Well said Rachael.

The match is all over as far as I am concerned. Hussey is still there yes but Hopes, Lee and co will not be able to bat at 6 runs per over for almost 20 overs. Aus went in with the extra seamer and that has taken away Hogg's batting ability which may have come in handy here. Poor Hogg he has been left out of the last match that he could have played in.

While I do not particularly like Harbhajan, you must respect this guy. He has got under the skins of the Australians all summer. He has been accused of racism, fined etc yet his performance was not affected. He removed both Hayden and Symonds in the 1st match and did the same in this match albeit a run out for Hayden. Could this have been a tactic I wonder?

Django, both Symonds and Hayden are gone now. Any more crazy predictions. How about "India will win this one by 32 runs"

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

Hussey is playing well and as long as he is still there, O don't think that we can count any chickens. They have added almost 50 runs for the 6th wicket. India should remain focussed.

Well they are both out. Also, Django predicted that anything under 360 would be an "easy chase". I hope that his predictions work once again......for us.

Disgraceful piece of umpiring going on here. Why we have to see the snickometer to make this decision I do not know.

Well... at the end of over 40 Australia were 183/5 with a further 76 runs required... at which point, reaching the lower predicted outcome of victory inside 44 overs... the batsmen needed to score at.... yes, 19 runs per over!

Oh... and the run rate for the last 5 overs is < 5.8 / over!

The required run rate for the final 8 overs is now over 7.5 an over: not impossible, but perhaps less likely (in the current circumstances) than India winning with 5 overs to spare.

[quote=gibbs_fan;152062]Aus went in with the extra seamer and that has taken away Hogg's batting ability which may have come in handy here. Poor Hogg he has been left out of the last match that he could have played in.[quote]

On top of all that, Clarke took 3-52 on that "seamer's pitch," three wickets more than Stuart Clark. Hogg's been treated with a certain amount of- well, not contempt- but wariness about his abilities, which is completely unjustified and has been for years now.

Hussey is gone and this might mean that the balance has shifted slightly to the Indian side. But Hopes will be still hoping.....

Hopes has just smashed 12 off Kumars over. Aus are right back in it. They never seem to give up do they. My prediction is starting to look like Djangos

34 required off 25. Bhaji bowling a good over. I think that Sreesanth will seal the match but another good over from Hopes could take the series to a 3rd final

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

Lee b Kumar. Some consolation for the young man after the previous bad over. This is tense!

very good game for india to win