Australia tour of India - 4 tests

Oh wow! I was worried 260 wasn't enough but it will end up being plenty in terms of a first innings total. Almost have to rule India out of winning this game. Better not rain in Pune over the coming days.
 
94/3 to 105 all out. Well done. Based on cricinfo commentary, there wasn't much special in deliveries. Indians are just not use to fighting it out at home.
 
The Man Himself said:
94/3 to 105 all out. Well done. Based on cricinfo commentary, there wasn't much special in deliveries. Indians are just not use to fighting it out at home.
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The pitch was turning so much they didn't need to be anything special in the deliveries. Don't like pitches like these as they heavily favor whoever wins the toss.
 
Aus 28/2 now , anything around 250 as target would be mammoth.
 
kps88 said:
The pitch was turning so much they didn't need to be anything special in the deliveries. Don't like pitches like these as they heavily favor whoever wins the toss.
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If matches last for 3 days toss is pretty much irrelevant.

I'm loving this pitch. Nothing like a good old raging turner with batsmen looking perennially perplexed.
 
Akash said:
If matches last for 3 days toss is pretty much irrelevant.

I'm loving this pitch. Nothing like a good old raging turner with batsmen looking perennially perplexed.
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It couldn't hold itself together on day two. Feck knows what it's going to be like on day 3. The side batting last and chasing will usually be at a disadvantage.
 
Ha ha... Brilliant plan from BCCI to trap the hosts and force them into defeat by making useless pitches.
 
Kohli probably thinks reviews are there just to test laws of probability. Absolutely idiotic reviews :wenger:
 
Moby said:
Didn't they recently get whitewashed by Sri Lanka?
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Slightly different team and outlook. Dropped a bit of deadwood after the 2nd test against SA - and they promptly won the 3rd test. Played Pakistan after that and won that as well.


On another note, I remember @cesc's_mullet talking about Hazlewood many years ago before he made his debut(Hazlewood might've been 17 or so?). Good call that. He's one of my favourite bowlers in world cricket today, if not the favourite.
 
zing said:
This is an under-rated Australian team, imo.

The 2nd spinner is a weak link, but everything else is good.

Renshaw is a plodder -- be interesting to see how he goes. Warner and Smith are excellent. Mitch Marsh is the one weak link in the top 6.
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O'Keefe has been better than Lyon for quite a while now and constantly overlooked. Arguably our best spinner in first class cricket in Australia for quite some time now. He has 220+ wickets @23 in Australia. A strike rate of 56 and a batting average of 30. It's a damn shame that he is 32 and now only getting a real chance. His bowling avg in first class cricket betters even Warne's 26 btw.

As for Renshaw being a plodder, 184 on debut.....I'll take that plodder on most days.

Mitchell Nicholas said:
Australia has won the toss. Aus need 400 on the board if Australia is any hope of winning the match.
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Every commentator was saying the pitch was horrendous and was par for around 200-250. With 250 being the top end. We collapsed but anyone watching the damn test match could tell this pitch was going to do no favours the longer the test went on and that India were not going to have it easy. Starc's innings put us ahead at the end of day 1.

Mitchell Nicholas said:
AUS all out for 260. Don't think that's enough but we're going to find out.
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Again did people not actually watch the play and how terrible the pitch was or listen to any commentary? I thought it was more than enough.

Mani said:
If Australia need to get some positives from these test matches then they have to rely on the pace attack rather looking at their spin and need to strike early like one happening now,once ball gets old and it come to middle or late middle order it would be even contest,whoever does best with the condition survives.
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Our spinners are very good, we aren't England ffs. O'Keefe criminally underrated again see above. Gaza ain't no slouch either. Hazlewood and Starc did well to cut the head off the snake early and build pressure, O'keefe swapping sides was the game changer. Just glad he is getting a proper chance to show the world how good he is and has been for a long time now. As I said already it should of been 5 years ago not now.


Reading these comments in retrospect show how little anyone on this board knows about Australian cricket. S. Marsh was chosen because of his ability to play spin. Usman as much as I love him is terrible against spin, but if the pitches get flatter expect him to come back. M. Marsh on the the other hand is the eternal promise, everyone thought he would be the next best all rounder, but with his dad in his corner no matter how shit he has been he won't be dropped any time soon although he probably should be.
 
