***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[centurymaker]

I doubt there's gonna be a result on this pitch. Theres hardly been ANY plays and misses in the entire day's play.. thats incredible and quite rare.. probably only half a dozen balls beat the bat today.

These misjudgments tend to indicate how easy or hard it is to bat on a pitch. This is a pancake. Even a 500 to 600 total by either side is probably not going to yield a result, also because both teams are playing just 4 bowlers! And this track has no assistance for anyone and even if spinners get assistance later in the game, the pitch will have slowed down enough to make it relatively easy to counter it.

Only a dramatic collapse can get either side a result here.

Previous two pitches were poor on one extreme of the scale and this appears to be a poor one on the other extreme of the scale. Crazy series.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Calling that wide short ball from Umesh a "beauty" seems a bit generous.

 

[Debris]

Trying to get up some enthusiasm for this test series again. Not really feeling it atm after all the **** that went on between tests.

 

[Spikey]

I doubt there's gonna be a result on this pitch. Theres hardly been ANY plays and misses in the entire day's play.. thats incredible and quite rare.. probably only half a dozen balls beat the bat today.

Decent chance that we get the ole "team batting third is the only team that can lose the match" thing, and given it's Australia in India.........

 

[Gnske]

PRAKASH WAKANKAR @pakwakankar
Unfortunate to see that not one Indian player applauded Steve Smith's 100. @abcgrandstand #INDvAUS

Minor, but a bit **** if true.

Sad!

Just not cricket!

 

[Spikey]

um didn't he hit that

 

[TheJediBrah]

was more of a bop than a spank

Shami playing this game?

 

[OverratedSanity]

I doubt there's gonna be a result on this pitch. Theres hardly been ANY plays and misses in the entire day's play.. thats incredible and quite rare.. probably only half a dozen balls beat the bat today.

These misjudgments tend to indicate how easy or hard it is to bat on a pitch. This is a pancake. Even a 500 to 600 total by either side is probably not going to yield a result, also because both teams are playing just 4 bowlers! And this track has no assistance for anyone and even if spinners get assistance later in the game, the pitch will have slowed down enough to make it relatively easy to counter it.

Only a dramatic collapse can get either side a result here.

Previous two pitches were poor on one extreme of the scale and this appears to be a poor one on the other extreme of the scale. Crazy series.

If Kohli can't bat, we're in massive trouble. Pancake or not, someone has to make a really big score and recently, only kohli has shown he can do it.

The way this is going, someone from the Indian team needs to double ton up.

 

[centurymaker]

Need to punish India like a disobiedant step child and put on well over 400

400 would be a **** score and if so, Australia would then go on to lose the match.

500 is a minimum. And I think Australia will get around 550.

 

[Gnske]

Australian cricket lives again today lads.

What a glorious day

 

[Spark]

Really good day. Still irritated at how the first three wickets fell, but that's an excellent platform. Still a lot of work to do though.

 

[mr_mister]

isnt jadders like a triple ton specialist

 

[OverratedSanity]

307/5

Close enough

 

[Spikey]

The way this is going, someone from the Indian team needs to double ton up.

well Smith has to do this too.

 

[Midwinter]

Good work by Smith and Maxwell.

 

[vcs]

PRAKASH WAKANKAR @pakwakankar
Unfortunate to see that not one Indian player applauded Steve Smith's 100. @abcgrandstand #INDvAUS

Minor, but a bit **** if true.

What a superb name.

 

[centurymaker]

If Kohli can't bat, we're in massive trouble. Pancake or not, someone has to make a really big score and recently, only kohli has shown he can do it.

The way this is going, someone from the Indian team needs to double ton up.

Kohli will be fine, don't worry.

 

[Spark]

What a superb name.

He's one of the ball-by-ball comms on ABC radio, have enjoyed his work.

 

[Burgey]

PRAKASH WAKANKAR @pakwakankar
Unfortunate to see that not one Indian player applauded Steve Smith's 100. @abcgrandstand #INDvAUS

Minor, but a bit **** if true.

Well if someone hangs around with him long enough tomorrow they'll have a chance to clap his double. Such a determined bloke. You get the sense he's seriously pissed off with suggestions his side was cheating. Just wants to grind them into the dirt.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Great day for Australia.

Need to bowl them out below 450. If not, I hope we have kohli or it could be trouble.