ExpertDabbler

Source: Rediff.com

The above should go down in history as one of the most wonderful catches ever
Wonderful because no ‘catch’ has been taken like this and claimed by the most virtuous:)

Sarcasm apart, the fact that India lost the Sydney test is the bottomline. Six months down the line, this fact alone will remain.

Australian cricket has always been has been the epitome of Gentleman as in Gentleman’s clubs:)
Folks. tell me what else do you expect in any trip Down Under? Some sight seeing and Virundhombal and a vacation in gold coast?

Almost always it is 8 vs 14 as against the norm of 11 vs 11.
A tour to Australia is tough precisely because of these reasons, apart from supremely talented cricketers.

I still remember an LBW decision against whom some refer to as ‘old’ cricket player (clue: he scored 154 not out in the first innings in this test) when he was ducking for a bouncer. The TV replays were played like 23 times to understand if it was right in giving him out.
Old player that he is and still old fashioned in some ways, he simply walked off.
Had it been newbies like Sreeeshanth or Harbajan or Symonds or Michael Clarke, a civil war would’ve broken out.

I am not an expert, but if something takes 23 replays, it is fair to say there is an element of doubt and that should always go in favor of the batsman. Maybe thats been corrected as Australian batsman

But the bottomline still remains that India lost their last 3 wickets in a single over.
So long as we do that, we are going to lose Test matches.
Crappy decisions and unsporting opposition captains apart, we are bad in Test cricket.