**Official** 3rd Test @Brisbane (Ewwwww), 14th-18th December

[halba]

Black Caps hit him into retirement

thats correct. he was really bad in the NZ 3-0 series so was forced to retire as a fallout. he had no success in his sole match in Australia. Sundar was much better.

 

[honestbharani]

Where the **** is the best batter since Bradman?

in Trinidad, most likely.

 

[halba]

Of the 15 visiting bowlers in test history with more than 50 wickets in Australia, Bumrah has the best bowling average of 17.15. Hadlee (17.83) and Ambrose (19.79) are second and third on the list.

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one of the best bowlers i have ever seen.

 

[Kirkut]

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Champ bowler, will not forget his monster form in Asia from 2015 till 2020.

 

[Spark]

Lyon was actually spotted having a very long chat with Ashwin this morning and explained it quite cagily so I suspect the Aus players already knew about this too

 

[honestbharani]

They lost most of their top order wickets not even scoring quick though, just got out normally. There's no way it was intentional.

TBF a lot of those were half assed strokes where they started looking to play a shot and then tried to back into defence. Dont think they get out like that batting normally. But given its Australia, its quite possible they would have collapsed batting normally too.

 

[halba]

End of an era . A lot of players going to be retiring after the next 12 months. Khawaja, Smith, Lyon as well for the aussies.

Kohli and Rohit, for the indians.

 

[honestbharani]

They didn’t want Bumrah to take 10

Salty was Pat Cummins all along.

 

[Kirkut]

End of an era . A lot of players going to be retiring after the next 12 months. Khawaja, Smith, Lyon as well for the aussies.

Kohli and Rohit, for the indians.

Smith and Cummins seem to be the last of the tough Aussie breed of cricketers. Not sure how the coming generation holds up.

 

[ataraxia]

**** it. I know Ashwin isn't in his best form, but we still needed him in Sydney. Really a sad end to India's 2nd best bowler's career

Really? Even if you're picking two spinners surely Jadeja and Sundar is the most sensible route.

 

[honestbharani]

Late career Warne with the fast slider would have loved DRS

Yeah.. you know Warne is one of my favorite cricketers of all time. But seeing THAT Keith Arthurton LBW recently meant I just had to post that.

 

[Shri]

Ravichandran "Swann" Ashwin

rohit said in the conference that they convinced him to delay his retirement just so that he could play the adelaide test match

 

[honestbharani]

Ash - ATG cricketer, bowler and spinner.

Greatest Indian spinner, 3rd greatest post war spinner and 4th greatest spinner EVER.

And all this even before you consider his batting. Amazing ATG career. Thanks for everyting and have a great innings outside of international cricket, Ash. Game will be poorer without you.

 

[JBMAC]

Well some pundits may call it "A tame old Draw" but both teams seemed evenly matched throughout the match IMPO. Each team had its moments of ascendancy and low moments when the wheels fell off. So I suppose what each team has to offer on Boxing Day and the Sydney "pink "Test remains to be seen.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Really? Even if you're picking two spinners surely Jadeja and Sundar is the most sensible route.

I would honestly take Ashwin over Sundar. Sundar is a superior batsman and is better form, but still think in Sydney Ashwin would had been vital

 

[Spark]

Ashwin to my eyes has been the most threatening spinner on show this series still so I'm really surprised he isn't going to be around at Sydney

 

[Qlder]

Hopefully 38 year old Khawaja has a deep and heavy chat to 38 year old retired Ashwin

I think khawaja is done, he just doesn't know it

 

[honestbharani]

He may have decided after the first test for some reason. Could be carrying some niggle as well which means he cant be at his best. Best person to decide is the person himself. It is usually the age people retire.

 

[Gnske]

God I'd love to be privileged and rich enough with endless crore to retire at 38

 

[Qlder]

Ashwin: "This will be my last day as an Indian cricketer in all formats at the international level," Ashwin said after the Brisbane Test at a press conference. "I feel there's a little bit of punch left in me as a cricketer, but I'd like to express that, showcase that in club-level cricket.

Really good that he will carry on playing domestic cricket, don't see enough of that anymore