***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Contra]

Get in the debutant

 

[Victor Ian]

Hmm. High altitude ground. So someone here has the chance to hit the highest ball ever.

 

[Contra]

haxiest 50 ever from Warner lol

 

[Zinzan]

Played Warner, yep he'll look to take it to the new lad...

 

[OverratedSanity]

Thus is looking really bad right now. Poor couple of overs from Ashwin top.

 

[Zinzan]

haxiest 50 ever from Warner lol

From a neutral POV I don't think it was all that hacky tbh.

 

[anil1405]

Thus is looking really bad right now. Poor couple of overs from Ashwin top.

Yes, his last couple of overs have been garbage.

 

[Daemon]

From a neutral POV I don't think it was all that hacky tbh.

Yeah a drop catch and a couple of semi intentional edges is definitely lucky, but I wouldn't call it a hack innings. He's overcome his nerves against Ashwin and taken him for plenty. Decent knock.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Don't know about you guys but I've just ordered one Nair sized effigy.

 

[Zinzan]

Really feel Australia need to go really big 1st innings, and i don't mean 400 big, i mean 550+. We've seen the sort of 1st innings leads India can get even when the opposition scored around 400 1st dig.

 

[Victor Ian]

Remind me of best touring performances with the bat in India. This Smith series is the best I have ever seen (I think).

 

[social]

For some reason (colour?), this pitch reminds me of Roadelaide

 

[Victor Ian]

Australia need to bat into day 3. Make it impossible to lose - make it a certainty that they take the trophy home. Then leave the loss to India to either give or fight off.

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah a drop catch and a couple of semi intentional edges is definitely lucky, but I wouldn't call it a hack innings. He's overcome his nerves against Ashwin and taken him for plenty. Decent knock.

I also mean by Warner's standards, I've seen some truly hacky innings from him over the last few years, this one is a relatively normal one for him.

 

[anil1405]

Sublime batting from Smith.

 

[NZTailender]

Always love a SLAC

 

[adub]

I think we'll give that session to the visitors

 

[Contra]

Gonna need India's bats to step in the first innings one final time this season if we are to save this test.

 

[indiaholic]

Think that is the only wicket for the session.

Yup

 

[vcs]

Australia need to bat into day 3. Make it impossible to lose - make it a certainty that they take the trophy home. Then leave the loss to India to either give or fight off.

This is what India did in Sydney 2004 lol.

You have to go for the series win when you have the opposition on the mat. India are there for the taking here, and series wins in India are pretty hard to come by.