Third Test - Chennai

[GoEagles]

Welcome to the Third and final Test Match of the series between India and Australia from Chennai (formally Madras).

The teams:

Australia
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MJ Slater, ML Hayden, JL Langer, ME Waugh, RT Ponting, *SR Waugh, +AC Gilchrist, CR Miller, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, Oh Ah McGrath and the 12th man DR Martyn

India
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SS Das, S Ramesh, VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar, *SC Ganguly, R Dravid, +SS Dighe, SV Bahutule, Z Khan, Harbhajan Singh, NM Kulkarni.

* = Captain
+ = Wicket Keeper

Post up scores from the match when you have time and for those who think they should write in the Inside Edge magazine, feel free to post up any reports about any specific session or the days play.

Australia won the toss and are batting:

Currently 1/40 with Slater out for 4. Hayden is 6* and Langer 23*. India are quite generous with 7 extras already!

 

[Darky]

Langer has gone the tonk again and has just gone out on 35 off not many. Hayden still in on 21.

2-67 at drinks in the first session.

 

[Guest]

Who says test cricket is boring????

 

[Visro]

Australia 140/2 Lunch day 1

M Waugh - 25
Hayden - 55

Vis

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Australia:
300/3

M.Hayden: 131 n.o
S.Waugh: 37 n.o

Great knock by Haydo. Geez he is in good form!

Were in cruise control at the moment.

 

[Visro]

Stumps Day 1:

Australia 326/3 (90 Overs)

Hayden 146 not out
S. Waugh 43 not out (he's moving along at a snail's pace)

Allready have a firm grip on this game

Vis

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[jod23]

Great start, come out tommorow and score lots of runs quickly and declare for around 500. Send em in and knock em down. Enter day three with a healthy lead.

One problem though, Tendulkar is yet to fire can we keep him quiet for three tests in a row or is a double century around the corner?

 

[Guest]

Australia 6/350. Another middle order mini collapse. Hayden still going on 166.

Punter now has scored 6 rins in 4 innings at the amazing average of 1.5 for the series.

Only Steve Waugh and Matty Hayden have averaged over 40 for the series.

 

[GoEagles]

Ponting ANOTHER Duck! I knew we should of gone with Martyn.

Currently we're 7/374 with Hayden on 190*

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

if hayden can bat through the innings he could join Taylor as the only batsmen to bat through an innings without getting out. Though Taylor faced the first ball of the innings and made 334n.o.

Can anyone tell me what happened with steve waugh? How could he have handled the ball?

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[GoEagles]

Daddy - I'm listening to the coverage on the ABC radio and they are saying the ball was spinning back towards his wickets and just as a reflex he stuck his hand down and put it in the way of the ball (which was probably to of his the wicket) and the Indians appealed. The rest is now history.

 

[GoEagles]

Australia is all out for 391, Hayden was the last man out. Australia lost 7 wickets for 65 runs today - another shocker!!

Harbajan Singh got 7 wickets for that innings. He now has taken 20 wickets in the past 2 tests.

 

[Visro]

Whoah Australia isn't doing very well...India are starting to bat themselves easily into this game

Vis

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[Dipper]

India 1/159

 

[jod23]

MAAAAN!!! what the hell is going on! Whats happening with our middle order, Gilly and Ponting are batting shocking! M Waugh aint much better.

And now India are putting in good first innings! God damn those Indians!

[This message has been edited by jod23 (edited 20 March 2001).]

 

[dees01]

India 3/266 at Lunch Day 3

 

[Visro]

ive got a bad feeling about the way this test is progressing

Vis

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[Visro]

India 470/6, lead of 79 runs. Only the tail end to come now

Vis

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[jod23]

Well not all is lost there 90 in front with 1 wicket in hand. We will get that wicket nice and quick tommorow morning and then we hit back with the bat. Im guessing Ponting and Gilchrist will have good scores in the second innings to make up for there bad performances lately.
But i think another draw is on the cards, we will need to make a big enough target that cant be caught easily cos i have little faith in my bowlers to get them all out in one day.

 

[BMD]

What do you mean another draw? According to my dodgy memory Australia hasn't been in a test match draw since we were in Sri Lanka in 1999.

I don't think this one will be a draw either for what it's worth.

 

[ant]

Just heard Gilly is batting at 3 in the second innings. I reckon it's a good move, despite Langer's improved scoring rate of the past few innings. Gilly hasn't scored any runs down the order in the last three bats and if gets going he can score a lot of runs fast. We need to set a target and do it quickly, Gilly should help (if he doesn't get out early again).

 

[WCE2000]

Hayden and Gilchrist just got out. Were still looking all right at2/90. Unforutnately Gilchrist only got 1.

I'll make a prediction

if we get 150 infront, we'll win the match.

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[WCE2000]

6/211 - Ponting out. He struggled again - he can't wait to get back to Australia.

Were 101 infront. I'll stick by my guns and say 150 will be enough to win the match.

120 may even give us an outside chance.

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[Visro]

What are the players playing on?!?!? MUD

That has to be the worst looking pitch I have ever seen!!!

Australia isn't doing too well

Vis

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[QT]

Originally posted by WCE2000:


Were 101 infront. I'll stick by my guns and say 150 will be enough to win the match.

120 may even give us an outside chance.

You gotta be on somethin WCE2000

AH WELL GREAT, warnie is out, stumps day 4 7/241
Lead of 131



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