*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Dan]

Plant? I didn't know the former Redbacks batsman and Glenelg first grade stalwart Tom Plant was keeping wicket for India

Goddammit I was just about to make that exact joke.

 

[Burgey]

Why is Gambhiring called Gambhiring? Gambhir always struck me as a positive type.

Australia ahead but days 2 and 3 are normally the best batting conditions. India look set to make 650-5 dec. onwards to an innings victory.

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cri...-but-my-team-can-t-win-thread-gambhiring.html

 

[Spark]

I have, and only one dismissal was due to the wicket rather than poor technique or indiscipline. We seem to be too easily satisfied with such outcomes.

this is how test cricket works, pressure brings risky shots brings wickets. 6/280 is a fine result for the day

 

[Starfighter]

this is how test cricket works, pressure brings risky shots brings wickets. 6/280 is a fine result for the day

Pressure? Marsh and Head both gave away their wickets when the bowling was verging on poor and scoring was relatively fast. One-day mentality in test matches, total gifts to the bowler.

 

[GotSpin]

Pressure? Marsh and Head both gave away their wickets when the bowling was verging on poor and scoring was relatively fast. One-day mentality in test matches, total gifts to the bowler.

I think yes and no. Knowing the pitch is going full rogue, you need to try take advantage of any garbage that's served up. That garbage, however, is risky as well. The alternative is to just sit there and wait for some ball to jag across you

 

[Starfighter]

While the pitch had the odd misbehaviour I don't think it was that​ bad. Better to bat longer and let it deteriorate more. Our strategy against Vihari was poor (even though he was fairly expensive) but it's simply a continuance of the one-day syndrome of limited shots and poor shot selection. Not all garbage is hittable garbage.

 

[GotSpin]

While the pitch had the odd misbehaviour I don't think it was that​ bad. Better to bat longer.

I don't think the pitch is bad. Been said so many times though, India just bowled too short. Including all those ridiculous bouncers

 

[Spark]

Pressure? Marsh and Head both gave away their wickets when the bowling was verging on poor and scoring was relatively fast. One-day mentality in test matches, total gifts to the bowler.

I meant more Khawaja and to an extent Handscomb too tbf. Bad shots but shouldn't be treated in isolation

 

[Burgey]

I meant more Khawaja and to an extent Handscomb too tbf. Bad shots but shouldn't be treated in isolation

Handscomb is a **** though

 

[Starfighter]

I meant more Khawaja and to an extent Handscomb too tbf. Bad shots but shouldn't be treated in isolation

Khawaja was out before he was in, he's totally gone for whatever reason. Handscomb's shot was totally wrong for the pitch. And once again the total inability to get singles (something Harris and Paine have done) is a factor, that's down to the batting not the bowling in this case. They made it hard for themselves then gave it away.

 

[Spark]

Khawaja was out before he was in, he's totally gone for whatever reason. Handscomb's shot was totally wrong for the pitch. And once again the total inability to get singles (something Harris and Paine have done) is a factor, that's down to the batting not the bowling in this case. They made it hard for themselves then gave it away.

to an extent but it's a bit churlish to discount the quality of the bowling during that spell. certainly deserved some wickets imo

 

[Spark]

***** did you just like every single one of my posts today

also

lisa sthalekar is hotter than isa guha

fight me

worst take in the thread

 

[h_hurricane]

Don’t want to bang on about it but India just persisted in bowling too short for the most part. This Bumrah bloke though - love him. Goes as hard at stumps as he does at the start, good pace, shapes it and hits the bat hard. Best Indian quick to ever tour here.

Too early to call that Bumrah is the best indian quick ever to tour Aus. Kapil has a great record as well. 51 wickets in 11 matches at an excellent avg playing for a really poor team.

 

[Flem274*]

dammit i forgot this being in perth meant it would be on late evening here. looks like an interesting day. will the deck get better or worse ya reckon?

 

[Top_Cat]

What is with former players judging the game of a bloke who's 32 like he's 22?

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ric...-australia-india-second-test-perth/2018-12-14

"He's a fast learner."

You'd ****ing wanna be with 150 international matches and a world cup in the kitbag. And he still got nailed anyway.

 

[Spark]

But he wasn’t behind the ball, it did a bit but I don’t think it was unplayable

he's not a paceman, why would you want to get "behind the ball" when it's pitched a foot wide of off stump

 

[ankitj]

Who removed my spinner? - ESPNcricinfo

 

[Howe_zat]

Dropping the spinner is bullshit and India deserve to lose.

 

[Howe_zat]

If England are playing three more frontline spinners than India I don't think I know what cricket is any more

 

[stephen]

What is with former players judging the game of a bloke who's 32 like he's 22?

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ric...-australia-india-second-test-perth/2018-12-14

"He's a fast learner."

You'd ****ing wanna be with 150 international matches and a world cup in the kitbag. And he still got nailed anyway.

If that was about concrete feet I could understand. He's still young but has quite a few ODIs under his belt and has shown some promise at test match level.

But Finch is 32. That's the age where your eye can start to go, when you start moving fractionally slower and when you should absolutely know your game inside and out.

Extraordinary, though I suspect this is more about Ponting wanting to tread the fine line of criticism and praise. Ponting at Finch's age was right at the end of his era of dominance.