Redondo_Pirri said:
O'Keefe has been better than Lyon for quite a while now and constantly overlooked. Arguably our best spinner in first class cricket in Australia for quite some time now. He has 220+ wickets @23 in Australia. A strike rate of 56 and a batting average of 30. It's a damn shame that he is 32 and now only getting a real chance. His bowling avg in first class cricket betters even Warne's 26 btw.

As for Renshaw being a plodder, 184 on debut.....I'll take that plodder on most days.



Every commentator was saying the pitch was horrendous and was par for around 200-250. With 250 being the top end. We collapsed but anyone watching the damn test match could tell this pitch was going to do no favours the longer the test went on and that India were not going to have it easy. Starc's innings put us ahead at the end of day 1.



Again did people not actually watch the play and how terrible the pitch was or listen to any commentary? I thought it was more than enough.



Our spinners are very good, we aren't England ffs. O'Keefe criminally underrated again see above. Gaza ain't no slouch either. Hazlewood and Starc did well to cut the head off the snake early and build pressure, O'keefe swapping sides was the game changer. Just glad he is getting a proper chance to show the world how good he is and has been for a long time now. As I said already it should of been 5 years ago not now.


Reading these comments in retrospect show how little anyone on this board knows about Australian cricket. S. Marsh was chosen because of his ability to play spin. Usman as much as I love him is terrible against spin, but if the pitches get flatter expect him to come back. M. Marsh on the the other hand is the eternal promise, everyone thought he would be the next best all rounder, but with his dad in his corner no matter how shit he has been he won't be dropped any time soon although he probably should be.
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Let's see if I'm wrong about o'keefe over 4 tests.

Renshaw being a plodder wasn't meant in a derogatory sense.
 
Australia haven't even been that good. We've been fecking awful. You can't drop Smith half a dozen times in the same fecking innings for fecks sake:lol:

Also on a side note, Smith is one of the ugliest batsmen in the world.
 
Redondo_Pirri said:
O'Keefe has been better than Lyon for quite a while now and constantly overlooked. Arguably our best spinner in first class cricket in Australia for quite some time now. He has 220+ wickets @23 in Australia. A strike rate of 56 and a batting average of 30. It's a damn shame that he is 32 and now only getting a real chance. His bowling avg in first class cricket betters even Warne's 26 btw.

As for Renshaw being a plodder, 184 on debut.....I'll take that plodder on most days.



Every commentator was saying the pitch was horrendous and was par for around 200-250. With 250 being the top end. We collapsed but anyone watching the damn test match could tell this pitch was going to do no favours the longer the test went on and that India were not going to have it easy. Starc's innings put us ahead at the end of day 1.



Again did people not actually watch the play and how terrible the pitch was or listen to any commentary? I thought it was more than enough.



Our spinners are very good, we aren't England ffs. O'Keefe criminally underrated again see above. Gaza ain't no slouch either. Hazlewood and Starc did well to cut the head off the snake early and build pressure, O'keefe swapping sides was the game changer. Just glad he is getting a proper chance to show the world how good he is and has been for a long time now. As I said already it should of been 5 years ago not now.


Reading these comments in retrospect show how little anyone on this board knows about Australian cricket. S. Marsh was chosen because of his ability to play spin. Usman as much as I love him is terrible against spin, but if the pitches get flatter expect him to come back. M. Marsh on the the other hand is the eternal promise, everyone thought he would be the next best all rounder, but with his dad in his corner no matter how shit he has been he won't be dropped any time soon although he probably should be.
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No they are not Englan anyway, in general we are good players of left arm spinners,O'Keefe bowled really well to get his 6 Wkts but also I noted that our batsmen going down for some flashy shots to loose their wickets ,we can find him how good he is at the end of the season.
No where we can come out of this match and its nice wake up call for our batsmen.
 
Less than half the stadium is full. Manjrekar - great crowd in, as you can expect on a Saturday
 
Ffs it's turning square and bouncing unpredictably :lol: we're not lasting 100 overs on this
 
Was looking forward to a decent attempt a chase.

Vijay just doesn't look mentally there over the last few series.
 
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