The indians should play atleast 2 first class matches before the first test at the gabba.Jag please change the schedule.Never before has this been done and before we blink our eye, we are 2 nil down.And i hope we take 5 fast bowlers. No more srinath and kumble please.I remember kumble dropping a sitter in the first test.For god's sake we know what they have done in overseas tours.The fast bowlers i would bet on are zaheer,nehra,salvi,irfan pathan Jr. and balaji/rakesh patel in my squad of 16 with harbhajan and mishra as the spinners.The elegance of laxman should revisit downunder hopefully.If we just believe in ourselves,we can win couple of tests.
This tour, if it goes by history, will prove to be nemisis for players on the edge! Hope BCCI keeps this in mind and does not make its decisions(punishing) around this series, particularly dealing with newbies!
it's interesting to note that there are only 2 days rest between the 3rd & 4th tests! Think the boards are trying to make as much money as possible out of this series which will be the most high profile one in the next few seasons!
That aside, it should be an interesting series though.
RE:tight schedule?
by Tapas Baidya on Apr 21, 2003 10:46 PM
Don't worry. Most of the test matches will be over in 3 days! Cricketers will get plenty of rest!
RE:tight schedule?
by Ronnie Guha on Apr 22, 2003 07:52 AM
The schedule is the same every year - the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and then the New Years test in Sydney.
RE:tight schedule?
by Andy on Apr 19, 2003 12:57 AM
I don't think it would matter. Aus plays faster than all teams and so do we on most times. which means on most occasions we'll have a result in 4 days. A recent statistic shows that aus were pushed to the 5th day only 13 times out of the 45 odd matches they've played under waugh.
India should play initial matches at the farthest city e.g. begin the tour by playing the test matches in Hobart - Melbourne - Sydney - Adelaide - Perth.
This will change the results other way round to India's past history playing in Australia.
East or West - India is the best.
Mike Joshi- An Indian migrant settled in Sydney since 1995.
Last time India toured Aus , BCCI secretary Lele commented that india will lose the test series 3-0. his predictions came true .. I have a feeling that Lele will again jump up and predict the outcome. india lose 4-0 to Australia. which is unevitable.
