7th ODI: India v Australia @ Mumbai (Wed)

[Blue Dimension]

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Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
(8pm AEDT Wednesday November 15)

Who would have thought, heading into the 7th and final ODI of this Indian tour that Australia would have already wrapped it up. Australia’s defeat of India in this series has been a truly inspiring effort, and India will be left licking their wounds and left pondering in regards to personnel ahead of the next world cup.
For now though, we turn our attention to this dead rubber in Mumbai. Australia will potentially look to expose Jon Holland at international level and give him experience in amongst the Indian conditions. Perhaps, a rest for Shane Watson, who has been without a doubt, absolutely sensational for Australia of late and deserves a well earned rest. Andrew Mcdonald is waiting on the sidelines and might sneak into the lineup as a result, and thus would secure his first ODI cap for Australia. If this was to be the case, Mitchell Johnson’s public requests at a stint to open the batting may be trialed.
India on the other hand may look to salvage some pride and a morale boost. Ishant Sharma is easily India’s most dangerous fast bowler when on song and deserves a recall, perhaps at the expense of Munaf Patel or Praveen Kumar who have been disappointing in their outings this series. Conversely, India may use this game as an opportunity to trial all-rounder Sudeep Tyagi ahead of Ravindra Jadeja and introduce Amit Mishra to alter the balance of a side whose bowling performances have been below par of recent times.
One thing is for sure however, is that India won’t lay down no matter what the series status may be and will seek to improve all round on their performances with the bat, ball, and in the field. With a World Cup only a year away, neither team can look to take any ODI for granted.
Sidenote: By winning the past 2 games, Australia has retained their number 1 ranking which was under threat this series.

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India Squad
Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
*+MS Dhoni
Suresh Raina
Virat Kohli
Ravi Jadeja
Amit Mishra
Harbhajan Singh
Praveen Kumar
Ishant Sharma
Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Sudeep Tyagi (international debut)

In:
Virat Kohli
Amit Mishra
Ishant Sharma
Sudeep Tyagi

Australia Squad
Shaun Marsh
Shane Watson
*Ricky Ponting
Cameron White
Michael Hussey
Adam Voges
Andrew McDonald (ODI debut)
Mitchell Johnson
+Graham Manou
Clint McKay
Nathan Hauritz
Burt Cockley (international debut)
Jon Holland (international debut)
Doug Bollinger
Ben Hilfenhaus

In:
Andrew McDonald
Bene Hilfenhaus
Burt Cockley
Jon Holland

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[Cotchin 9]

Great write-up.

For lulz I'd go with:

Johnson
Marsh
Ponting
White
Hussey
McDonald
Manou +
McKay
Bollinger
Ben Tookyasixyearstobuildahaus
Holland

 

[ManWithNoName]

Can we just forefit? Knowing our luck Watson will do his back, and as he's falling to the ground in pain his bat will slip from his hands and KO Ponting.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Watson and Johnson have been rested and are on their way home (early flight)

 

[evdo1706]

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
(8pm AEDT Wednesday November 15)


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Good preview. Just one correction. The venue is not the new DY Patil stadium, but the old Brabourne Stadium. Mumbai has three cricket stadiums--
1. Wankhede Stadium(owner-Mumbai Cricket Association)- -the normal preferred venue. under renovation for world cup.

2. Brabourne(owner-Cricket Club of India)-- the stadium where Australia won their 1st Champion's Trophy.

3. DY Patil(owner- Dr. DY Patil sports Academy)--in New Mumbai--a bit far from the main city--saw some actions in IPL--no internationals so far--very modern state of the art stadium though.

Edit--- sorry for the wrong info. its DY not Brabourne.

 

[Cousin Jed]

Looks like its DY Patil to me

BD is Bene Hilfenhaus his Italian brother?

 

[TorresIsGod]

DY Patil for mine too.

Marsh
Voges
Ponting
White
Hussey
McDonald
Manou
McKay
Holland
Bollinger
Cockley

 

[evdo1706]

Looks like its DY Patil to me

BD is Bene Hilfenhaus his Italian brother?

yea..my bad.. just checked. its indeed DY Patil. But I remember seeing Brabourne in the original schedule. not sure though. Even if you go to the ground section in cricinfo where they give details of the grounds for each series you will see its Brabourne. So may be rescheduled to Dy later on. Anyways DY is a better stadium.

 

[peternorth]

so cockley and ronald will play. surely they give holland a go too?

 

[larrikin]

White or Voges to open then with Marsh I guess

 

[LukeParkerno1]

surely they give holland a go too?

I want to win the match not throw it away!

 

[Selective Retention]

Taking the piss playing Cockley and Holland. Ronnie is fine but those two don't deserve a game on performances to date. I know one day caps have less meaning but surely you have to do something, ANYTHING to get one. Cockley might be ok in the future I guess.

1 Shaun Marsh, 2 Adam Voges, 3. Ricky Ponting, 4 Cameron White, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Andrew McDonald, 7 Graham Manou (wk), 8 Clint McKay, 9 Jon Holland, 10 Doug Bollinger, 11 Burt Cockley.

If India lose to that team they might as well give up.

 

[TorresIsGod]

Hauritz is sure to play in the first test in Brisbane, but they need a 12th man for this match just in case, so he'll have to stay (cant even send him home early).

I'd rest him from this match and give Holland some exposure on the international scene, let him have a game and see how he goes.

EDIT: Hilfehnaus is still there too, so maybe they could have sent Hauritz home early...

 

[Spikey]

May as well give Jimmy a game tbh. He's a ok player isn't it? Won't do any worse than Holland or Cockley

 

[dumb]

cyclone warnings for mumbai apparently? the sri lankan game has been delayed a day.

 

[Russian]

Looks highly unlikely anyone's going to get a game.

 

[mattys123]

cyclone warnings for mumbai apparently? the sri lankan game has been delayed a day.

80% chance of rain, but the cyclone is only rated as a tropical storm (not even Category One) at the moment, so we should get some play in at least.

Live weather didnt look good though, heavy cloud over Mumbai at the moment.

 

[OzBomber]

Anyone know what Jimmy Bartel is in India atm?

 

[roostersgal4eva]

looks much better now it did a while ago

 

[alfy!]

http://www.gfc.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/86764/default.aspx

Cool photo.

 

[OzBomber]

The one good thing about no pay is the great discussion between the panel.

 

[Axel.]

Anyone know what Jimmy Bartel is in India atm?

If someone get's injured, Bartel plays.

 

[Ferris_rules]

If someone get's injured, Bartel plays.

priceless.

could you imagine?

lol

 

[Ron]

So washed out. meh. At least it wasn't 3-3 in the series.

Shane Watson man of series.

 

[FRUMPY]

You would be pretty ticked if you were mcdonald, cockley or holland. This might turn out to be there only chance ever to play for australia in odi'1 and it gets washed out.

Although i reckon Holland and Cockley will get a game in the future though. Mcdonald is still behind watson and hopes