Australia's Summer of Fun

[Bill Manspeaker]

reckon Hayden and Langer had a few 200 run partnerships

swear I remember coming home from school seeing 0/200+ numerous times!

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/418.html

5 of em!

[AFEV]

5 in 3 years! Jesus christ.

[Mailman the 2nd]

When was the last time Australia had an opening stand this big? Beats me.

Cowan and Warner got 212 2 years ago

[T Dog]

Buck. :(
And T Dog does that make that the 3rd highest opening stnd ever for Aus? Surely not. I thought the same thing Bill haha I reckon it has been 7-8 years since we got a stand like that though.

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchOpeningStands.asp

1   05/05/1965    Lawry, W M (210) Simpson, R B (201)    Australia    1st    382    Kensington Oval    West Indies
2    10/08/1989    Marsh, G R (138)Taylor, M A (219)    Australia    1st    329    Trent Bridge    England
3    05/11/1999    Slater, M J (169)Blewett, G S (89)    Australia    1st    269    Brisbane Cricket Ground    Pakistan
4    17/06/1993    Slater, M J (152)Taylor, M A (111)    Australia    1st    260    Lord's    England
5    09/07/2004    Langer, J L (162)Hayden, M L (117)    Australia    1st    255    Cazaly's Stadium    Sri Lanka
6    28/01/1966    Lawry, W M (119)Simpson, R B (225)    Australia    1st    244    Adelaide Oval    England
7    09/05/2003    Langer, J L (111)Hayden, M L (177)    Australia    2nd    242    Antigua Recreation Ground    West Indies
8    01/01/1936    Brown, W A (121)Fingleton, J H (112)    Australia    1st    233    Newlands    South Africa
9    17/11/2005    Hayden, M L (110)Hussey, M E K (137)    Australia    1st    231    Bellerive Oval    West Indies
10    08/12/1995    Slater, M J (219)Taylor, M A (96)    Australia    1st    228    W.A.C.A. Ground    Sri Lanka
11    08/11/2001    Langer, J L (104)Hayden, M L (136)    Australia    1st    224    Brisbane Cricket Ground    New Zealand
12    12/06/2008    Katich, S M (157)Jaques, P A (108)    Australia    2nd    223    Kensington Oval    West Indies
13    22/11/2001    Langer, J L (123)Hayden, M L (91)    Australia    1st    223    Bellerive Oval    New Zealand

[henry]

Wow what a contrast between a man in form and another not. SMith and Watto came in at the same time, batting looks 100x easier for Smith. Come on Watto i backed you over agar for this test show something at least lol, that isn't 27 off 70 balls or something

[Bill Manspeaker]

Smiddy anada fiddy

fair to say he's in some form ;D

[Bill Manspeaker]

good stuff Watto. struggled a bit early but hung in there and made yourself some tough runs

not a bad toss to win

[shaker]

Good stuff from the boys so far but this is one lame bowling attack

[Bill Manspeaker]

great piece of bowling there from Yadav, veery lucky Watto. second last ball of the day. sheesh

good day boys. good toss to win

hopefully Smiddy can get another century tomorrow morning 8)

[tbagrocks]

Not the bowling, it was those dropped catches ::)

Anyway, what a huge day one for the home side, 2 wickets down sheesh

[jobe#4]

those dropped catches!

Watson always does this, makes runs when there is no pressure at all. Should still get the boot

[tbagrocks]

Righto India, need to take wickets! Fire up lads

[Bill Manspeaker]

not before Smiddy gets another century bagger :P

[Nige]

I wanna see Watto get out LBW in the 90s, just for laughs.

[T Dog]

I wanna see Watto get out LBW in the 90s, just for laughs.

Where's Ishant when he's needed?