***Official*** India's Tour of Australia 2020/21 - General discussion

[Daemon]

Cheating Aussie government implemented 14 day quarantine so we can’t even SOS Ishant

 

[Senile Sentry]

He got wickets from two half trackers, a half volley and one that didn’t turn. Only the latter was halfway a decent ball.

Lol. And now ?

 

[cnerd123]

If Burgey's attitude towards spin bowling reflects the general Australian thought process then it explains why their batting has struggled so much against Ashwin and Jadeja this series tbh.

 

[Teja.]

Fast bowlers in Australia since 1990 (minimum 20 wickets):

 

[Shady Slim]

probably been said already but as monumentally lolworthy as 36 all out was, the total that the indians had to chase today was considerably lower than that, so food for thought there.

as to the australian team for the next game, warner in for burns, moises in for head (essentially as a bat but can bowl if absolutely necessary). head shouldn't have ever been there, and i am wonderfully vindicated every time he throws his wicket away. tjb is also incredibly smart. while i don't root for him to fail it's pretty cool to be proven right all the time.

now

what i am worried about is wade being sent down to five and harris coming in too, and maybe doing well against a tired attack on a dead pitch, and following that by averaging 4.8 next time that he goes overseas.

for india, i reckon you can't drop vihari. he didn't get too many runs but he and pujara grinding out our bowlers early paved the way for their low energy bowling in the third session to rahane and jadeja. agarwal is a different case but with only rohit waiting in the wings he gets to stay too. hope umesh can get right for the next test - with shami and ishant both already out, it's admirable with this india attack has been able to do so far. absolute credit to ashwin for the way he's bowling - unsurprising that the supernerd has learned how to bowl here after three tours. great setting of fields in this test by rahane and great execution by india allround.

 

[Gnske]

The image that destroyed the Clouderson Defence Force.

 

[duffer]

I never imagined our bowling stocks would ever be this good. Kudos to all involved at grass roots level and above for the work they've done to get us to this stage.

We have a great board tbh.

 

[Gnske]

what i am worried about is wade being sent down to five and harris coming in too, and maybe doing well against a tired attack on a dead pitch, and following that by averaging 4.8 next time that he goes overseas.

Well here's the thing about batting in the Australian summer, you learn next to nothing every time no matter how many runs a batsman makes. Wade has the benefit of already having 2 overseas tons though, made recently enough too.

Edit: Referring particularly to Khawaja here.

 

[Spark]

I never imagined our bowling stocks would ever be this good. Kudos to all involved at grass roots level and above for the work they've done to get us to this stage.

We have a great board tbh.

the bowling stocks are very good. but what you're seeing now, probably for the first time in indian history, is the difference between a solid test attack, and a solid test attack with a truly great fast bowler in it; i.e. a great test attack. it makes a massive, massive difference having someone like bumrah as the spearhead.

 

[Gnske]

He's more of a javelin, deadly with a powerful throw.

 

[Shady Slim]

there's nothing more australian than calling every brown bloke who tears it up against us a thrower tbh

 

[duffer]

the bowling stocks are very good. but what you're seeing now, probably for the first time in indian history, is the difference between a solid test attack, and a solid test attack with a truly great fast bowler in it; i.e. a great test attack. it makes a massive, massive difference having someone like bumrah as the spearhead.

Seriously, the depth we have in our pace bowling stocks is unfathomable for a long suffering fan. Surely the work done by administrators in India have contributed greatly to that.

 

[duffer]

there's nothing more australian than calling every brown bloke who tears it up against us a thrower tbh

Siraj's action is pretty good though. A lovely Hyderabad lad to top it all off.

 

[Gnske]

there's nothing more australian than calling every brown bloke who tears it up against us a thrower tbh

One of those great traditions that makes this country so true and blue.

I make this promise. I will stop levelling this deep accusations if every Australian poster who has accused Cameron Gannon of throwing in recent times retracts their comments.

 

[Shady Slim]

Seriously, the depth we have in our pace bowling stocks is unfathomable for a long suffering fan. Surely the work done by administrators in India have contributed greatly to that.

 

[duffer]

KFC ftw

 

[TheJediBrah]

I tweeted Brad Hodge as to whether Steve Smith's issues are technical or mental, he said it was neither, it was entirely down to poor genetics

 

[Senile Sentry]

the bowling stocks are very good. but what you're seeing now, probably for the first time in indian history, is the difference between a solid test attack, and a solid test attack with a truly great fast bowler in it; i.e. a great test attack. it makes a massive, massive difference having someone like bumrah as the spearhead.

This. Aided by another great Ashwin. The way the confidence has o

All hail the mighty chicken

 

[Shady Slim]

I tweeted Brad Hodge as to whether Steve Smith's issues are technical or mental, he said it was neither, it was entirely down to poor genetics

doesn't beat the galaxy brain of blewett saying "maybe smith isn't in bad nick, because he just hasn't been out there long enough to show he's in good nick"

 

[Senile Sentry]

He's more of a javelin, deadly with a powerful throw.

What's with the Manuel Ferrara avatar mate ?