*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Pup Clarke]

Siddle in the ODI squad? Interesting...

 

[Ahmad Zahir]

What happened to Pucovski? Why isn't he playing cricket these days? These youngsters need to grow a skin like Pakistani cricketers who are almost everyday in their lives are scrutinised by the media and still keep on playing for decades.

 

[markjohnconley]

So disappointed with India's 'go slow' tactics to secure the series rather than having a go at the win.
They are so superior in the batting dept.
No wonder Test cricket is losing its popularity

 

[TheJediBrah]

So disappointed with India's 'go slow' tactics to secure the series rather than having a go at the win.
They are so superior in the batting dept.
No wonder Test cricket is losing its popularity

not a strong start

 

[quincywagstaff]

The contrast between Pant & Dhoni as bats in Oz in Tests is quite surprising.

Dhoni was hyped up as some major threat whenever he toured Oz but was largely a major disappointment; only reached 25 four times in 9 Tests with only a solitary half-century.

In contrast, Pant seemed to be characterised as a wild and wooly slugger by some comms early in this series. But his temperament has improved as the series has gone along, looks to have a good defense, reached 25 in every innings and now a massive ton.

Certainly looks the most capable Indian keeper/batsman I can recall to tour Oz; remember when they had not only the likes of MSK Prasad, but actually opening the batting for a Test?

 

[Arachnodouche]

So disappointed with India's 'go slow' tactics to secure the series rather than having a go at the win.
They are so superior in the batting dept.
No wonder Test cricket is losing its popularity

Not to feed the troll, but in days gone by, Indian captains would've let Pant complete his double before declaring.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The contrast between Pant & Dhoni as bats in Oz in Tests is quite surprising.

Dhoni was hyped up as some major threat whenever he toured Oz but was largely a major disappointment; only reached 25 four times in 9 Tests with only a solitary half-century.

In contrast, Pant seemed to be characterised as a wild and wooly slugger by some comms early in this series. But his temperament has improved as the series has gone along, looks to have a good defense, reached 25 in every innings and now a massive ton.

Certainly looks the most capable Indian keeper/batsman I can recall to tour Oz; remember when they had not only the likes of MSK Prasad, but actually opening the batting for a Test?

He reminds me a bit of early Partiv Patel. Similar story too because Patel made an unbeaten SCG ton in 2004 in very similar circumstances (coming in late, tired attack).

I think Pant will go further than Patel did though, but his keeping needs a lot of work

edit: actually Patel didn't make a ton that game, made a very quick 60

 

[Second Spitter]

Australia won’t reach the levels of sustained decline which WI have, if no other reason than there’s a **** load of dough in the sport which can be invested into all of the things you raise. It isnt that there are no well-funded structures in play, it’s that the priorities within those structures are, at least from where I’m sitting, way out of whack.

West Indies are the current World Champions in one of the three formats of cricket, which is more than Australia is atm.

 

[Arachnodouche]

The contrast between Pant & Dhoni as bats in Oz in Tests is quite surprising.

Dhoni was hyped up as some major threat whenever he toured Oz but was largely a major disappointment; only reached 25 four times in 9 Tests with only a solitary half-century.

In contrast, Pant seemed to be characterised as a wild and wooly slugger by some comms early in this series. But his temperament has improved as the series has gone along, looks to have a good defense, reached 25 in every innings and now a massive ton.

Certainly looks the most capable Indian keeper/batsman I can recall to tour Oz; remember when they had not only the likes of MSK Prasad, but actually opening the batting for a Test?

Yeah, he makes good shapes while batting. Only looks chancy when he's throwing the bat around.

 

[vcs]

He reminds me a bit of early Partiv Patel. Similar story too because Patel made an unbeaten SCG ton in 2004 in very similar circumstances (coming in late, tired attack).

I think Pant will go further than Patel did though, but his keeping needs a lot of work

Patel never made a ton, probably a 50 or so at best.

This ton from Pant was as down-hill skiing as down-hill skiing gets, after all the hard work put in by Pujara, but still an extremely valuable knock.

 

[TheJediBrah]

West Indies are the current World Champions in one of the three formats of cricket, which is more than Australia is atm.

Might want to check up on that . . .

Patel never made a ton, probably a 50 or so at best.

This ton from Pant was as down-hill skiing as down-hill skiing gets, after all the hard work put in by Pujara, but still an extremely valuable knock.

Yeah i realised that and edited straight away

 

[Second Spitter]

So disappointed with India's 'go slow' tactics to secure the series rather than having a go at the win.
They are so superior in the batting dept.
No wonder Test cricket is losing its popularity

Not as disappointing as the approval of your account.

 

[vicleggie]

Maxwell could've been the next Symonds but Smith and Lehmann were too interested in making an example of him, because he didn't fit in with the boy's club.

Now they basically have a lineup of batsmen with no talent

 

[markjohnconley]

A 'troll' am I, sorry.
I must have been watching the wrong game.
Which of the three statements is controversial, just to clarify for future omission?

 

[quincywagstaff]

Maxwell could've been the next Symonds but Smith and Lehmann were too interested in making an example of him, because he didn't fit in with the boy's club.

Now they basically have a lineup of batsmen with no talent.

Interesting comparison as Symonds was given a lot of ODI chances early in his career to much criticism until he delivered bigtime in the 03 WC.

and he could've easily been jettisoned after mishaps on the 2005 England tour but Ponting showed a lot of faith in him and he played a lot of good cricket afterwards.

For whatever reason, Maxwell hasn't had anybody in a leadership position who had any real faith in him as an all format player.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Maxwell could've been the next Symonds but Smith and Lehmann were too interested in making an example of him, because he didn't fit in with the boy's club.

Now they basically have a lineup of batsmen with no talent

First thing I've ever seen you post that wasn't pure biased trash

It's still typically anti-Australian, but it's accurate

 

[markjohnconley]

You have a good day sir.
I hadn't realised I wasn't allowed an opinion on this forum."
What pray tell am i allowed to post?

 

[quincywagstaff]

He reminds me a bit of early Partiv Patel. Similar story too because Patel made an unbeaten SCG ton in 2004 in very similar circumstances (coming in late, tired attack).

I think Pant will go further than Patel did though, but his keeping needs a lot of work

edit: actually Patel didn't make a ton that game, made a very quick 60

From what I recall of Patel, his technique back then was much more loose and vulnerable to certain types of bowling. Pant's technique looks pretty solid.

 

[cnerd123]

This reminds me - NSWranger didn't make his prediction for the 4th Test

Wonder what he thinks of this.

 

[TheJediBrah]

A 'troll' am I, sorry.
I must have been watching the wrong game.
Which of the three statements is controversial, just to clarify for future omission?

I think calling you a troll was a bit harsh.

Basically your suggestion that India scoring slowly was a negative tactic and that they didn't go for the win is garbage. They made 622 in under 2 days and 300 on day 1, which is quicker than a lot of Test scores. Also they declared before stumps day 2 so they clearly are still going for a win and not just a draw.