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  1. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Can't blame the Aussies for not having the spirit, Cummins and Co literally bowled till their feet bled and despite batting well below their best, they were defending targets of 300+ on day 5 both at Sydney & Brisbane. What they didn't have was proper planning, Michael Clarke has made some very...
  2. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Makes sense, after all literally an India A side has beaten a full strength Australian side.
  3. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    This could very well be a quote from Shakespeare. :)
  4. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Ashwin said a few things as well, but he didn't play it down or anything. Instead he is gloating on twitter making fun of cricket pundits for having done their job. Paine for me is a selfish guy, who by some weird default got the top job in Australian cricket, so he is saying and doing whatever...
  5. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Indian top order not scoring runs in crunch pressure games and Australian bowling failing to be penetrative when the wicket is flat aren't the same thing tbh. Australia in the last 4-5 years has probably won all of 2 tests in sub-continent conditions, they have been clobbered by even the...
  6. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Paine dug bit of a hole for himself though, his banter with Ashwin was cringey but he shouldn't have come out and apologized for that in middle of a live series.
  7. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Pant from there went onto become a hero, Paine went onto become bit of a joke.
  8. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Batting was equally bad from both teams when pitted against good bowling attacks in lively bowling conditions, where Australia lost the case completely was being unable to pick wicket on last days of both Sydney and Brisbane tests. For a famed bowling line-up, they have a history of looking...
  9. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    IPL monies is the reason behind that I think, Ponting's team were called a pack of dogs by the Aussie press but that never stopped him or his team. Ashwin's tweet after the win at Gabba was pretty crass, not sure he too would be doing that if he had a BBL contract to worry about.
  10. Smudge49

    Australian test selection 2020/21

    Khawaja isn't coming back into this team in a million years, leave alone captain the side. Uzi has had a history of challenging authority and that isn't liked much within this Australian set-up. Management publicly have put a mark across his name, suggesting he is a low energy player.
  11. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Totally agree, a lot of people hate Clarke as a captain in Australia but he was superb at this, he used limited bowling resources during his tenure brilliantly. If Paine had decent cricketing acumen, he could have used Labuschagne and Green smartly both at Sydney and Brisbane when he had runs...
  12. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Pucovski is an opener who has a risk of getting pinged on his head consistently and plays around his front pad, Green consistently kept falling over his off stump through this series everytime the Indian fast bowlers attacked his stumps. I mean there are no issues if the team just pushed them...
  13. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    If you mean the guys that are doing ok at the Shield level right now, then haven't we already tried that with Patterson, Renshaw, Bancroft, Maddinson, Marcus Harris? I think it's about picking guys who have a certain ability and attitude to succeed at this level. Cricket gods worked their...
  14. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Disagree with that, Wade has jumped many hoops to break back into this side. He left Victoria for Tassie so he could prove his batting cred on a tougher batting wicket, he made bucket load of runs, he came into a highly competitive Ashes away tour and scored couple of 100s. However since then...
  15. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Thanks mate, as for the skipper as much as I love Smithy, I think his time as the leader of this team has kind of passed nor do I think Cricket Australia has any interest going back to him. I believe in picking our best XI and then picking the leader from among them. From the current bunch...
  16. Smudge49

    4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

    Hey everyone, felt like this was a good day to join in with cricket enthusiasts like y"ll and celebrate the game we had at the Gabba. Absolutely gutted as an Aussie fan with the result but good on the Indian team to hang in there and make such a comeback. This series result might be a bit of a...

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