Predictions for the final test match

[amit_S]

guys, having beaten you in perth finally after 11 years and also breaking your streak . we will crush you at adelaide as well, as it happens to be our happy hunting ground and we beat you there last time and there is no reason why it canot happen again .

Also we will approach the ICC to make the sydney test match unofficial as 8 umpiring decisions by bucknor and benson went against us and cost us the match and if the match is not made unofficial after the appeal ,we will not take part in the ODI series . And the icc will certainly accept our appeal for justice and will not take the game to disrepute .

With that the series stands at 1-1 and beating you at adelaide will make it 2-1 , thus we will win our first series in australia !

Here are my predictions for the game :


If india bat first

India : 645/7 declared
Australia : 235 and 395 All out

If Australia Bat first

Aus : 205 All out
India : 562
Aus : 270 All out

[Warne]

Typical Indian cricket fan, little substance, lots of premature excitement, typical of people used to winning very rarely. 1 Test win & so much arrogance!! Think of it, we have won 16 consecutive tests, winning 16 on a trot is tough even against Bangladesh. India would actually not be able to win a 5 match series against Zimbabwe by 5-0 margin.

Enjoy the moment, an away win is rare for you , we're so used to it that a slight deviation causes an uproar. Actually, I can understand the rest of cricketing world's inferiority complex. It's so lop sided, the same country winning 16 matches & eqalling its own record within a span of 6 years, no change in the champion for the last 3 world cups, ICC champions' trophy is also here. Actually we've won around 80% of the last 100 tests we've played. Not to say that around 6-7 players have left the team in the last 3-4 years & the team is going through a rebuilding phase! And, in fact, Ponting's captaincy record is better than Stephen Waugh's. Some intelligent people think it's a result of playing too many home matches, as if the Aussies are the only team doing that! It's so ridiculous that whenever the result is anything other than an Australian win, the other losers start thinking that it's the end of Aussie dominance! Keep dreaming, bright Indian!!

[Seamer]

You did'nt beat us. Everyone has lost to be honest

As i happens, a group of 11 beings who happened to be born on planet earth in a geographical location called India, played a game with a leather ball and bats made of willow, and won that game against a group of 11 beings who happened to be born in a geographical location of planet Earth called Australia.

The game should have been played as a means of bringing people together, of understanding that below the crude matter that we call flesh and bones, we are all essentially the same.

It didn't work out that way. Negative emotions such as anger, hate, resent were expressed. Self defeating concepts such as "Nationalistic pride" and "Race" came to the fore. People were further polarized.

As i said. Everyone lost.

[Warne]

BTW, do you know the meaning of a crushing win? It's like when we beat you by 337 runs at the MCG or by 342 runs at Nagpur. When was the last time India actually had a crushing test victory?

[batoutofhell]

come on guys
the fella seems to be a new kid in the forum give him some leeway

i can understand his excitement after one of the very rare loss of aussies in oz by an indian team(i agree the words are bit too over confidence)

hi amit welcome to world-a-team,expecting to see better threads from u in the future

till then have a blast(guess u celebrate all night long for this indian victory)

[amit_S]

thanks , batoutofhell .

[mambios]

Originally Posted by amit_S

With that the series stands at 1-1 and beating you at adelaide will make it 2-1 , thus we will win our first series in australia !

A hollow victory though, surely? Would you honestly be happy winning a series in that manner? I know that I wouldn't.

Getting a test annulled simply because you were on the end of a few bad decisions? What if Australia were to pull the same stunt after the decisions went against Hussey and Symonds? We'd have anarchy with teams pulling that stunt left, right and centre.

The best thing for all concerened is to simply move on and forget it happened - you know it makes sense.

[acker]

I don't hold any qualms about an Indian fan being very excited, it was a very big win.

But have some issues about them plastering this on the Austalian board. There is a perfectly good Indian board for this thread.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by acker

There is a perfectly good Indian board for this thread.

Please note: this thread is now in the India cricket forum.

[amit_S]

Here is a link to a nice article describing how we have dominated this series against the so called best team in the world and should have been leading 2-1 in the series .

"You couldn’t win because Bucknor wasn’t here" || Indian Cricket Fever - Unofficial Indian Cricket news and views