India vs Australia

He took 20 wickets @ less than 30 in 5 tests. From my reckoning he did better than any Indian paceman of late in England and that's when he was in poor form, playing in unfamiliar conditions with a different ball than he is used to. I suspect he would have learnt a great deal from the 2008 series in India and from his 2 test series against India on how to bowl to Indian batsmen and how to use conditions in India. Brett Lee is the one to look out for anyway, he's the best ODI bowler in this series by far.

Zuhair they are not that quality mate only Tendulkar is good.

Originally posted by mystery Zuhair they are not that quality mate only Tendulkar is good.

Even Indian no 11s are good against spin mate.

I agree with ZuZu, most of the Indians are adept to spin. Not saying they are all as good as Sachin, but Gambhir, Sehwag, Yuvraj and Dhoni play spin well enough and Hauritz is not as much of a threat as say a Warne. Hauritz has bowled beautifully in the ACL T20 and hopefully that will be good preparation. He has this new self belief which I really like and he's getting some really nice turn. Holland at times has looked really good, but in T20 you're bound to have a couple of bad games which he has had. I think Australia's spin options are okay, nothing special, but respectable.
Peter Siddle shouldn't play. He's a bit one dimensional in limited overs cricket and his style is not particularly good for it, very much like Steyn. Slow medium to medium fast bowlers do quite well in India. Bracken would have been handy and so would some one like Andrew McDonald. Hopes might have a job with the ball out there.

Originally posted by milkman He took 20 wickets @ less than 30 in 5 tests. From my reckoning he did better than any Indian paceman of late in England and that's when he was in poor form, playing in unfamiliar conditions with a different ball than he is used to.

Well Yuvraj case , I cannot say how well he plays spin , just like ponting, If he is set then no problem at all. While other youngsters like Raina,Kholi do not have any problems with spin.

Yes Roy and Haydos would have added fire, we are missing sreesanth too   it would have been explosive combination. Guys watch out of Jadeja , he is a utility player.He would like to rub off the bad opinion on him that many think just because of one match in England.

Sometimes he looks too serious , other times he is completely nonchalant. Strange bloke this Yuvraj.

Originally posted by milkman Sometimes he looks too serious , other times he is completely nonchalant. Strange bloke this Yuvraj.

I would say he has underacheived than what he is capable of because of his carefree attitude.

I don't think he is aiming or even selectors have him in that frame of mind for tests.

Sam is right fellas, no way is Yuvraj a good player of spin, he handles the ball coming on to the bat better.

Clarke is back for Australia which should help , since he's a top player of spin and has a liking for the sub continent pitches. He's certainly one of those cricketers who makes runs everywhere against all sorts of bowlers. Much different to Ponting, who only has 1 ton in India in tests after a number of series.

Yes he is.

There's a big emphasis in NSW in developing wrist spin and using wrist spin in particular. Not so much finger spin. I'd say most players coming from NSW are quite adept against the spinning ball. Mark Waugh used his feet well, Taylor, Steve Waugh, Slater and Bevan could all play spin reasonably well. I rate Haddin highly against spin as well.


Edited by milkman - 22 October 2009 at 2:13pm