4/234 off 42.4. Rain has stopped play though. Hussey made 67, Ponting 65 and Paine 56. Cam White will be the key when they do come back out, 35 not out off 30.
Nehra's been India's best bowler 1/38 off 8 with one maiden. Ishant Sharma still a massive spud too.
would have been a pretty good total that i dont think india would have chased down.
not having bracken would have made it hard though, its a big loss to not have him playing.
i think not having clarke is a good thing for the team. he would never be dropped so the other players have to take their chance and play their pants off and show the selectors that there are better options then clarke. i think white is better suited to that roll then him.
watson is doing well . an average of 0 after two games. lets see if he can get a hattrick of ducks!
watson is always like that, ive watched him his whole career. he goes through a really strong patch where he wins games for the team, and then just as strong down patches. its just that he doesnt have normal form slumps. he goes into them and comes out really quickly. one innings will bring him back into form, even if he only scores 20. but since he such inconsistent lengths of time out of form selectors tend to leave him in the side because they know a big score is always around the corner within the next few matches. its always the way he has been.
whether that is good or bad for the team i dont know.
Bond and Mills are bowling well, assisted by a pitch which has a reasonable amount of movement so far. Collingwood and Shah both on three, Bond and Mills have a wicket each.
Good news for Australia, Clarke is off his game in the shorter forms of the game, you would think this would count him out of the Twenty20 captaincy, no point picking a captain with a serious injury, leave him out of the side and they may even need to keep him out of the ODIs, keep him for tests only
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