Yeah putting up a fight is essentialright, that sort of thing would have potentially precipitated a "wheels falling off" situation where the team is half-beaten before a ball is bowled in sydney
They have a better chance of chasing 400 than batting out a draw from ball one. Both not very likely but still.Australia more likely to get rolled over in a session than batting out a draw
No. I hope Aus resorts to this as actual ploy, so we can milk them away all day long in Sydney. This is an aberration, no more.the dismissals should put it up india too. batsmen should be able to rely on dealing with straight or legside angled stuff but noooope so now they'll be uncertain both in the channel and in areas where you should be scoring on the legside.
somehow we haven't managed to put up the most inept top order display today! if only this was day 1, this would be great funWe're still going to lose but it feels good watching this.
Yeah this feels a lot better than India doing 3/200 before declaring to set a 500+ lead. I know that's what we would've done in a similar situation (obviously that requires Smith/Warner in the side)We're still going to lose but it feels good watching this.