Clarke and a few singles has brought Aussies to 201 for the loss of five wickets.
Hence Gilly and Clarke are playing sensibly now to save the match. Aussies are now at 192 for the loss of five wickets. Gilchrist is batting at 3 and Clarke is there at 37. India will have to try it’s best to break this partnership.
Two consecutive boundaries from Clarke to RP Singh brought Aussies to 185. They need 228 more runs.
And now big threat to Aussies, and relief to India. Symonds gone by Kumble for 12 and Aussies are struggling to save the match now. They are at 177 for the loss of five wickets and Gilchrist has joined the Clarke and they need 236 more runs to save the match.
Symonds came to join Clarke and the first boundary from Symonds brought Australia to 165 for the loss of 4 wickets.
One more boundary from Clarke and Aussies are at 159 they require another 254. At the same score Hussey fell. RP Singh took his wicket and Aussies are in a trouble stage now.
Two consecutive boundary by Clarke and Hussey brought Aussies to 151.
At Lunch of day four, Australia is batting at 142 for the loss of 3 wickets. Hussey is playing at 39 and Clarke is there at 11. They need 271 more runs to win and create the world record of 17 consecutive test victories, and India need 7 wickets to stop them.
First boundary from Clarke and Aussies are at 122 for the loss of 3 wickets now.
Ishant Sharma has done the work for India and Ponting got out at 45. Now Aussies are at 118 for the loss of 3 wickets. Clarke has joined the middle.
Five runs in wide has brought Aussies to 117 for the loss of two wickets.
Hussey took three runs and Australia has reached to 111 (Nelson numbe) for the loss of 2 wickets. He is now at 25 and Ponting is at 45, and Aussies need 302 more runs to win the match, the seventeenth consecutive test victory. Also watch Can India do the same miracle again!
One boundary from Ricky Ponting and Australia are now at 108 for 2. Ponting is at 45.
Australia has survived the first hour of play of day four and scored 102 for the loss of 2 wicket, Ponting is playing at 39 and Hussey is batting at 22. They still need 311 more runs and India need to break this pair.
Third Day of Play:
So finally day 3 is over.
After the end of the third day’s play every thing now depends on Indian bowler. At the time of stump Australia is at 65 for the loss of two wickets. R Ponting is not out at 24 while M Hussey is at 5. So we will have to wait for the fourth day of play to see what this pair can do.Australia now require 348 more runs and India require 8 wickets.
First boundary from the Hussey, Australia to 47 for 2. Australia now require 366 more runs and India require 8 wickets.
And PA Jaques falls. Australia is now at 43 for 2. He scored 16 out of 30 balls. M Hussey will now join.
Again a good looking boundary from Jaques, Australia is now at 39/1.
First boundary from the Ponting, Australia to 33 for 1. Australia now require 380 more runs and India require 9 wickets.
Hence Australia now require 391 runs more to win the match, and test debut batsman CJL Rogers fails for once again. Pathan took his wicket, and Australia is now at 22 for the loss of one wicket.Ponting ’s the new batsman.
Again a good looking boundary from Rogers, Australia is now at 21. Australia need under 400.
First boundary from the Jaques, Australia to 12 for the no loss. Australia now require 400 more runs and India require 10 wickets.
The first boundary of Australian team from CJL Rogers brought Australia to 7 for no loss.
Australia opened with Laques and Rogers. first over is maiden. Hence Australia now require 412 runs more to win the match.
Finally Lee took the wicket of VVS Laxman and India is now all out at 294.They have a lead of 412 runs now, I Sharma remain unbeaten at 4 . Now Australia has to decide whether they want to go for a victory or for a draw? Victory seems impossible but if they will try for a draw then they might loose the match too.
At Tea India is at 245 for the loss of 8 wickets.
One beautiful Six from RP Singh brought India to 245 for 8.India lead by 363 runs with 2 wickets remaining. Laxman is now at 57 with RP Singh at 7.
Consecutive wicket to Sysmonds. He is on a hattrick now.
India’s captain goes for a duck.
And Dhoni falls. Thats a big wicket for Symonds. India is now at 235 for 7. He scored 38 out of 87 balls. Anil Kumble’s the new batsman.
One beautiful boundary from Laxman brought India to 234 and he is now at 54 with Dhoni at 37.
India lead by 352 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
One Six from Dhoni brought India to 229 for 6.
Fifty for VVS Laxman.
India: 200 runs in 50.3 overs.
