*Official* Australia in India 2023

[Sunil1z]

The no.1 Team on WTC table should host the final . And the other finalist should decide the venue imo .

 

[Burgey]

You seem to hate cities that start with your initials. BC.. Is it coz u r one? ?

Mate, I’m well across the significance of that sort of thing, which is why both my kids have the initials AB.

 

[Niall]

Did you watch T20 WC Final in 2016 ?
Or ICC CT Final in 2006 ?

different formats tbf.

However yeah whoever is top of the rankings should host the final does make sense from a fairness POV and also business POV.

 

[Daniel CC]

Last thing Australian cricket needs is the potential humiliation of losing to India at home again.

 

[duffer]

Last thing Australian cricket needs is the potential humiliation of losing to India at home again.

Heh @ potential

 

[Daemon]

Since 2001 Ashes victory, record of IND/AUS in ENG is almost identical. So Eng can be as neutral venue as possible tbh .
But the problem is our priority is IPL and Steve Smith’s priority is county cricket .

Most neutral venue would be Australia

 

[honestbharani]

Mate, I’m well across the significance of that sort of thing, which is why both my kids have the initials AB.

You were foresighted enough to know De Villiers was gonna be an ATG. I can give you that.

 

[Daniel CC]

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Starc has a great record in SL and did reasonably well in Pakistan. He generally does well in the subcontinent with reverse swing bowling. He is a massive loss if he doesn't play regardless of what his bowling average over two tests in India is atm

From memory... he takes wickets vs SL in his first spell and then serves up trash for the rest of the innings

 

[R!TTER]

Starc's never really troubled India with pace, unlike SL or Pak so he really wouldn't have made much of a difference here. His batting could've been handy though.

 

[srbhkshk]

He is a weird one ain't it, by all indications a left armer of his pedigree should be absolutely destroying India every time, our team has struggled against worse ones. Yet he just gets spanked game after game against us - in all formats too.

All format stats aren't that great but just to have an idea he averages below 30 against every single team in them (and below 25 against all but two + India) - but against India he averages 37.

 

[the big bambino]

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From memory... he takes wickets vs SL in his first spell and then serves up trash for the rest of the innings

Was going to rate your post but see you've already done that.

 

[Senile Sentry]

He is a weird one ain't it, by all indications a left armer of his pedigree should be absolutely destroying India every time, our team has struggled against worse ones. Yet he just gets spanked game after game against us - in all formats too.

All format stats aren't that great but just to have an idea he averages below 30 against every single team in them (and below 25 against all but two + India) - but against India he averages 37.

I think Indian batsmen have had a mental hold over him. Even the rookie Gill smashed him around, that too on a 5th day at the Gabba. Indian batsmen don't mind pace. What they don't like is accurate bowlers who bowl on a dime time after time. Boland for example.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Starc has a great record in SL and did reasonably well in Pakistan. He generally does well in the subcontinent with reverse swing bowling. He is a massive loss if he doesn't play regardless of what his bowling average over two tests in India is atm

Doesn't make a lot of sense to treat SC pitches as homogenous. Equivalent of bucketing SA Aus and NZ pitches as one bucket.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Lol England would have drawn the series 2-2 if not for Pant+ Sundar in 4th Test.
Our batting is absolutely garbage.
I am making a bold prediction: If Kohli fails in this series, he will be dropped from the Team.

Yes, the 3-1 scoreline is a great disservice to the way England, particularly the bowlers did in that series.

 

[CricAddict]

Doesn't make a lot of sense to treat SC pitches as homogenous. Equivalent of bucketing SA Aus and NZ pitches as one bucket.

If we have to bucket pitches, I will put Pakistan and Australia in one category rather than Pak-Ind-SL.

 

[srbhkshk]

If we have to bucket pitches, I will put Pakistan and Australia in one category rather than Pak-Ind-SL.

Is it because Pakistan can't win for **** in either place?

 

[Socerer 01]

Assume India were not playing, would there be any interest in a test final between two of the other 2 big test sides if they were to host it?

yes it would if it was held in a good stadium. India is cricket crazy

 

[Senile Sentry]

Assume India were not playing, would there be any interest in a test final between two of the other 2 big test sides if they were to host it?

Need to be hosted at one of the metros and not in far flung nowhere lands like Nagpur.

 

[Howe_zat]

I'm quite fascinated by baseball youtuber Jomboy trying to show his audience cricket.

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[Socerer 01]

any sane American will realise that cricket is the objectively superior game