***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[harsh.ag]

Swepson does have a great FC strike rate though. Would like to see him and SoK play in one game at least.

 

[Gnske]

It'll happen, just a question of when the selectors run out of patience.

It'd be a miracle if Lyon plays all 4 tests.

 

[morgieb]

If Pune's wicket is what they say it is this is gonna get ugly. Even a Nagpur-esque turner would suit us better.

 

[indiaholic]

Nah Smith will score a triple hundred and it will be a draw.

 

[Starfighter]

I hope all this gambhiring by certain posters on here backfires.

 

[Burgey]

Brettig tweeting that there's a suggestion only one of Starc and Haze will play. Surely that can't be correct.

 

[Spikey]

Brettig tweeting that there's a suggestion only one of Starc and Haze will play. Surely that can't be correct.

Nocookies | The Australian

(not sure if behind playwall)

the idea of playing lyon, sok and (x) spinner is nuts. clearly suggests to me that there's a loss of faith in the lyon/sok partnership (which hey, I never had) because that 3rd spinner is, ideally, not getting much of a shot anyway.

 

[indiaholic]

Horrible if true.

 

[harsh.ag]

Do it! It's fun to see the world burn.

 

[Starfighter]

Going for the England strategy and picking three mediocre spinners will be as disastrous as it was for England. Good fast bowling can take wickets in spinning conditions and we've got to go for our strength. Of course the selectors and fathead Lehmann will probably go for the stupidest possible option.

 

[Gnske]

Has to be pre-series panic attack.

The horses for courses meme the selectors hinted at a couple of months ago couldn't possibly be done this stupidly.

 

[Spikey]

Has to be pre-series panic attack.

The horses for courses meme the selectors hinted at a couple of months ago couldn't possibly be done this stupidly.

I know. Everything has been handled fairly well up until this point. I hope it's nothing

 

[quincywagstaff]

Brettig tweeting that there's a suggestion only one of Starc and Haze will play. Surely that can't be correct.

If Khawaja is basically out because of his SL form, why not Hazlewood? Last two Tests of that series didn't look any more threatening than M Marsh.

Taking that a bit further, why Lyon is the only spinner guaranteed selection based on his prev Asia form is a mystery to me but anyway.

 

[Starfighter]

couldn't possibly be done this stupidly.

That is where you're wrong.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Interesting how the 'India pitches are hellish minefields' trend has been very strong in Oz media reports, even for someone usually measured like Brettig. At a guess it's a reflection of the private mix of panic and anger within the Oz camp.

 

[Burner]

If either Hazlewood or Starc don't play I hope Australia lose in the most ignominious way.

 

[harsh.ag]

Would be interesting to see how the "attacking young batsman KL Rahul" fails in the first test, esp if 3 spinners are playing.

 

[Starfighter]

If Khawaja is basically out because of his SL form, why not Hazlewood? Last two Tests of that series didn't look any more threatening than M Marsh.

At least Haze should be able to keep the batsmen quiet, especially if he bowls with the accuracy he did during the summer here, and he's still decently threatening when the ball's reversing.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Interesting how the 'India pitches are hellish minefields' trend has been very strong in Oz media reports, even for someone usually measured like Brettig. At a guess it's a reflection of the private mix of panic and anger within the Oz camp.

Or, you know, it could be a reflection of them having looked at the pitch the Test is going to be played on

 

[Burner]

What is the pitch report? Is it that it is a raging turner? Or a flat road? The site doesn't work for me.