An Indian collapse after lunch took them to the brink of defeat before R Ashwin showed up the folly of his team-mates, succeeding in taking the game to a fifth day and winning a tiny moral victory.
Australia bashing was the order of the day this week, following events at the WACA. Plus some inappropriate man-love for Tim Southee.
Ricky Ponting’s final Test match wasn’t just about the man himself. It was also about South Africa giving Australia a right kicking.
After two games in which everyone seems to have been crippled, Australia and South Africa meet for one final time. With the number one ranking at stake, Australia will do the sensible thing and get rid of all their bowlers from the previous games. South Africa will have to settle for dumping Imran Tahir’s body in the Swan River.
The 51allout podcast was two-thirds deliriously happy this week, thanks to England’s drubbing of India and Australia’s non-drubbing of South Africa. They were less pleased to learn that Aussie Matt now lives dangerously close to a rather busy international airport.
A remarkable day for England brought back memories of the last time we were genuinely happy – back in 1988 when we briefly had a job designing toys.
Children’s TV and charts: the natural ways to describe England’s lower order failings.
England’s hammering in Ahmedabad was the main topic of discussion this week, although the prospect of Sven-Göran Eriksson managing in the A League was close behind. Plus NZ got their traditional kicking, despite Aussie Matt’s growing infatuation with Tim Southee.
Jean-Paul Duminy’s Achilles injury may have been a simple accident but it’s opened a can of worms in South African cricket as the past and the future go head to head. Plus it gives us a chance to talk about what Pete Townshend does with his credit card.
Two more sessions of India crushing England into the dirt were followed by some actual sensible batting, giving everyone a smidgeon of hope, that most dreaded of emotions.