***Official*** Australia in India 2012/13

[Dan]

O'Keefe FFS. Who else are the possible candidates than Agar?

Zampa.

Yep, cupboard's bare.

 

[benchmark00]

 

[ankitj]

BK didn't get to bowl with the second new ball. Was that a good idea?

 

[Mr_Ronan]

I've always considered him a better player of pace than spin, so to me it's absolutely massive that he's played like this here.

Yeah Henriques has always been a good player of pace, as shown by the fact that his dominant 161no for NSW this season was against what was basically a Test-standard Tas attack of Bird, Faulkner, Butterworth, Maher and Krezja.

Absolutely stoked with his performance this Test. Along with Faf and Cummins (get well son!), this is the best debut I've seen in Tests for a long time.

And RE: the spin conundrum...you'd imagine Doherty is still almost certain the play the next Test, but with Agar's incredible match-winning effort in the Shield last week you just never know.

 

[Daemon]

Tour Match: Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct 2-5, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Its a joke ffs. I make like 4 pro-Kohli jokes a day that make no sense.

only 4?

 

[dermo]

probs gunna cop **** for this but i reckon we need to get smith in for the next test, for the sole reason he can actually play spin. don't want to see him playing in the ashes though and im not sure how we fit him in but we can't continue with ****s like wade and watson who dont have a clue how to play spin bowling

 

[Mr_Ronan]

Bit of cold comfort for Aussie fans...Aus A easily beat the English "Lions" again to give the touring side their 7th consecutive defeat of the tour (and 5 of those were absolute hidings).

McDermott, Sandhu and Hastings have all run amok with the ball, while Finch, Ferguson, Burns, Marsh and Voges have all smashed the "Lions" around.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

****, I hope he's all right for the Ashes. He'd be great over there.

He's seen the pitches and thrown one in after thinking sod bowling on them, let the others do it and I'll be on tour to England.

Seriously though, hope it not serious. What is it with the young Aussies getting injured all the time?

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah Henriques has always been a good player of pace, as shown by the fact that his dominant 161no for NSW this season was against what was basically a Test-standard Tas attack of Bird, Faulkner, Butterworth, Maher and Krezja.

Cribb, calm down, take a deep breath

 

[benchmark00]

Tour Match: Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct 2-5, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Wait, Krejza did poorly in a match????? Total news to me.

 

[Valer]

He's seen the pitches and thrown one in after thinking sod bowling on them, let the others do it and I'll be on tour to England.

Seriously though, hope it not serious. What is it with the young Aussies getting injured all the time?

Its not like the old Aussies *cough* Harris & Watson *cough* are any better...

 

[Prince EWS]

Cribb, calm down, take a deep breath

Yeah I just ignored it.

Got not gripe with Butterworth though ftr.

 

[Top_Cat]

Hate this pitch now, even Harbhajan took poles on it.

But seriously, it's not a bad pitch. The Aussie bats are just meh against balls off the straight right now. Whether it be off the deck of in the air, slow or fast, whoever's doing it may as well be bowling in a different postcode for all the nous shown by the Aussie bats.

 

[Daemon]

If only dirk nannes cared for cricket

 

[Prince EWS]

Actually, I do have one gripe with Butterworth now that I come to think of it - that time Ruckus suggested he should make his Test debut at the WACA.

 

[social]

Brydon Coverdale ‏@brydoncoverdale
Jackson Bird on the way home to have scans on his back, but will return to the tour if he gets the all clear. #indvaus

hey india, we think your medical facilities suck!

Not content with our pace bowlers being injured on the field, Hazelwood and now Bird have taken it to a whole new level

 

[ganeshran]

So Henriques plays for NSW too.

Feels like Mumbai or Karnataka for India, states which contributed massively to the national side.

 

[Mr_Ronan]

Cribb, calm down, take a deep breath

As I made clear, I was referring to Henriques ability against the fast men and that pace quartet against which he scored the 161no - Bird (FC average 19), Butterworth (FC average 23), Faulkner (FC average 22) and Maher (FC average 27) - is comfrtably as good as any 4-man pace attack that could be fielded by any of the Test nations bar England and South Africa.

Consider yourself schooled

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Starc to be the fall guy for next Test, surely.

Question IMO is whether MJ, Maxwell or Doherty is going to get his spot.