Say what now?
We were already 1 match up and had just rolled them for under 200 - it's not as though India had all the momentum in the series
The performance which perhaps changed the course of the series would be Siddle's spell at the end of Day 2 at the MCG. Absolutely rattling Dravid and then getting Tendulkar when India were well in the hunt after a sub-standard effort with the bat by our mob.
Rubbish. we won the first by only 100 runs, India entered the last day with a sniff of victory. a Further collapse from 3/27 could have had us all out for way less than their 1st innings score, and it could have easily been 1-1 heading to Perth. Ever since Clarke's Innings, and that partnership with Ponting, Australia havent looked like losing.
Agree here. They were favourites and by a bit at that stage, then Siddle struck and we all know what happened after that.
but it wasnt the be all and end all of the series. At the end of day 3, India were looking at chasing 240 for victory, a highly gettable total at that point.
Also, I don't think it was the triple hundred that changed the series. It was Clarke and Ponting's partnership IMO, by the end of that, we were set. So Ponting had a huge role to play as well at that point. Clarke's runs just put it beyond doubt.
Disagree also. Clarke was the leader of that fightback, moreso than Ponting. Ponting struggled initially in that innings, and had many nervy patches in the 90's. Clarke just breezed through it, and then really turned the knife when Ponting went out.