I Will wait and see what happens on day 5!

I have to agree that the Indians have been at the receving end of umpiring blunders in this test match.

This piece of commentary from Cricinfo.com - The Home of Cricket:

Harbhajan Singh to Symonds, no run, that took off, like an airplane or worse, Symonds came down the track to hit it out of the SCG, the ball bounced almost vertically off the pitch and went straight to Dravid at first slip.

It will be difficult for India to chase anything in excess of 200 on this pitch.

You are obviously watching the same feed as i am Kasamse. RE: Hussey decision - Did you see "snicko" when Bill Lawry said "and snicko says.........well, not very much at all" Did you see the flat line, or do you just want to see what you want to see, and blind yourself to everything else?

Give it up Kasamse. Just imagine if every test thread in this forum was filled with whinging b*ll**** about umpires. You are not just whinging now either, you are now degenerating into vague conspiracy theories. Hear any Aussie lamenting the let-offs Dravid, Laxman and Tendulkar recieved early in their innings? The Indians were not good enough to knock over the Aussie tailenders cheaply, the Aussies were not good enough to knock over the Indian tailenders cheaply, so now we have a situation that unless Ponting is feeling charitable, the game will end up a draw.

Thats cricket

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Getting this thread back on track, I don't think either team can afford to be complacent. If the weather remains good, this could still end up being a close match. India have 2 good spinners and Oz have Hogg with 2 helpers. Funny things have been known to happen in the SCG with spinners on the last day of a Test match.

Its a very interesting situation. Ponting has a tough decision to make. He cant make an early declaration as he will risk losing the match especially after India's batting in the first innings. He can even think go for a draw as that will break the row of victories for Australia. I think 300 will be a safe lead for Australia and I am sure they will try to fire their way there so that they could declare early enough to pick up 10 wickets. Tomorrow will be interesting.

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I accept that umpiring errors are part and parcel of the game. But in this match, the umpiring has been blatantly poor and all errors have favoured Australia in a very significant way. But for these errors, India probably would have been looking pretty good with a hefty first innings lead. Instead India will have to fight to on the last day.

Which let-offs are you talking about? I certainly did not see any reprives given by the umpires to these batsmen. The same Bill Lawry said that English umpires would have given SYmonds out LBW first ball in the second innings! And Hussey was clearly out in everyone's opinion.

i think your being a little harsh pal. Django's quote about "It will be difficult for India to chase anything in excess of 200 on this pitch" is based on the information mentioned in the rest of his reply. i.e. from Cricinfo.com

I did'nt quote that comment of Django's, even though i considered it nonsensical. Read the rest of the thread if you want to get an idea of his "predictions"

Unless Ponting does something stupid, such as declaring early, this test id finished. India have toiled for 100+ overs with the mere returns of 4 wickets.

Australia should set them 400 to chase off 50 overs or something. Then we can move on to the fast, bouncy, cracked WACA wicket. And unleash Tait.

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Australia have set India 333 to win in 71 overs and India have already lost Jaffer.

I cannot help but write again that If India loses this match, it will be purely due to Umpires. I strongly believe that ICC should nullify the result of this match if Australia go on to win this match.

In the first innings Symonds added extra 130 for himself and about 250 to the Australian total. In the second innings Hussey not only added about 105 for himself, but saved Australia from trouble (at the time Australia were about 130 odd for 2 and in some trouble). Even Symonds should have been out first ball in the second innings.