Time for revenge of 36 All out ?Credit to India for pushing this to a third day but should be over very quickly tomorrow..,
As hard as batting has been I think bad batting is as responsible for that average as the pitches. Aus's batting in the 3rd innings of the 2nd test was abject and the batting at points in this test has also been pretty rank.I'm actually not against the occasional rank turner but the batting average for the series is 19.13 which as it stands is the lowest of any series of 3 or more matches since 2000, other than the similarly ridiculous 2016 India vs SA series.
I think its healthy for the the batting average for a series to even out to 30 plus or minus 5 runs. Not necessarily in each match, but across venues.
I think we should be brave enough to play on tracks as they are prepared for Ranji. But I guess it has come to a level where our management thinks our batsmen cant make runs even on flat tracks and would rather chance a track that turns. I dont think the pitches have been unplayable or anything and been perfectly reasonable, all 3, it has just been some bad batting and good bowling and a huge impact of DRS IMO.As hard as batting has been I think bad batting is as responsible for that average as the pitches. Aus's batting in the 3rd innings of the 2nd test was abject and the batting at points in this test has also been pretty rank.
What do you win?Just made a bet with a teammate. I lose 1.4k HKD if India win this test
Worth it tbh
ftr this is one mcdonalds visit for 2 in hk or one @_00_deathscarJust made a bet with a teammate. I lose 1.4k HKD if India win this test
Worth it tbh
this hasn’t been close to the 2016 series tbh for pitch hostility, its just India’s batting finally being exposed with the absence of their best batsman and half of Australian batting being spudsI'm actually not against the occasional rank turner but the batting average for the series is 19.13 which as it stands is the lowest of any series of 3 or more matches since 2000, other than the similarly ridiculous 2016 India vs SA series.
I think its healthy for the the batting average for a series to even out to 30 plus or minus 5 runs. Not necessarily in each match, but across venues.
200 hkd lol. 7/1 odds.What do you win?
*2015this hasn’t been close to the 2016 series tbh for pitch hostility, its just India’s batting finally being exposed with the absence of their best batsman and half of Australian batting being spuds
this is perhaps true. didnt someone say something about them using different soil for this pitch than usual?Its hard to criticize the Indore curator too much though. They had short notice and maybe they had a different type of track in mind for the Irani Trophy and then had to change all of a sudden for an international.
i dont think the Karun Nair 300 century test was anything more than a flat road*2015
All 3 series in 2016/17 had excellent pitches tbh.