*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Son Of Coco]

Intelligent posters can correct me but what Burgey is saying that all the runs scored by Smith in 2017 series in INDIA were pressure free runs because no one gave AUS a chance to win that series ?

You've only got to look at the 3 runs Kohli scored in that series to see what pressure can do to a batsman.

 

[JBMAC]

In all the decades I have been watching/playing this game of ours for the first time I would have to admit the Aussies fielding in all these test has been shite. Sure there has been a couple of screamers taken, eg Kwajah to dismiss Kholi, but overall it (fielding) has lacked the crispness, the anticipation and the attack ALL Aussie sides have previously shown. Right back to Sheehan, Cowper, Redpath, Harvey, Symond ,Ponting etc etc etc. IMPO Paine is a little kid in adults cricket whites setting poor fields and there obviously not enough drilling or enthusiasm engendered into practice of the basics. The result ? Fielders have no enthusiasm or learned ability to put them on the edge. There appears little or no cameradrie when in the field making the Batsman's job to score runs that much easier. Something must be done about the basics before trying to get smart.

 

[social]

Long-term bet proposition: Pujara will end with higher test aggregate and test average than Kohli.

Any takers?

Done

Pujara was dropped against England & SA and was saved in the first test by our failure to review

He went on to score hundreds on roads

Kohli is levels above

 

[Burner]

Done

Pujara was dropped against England & SA and was saved in the first test by our failure to review

He went on to score hundreds on roads

Kohli is levels above

The bet would have a little risk if Pujara was better on roads but I think even on roads Kohli's better, at least in the recent past.

Although if India were to play on minefields at home Pujara will outscore Kohli but that's unlikely to happen.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kohli's definitely a better batsman and has had the far superior career so far. Going forward, no one can really say but I'd be very surprised if Pujara ended up being considered better by the time their careers ended

Pujara's fantastic at what he does, but his flaws are definitely more glaring. There's a possibility he ends up with a better average but a very very minute possibility that he ends up with as rounded a record as Kohli's.

 

[weldone]

Done

Pujara was dropped against England & SA and was saved in the first test by our failure to review

He went on to score hundreds on roads

Kohli is levels above

I'll have a Kohli avatar selected by you, or you'll have a Pujara avatar selected by me for one year after the later one retires / ends his career. Ok?

 

[Burner]

If you want a Kohli avatar, just do it. No one's going to judge you

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha I feel like social would hate the Pujara avatar a lot more than weldone would hate the Kohli one.

 

[weldone]

.. if Pujara ended up being considered better by the time their careers ended
...

This will absolutely not happen even if Pujara ends with +2000 runs and +3 average over Kohli. He will not be considered better by the people.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Let's not make Kohli out to be some perpetual downhill skier though. He has played a few critical knocks in challenging conditions too; his MO is obv different from Pujara's though so he's more liable to occasionally getting out without seeing us through to safety. The two compliment each other perfectly and are good for us in their own ways.

 

[Top_Cat]

Time for Australian cricket to start counting the gains from losing | SMH

I never get the motivation for articles like this, essentially "We've hit rock-bottom, can only go up from here." How much time does anyone reckon Paine has left as a fit cricketer, let alone skipper? One of the quicks being crocked is a matter of time and precisely zero of the bats tried as shown enough to upend the key Aussie batting strategy of 'wait until the bans are over.'

Imagine how this article will look in a year when the Ashes are lost and the team is knocked out of the WC without winning a game. Think things can't worse? Hilariously naive.

 

[SeamUp]

Not sure where it was spoken about but there were some drastic changes to Australia ODI side obviously taking into account resting the 3 quicks. But for a long time I did believe the Australian batting was to hit and miss from T20 so Lynn/Short left out and they also left out Head (I'm happy as I would like him to focus on his test cricket but he only goes back to the bash and 50-over cricket should suit him most at this stage) Call-up of Siddle pretty interesting to say the least....

Squad Aaron Finch (capt), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

 

[Top_Cat]

I tell a lie, they might upset Afghanistan.

 

[StephenZA]

With all the Aussie WC bashing... just know they gonna win somehow, almost depressingly predictable.

 

[weldone]

Haha I feel like social would hate the Pujara avatar a lot more than weldone would hate the Kohli one.

I guess it's because you remember my cricsim avatar lol.

 

[Burner]

Has Australia ever won when they were the underdogs? I can't ever recall something like that happening although I've never watched a WC in which they were not stupidly strong.

 

[Starfighter]

Siddle's last ODI was in November 2010. Let that sink in for a moment. I don't know if he'll actually play but wow is this up there with great recalls.

 

[Starfighter]

Has Australia ever won when they were the underdogs? I can't ever recall something like that happening although I've never watched a WC in which they were not stupidly strong.

87 I'd suppose, though I think that team was relatively (significantly) stronger than this one.

 

[weldone]

Has Australia ever won when they were the underdogs? I can't ever recall something like that happening although I've never watched a WC in which they were not stupidly strong.

1987 (favorites: Pakistan/India), 1999 (favorites: South Africa)

 

[Burner]

1987 (favorites: Pakistan/India), 1999 (favorites: South Africa)

Don't think they were underdogs to this extent in 99 though. This team is behind Eng, Ind, SA, NZ and maybe even Pakistan.