***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Victor Ian]

I'm not a great fan of kissing helmets. Damn you Slater. Look what you started.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Australia will win this. They're massively pissed off.

This was pretty obvious during that Saha incident. Everyone else was laughing their asses off but Smith's face was stonedead serious almost the entire time.

It was a bit scary to watch tbh. He seems ridiculously determined to grind India down.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Insane record.

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[Spikey]

This was pretty obvious during that Saha incident. Everyone else was laughing their asses off but Smith's face was stonedead serious almost the entire time.

It was a bit scary to watch tbh. He seems ridiculously determined to grind India down.

hang on, everyone laughing also wasn't being groped by Saha. bit different for TPC

 

[centurymaker]

Australia will win this. They're massively pissed off.

Smith is. Not sure about others.

Australia will miss Starc for his left arm-inswinging express deliveries! They were close to unplayable. And he could have taken the pitch of the equation here with reverse swing. And could have even created some handy rough for Lyon later in the game! Now there's unlikely to be much rough for lyon to work with against right handed batsmen.

And India don't have a single left arm pacer even on the fringes, so the Indian batsmen get no practice for even anything similar to what Starc had to offer. He was a real x factor.

 

[OverratedSanity]

hang on, everyone laughing also wasn't being groped by Saha. bit different for TPC

I don't know, it seemed a light hearted incident. Any other time, Smith would've joined in and laughed it off.

 

[Spikey]

nah man, Smith's OCD as **** at the crease, he could be 300* after making 500* in the first innings and he'd still be pissed at being jumped all over

 

[centurymaker]

I don't know, it seemed a light hearted incident. Any other time, Smith would've joined in and laughed it off.

Nah, Saha went mental.. He was grabbing Smith all over and kind of tackled him down like in Rugby .

I'd be really pissed if someone did that to me, even in that scenario.

 

[indiaholic]

Dude it was funny...

 

[indiaholic]

Insane record.

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Flawless.. Totally ridiculous.

 

[centurymaker]

Funny afterwards but initially it was like WTF is he doing.

 

[social]

This was pretty obvious during that Saha incident. Everyone else was laughing their asses off but Smith's face was stonedead serious almost the entire time.

It was a bit scary to watch tbh. He seems ridiculously determined to grind India down.

Dead set honest

I thought that he could go anytime before 10

After that, a ton was almost inevitable and aside from a couple of brain fades, it was largely boring

Would not surprise me at all all to see him score a double or more

Kohli & the media have pissed him off, they will pay and i imagine that this is what it was like to see Bradman bat - ruthlessly efficient whilst not particularly attractive but somewhat compelling

 

[anil1405]

The twists and turns in this series continue to amaze us. India better raise their game (batsmen in particular) and make this a series to remember.

 

[Daemon]

Hopefully we come back with the same intensity as Day 2 in Bangalore

 

[OverratedSanity]

Smith needs to average only a shade over 40 in his next 100 dismissals to average>50.

He's basically an ATG already.

 

[Tom Flint]

Smith is. Not sure about others.

Australia will miss Starc for his left arm-inswinging express deliveries! They were close to unplayable. And he could have taken the pitch of the equation here with reverse swing. And could have even created some handy rough for Lyon later in the game! Now there's unlikely to be much rough for lyon to work with against right handed batsmen.

And India don't have a single left arm pacer even on the fringes, so the Indian batsmen get no practice for even anything similar to what Starc had to offer. He was a real x factor.

I wouldnt call 5 wickets in 4 innings unplayable!

 

[silentstriker]

Well done Australia. That was a great partnership.

 

[social]

Smith needs to average only a shade over 40 in his next 100 dismissals to average>50.

He's basically an ATG already.

He is a genius and what's more, I dont actually enjoy watching him bat unless it is a meaningful match

 

[viriya]

I think Ashwin has been brought down to earth somewhat this series. He has been dominating sides at home until this series where he has only been that in spurts.

I haven't watched at all so maybe there is a better explanation of his performance.

 

[anil1405]

So what is it that Freddie told about the big 4 and Kohli in particular.

Andrew Flintoff says Kohli 'heads and shoulders above' Smith | Cricket | Sporting News