3rd Test at the SCG, Sydney, 7 Jan - 11 Jan 2021

[Redbacks]

I'll go to day 4 once these people are sick and there's heaps of free seats

 

[Senile Sentry]

thakur can't play surely. he's so bad. that guy literally keeps opposition sides in white ball games when the rest are bowling well.

Lord Siraj had same reputation as well. Obviously white ball isn't red ball cricket.

 

[Flem274*]

Lord Siraj had same reputation as well. Obviously white ball isn't red ball cricket.

ive seen thakur bowl. he's trash.

 

[Spark]

that doesn't seem right to me tbh; siraj came into this series with pretty high hopes iirc. at least on here.

 

[Daemon]

Lord Siraj had same reputation as well. Obviously white ball isn't red ball cricket.

Siraj didn't have the same rep as Thakur at all.

He had an excellent A team record, did decently in the IPL and was part of the best CWPL team.

 

[Gob]

Nah Gnske's funny

?

 

[honestbharani]

Siraj didn't have the same rep as Thakur at all.

He had an excellent A team record, did decently in the IPL and was part of the best CWPL team.

Thakur has a very good red ball record. In fact, him and Siraj were considered similar in that they were made to play the most in their worst formats at the highest level and then judged based on that.

 

[cnerd123]

Thakur has a great FC record the same way Vinay Kumar has a great record right? Benefits from relatively bowler friendly conditions a lot.

 

[honestbharani]

Thakur has a great FC record the same way Vinay Kumar has a great record right? Benefits from relatively bowler friendly conditions a lot.

I dont think so. A lot of the pitches he bowled on, others did not get as many wickets. Vinay was doing well where Abhimanyu Mithun was also doing well. Plus I think Shardul had good spells for India A too. Not as stand out as Siraj but that is why Siraj was ahead in the pecking order. I think he will hold his own if he is played. Obviously, Nattu gives us a different line of attack which might be better for us, unless they really want someone to be able to hold a bat down at 9.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

If the choice is Thakur v Saini I would probably lean Thakur. Both more than likely to bowl too short and get hit around but Thakur can at least give it a bit of a whack down the order.

Not seen enough of Natarajan to really be sure

 

[honestbharani]

I feel Thakur is a modern Ajit Agarkar. And he might get wickets because his good balls are so rare that batsmen may just be lighter in defense against him and get out that way.

 

[Flem274*]

thakur bowls straight up and down medium paced long hops and averages 16 with the bat in fc cricket. at test level he's a #10. i hope they pick him, im unashamedly gunning for aus here because of the wtc. i need more heartbreak in my life.

aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi

 

[Gob]

thakur bowls straight up and down medium paced long hops and averages 16 with the bat in fc cricket. at test level he's a #10. i hope they pick him, im unashamedly gunning for aus here because of the wtc. i need more heartbreak in my life.

aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi

Whatever meant to be yours will eventually find you even at the most unexpected time

 

[Gnske]

Thakur will be the death knell of Australian cricket. You watch him obliterate the bulwark and pride of Australian batsmanship.

 

[Gob]

Nah Gnske's funny

And I'm not?
Mate I've been called 'you are a ****ing joke' more times than you lot put together

 

[Gob]

Thakur will be the death knell of Australian cricket. You watch him obliterate the bulwark and pride of Australian batsmanship.

You can't kill something which is already dead.

 

[Flem274*]

Thakur will be the death knell of Australian cricket. You watch him obliterate the bulwark and pride of Australian batsmanship.

thakur is the welcome home present warner dreams of

if aussie collapse to him then....well i'll just laugh a lot tbh

 

[Gob]

thakur is the welcome home present warner dreams of

if aussie collapse to him then....well i'll just laugh a lot tbh

The good thing about post JL Australia is that they don't collapse like a deck of cards anymore. They just slowly die instead

 

[Flem274*]

The good thing about post JL Australia is that they don't collapse like a deck of cards anymore. They just slowly die instead

justin langer is evil. no one deserves a slow death.

 

[Gnske]

You can't kill something which is already dead.

It's the sporting equivalent of watching a Tibetan Sky Burial on repeat for 87 years. Jardine has a lot to answer for.