And Pathan falls. India is now at 160 for 6. He scored 46 out of 64 balls. Dhoni will now join.
At Lunch India has taken the lead of 276 and batting at 158 for the loss of 5 wickets. Pathan has batting at 45 and Laxman is batting at 18.
At 9:55 AM here in India, India is batting at 155 for the loss of 5 wickets. Now the totals lead is of 273 runs.
India wont be able to keep the momentum with them self. India lost the quick wickets of Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin and Ganguly and at 9:35 AM IST, India is batting at 130 for the loss of 5 wickets. Night watchman Pathan is still playing at 37 along with VVS Laxman batting at 4.
Second Day of Play:
So finally day 2 is over. This day completely belongs to RP Singh 4/68. At the time of stump India is at 52 for the loss of one wickets. V Sehwag is not out at 29 while IK Pathan is at 2. So we will have to wait for the third day of play to see what this pair can do. India is still lead by 170 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Finally Kumble took the wicket of SW Tait and Australia is now all out at 212.
At Tea Australia is at 148 for the loss of 5. Right now Gilchrist is playing at 34 and A Symonds is at 56.
One Six from Symonds brought Australia to 133 for 5.
Fifty for Symonds.
First boundary from the Symonds brought Australia to 100 for the loss of 5 wickets.
First boundary from the Glichrist brought Australia to 70 for the loss of 5 wickets.
And MJ Clarke falls. Australia is now at 61 for 5. He scored 23 out of 34 balls. AC Glichrist will now join.
At 11:05 AM IST, Australia struggling at 44 for the loss of 4 wickets. Right now is MJ Clarke playing at 11 and A Symonds is at 1.
Finally Johnson took the wicket of RP Singh and India is now all out at 330.
First Day of Play:
Hence the first day of play belonged to Indian batsman, especially Dravid who missed his century and Sachin who was a little bit unlucky. The decision against him was a bit difficult to decide whether it was out or not, but yes he was batting with real perfection today, even Sehwag’s quick fires has removed the pressure from the Indian team in dressing room. At the end of the day India is at 297 for the loss of 6 wickets and Ms Dhoni is batting at 8 along with Pathan with at 8.
And Laxman gone for 27 while India is at 284 for the loss of six wickets. These quick wickets are changing the match.
India is now at 283 for the loss of five wickets.
India lost the wicket of Dravid at 93. Dhoni has came to join Laxman, India is now at 278 for the loss of five.
Two consecutive boundaries from Dravid has reached him to 89 and India at 269 for four.
At 2:41 PM India is batting at 255 for the loss of four wickets.
Some brilliant shots from both the batsman Dravid and Laxman and India is now at 249 for the loss of four wicket. Dravid is at 75 and Laxman is at 20.
This is what a break can do with the concentration of any player. India lost the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar and then quickly they lost the wicket of Ganguly too. Now India is batting at 226 for the loss of 4 wickets. A fine boundary from Laxman brought him to 11 and Dravid is there at 62.
Time for Tea now and India is at 177 for the loss of two wickets. We will be back again after some time.
A superb boundary from Dravid has brought India to 172 and Dravid to 50. Then a single and Dravid is now at 51 and India is 173 for two.
Brilliant boundary from Dravid has brought India to 168 for two and Dravid is at 46 now.
Tendulkar hit the ball superbly and took 2 runs and India is now at 164 for the loss of 2 wickets. Sachin is now at 56 and Dravid is at 42.
Two runs by Dravid brought India to 160 for two and a hundred run partnerships between the two best batsman’s of world Sachin and Dravid.
Brilliant boundary from Dravid brought India to 158 for two and he is now at 39.
Superb boundary from the little master brought him to 53 and India to 154 for two.
150 of India came up with the single from Dravid, and now Sachin is at 49.
A fine boundary from Dravid brought him to 32 and India to 147 for the loss of 2.
An over throw and Sachin has took 2 runs. He is now at 46 and India is at 133 for 2. Then a leg bye of four and India is now at 137 for 2.
A fine boundary by Sachin brought India to 130 for the loss of 2. Now Sachin is at 43.
At 11:52 AM IST, India has scored 125 for the loss of two wickets. Sachin is playing at 38 and Dravid is batting at 26. Earlier Jaffer, scored 16 and Sehwag scored 29. Both of them provided an opening inning of 57.
