***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[OverratedSanity]

That whole hour was awful cricket. 150 lead was probably on if Australia batted sensibly, in which case India likely would've wilted. And then they wasted the new ball and gave the openers some confidence. It was that more than the Pujara/Rahane partnership that changed the game.

You still had us 30/4 though.

 

[Shri]

Smith and Kohli ****ing hate each other, don't they?

 

[Spark]

So Aussies...let's be honest, you want to give Shaun Marsh a massive slap across the crops right now don't you?

Also for the stats enthusiasts out there. How many of the Test nations have never failed to win a test match when chasing a score below 200? There's one team I know for sure but I'm not sure if there are many others tbh.

holy ****

 

[Shri]

holy ****

???

And the team he's talking about?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ben Horne‏ @BenHorne8 41m41 minutes ago
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Match officials say only time they are aware of Australians looking up to dressing room for guidance was Smith incident today

Again, if Kohli isn't right on this...

Haha if he's wrong then it's just ridiculous. Probably deserves a ban.

Might be good for the team too

 

[WindieWeathers]

holy ****

They aren't a test nation bro.

 

[OverratedSanity]

???

And the team he's talking about?

Take a wild guess

 

[morgieb]

You still had us 30/4 though.

Yeah true.

I guess my point is even at that point I still felt that India might claw it back. And that throwing away a match-winning position also gave you guys confidence, which might not have happened if we closed the innings in more conventional fashion.

 

[Gnske]

That press conference sounds wild but in terms of crazy cricket press conferences nothing will top this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgq3uUWXjF4

Boof has a future presser like this somewhere up his sleeve

 

[WindieWeathers]

Take a wild guess

I heard one was South Africa? Or am I wrong?

 

[CricAddict]

Take a wild guess

Too tough a question.

 

[Spark]

omg ww might have played us all

 

[Spikey]

probably some team that no-one cares about

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh ****, legitimately brilliant from WW if he's pulled one on us here.

 

[WindieWeathers]

Anyway during this test I questioned O'Keef and Lyon in comparison to Swann and Monty!!..their poor performance in India's second innings is the reason why we can't jump to conclusions imo. Yes Hazelwood was brilliant and Australia still should have won but the bottom line is if Lyon and O'Keef turn up then Aus could have been chasing 110-120 instead of 187 and mentally it would have been a totally different ball game.

 

[WindieWeathers]

probably some team that no-one cares about

So it is South Africa then?

 

[Gnske]

Anyway during this test I questioned O'Keef and Lyon in comparison to Swann and Monty!!..their poor performance in India's second innings is the reason why we can't jump to conclusions imo. Yes Hazelwood was brilliant and Australia still should have won but the bottom line is if Lyon and O'Keef turn up then Aus could have been chasing 110-120 instead of 187 and mentally it would have been a totally different ball game.

How badly do you think they played in comparison with how Warrican and Bishoo would have?

 

[Burgey]

Anyway during this test I questioned O'Keef and Lyon in comparison to Swann and Monty!!..their poor performance in India's second innings is the reason why we can't jump to conclusions imo. Yes Hazelwood was brilliant and Australia still should have won but the bottom line is if Lyon and O'Keef turn up then Aus could have been chasing 110-120 instead of 187 and mentally it would have been a totally different ball game.

Very harsh imo. They created a lot of chances which didn't go to hand.

 

[EggsOnToast]

Yes. That was unnecessary from Kohli. Will be interesting to hear what Smith said. Do any one have a video of that?

Videos | cricket.com.au

 

[quincywagstaff]

Ben Horne‏ @BenHorne8 41m41 minutes ago
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Match officials say only time they are aware of Australians looking up to dressing room for guidance was Smith incident today

Again, if Kohli isn't right on this...

Again, in terms of Trump style tactics, whether it's partially true or false isn't the prime issue here. Kholi seems to want to drag the Aussies into a war of verbals and antagonism between Tests. A potentially distracting trap they could fall into.