Molehill
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Amazing how MMarsh averaging 47 can make him seem like Sobers. Although it is 108 on home soil.
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**Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November
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Burgey
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You can pretty much reverse those averages for this match. No deck with this carry and grass on it will crack up by day three.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I didn't see the Indian innings, but why was Cummins so much more expensive than the others? I'd normally expect Starc to go for more.
Some flashy IPL shots contributed to that.
morgieb
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Missed the second session but there was some genuine loose stuff from Cummins at times and he looked kinda hittable. Starc was about as metromonic as he gets.
CodeOfWisden
U19 Cricketer
The pitch was challenging, pacy and bouncy.
I can’t see any lineup posting over 250 against these bowling attacks on this pitch.
The likes of Sachin , Lara would have scored 40 here at best, 10-15 max for Ponting.
I can’t see any lineup posting over 250 against these bowling attacks on this pitch.
The likes of Sachin , Lara would have scored 40 here at best, 10-15 max for Ponting.
ImpatientLime
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and despite all that they're still gonna 5-0 bmac and stokes
IcarianStyles
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After khawaja retires, Marnus should open the batting until Konstas piles up more runs at Shield
Khawaja mainly batted at 3 earlier in his career then became a opener in his late career and succeeded Maybe Marnus could benefit the same trajectory?
GirthQuake
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Oh you are back! Back telling us how much those batsmen would make in these conditions and that.
Of course, I still remember you for your famous prediction where Kohli was going to ramp his average up and above 50 after the home series against NZ.
Burgey
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Cummins has hardly bowled in the lead up to the series. Starc has bowled more and actually had really good rhythm all Shield season so far. About as good as I’ve ever seen him look with the red ball tbh. He’s mostly been very good in the format the past 18-24 months or so tbh
ashley bach
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#CODEOFDOOMOh you are back! Back telling us how much those batsmen would make in these conditions and that.
Of course, I still remember you for your famous prediction where Kohli was going to ramp his average up and above 50 after the home series against NZ.
Spark
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They've also changed the design of the seam recently so it, you know, exists
Molehill
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Normally think of Starc bowling those unplayable wicket taking deliveries, but also going for a few too as he doesn't always control the swing.
So basically, once again, someone who's actually had a bit of match practice leading into the series is in the best form. You'd think that teams around the world (because it's hardly just an Aussie issue) might have noticed this by now....
Spark
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I was personally more worried about the middle order failures than the top order, mostly because I really think that was an all timer of a spell from Bumrah. Smith may well be over the edge already but that ball probably would have gotten peak 17-19 Smith out too had he faced it first up.
Having said that the defensive techniques on show were a five alarm fire. I understand the merits of the open stance defensive technique but it really does leave you so vulnerable in conditions like these as you get squared up and stuck on the crease.
Having said that the defensive techniques on show were a five alarm fire. I understand the merits of the open stance defensive technique but it really does leave you so vulnerable in conditions like these as you get squared up and stuck on the crease.
CodeOfWisden
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Also the only one who predicted India will give a tough competition to Australia.Oh you are back! Back telling us how much those batsmen would make in these conditions and that.
Of course, I still remember you for your famous prediction where Kohli was going to ramp his average up and above 50 after the home series against NZ.
Unlike all the people predicting 5-0.
Btw what triggered you Pontings 10 run or Sachins 40?
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
It was a good ball, but the position he got himself into was horrific. He'd fallen so far over to the off side that it could've missed his pad and still taken out leg stump. It wasn't like he just missed a decent inswinger, he missed it by a mile.
Spark
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Peak Smith probably gets into a much better position and plays a correct defensive shot down the line, covering for the movement, and misses it anyway. It's basically the last ball you want to face first up.
This is why I find it hard to judge the first three dismissals in a vacuum. Could they all have played them better, and are their dismissals indicative of a disturbing pattern (I think that's five LBWs in a row for Smith in all FC cricket and above)? Yes. Would it have really made a difference had they played them better? Probably not. If you get a ball that jags away a mile and then the next ball lands in ~the same spot, decks back in and pins you plumb in front (which is what happened to McSweeney), there isn't a lot you can realistically do about that other than hope for Marnus-tier luck. And then even if you survive that specific ball, there's no guarantee with the next one, and the one after that etc
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