*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Burgey]

We've had 4 follow-ons enforced in 2018, and six in 2017. So it's not like sides have abandoned it completely either.

I think the VVS innings is a big reason why sides don't enforce a follow-on unless they have a really massive lead in relatively low-scoring games in decent bowling conditions. It's why teams choose to be conservative and just bat another quick 3rd innings. But in high scoring games on flat pitches in a live series, it's probably because they don't want to wreck their bowlers.

Think it’s all pretty much down to bowler workloads given how little rest there is between tests these days.

 

[Spikey]

If there's no time pressure there doesn't seem to be much reason to enforce it tbh

 

[silentstriker]

I have a colleague who is into cricket but he was born in 1996. He has no idea that the reason teams are reluctant to follow-on in Tests is because of one innings by VVS Laxman in 2001 in Kolkata against an Australian team on a 16 Test undefeated streak who were 1-0 up in India.

He's not really "into" cricket then.

 

[Starfighter]

i wonder how much VVS's 281 affected those stats

Considering this was winning % by session for follow on vs not I don't see why it would have.

 

[the big bambino]

Think it’s all pretty much down to bowler workloads given how little rest there is between tests these days.

Yep. No more rest days either,

 

[Starfighter]

Yep. No more rest days either,

I do wonder how much the abolition of the rest day affected strategy. Having a break in the middle of the match would certainly come into things wrt bowler tiredness.

Though I reckon many modern coaches would make their team do drills all the rest day.

 

[the big bambino]

I do wonder how much the abolition of the rest day affected strategy. Having a break in the middle of the match would certainly come into things wrt bowler tiredness.

Though I reckon many modern coaches would make their team do drills all the rest day.

Chappelli finally admitted that it was a big reason why he'd reluctantly bat again if he were a modern captain.

 

[Starfighter]

Chappelli finally admitted that it was a big reason why he'd reluctantly bat again if he were a modern captain.

If it can drag such an admission out of Ian Chappell it must be significant.

 

[quincywagstaff]

a fun Kolkata story is after all that australia needed to survive 80 odd overs and the current australian coach hit 28 off 21 (2 sixes) for some reason

And what's more, in the final session with Oz zero chance of winning two batsmen were out sweeping (Gilly first ball) and Warne was out playing a horrible attempted slog to mid-wicket.

Australia had been so dominant for so long that they couldn't conceive of not being aggressive even when a draw was the only viable result.

 

[OverratedSanity]

And what's more, in the final session with Oz zero chance of winning two batsmen were out sweeping (Gilly first ball) and Warne was out playing a horrible attempted slog to mid-wicket.

Australia had been so dominant for so long that they couldn't conceive of not being aggressive even when a draw was the only viable result.

Didn't look like a great declaration from Ganguly at the time but it worked brilliantly for this exact reason.

 

[h_hurricane]

Really impressed with Jadeja's evolution as an overseas player. Has some good performances in SA, Eng and Aus now. His innings supporting Pant completely killed off any semblance of hope Aus had at that point.

His fielding was always gun.

A priceless cricketer for India right now.

 

[silentstriker]

It's shocking to me that the 79 by Harris is the highest score by an Australian batsman all series.

 

[vcs]

I think Cummins will cross that tomorrow.

 

[h_hurricane]

It's shocking to me that the 79 by Harris is the highest score by an Australian batsman all series.

So Jadeja scored higher than any Australian batsman this series.

 

[stephen]

Really impressed with Jadeja's evolution as an overseas player. Has some good performances in SA, Eng and Aus now. His innings supporting Pant completely killed off any semblance of hope Aus had at that point.

His fielding was always gun.

A priceless cricketer for India right now.

And yet Pant was the luckiest batsman I've seen. Middled the ball to the keeper on 4, umpire turned it down and then technology failed to pick up the noise in slow motion even though it wad clearly audible in real time.

Australia were still in it if they got that wicket but full credit to Pant and Jadeja, they twisted the knife and then pulled it out and stabbed Australia in the face with it five more times.

Probably the most embarrassing indictment on Australian cricket, outside all of our batting performances.

 

[Second Spitter]

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

Nah, Their best team won’t be much that different from the one England pounded 485 against

 

[the big bambino]

Rubbish. That side was absent Starc Cummins Warner and Smith

 

[OverratedSanity]

And yet Pant was the luckiest batsman I've seen. Middled the ball to the keeper on 4, umpire turned it down and then technology failed to pick up the noise in slow motion even though it wad clearly audible in real time.

fake news

 

[vcs]

Clicky bat handle, most likely.

 

[sunilz]

And yet Pant was the luckiest batsman I've seen. Middled the ball to the keeper on 4, umpire turned it down and then technology failed to pick up the noise in slow motion even though it wad clearly audible in real time.

Australia were still in it if they got that wicket but full credit to Pant and Jadeja, they twisted the knife and then pulled it out and stabbed Australia in the face with it five more times.

Probably the most embarrassing indictment on Australian cricket, outside all of our batting performances.

21 year old Rishabh Pant has scored more runs in his first AUS tour at twice the average as compared to Adam Gilchrist in his entire career in IND.

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