Another ton

Sachin's 39^th century, and 9^th against Australia. 2 of those have resulted in a win for India, and I hope this one has the same result.

A win seems a remote possibility given the batsmen-friendly pitch. We need a repeat of the Agarkar spell of last time around to have any chance. In fact history suggests that 500-plus first-innings scores at Adelaide result in a loss for the team batting first! England in the previous Ashes, and Australia themselves when India last toured, have been the losers. On both occasions, the team batting first suffered a fatal second-innings collapse.

I'm hoping we win this match and level the series. That would be a fantastic achievement, I don't think any team in recent memory has bounced back after going 2-down against the Aussies. Usually the Aussies grind the opposition to dust once they go even 1-up. Of course, that wasn't the case back in 2001 in India!