Comments on: Giving Into Despair http://duckingbeamers.com/2012/01/06/giving-into-despair/ Examining the Cricket World -- With Adequate Protection, Of Course Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nataraj http://duckingbeamers.com/2012/01/06/giving-into-despair/#comment-4294 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:09:11 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/?p=2625#comment-4294 One major cause / concern is Dhoni’s abilities specially when things are not in India’s favour. I wonder if he is the same guy who made the bowlers bowl one full session outside the leg and applied brakes on the run flow. Cant understand why Dhoni doesnt know attack is the best form of defence. Yes agreed that batting crumbled, but Australia is no better. We let off Australia on 2nd and 3rd day by opening up the field. may be an entire session there might not have been an edge to the slips, but still now a days in test cricket you need 3 slips + gully + point and open up covers to take wickets. Once you earn wickets run flow would be stopped – keep it simple. Thats what England did, Australia are doing and that India is not doing. Dhoni is underestimating his bowlers big time.

]]> By: Why is India Losing? | Kridaya Cricket Blog http://duckingbeamers.com/2012/01/06/giving-into-despair/#comment-4293 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:59:10 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/?p=2625#comment-4293 [...] Beamers wonders why this (6 consecutive overseas losses) is happening to India. So here [...]

]]> By: Russ http://duckingbeamers.com/2012/01/06/giving-into-despair/#comment-4277 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:51:45 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/?p=2625#comment-4277 DB, neither the 2003 nor the 2008 Australian attack are as good as this one. Both were absent McGrath and Warne, had Gillespie only in parts, and carried an inaccurate spinner whose primary strength was turn. Lee is hopelessly over-rated (career avg. over 30); only Clark and a fit Gillespie would get a game today.

]]> By: Kartikeya http://duckingbeamers.com/2012/01/06/giving-into-despair/#comment-4274 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:43:19 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/?p=2625#comment-4274 “how is it that a team that was able to stare down a much more attacking and well-respected line-up in 2003 (and even 2008) fail to do so again here?”

The batsmen were younger, the wickets were flatter, Sehwag was not playing as recklessly, and Australia’s bowling, at crucial points in the Tests, was troubled by injury – Gillespie missed part of a Test due to injury and Bichel was unavailable to bowl on the final day at Adelaide (when he may well have bowled Australia to victory on a wearing wicket).

That year Australia had struggled to bowl out even Zimbabwe before India got there. Yes, they eventually won both those Tests, but it wasn’t easy.

]]> By: golandaaz http://duckingbeamers.com/2012/01/06/giving-into-despair/#comment-4272 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:13:48 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/?p=2625#comment-4272 this is happening because many mistakenly had inflated hopes from India. Its not like we have won boatloads of Tests in Australia. This is business as usual

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