I thought that was quite unnecessary on Clarke's part. It was a funny sight indeed....I had never before seen a bowler hold on to a batsman like that to stop a single. At this rate, Hayden's wish of boxing will soon come true on the cricket field itself.

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

I thought Dohni's comments after the match were the most prophetic.

"We including "Bahji" are going home tommorow, I dont know who's going to go on the front page of the Australian newspapers now ?

Michael Jackson maybe ?

I had to laugh when i saw that Australia are considering resting players as they are tired.

England play more cricket than Australia yet when we mention burnout it is laughed off as a pathetic excuse.Perhaps we were right all along.

Yeah what a joke.

I think CA should accommodate them by telling them they can't play IPL because they need rest instead.

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I don't reckon they were tired anyway. Watching them in the field, they were buzzing around like the first day of a test.

Fact is, form is fleeting and some of those guys must understand that. Ponting wasn't tired. Basically India have the wood on him - always have every time he has come up against them.

I thought the game was a cracker. Sitting down at the start of the day i said to my mate that i hope India get 250 and Australia chase it down in the final over with 9 wickets down. And it almost happened.So close..

The only disappointment for me was missing Gilchrist's final innings. Went over the road for a beer during the break and missed the start of Australia's innings.

Saw Symonds take out the streaker at least

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They probably think IPL is the rest.