2nd 3Mobile Test Australia v West Indies @ Adelaide Oval (Fri - Tue) DAY 5

[Cousin Jed]

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Adelaide Oval, December 4 - 8

Collapso Kings has been the cry after the very ordinary effort shown by the West Indies, batsmen mainly, at the Gabba, with calls to help the West Indies team, though as Ricky Ponting pointed out - its been 21 years since anyone beat Australia at the Gabba and there has been alot of hidings in between.

There won't be any excuses for their batsmen here, every batsmen's favourite ground to bat on in Australia - the Adelaide Oval. Not for the first time, there is talk of more grass being on the wicket, but it is hard to believe that by 10am tomorrow you will be seeing any of that left. Couple of decisions for the West Indies selectors - Sarwan is fit (well fit enough) so do they drop his replacement Dowling, or former Qld struggler, who looked totally out of his depth at the Gabba, Brendan Nash. The money says Dowlin. Taylor has gone home so youngster Gavin Tonge, or bowler with a little more batting ability Darren Sammy will vie for his spot.

For Australia, Shane Watson will enjoy opening up somewhere away from the Gabba, where has more ducks than run scoring appearances. But failure here and he will find himself under the gun, with a quick to turn Australian media (and public!) not holding much love for the blonde Queenslander turned Tasmanian turned Queenslander turned New South Welshman.

Mike Hussey made another solid knock, but that won't do much to keep speculation about his spot down. 1 change for the bowling attack with reliable Ben Hilfenhaus having knee tendinitis, so former bald eagle Doug Bollinger makes it a dual left armed attack. It also means Australia loses its control bowler, and with the short square boundaries they won't want to let Chris Gayle get in control, or it will be leather chasing time.



Australia XI

Simon Katich
Shane Watson
* Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
Marcus North
+Brad Haddin
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Hauritz
Peter Siddle
Doug Bollinger

In: Bollinger
McKay (Not really in but just doing it for our Victorian friends)
Out: Hilfenhaus (knee)

West Indies XIII

*Chris Gayle
Adrian Barath
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Travis Dowlin
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Dwayne Bravo
Brendan Nash
+Denesh Ramdin
Sulieman Benn
Darren Sammy
Gavin Tonge
Ravi Rampaul
Kemar Roach

In Sarwan
Sammy
Tonge
Out Taylor

Umpires:
Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Ian Gould (England)
Mark Benson (England)

Session Times (AEDT):

11:00am - 1pm
1:40pm - 3:40pm
4pm - 6pm (or 6:30 given the test cricket over rates these days)

Weather: Fine and mostly sunny every day. 22 - 29

Coverage:

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[Cousin Jed]

Continued on from here

 

[krusden]

There was rain about over night. I wonder if there will be a delay this morning?

 

[legend166]

They haven't said anything about a delayed start, and there's no rain at the moment, so it should start on time.

 

[Subaru Impreza]

another pathetic Adelaide crowd, when the game is up for grabs

i doubt there are even 3,000 people there at the moment

 

[magic_johnson!]

crowd is building quick. I'm here in Adelaide and this morning a doubted there would be play. Very wet at my hotel and FREEZING. Will build when play starts. Abc reakon rain will pass by noon.

 

[OzBomber]

crowd is building quick. I'm here in Adelaide and this morning a doubted there would be play. Very wet at my hotel and FREEZING. Will build when play starts. Abc reakon rain will pass by noon.

If you're in Adelaide why are you on a computer? You should be at the game.

 

[krusden]

crowd is building quick. I'm here in Adelaide and this morning a doubted there would be play. Very wet at my hotel and FREEZING. Will build when play starts. Abc reakon rain will pass by noon.

i doubted too. Was raining significantly for adelaide.

 

[damochandler]

need to get these wickets early if they want any chance of winning this match. i doubt they will take the new ball

 

[HBF]

Still feel that the Aussies will give themselves a chance chasing down these runs. As long as we've got wickets in hand approaching the last session, then I reckon we'll have a real crack at this. Still, we have to wrap the Windies innings up quick smart this morning.

 

[OzBomber]

5 wickets for Johnson? I didn't even know he had that many.

 

[HBF]

Bowled Mitch!
If we can end up chasing about 320-330 off say 80 overs, we'd be a massive chance to win this match. Will be an enthralling day of cricket!

 

[redragger]

5 wickets for Johnson? I didn't even know he had that many.

Has to be the worst 5-wicket haul I've seen in a long time. Has bowled horribly all series. Seriously this has to be the worst bowling attack Australia has put up since the Paul Wilson days. It's saying something when Bollinger is your best bowler...

 

[King Elvis]

another pathetic Adelaide crowd, when the game is up for grabs

i doubt there are even 3,000 people there at the moment

Load of crap.

The crowds have been good - considering the Oval is a mess at the moment (I went on Saturday, but buggered off early because of it).

It's the last day, and it's a workday.

 

[Cousin Jed]

West Indies obviously just want a draw, or they really rate their bowling attack.

 

[Ron]

One more over i reckon, Gayle might have a crack and try to get another 10 runs or so.

Bat any longer then they waste their chance to win.

 

[krusden]

West Indies obviously just want a draw, or they really rate their bowling attack.

well australia went from 0/174 to all out 439 on day three so maybe they do really rate their chances.

 

[danielnajdek]

God haddins a hopeless keeper just stood there looking at it.

 

[dumb]

sluggish pace of WI scoring / declaration time has removed their chance of taking a new ball later in the day.

as i say that, gawn. still in with a chance for us to win you'd say. 1 over with the new ball.

 

[CAS79]

West Indies obviously just want a draw, or they really rate their bowling attack.

There rarely in s strong position against top teams these days. England aside.

There nervous enough and think Australia can get these runs.

There possibly right. Getting them out now would lead to a good days play.

 

[King Elvis]

We still have (not as strong, but it's still there) the aura that we can make magic happen and win the unwinnable games; the Windies would rather a draw than risk a loss.

 

[Ron]

Well done Gayle on carrying your bat, a fine innings. Only been done by about 40 men, so a pretty special thing to do.

Aussies need better than 4 an over to win, tough ask. If Watto and Kat get a cracking start it'll make things interesting.

 

[HBF]

Well batted Chris Gayle. Have well and truly put your team in with a great chance of victory here. Australia have to make 329 off 81 overs.

 

[magic_johnson!]

If you're in Adelaide why are you on a computer? You should be at the game.

I am. I am posting on my iPod

 

[magic_johnson!]

Load of crap.

The crowds have been good - considering the Oval is a mess at the moment (I went on Saturday, but buggered off early because of it).

It's the last day, and it's a workday.

why did you go early ??? It ain't that bad...