*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[mr_mister]

Travis Head will make a better fist of test cricket than any other middle order player we’ve tried since Smith.

I like how Voges average of 60 may as well have been worth 30

 

[_Ed_]

Wow, nice take by Pant. I was sure that was heading to the boundary.

 

[Starfighter]

Good thing India don't have Parthiv Patel keeping. Would've had 40 runs in byes over the head.

 

[cnerd123]

Man India are going to regret wasting the new ball in the first hour. They've been tight since then it seems, and the pitch has gotten friendlier to bowl on. A good first hour and Aus might have been, like, 160/5 now.

Thankfully Australia played a bunch of daft shots to bring things back to parity. Throwing away their own advantage of having a strong start on a somewhat unpredictable surface.

It'll be interesting to see how the pitch plays as the game progresses. You've got people thinking it will flatten out, and others thinking it'll just get worse from here. Australia's bowling will be impossible to face if it keeps this kind of pace and inconsistency, so I hope it does flatten out. Especially given our useless tail.

Lol at Vihari bowling unplayable deliveries. He's so tame. Jadeja would have been awesome here - we're now back into a holding mode waiting for the second new ball when we could be attacking with a spinner.

Need a wicket from somewhere, let's hope Shami reverses one of these two out. Get Aus 6 down by close of play, keep them under 300 tomorrow, and hope Kohli and Che put can ton up on an easier pitch. That has to be the plan.




But realistically SMarsh will ton up here before the tailenders pile on another 150. Aus 500/8 dec, India blown on for 26, Cummins taking 8/3

 

[Starfighter]

That's dropped.

 

[Spark]

just after about five posts praising him

 

[stephen]

I just want them to take Vihari apart. He's rubbish.

 

[mr_mister]

You don't give a guy like Shaun Marsh a life

 

[cnerd123]

omg did Pant drop that

I hope this isn't the Test that Pant's keeping loses us

 

[Starfighter]

I just want them to take Vihari apart. He's rubbish.

So is the batting. He's been expensive but it's a shame that he had to bowl that one ball that exploded off the pitch.

Shouldn't be leaning that far back to cut.

 

[_Ed_]

just after about five posts praising him

My fault.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I think that might be the pant drop to cost India a game which has threatened to happen for a while now.

 

[stephen]

I'd really like to see concrete feet get himself a ton. Would go a long way towards us winning this test.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

That drop from Pant is a god reminder of the reason you need to pick the best keeper. The Indians are now hoping for another chance.

You don't give a guy like Shaun Marsh a life

The selectors have given him plenty...

 

[Shri]

Even if we lose this game, I think we'll take the series.

 

[stephen]

Shami looks so hard done by. Is as if he doesn't realize he's been bowling short rubbish all day.

 

[Starfighter]

Head just flaying that one away.

Shami's the only one without a wicket even though he was the one who stemmed the bleeding in the first session. Been too short since though.

 

[Starfighter]

Even if we lose this game, I think we'll take the series.

Quoted for future anti-gambhiring.

 

[stephen]

Pant thinking he's an Australian selector, but I don't think he realizes that they are under instruction NOT to drop Shaun Marsh.

 

[cnerd123]

Even if we lose this game, I think we'll take the series.

I think this will end like the England series where we'll lose handily but the scoreline won't reflect how close it actually way, and a lot of losses will be due to self-inflicted wounds like selection mistakes or dropped catches in key moments.

As exhibited by today.