Post Match Preview:
It is the second time in the history of cricket that two teams are meeting under the same circumstances. The Australian team is again on the verge of a marvelous world record of 17 consecutive victories in test matches for the second time and facing the same team which is there opponent for the first time also and which stopped the famous charriot of victory in Kolkata in 2001.
Now the same teams are again colliding, the situations are completely different, but having lots of similarities.. That time too India was down in the series with 1-0 and this time they are 2-0. Virender Sehwag has been included in the team in place of Yuvraj Singh and hopefully the pitch of Perth where Australia’s record is quite good can suit the likes of him. We will have to wait and watch the match. Also Tait is waiting for his term too on such a bouncy wicket. Hayden is out from this match and this could bring a smile on Kumble’s face.
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January 15th, 2008
A fair resolution: 1) declare the second test between Australia and India played at Sydney during January 2 – 6, 2008 to be NULL and VOID on legal grounds, 2) cancel the ban on Harbhajan Singh, but punish him along with Andrew Symonds, Michael Clark and Brad Hogg for conduct unbecoming of players of test cricket, and of representatives of their countries.
Explanation: The umpires officiating for the test match (Mark Benson and Steve Bucknor) and the captains (Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble) of the two playing sides have some legal grounds to enter into an oral agreement about umpiring decisions that AUGMENTS the ICC rules which provide for the umpires’ current decision making capabilities. However, under no circumstances do they have the jurisdiction to enter into an agreement between themselves that SUBVERTS the current rules of the ICC. To make this point clear, consider the incident involving Saurav Ganguly’s dismissal in his second innings. Ganguly (a left-hander) had nicked a ball, and the ball was supposedly caught by Michael Clarke in the slip position. Under normal circumstances, if the fielder (Clarke) was not in the direct line of sight of the umpire (Benson), or if the umpire was not sure if the catch was clean, he would consult the square leg umpire (Bucknor). If the square leg umpire also could not deliver a clear verdict, then the third umpire, who has the benefit of the TV replays, is referred to. This is the procedure for determining the dismissal of the batsman, as provided by the rules of the ICC.
Now, there is definitely the possibility that, when the third umpire is called in, the TV replays also could not determine the verdict clearly. This might be the case, for example, if the TV cameras could not provide the complete information on the position and the movement of the ball and the fielder during the catch. Currently, in international cricket, the batsman is usually given the benefit of the doubt, if the third umpire also could not reach a clear verdict. In this second test match, if the captains and the umpires, in this particular situation (where the third umpire is inconclusive), had agreed that to resolve the ambiguity in a more transparent manner, they would take the word of the fielder who caught the ball (to be conveyed to the umpires through the captain of the fielding side), then they are on a relatively strong legal ground. However, in the case of Ganguly’s dismissal, the umpire, Benson, decided to directly ask the captain of the fielding side, rather than first ask the square leg umpire and the third umpire. Thus his action amounts to subverting the decision process provided by the ICC rules. At this point, perhaps it is worth interjecting that there is no need to ascribe any sinister motives to the umpire. He must have simply gone by the earlier ‘Gentlemen’s agreement’, and possibly, he might not have understood the legal implications of his actions. Also, it is worth explaining the seriousness of this issue with an example here. In a game of cricket, if the umpires and the captains, on their own, could make agreements that subvert the ICC rules, then there is no guarantee that what is played at the venue is cricket. Just imagine, years later, the record books would specify a certain result, but what happened on the field, might be a game of gilli-danda, or football, for that matter! Thus it is very important to understand that the umpires and captains can only augment the decision making procedure provided by the ICC rules for the purpose of transparency, but they can never subvert the ICC rules. If they do, it could not be considered a game of cricket. Thus, the second test match between Australia and India played at Sydney, Australia during January 2 – 6, 2008 is NULL and VOID on legal grounds.
Note that this legal implication is also a happy consequence for all fair-minded followers of the game. Australia would still have the chance to go for their 17 straight test wins if they won the remaining test matches at Perth and Adelaide. Moreover, this would nullify the accusations of cheating that the Australian team has been hearing from many of their own countrymen. On the other hand, for India, they could still win the Border-Gavaskar trophy if they won the remaining two tests. Moreover, for Cricket Australia, BCCI, ICC and the media, the fact that the series is still undecided and kicking, would mean more revenue, and hence a welcome resolution. Thus this is the best outcomes for all parties involved.
(The grounds for my conclusions on the Harbhajan Singh ban, and punishing Singh, Symonds, Clarke, and Hogg will be explained later, in a subsequent article).
January 30th, 2008
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