Quote Originally Posted by STL View Post
It's surprising I understand everything going on in Lee's life but when I think of that, my mind turns to Warne. With his back against the wall, Warne would perform. He would life and b/c of that he made everyone stronger. But I got to stop living in the past.
Was that maybe because Warne didn't really care about his home life, and lived in the moment?
I was never a Warne fan, but I must admit the man knew how to keep his on field and off field lives completely separate.

Australia used 8 bowlers to take only 7 wickets, and Johnson was extremely lucky to take 4. Hussey could have also bowled (seeing as he did in the 2nd test) which would have given us 9 bowlers, Hayden and Haddin missing out. Katich was getting better turn than White or Clarke, but Ponting bowled his slow pacers rather than the handy offspin he used to have.

Gotta agree with STL that White is not the solution that Australia need, his batting has been below par for him, but at least his fielding is good. Without Symonds, and with Ponting in decline, Hussey is now our best fieldsman (Clarke is highly over-rated), while Johnson and Lee are great outfielders, they'll never be Pidgeons.

If we collapse over the next 3 days into a piling mess like we did in the second test and go 2-0 with a dead rubber 4th, we need to experiment with the bowling. Drop White, Johnson and Lee, rest Clark, Ponting and Clarke, add in Siddle, Bollinger, Krezja and bring over Casson and Hauritz who with his form thus far in the Sheffield means he could easily replace White. Trialling Hopes and D. Hussey or Hodge to strengthen the batting would be ideal. M. Hussey as Captain, Hayden as VC, and we have a side that would be interesting to watch.
We'd most likely get thrashed, but hey it'd allow us to see how most of the guys go.

As far as this test goes, it looks like the Indian bowlers might struggle a bit too, guess we will see by lunch on day 4 if the groundsman was true to his word in doctoring a pitch ideal for Kumble. In a way it's kind of like match fixing, every country has certain pitches that behave in certain ways, and that's fine, but to state that you have made a pitch to help a certain player, that's taking it a little far isn't it?