Sehwag b Clarke 43

Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 3

India 3-82 lead 198

Pathan not out night watchmen session about half an hour old

Sachin has a poor record in the second innings. Indian batting has been very patchy in this series and the Aussies are all fired up. I reckon India will be all out for around 125-130 just after lunch. I now firmly believe that Australia will win this match.

Tendulkar lbw b Lee 13
Ganguly c Clarke b Johnson 0

India 5-125 lead 239 Pathan still not out 31 and probably scratching his head at why the batsmen are dropping like flys. Plus India still scoring at a cavalier 5 runs an over

Interesting match gets more interesting.

India 5/156 at lunch, the way their lower order has batted in this series, it is virtually 8/156. Australia has firm grip over this match and the pitch has no "demons" in it. Aussie victory within the first hour on day 4 at the latest.

The Perth wicket is always at its best to bat from day 3 onwards. In 1977-78, Australia chased 339 to beat India with Tony Mann the night watchman scoring 118.

I have now lost track of how many predictions you have made in this series. But I guess all of them have gone horribly wrong??

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My computer can beat me at chess.....but its no match for me at kick boxing.

My apologies for the spelling but I dont know what stats you are looking at but the last time Clark averaged over 50 was 2 years ago. He averages 44 now, so I am correct in saying that his recent form , not only in this series has been poor.

Also, you will notice that I placed a after that comment. It was meant to be a light hearted comment. Why is everything so serious with you.

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434, world record for the shortest period. Whos choking now?

India 8-245 at tea Laxman 57no RP Singh 7 no

An 90 odd run partnership between Laxman and Dhoni during the session has probably broke Australias back.

The pitch is as uneven as anything and balls are going through the top of it.

Current lead 363

India finally dismissed. Once again it was Lee and Clark, the main destroyers. Ponting should have used them in tandem earlier to try and wrap up the tail sooner instead of wasting his time with Tait.

Aus set a target of 413. Impossible no but very unlikely. There are about 15 overs left in day, can India remove the 2 openers early and put Aus under immense pressure.

This has been a great match as both teams have attacked and both teams have been on top at some stage in the game.

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434, world record for the shortest period. Whos choking now?

Gee, i don't know. On paper India look like they should win.

But there is the mental factor.

Are India deep down confident of winning? Or just hopeful?

How will they deal with as situation where they are expected to win?

The wicket is good. If there is one team in the world who can pull this off, it is Australia.

I will not be surprised if they do it too.

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