***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Spark]

well, the dominating line looks out of place from the rest of the story, as I have read it. I really dont see it as dissing the Aussies so much. Its not even McGrath level yet.

Kind of is though, no?

Although like McGrath back the day, you do get the feeling he probably won't be proved wrong.

 

[honestbharani]

Well, definitely, McGrath won't have thrown a "XXX is a top side" and wont have said we are "looking" to win 4-0. As I said, having read his actual quotes, I just think the words came out wrong to say what he meant in that "dominating" line and the rest of it is not as bad as some of the other verbal shots I recall being fired before various series.

 

[Flem274*]

i see the silly phrase "brand of cricket" has reached india

 

[GirtBySea]

Will be interesting to see how Agar goes in this tour. Anyone think he'll play any Tests?
Statistically speaking, with a FC career average of 26 with the bat and 40 with the ball. If he can get them both into the 30s he would look like a genuine no.7 all-rounder.
And then play Cummins, Starc, Pattinson and Hazlewood as the four pace bowlers when the Ashes comes. And dispense of Mitch Marsh too!

 

[Burgey]

i see the silly phrase "brand of cricket" has reached india

#intent

 

[Midwinter]

Don't think Agar will play a test unless O'Keefe gets injured.

He is really a batsman who bowls a bit.

Good limited overs cricketer.

 

[Shri]

Don't think Agar will play a test unless O'Keefe gets injured.

He is really a batsman who bowls a bit.

Good limited overs cricketer.

Yeah.

 

[Daemon]

Are Australia and India the two most injury prone teams in the world atm? Hopefully there are none during the series, though I wouldn't put any money on it.

 

[Shri]

Starc is due one, isn't he?

 

[Burgey]

You'd hope not. He's had enough in his career already.

 

[Shri]

You can never be too careful. Should be asked to take it easy and bowl about 20Kmphs slower.

 

[Fenil]

I think Australia should play to their strength much like the 2004 squad did. Though their is a vast difference between the 2004 team and the one Australia has now, I still feel Australia can beat India provided that they stick to what they do good. Picking 4 spinners might come back to haunt Aussies as the tracks dont turn much in India nowadays as Mumbai 2004 as evident from the last two home series of India against New Zealand and England..

 

[Nate]

It makes me so angry that Nev isn't in the squad.

 

[Spikey]

But will he be enough of a threat? Bowling friendly conditions overseas have been meaningless often in recent times for particularly our seamers.But yeah I'd like to have that belief in Gaz, but I've had that hope since the 2014 Pakistan series. Never learns.

He just really needs to take wickets more than anything, forget economy if that's happening. It's why I have a suspicion the reason O'Keefe works with Lyon as efficiently as he deals with bouncers is that Lyon is not doing just that, taking the wickets which O'Keefe is creating pressure for (which he later takes himself). Given India probably won't struggle with O'Keefe on his own unless your name is Ajinkya Rahane, the 1st Test scorecard I think is going to be a familiar formula of episode.

I misread this at first and so I was gonna open up a can of whoop arse on the claim that O'Keefe and Lyon work well together.

 

[Flem274*]

You can never be too careful. Should be asked to take it easy and bowl about 20Kmphs slower.

would probably just result in hilariously unplayable hooping medium pace swing tbh

 

[NUFAN]

Are Australia and India the two most injury prone teams in the world atm? Hopefully there are none during the series, though I wouldn't put any money on it.

I don't think so. Sri Lanka would make the top 2 I think.

 

[Fenil]

Are Australia and India the two most injury prone teams in the world atm? Hopefully there are none during the series, though I wouldn't put any money on it.

This reminds me of a video that BCCI tweeted yesterday showing few of Indian cricketers in the net practice. Their opener Lokesh Rahul was casually playing the throw downs out side the net with no protection at all (no helmet, no guards, no pads). No wonder Rahul gets injured in every other series.

 

[Daemon]

of course he does that, after all his dad did send a letter to KP telling him to play spin without pads in practice

 

[Compton]

would probably just result in hilariously unplayable hooping medium pace swing tbh

This is essentially the BBL mobile game on its hardest difficulty

 

[91Jmay]

Renshaw
Warner
SMarsh
Smith
Handscomb
Maxwell
MMarsh
Wade
O'Keefe
Starc
Haze

Picking Khawaja is as good as picking 10 players on a spinning pitch. Pick a couple of 'high ceiling' players in Maxwell and MMarsh and hope they can provide a couple of big innings between them to nick draws.
Obviously I'd play Nev if he was touring, but if they're gonna pretend Wade is a keeper; that's their prerogative.

I wouldn't pick Khawaja either but we've seen what high ceiling Maxwell can do in India in Tests.