Looking like a hammering. On to the next one..
Shame we keep picking up injuries.
Shame we keep picking up injuries.
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That's a deliberate strategy from the Aussies.
As I said playing slowly is all fine only if you score big. But the approach that Pujara adopts and to have a strike rate of 28 after playing 177 bowls just adds pressure and gives incentive to the bowlers. Look at smith and labushange this inning and how they are not allowing Ashwin to settle down. You need to punish bad balls and pujara was just leaving the bad balls too. Also his average in last 2 years is less than 30. That is unacceptable for a top order batsmen.
Vihari should be thrown out. A nothing player who for some reason kohli and shastri love. 4 runs off 36 balls and then getting run out. Poor stuff by Indian batsmen and we have literally thrown away the gamw thanks to our defensive approach and defending even the old ball.
Vihari should be thrown out. A nothing player who for some reason kohli and shastri love. 4 runs off 36 balls and then getting run out. Poor stuff by Indian batsmen and we have literally thrown away the gamw thanks to our defensive approach and defending even the old ball.
Paine needs to be banned for verbal abuse of the umpire. This is not football.
What did he do?
Pujara is a hard one tbh . Considering how bad some of the other batting is ,you can't really question Pujara but number 3 in test cricket needs to be scoring big runs . Pujara was always solid but I am not sure he was this defensive in the past . In his current style he needs the team to bat 120 overs + for him to get a hundred, but the rest of the batting & Aussie bowling don't allow that . It's good to put a price on your wicket but it's a team game & so you need to bat the situation too.
This Aussie bowling Unit does hunt as a pack, Still not a fan of Starc in red ball cricket (would rather Pattinson in)
Pujara batted to slowly this innings imo
Pujara batted to slowly this innings imo
Why are you always so aggressive when it comes to England? Still can't get over the world cup choke?
Read online that it's a four-year tournament, but happy to concede that I'm wrong!
Kohli wouldn't solve India's problems at the top of the order and they'd still be lacking a number 6. And Warner wouldn't fill Australia's hole from 5 to 7.
I think like all other batsmen, he should be judged on averages. The strike rate becomes irrelevant when he scores well. He's not doing that now - and for that reason, I would ask questions of him.
Today, no one would be questioning his strike rate if he'd made 100. It becomes a lightning rod for criticism only when he scores poorly - it's been a shadow all his career.
Thanks - that should be a ban.. very rare to see a captain speak like that.
I reckon India would be better with Rohit at 5 and Agarwal opening. Ashwin's batting form is a problem too. Averages 8 since 2019 and makes it a very long tail at the moment. Ishant's stubbornness in the tail is also missed.
Still tough to criticise a team missing their gun batsman and 2 most senior quicks, every other side in the world would have completely folded after Adelaide.
Still tough to criticise a team missing their gun batsman and 2 most senior quicks, every other side in the world would have completely folded after Adelaide.
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Racilly abuse someone when there is piss all people plus a lot of contact tracing at the ground probably means these wankers were some westie bogan twats
We need to get rid of Vihari. Don't rate him at all.
Alas, with the injuries we've picked up, its incredible that we've made it this far and its only 1-1. We lost Ishant before the series and Shami and Yadav during - I didn't think we could overcome those losses. No doubt that the three of them are already up there with our best fast bowlers ever. Our batsmen are OK but the faith lied with our bowlers to get us through this series.
India picking up injuries hampers, but that should not distract from their batting deficiencies. Australia on their turn much improved thanks to Smith and Labuschagne picking up some form. I suspect the Ozzies will take the series fairly comfortably now.
Unusual number of injuries this tour. Half of bowling line-up.
Obviously fitness/misfortunate play a part, but quarantine and being in a bubble are a factor in this. Can't condition bowlers like usual, particularly to handle the stress of a 5 day game.
I mean SL basically lost half their playing 11 in their tour of SA, and had to play multiple debutants in the 2nd Test.
Trouble is, who do you play instead of Vahari though?
Seems like India have got their strongest Test bowling roster of all time and their weakest batting roster!
Not sure if fitness can be attributed in these cases with IPL acting as buffer. Just the freakishness of some key players being affected. Sami was big loss.
But in general, can imagine quarantine environment being a factor.
Johnny, we don't agree on a lot of things but I reckon you're spot on there. Our batting lineup is going though a massive transition and losing Kohli doesn't help.
My strongest possible XI would be:
Gill Rohit Pujara Rahane Pant Pandya Jadeja Ashwin Bumrah Saini Siraj.
Shocking we don't have Pandya in the test team.
There's no problem with friendly disagreement!
Yeah i like Pandya too. His bowling is a bit weak though.
What happened to Nair, the guy who scored about 300 against England a few years ago? He looked like he was going to be in the team for years.
If there was ever a flop of the match award, Vihari will get that in this match hands down. Not scoring and now dropping sitters.
Such a shit period we're in isn't it.
Out of a billion people, you've got to think there's someone better than him.
Considering vihari is not even bowling, pandya would have been much better.
What's happened to Jadeja? And Pant?
This series has been brutal.
This series has been brutal.
I just love to watch Steve Smith bat.... I know people say he's ugly or unconventional but I always find his technique/style of play interesting to watch.
Exactly.
Bumrah not having a great series isn't helping at all. And as far as this match is concerned, we're already but chasing these runs on the board.
Not saying England will win the Ashes, but Australia only seem to have an outstanding top 4, 5 downwards they look weak with Wade, Green (ok he’s new to test match cricket) and Paine (who’s a pure WK captain). If you get 3 early wickets you could well be in business.
I think Pucovski will be a good player for the Aussies, I know its his first test but he's been knocking on the door for a while with some big scores in domestic cricket.
Yeah, he’s got huge potential.
Agree in part, but I’d say that’s not dissimilar to any other batting lineup in world cricket. Middle order needs sorting but the Australian top order and bowling attack is, in my (biased) opinion, the best in the world.
No team can win with so many injuries, especially away against a quality side. No Bhuvi, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, Kohli and now Jadeja and probably Pant are injured too. If Jadeja and Pant are out injured for the final test, i don't think India will have much of a chance to level the series.
Yes, agree with what you say about the Aussie top order and bowling, even just between Smith and Labuschagne they will out score most opposition’s top 4.
Cricket Australia will also want the 4th test played in Sydney.
I fully expect it to happen.
It is hard for a quick to bowl well without control from the other end. He is missing India’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice quicks.
Haha what?
You keep on coming with your deluded nonsense about England are strong and then you suddenly decided that WTC is a four year competition. It's hilarious how wrong you are.