**Official** 2nd Test @Adelaide, 6th-10th December

[social]

Bit of luck but McSweeney looks far more technically sound than the other opening candidates

They should be pitching it up more to him though

 

[Andy19]

See I was right about Australian shouldn't drop Labuschagne he played like a warrior. Harris wouldn't have survived that session or Bancroft.

 

[Burgey]

If his one over was any indication, Australia are going to have to find a way to disrupt Ashwin's firing the ball down the leg side.

Umpires should be widing it if he persists, but I suspect was just his radar being a bit off

 

[Burgey]

Did they really go hard early though? I was actually surprised at how little they made the batsmen play. I think this one goes on the bowlers rather than the captain; they just haven't bowled the right lengths.

Basically a mirror image of the two attacks in Perth. Aus a bit fuller this time than India

 

[Burgey]

Siraj bowled too wide as well. No point in sending down hooping outswingers if the batsmen are just going to watch them go by. If he'd cut his fingers down the odd one too it would also have put more doubt in their minds.

This is technically called Hilfenhausing

 

[Andy19]

If Australia had dropped Labuschagne it would have been Perth all over again 104!. With Harris getting a duck . Labuschagne 20* is worth 50 in terms of game situation 61* partnership.

 

[Gnske]

Bit of luck but McSweeney looks far more technically sound than the other opening candidates

They should be pitching it up more to him though

Not true. Bancroft is the most sound.

Just look at his dismissal today, it's a miracle his only weakness was found

 

[Starfighter]

Also, 78 overs in the day with no loss from an innings break isn't great, especially as the main reasons were a good amount of no-balls and our players simply moving very slowly in the field.

 

[Starfighter]

Umpires should be widing it if he persists, but I suspect was just his radar being a bit off

Nah I reckon it's deliberate. It's something he's done to some extent on every tour here, with levels of success varying from 'tying all batsmen down and getting Smith out' to 'getting tonked by Joe Burns'.

 

[Spark]

It's deliberate, he's spoken about it in the past that he's moved to a much straighter line in Aus compared to his first two tours where Clarke and Smith treated him like a net bowler. But I don't think he actually wants the ball to go down the legside, he'll try and pin batsmen dead straight.

 

[Starfighter]

he's moved to a much straighter line in Aus compared to his first two tours where Clarke and Smith treated him like a net bowler.

A couple of years ago I got to watch extensive highlights from 11/12 and 14/15 during a fleeting existence on Youtube and he bowled very straight then too. The differences were he bowled slower and the batsmen were much more willing to attack him, probably with the pitches being easier to time it on.

 

[Burgey]

Also Ed Cowan can EAD. Bagged McSweeney and said he couldn’t grind out tough sessions but there’s no way Cowan bats through that session tonight. ****ing private school toffy nosed arse wipe

 

[Burgey]

A couple of years ago I got to watch extensive highlights from 11/12 and 14/15 during a fleeting existence on Youtube and he bowled very straight then too. The differences were he bowled slower and the batsmen were much more willing to attack him, probably with the pitches being easier to time it on.

They were better batsmen too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

A couple of years ago I got to watch extensive highlights from 11/12 and 14/15 during a fleeting existence on Youtube and he bowled very straight then too. The differences were he bowled slower and the batsmen were much more willing to attack him, probably with the pitches being easier to time it on.

One of the biggest differences in the later tours, particularly 2021 was he was brought in to bowl far earlier than expected in the innings. He's close to his best when the ball is rock hard and new, unlike most spinners. With our change seamers being as bad as they are in this game, I'm disappointed he wasn't tried out earlier. Rana and Reddy didn't ever look like producing something so might as well have rolled the dice earlier than the penultimate over.

 

[Spark]

One of the biggest differences in the later tours, particularly 2021 was he was brought in to bowl far earlier than expected in the innings. He's close to his best when the ball is rock hard and new, unlike most spinners. With our change seamers being as bad as they are in this game, I'm disappointed he wasn't tried out earlier. Rana and Reddy didn't ever look like producing something so might as well have rolled the dice earlier than the penultimate over.

Yeah I think Rohit got a bit too sucked into the "batting against pace is impossible under lights at Adelaide" meme. Absolutely should have had a go at least half an hour earlier.

 

[Johan]

Accurate?

 

[Spikey]

Watching the Hughes doco and getting mad all over again about all the bullshit selections that happened to him

 

[morgieb]

What I found most impressive was that Australia seemed to refuse to take wasted chances lying down. With stuff like the dropped catches, dismissals off no-balls and even non-referrals you could easily have seen Australia wilt and concede a significant score. Instead, they bowled them out for under 200 again.

Unlike at Perth though Australia's batting looked quite solid. A bit testing initially, but McSweeney and Labuschagne eventually got stuck in and looked rather good.

It's not quite Australia at their best, but boy did things look a lot better this time around.

 

[Nintendo]

What I found most impressive was that Australia seemed to refuse to take wasted chances lying down. With stuff like the dropped catches, dismissals off no-balls and even non-referrals you could easily have seen Australia wilt and concede a significant score. Instead, they bowled them out for under 200 again.

Unlike at Perth though Australia's batting looked quite solid. A bit testing initially, but McSweeney and Labuschagne eventually got stuck in and looked rather good.

It's not quite Australia at their best, but boy did things look a lot better this time around.

India probably didn't bowl too well tbf. Way too short and a bit too wide.

 

[Sunil1z]

Very bad day from Indian POV . Need a very good first session tomorrow otherwise game is done .