***Official*** India in Australia 2014-5

[Dan]

Situation is perfect for a downhill skiing Watson ton.

Yeah, 100 ahead, flat deck, in need of quick runs -- are there any two batsmen you'd take ahead of Warner and Watson in this scenario?

 

[smash84]

I actually looked in the averages column and found Ishant's average to have come below 37 (to 36.22). I checked again and saw that I was wrong. I was looking at Watson's batting average

 

[Spark]

Yeah, 100 ahead, flat deck, in need of quick runs -- are there any two batsmen you'd take ahead of Warner and Watson in this scenario?

ABdV.

 

[smash84]

ABdV.

beat me to it

 

[Gnske]

Yeah, 100 ahead, flat deck, in need of quick runs -- are there any two batsmen you'd take ahead of Warner and Watson in this scenario?

The Big Show and Devcich

 

[Dan]

Watson doesn't really do downhill skiing tons tbf. I mean, he doesn't really do tons at all, but IIRC only his gloriously funny ton at Perth last year can be described as downhill skiing.

The 176 wasn't exactly high quality either; series gone, Anderson/Broad in their 7th Test of the summer IIRC, Swann getting to the point where all knew his elbow was terminal, and Woakes/Kerrigan on debut. Not downhill skiing, per se, but hardly runs under big pressure.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Watson doesn't really do downhill skiing tons tbf. I mean, he doesn't really do tons at all, but IIRC only his gloriously funny ton at Perth last year can be described as downhill skiing.

He doesn't do tons full stop.

But his ton against Pakistan was a second innings downhill skiier too.

 

[wiff]

that depends on what the sydney deck is like. last summer's was very friendly for quicks.

Sean Abbott just got 6-14 at the SCG

 

[Burgey]

Great effort by Dermo Abbott.

 

[anil1405]

that depends on what the sydney deck is like. last summer's was very friendly for quicks.

Fair enough. How did it behave on day 4 and 5?

Ashwin, like Lyon, also relies on bounce...makes me wonder why he was left out.

 

[Spark]

Fair enough. How did it behave on day 4 and 5?

Ashwin, like Lyon, also relies on bounce...makes me wonder why he was left out.

it didn't get to day 4 and 5

 

[Cevno]

Sean Abbott just got 6-14 at the SCG

Wow. Good to see him back and doing well.

 

[morgieb]

Fair enough. How did it behave on day 4 and 5?

Ashwin, like Lyon, also relies on bounce...makes me wonder why he was left out.

It didn't behave on Day 4/5, as the game finished on Day 3

 

[Spark]

there's the riggins shooter

 

[Spark]

warner's average above 50 now

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'm surprised it's only above 50 now. Been in insane form for quite a while .

 

[viriya]

Lyon is a perfectly fine bowler FFS.

Lyon is good but not fat Heraboi good.

 

[Burgey]

Well, Aswin was probably left out because his away record isn't great and he toured here last time and was better with the bat than the ball. This bloke they've picked hasn't done a great deal but I really don't know why people think Ashwin would have got a lot of wickets. He most likely wouldn't have, based on his own performances and the record of visiting spinners.

And if you're picking your frontline spinner because you hope he will get runs at eight, you're doing it wrong.

Wrong being the way Australia does things when it tours the subcontinent.

 

[Red]

Sean Abbott has taken 6/9 in the Shield game. Would be epic if he played test cricket further down the track.

I'm really pleased to see him bowling, I didn't know if he would be able to tbh.

 

[Burgey]

Dermo Abbott has taken 6/9 in the Shield game. Would be epic if he played test cricket further down the track.

I'm really pleased to see him bowling, I didn't know if he would be able to tbh.

Fix'd