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

Teja.

Teja.

Global Moderator
stephen said:
It was actually really amusing. Ponting kept saying that for Pujara the joy of batting was all in the block.
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I really don't see how a guy as smart as Ponting doesn't get 'it' about Pujara. Especially after the last 3 series that India has won against Australia with Pujara as the highest runscorer for India and playing match winning knocks in all 3, in that style.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Teja. said:
I really don't see how a guy as smart as Ponting doesn't get 'it' about Pujara. Especially after the last 3 series that India has won against Australia with Pujara as the highest runscorer for India and playing match winning knocks in all 3, in that style.
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To be fair, when you've achieved what Ponting has in the game, you can understand having very firm and very fixed views on the game and how it should be played tactically. There's some weird inconsistencies between Ponting the captain and Ponting the commentator, mostly to the latter's benefit, but that one aspect is absolutely consistent across the two.
 
Teja.

Teja.

Global Moderator
Spark said:
To be fair, when you've achieved what Ponting has in the game, you can understand having very firm and very fixed views on the game and how it should be played tactically. There's some weird inconsistencies between Ponting the captain and Ponting the commentator, mostly to the latter's benefit, but that one aspect is absolutely consistent across the two.
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Yeah, that makes sense.

For the sake of the broader audience, I really would have liked some pushback on the dominant narrative pushed about Pujara's batting in basically all of cricket commentary coverage from Ponting to Manjrekar.

Probably needed someone like Dravid for that I guess but he's got other responsibilities.
 
Senile Sentry

Senile Sentry

International Debutant
SS Contrarian view: Two different teams from India fluked their way to two wins and a draw on a flat surface. Fluke wins do happen when a lesser team for a brief while manages to punch above their weight. Like Pune win by Aus or Lords wins by India. Usually these don't get repeated in a series and the overall dominant team will invariably stamp their dominance in remaining games.

The fact that these wins happened in the space of a few weeks against same team is also a fluke. Had India repeated same team ss MCG, they probably won't have won the series.
 
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Arachnodouche

International Captain
McGrath can be unintentionally funny in commentary. Was watching the fourth evening highlights when the rain arrived and the covers were brought on. He referred to the groundstaff as "the groundspeople are running out now". Made me laugh for a good five mins.
 
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gabbadan said:
All those drops? You have been taken in by commentary embellishment.
A nick fell short of second slip and Hussy counted it.
He was only dropped once in his century.
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Fair enough, I must have got confused with the 1248911 other times he was dropped in the series. The drop was an absolute sitter though
 
Teja.

Teja.

Global Moderator
artvandalay said:
Congrats to all fellow indians here. Going to be spending 1 whole day watching that innings again and read back as much of this thread as I can. We will remember this series similarly to the 2005 ashes while from an indian pov this is up there with Eden gardens. A few ghosts were exorcised too at least personally where I kept expecting it to go pear shaped like the chennai test against pakistan and the Sydney match where Clarke of all people denied us a win. Commiserations to the aussies but I expect them to beat saf.
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Where are you going to watch the innings again from? Link please!
 
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Kirkut

International Regular
honestbharani said:
WTF is wrong with it, even if that was the case? Blocking a good ball or a spell out is as satisfying as anything IMO, in test cricket.
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Personal tastes. Ian Chappell disliked Dravid a lot, especially when he took long time to get off the mark in Melbourne back in 2007/08, it made him question Dravid's mental state literally. He disliked Boycott too and mocked his batting.

On the other hand he's a big Sehwag fan and rarely criticizes his footwork.
 
W

Window

U19 Debutant
Teja. said:
Yeah, that makes sense.

For the sake of the broader audience, I really would have liked some pushback on the dominant narrative pushed about Pujara's batting in basically all of cricket commentary coverage from Ponting to Manjrekar.

Probably needed someone like Dravid for that I guess but he's got other responsibilities.
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Yeah Ponting was fuming and his co-commentator (Brayshaw I think) had to try and neutralise the heat. Think Ponting realised how bad it sounded and promptly followed up by praising Pujara for being tough and taking those blows without flinching.
 
ankitj

ankitj

Hall of Fame Member
Senile Sentry said:
Yes, this is where Aus batting lost the plot. The likes of Smith or Labu failed to make the really big 100s even after getting set or making 100s even. They just couldn't get a total which would allow their bowlers to relax a bit and get the services of the sixth bowler, namely Scoreboard Pressure.
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Indian batsmen didn't make big hundreds either. Unlike Australia though our batting didn't depend on just 2 batsmen.
 
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