4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

[OverratedSanity]

India

Not unlikely

 

[Burgey]

However that would be after Australia are dismissed for 36 in 1st innings.
Siraj 7/2
Saini 3/20

Smith 12 not out
Warner 8 ?

ok

 

[vcs]

Our only real chance here is to bat first, get a lot of luck against the new ball and put up 500+ in the process. And almost all of those runs will have to come from the top 4-5 batsmen. So yeah, it's a very long shot.

 

[TimAngas]

Shaw imo

144 cm between bat and pad

 

[honestbharani]

Leaving aside Gambhiring, there is literally nothing to suggest this Aussie batting line up is gonna make big runs, even if we assemble our worst attack of this series. Decent chance they underestimate us and get caught napping like at the MCG.

 

[cnerd123]

1. Maybe, but I dont see the relevance of credits being given here. Organizing the tournament is still BCCI responsibility.

2. Disagree, I was in the UAE at the time, and I'd know. While Dubai had relaxed most of the restrictions, Abu Dhabi had strict regulations on incoming visitors. Not to mention zero crowds for matches. And these were being changed on a daily basis.

3. Irrelevant really. A good administration will use relevant control measures including adopting a carrot stick approach to get the job done.

4. Again ignorance speaking. Having lived in UAE for a decade, I do agree there is a section of labour who are treated as bonded labour, in construction and all. But hospitality sector.is far removed from this.
UAE govt did not oversee the implementation of these hotel wide bubbles, BCCI did. BCCI stuck agreements with the hotels and ensured they implemented these bio bubbles.
We just saw the UAE Ireland matches being put on hold because a few members of the UAE team were found positive. Surely it would be much easier to implement these bubbles for a bilateral series ?

5. I understand it is optional to permit spectators in Aus and not mandated by law to adhere to a certain requirement isn't it ?

It's obviously relevant that the UAE economy would be crippled without these events and that they aren't even enforcing a local lockdown. It why the BCCI were able to secure all the permissions they needed. To ignore this context when comparing with Australia is disingenuous.

Yes Abu Dhabi had strict regulations on incoming visitors, but people in Abu Dhabi were not living in a lockdown. The players in the IPL had more restricted movement than the normal populace, which is the whole point of a bubble.

The reason the IPL bubble was better than the Border-Gavaskar one is partly down to different attitudes from the local governments (as mentioned many times), but also the size and scale of the IPL. The BCCI had the franchises to manage the individuals involved and actually paid for a 3rd party company to develop the bubble for them - the same people who did it first for the ECB. This makes the job of those in the BCCI significantly easier, and which is why you trying to use this as an example of the BCCI being 'superior administrators' doesn't sit quite right. They had so much more money to play with and a much more co-operative local govt. The circumstances around the Border Gavaskar trophy are so much more different.

It is also why the lack of labour protection laws + the low cost of labour in the UAE is relevant. It would be significantly harder to make hotel employees, ground staff and logistics staff all live within a bubble in a place like Australia.

Also there is a big difference between the UAE government (who were involved heavily with the IPL) and the Emirates Cricket Board (who are organizing the UAE vs Ireland ODI series on a much smaller budget). Same as the difference between the Australian state government and Cricket Australia. India is probably the only place where the cricket board could feasibly have power over a state government. It does not work like that in most other parts of the world.

 

[sunilz]

Leaving aside Gambhiring, there is literally nothing to suggest this Aussie batting line up is gonna make big runs, even if we assemble our worst attack of this series. Decent chance they underestimate us and get caught napping like at the MCG.

Without Ashwin and Bumrah , we are looking at Warner Century in 1st session. Our only chance is bat 1st.
Plus Smith has also found his form back.

 

[vcs]

Leaving aside Gambhiring, there is literally nothing to suggest this Aussie batting line up is gonna make big runs, even if we assemble our worst attack of this series. Decent chance they underestimate us and get caught napping like at the MCG.

Nah man. No Gambhiring in the post above. If you think an attack without any of Bumrah/Ashwin/Jadeja is going to be able to bowl them out cheaply, it's extremely unlikely. Not impossible of course, it's sport after all, but extremely unlikely. One of the new guys might even bowl extremely well and take like a 3/65 or 4/80 or whatever, but you need an all-round well functioning attack to bowl Australia out at home.

 

[honestbharani]

Without Ashwin and Bumrah , we are looking at Warner Century in 1st session. Our only chance is bat 1st.
Plus Smith has also found his form back.

Warner is not certain to play. Dunno why you assume he is going to play. Agree that Warner could be trouble for us if he does play and is fully fit. But both are question marks right now. I just dont rate this Australian batting line up and I think they are prone to have a lollapse at some point.

 

[aussie tragic]

It's obviously relevant that the UAE economy would be crippled without these events...

Stopped reading here. You do know how much oil is in UAE right, especially in Abu Dhabi. Lol at crippled economy without IPL

 

[cnerd123]

all set for a Natranjan 10-fer on debut

 

[cnerd123]

Stopped reading here. You do know how much oil is in UAE right, especially in Abu Dhabi. Lol at crippled economy without IPl

yea 90% of the UAE populace doesn't make money from oil

 

[anil1405]

Our only real chance here is to bat first, get a lot of luck against the new ball and put up 500+ in the process. And almost all of those runs will have to come from the top 4-5 batsmen. So yeah, it's a very long shot.

Rain.

 

[Burgey]

Decent chance they underestimate us and get caught napping like at the MCG.

Pretty unlikely tbh

 

[Burgey]

Warner is not certain to play. Dunno why you assume he is going to play. Agree that Warner could be trouble for us if he does play and is fully fit.

I don't think he's fit to bat at all really, but should be right to keep by day 4.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

makes bowlers with extra height and pace still very nasty propositions.

Well that, in of itself, is just the way cricket should be. If I had to think of one style of cricketer the world could really do without, it's the county cricket dibbly dobbler

 

[Burgey]

Well that, in of itself, is just the way cricket should be. If I had to think of one style of cricketer the world could really do without, it's the finger spinner

AWTAz

 

[gabbadan]

No housekeeping? What a ****ing joke

Have these Queenslanders not heard of masks and gloves?

The board has been told that the team has been given access to all the lifts in the hotel. They can use a gym too. It has been assured that there will be room service and house keeping. The team has also been given a team room where they can assemble and have meetings. Only the swimming pool is not open for use,” a senior BCCI official told The Times of India.

 

[Burgey]

Let’s be honest, confined to a hotel in Australia, even in Brisbane >>>> complete freedom of movement in India.

 

[Gnske]

durrrr how do i make my bed, im an international sportsman not a self-reliant human being durrrrr