*Official* Australia in India 2023

[social]

Yeah man exactly what we need is more quick bowlers. Maybe they'd have taken 8 wickets in the game out of 30 instead of 7

How’s it working for us?

 

[R!TTER]

They give away freebies because they’re not test quality bowlers

Said it before, the last time Australia won in India we simply picked our best attack

You also batted first on flat tracks with no DRS back then. I really don't want to sound like tooting your own horn but you'd need an ATG team with nearly everyone in form & then virtually everything going your way, including the toss, to win here. DRS & more assistive pitches has changed the game almost completely, you can also blame 2 new balls in ODI's for this. Batters simply don't get to play top quality spin except against India/in Asia!

 

[Spark]

How’s it working for us?

Do you reckon any fast bowler would have done better than Scott Boland in this game?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Tbf they’re the same platitudes which were rolled out after 36 AO in Adelaide. The issue is whether they can improve, not what some scrub monkey ex player says in the comms box

Maa ki?

 

[JonoWalls]

If you need to bring in a right-hander let it be Victor Trumper for chrissakes..

Agree with this. But hopefully they can use the extra time to prepare for the next game. Surely they can't start bowling with a lot of side-spin or introduce variations like the Indian spinners, but if these three spinners can keep it tight and use the natural variation available on rank turners, the Indian batters will also find it difficult.

Like I said earlier, the major issue with touring spinners is that they give away way too many freebies, which makes a huge difference in low scoring games. You rarely see the Indian spinners bowling loose stuff. Todd Murphy has picked 7 wickets, but he too has bowled quite a few innocuous deliveries in the game.

And he made a century for them while he was getting his seven...

 

[SteveNZ]

You also batted first on flat tracks with no DRS back then. I really don't want to sound like tooting your own horn but you'd need an ATG team with nearly everyone in form & then virtually everything going your way, including the toss, to win here. DRS & more assistive pitches has changed the game almost completely, you can also blame 2 new balls in ODI's for this. Batters simply don't get to play top quality spin except against India/in Asia!

Haha yeah, it's actually OK to say Australia is completely ****ed. Because they are.

 

[Socerer 01]

until other countries find an atg batting unit or world class spinners India are going to win at home unless they self sabotage themselves like at present with having passengers in the team

 

[ashley bach]

Just got home, where are they, is it raining?

 

[Socerer 01]

Just got home, where are they, is it raining?

they are planning to do the same

 

[R!TTER]

Haha yeah, it's actually OK to say Australia is completely ****ed. Because they are.

Yes & tbh this team can go places if they drop the dead weight at the top including KL, Pujara & Kohli. Our biggest weakness these days is the swinging ball & basically that's it.

 

[social]

Do you reckon any fast bowler would have done better than Scott Boland in this game?

Scott Boland did well

Team would’ve been much better with Neser over Lyon

 

[centurymaker]

Smith giving singles and bringing Tailenders on strike .Looks like he is trying to remain not out from here

Was a bit odd. But it's not the first time.

 

[Howe_zat]

I'd go :

1.Devon Conway
2.Joe Root
3.Steven Smith
4.Babar Azam
5.Harry Brook
6.Ben Stokes (C)
7.Dinesh Chandimal (WK)
8.Shakib AL Hasan
9.Simon Harmer
10.Ollie Robinson
11.Shaheen Afridi

Nice, I'd pick Harmer as horses for courses too.

1. Conway 2. Imam 3. Root 4. Smith 5. Williamson 6. Azam 7. Chandimal 8. Shakib 9. Harmer 10. Rashid Khan 11. Cummins

James Anderson is the #2 ranked bowler in the world, has the best away average of any seamer over the last 5 years, and averaged 7, 15 and 18 in his last series in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan respectively.

You'd pick Cummins and Anderson. Don't overthink conditions.

 

[Sunil1z]

until other countries find an atg batting unit or world class spinners India are going to win at home unless they self sabotage themselves like at present with having passengers in the team

Aus will perform better in upcoming Test . You can bet on it .
People were also dismissive about India after 36 all out . I think series started for Aus , similar to IND in Aus . Only way is UP now.

 

[Zinzan]

Well that was a drubbing.

Assuming Head was injured.

 

[Spark]

Scott Boland did well

Team would’ve been much better with Neser over Lyon

See I prefer my "doing well" to actually include, you know, wickets.

And I think Scott Boland was excellent. If anything that illustrates my point.

 

[JonoWalls]

Yes, much respect for Scott Boland. Maybe OZ needs 4 bowlers like him changing ends. Just wear India down and then bring on the spinners

 

[anil1405]

Only way is UP now.

Don't think they are playing a test in Lucknow or Kanpur.

 

[JonoWalls]

Line length line length line length all day long. Just a whiff of deviation in the air and off the track.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

James Anderson is the #2 ranked bowler in the world, has the best away average of any seamer over the last 5 years, and averaged 7, 15 and 18 in his last series in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan respectively.

You pick Cummins and Anderson. Don't overthink conditions.

Yeah I had Anderson then changed him for Robinson who is damn good in my opinion