• Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.

    You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!

    If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

*Official* Australia in India 2023

R

R!TTER

State Regular
Arachnodouche said:
Embarrassing for Lyon to be shown up so badly by a rookie.
Click to expand...
Hardly surprising or the first time for him, SoK took a bagful in first test at Pune then went over 53(54?) per wicket in the next 3 tests! Murphy's real challenge would be on surfaces which don't assist him so much as this one, though India also generally play SLA slightly better than offies.
 
morgieb

morgieb

Request Your Custom Title Now!
You have to wonder when Murphy will overtake Lyon. Could see him get destroyed by England, for example.
 
S

Socerer 01

International Captain
Niall said:
Its not much of a sample but Iyer is averaging 57 in the 7 tests he played so far, he deserves to be picked when fit.

Khan has been treated harshly though agreed.
Click to expand...
mumbai lobby isn’t a thing these days if anything it’s the opposite and players from Mumbai aren’t picked as quickly as they should have. case in point Iyer was not picked in odis regularly till after the world cup despite the #4 being cursed and wasn’t given a test cap sooner despite his strong fc stats. SKY was also belatedly picked in t20is and odis, Shaw hasn’t been picked much in t20is and Jaiswal hasn’t played as much for India A as he deserves
 
morgieb

morgieb

Request Your Custom Title Now!
The presence of having bowlers who can bat is really showing. Australia turned a probable 250-ish score to 180. India were looking at 270-odd, but they’ve gotten 400.
 
Burgey

Burgey

Request Your Custom Title Now!
Saw very little of the first session as I’ve been out and about, but couldn’t believe the Boland drop.
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
Spark said:
Can we put paid once and for all to the idea that 4 bowlers is sufficient in all but the most extreme of bowler-friendly conditions and that a few batsmen who average 50+ in Tests with the ball is an adequate substitute?
Click to expand...
Australia really missed that genuine 5th bowling option
 
R

R!TTER

State Regular
There was no genuine 5th bowling option, Green wouldn't have done better than Boland here but his batting could've been handy wrt Renshaw. They should've probably played Green & Head instead of Handscomb/Renshaw even if Green couldn't bowl.

Travis being dropped probably would have a negative impact on his confidence for the rest of the series!
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
R!TTER said:
There was no genuine 5th bowling option, Green wouldn't have done better than Boland here but his batting could've been handy wrt Renshaw. They should've probably played Green & Head instead of Handscomb/Renshaw even if Green couldn't bowl.

Travis being dropped probably would have a negative impact on his confidence for the rest of the series!
Click to expand...
You can't say for sure that Green would have not done better than Boland , how many people would have predicted that Murphy would get 6 more wickets than Lyon on debut ?
 
Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Spark said:
Can we put paid once and for all to the idea that 4 bowlers is sufficient in all but the most extreme of bowler-friendly conditions and that a few batsmen who average 50+ in Tests with the ball is an adequate substitute?
Click to expand...
I mean India are a team that bat pretty deep tbf, and Australia lost the plot after having them 5-180. They have a guy who averages 36 in FC at 8, Axar at 9 and shami at 10, who's not an absolute mug with the bat. If this was a more standard batting lineup I feel like 4 bowlers would have been fine.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Top