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

[Athlai]

Don't know why Indian fans are feeling embarrassed. It's a ****ing pandemic. It's pretty exceptional circumstances. Should be mad.

 

[Shady Slim]

so i've said here how much i think trav head sucks and how much i think marcus harris sucks but **** at least head makes a dodgy 30 odd before giving it all away

 

[vicleggie]

so i've said here how much i think trav head sucks and how much i think marcus harris sucks but **** at least head makes a dodgy 30 odd before giving it all away

Dodgy head is always better than nothing tbh.

 

[Shri]

sundar is a brain dead selection

aus struggle to pick kuldeep and he is a leggie ffs

 

[Prince EWS]

@Burgey

have we been bowling too short because its the gabba or has it been ok

If anything Thakur bowled too full. Natarajan and Siraj were good, Saini was a bit short but that's what he does. I don't think anyone fell for the meme.

 

[trundler]

If anything Thakur bowled too full. Natarajan and Siraj were good, Saini was a bit short but that's what he does. I don't think anyone fell for the meme.

Siraj avoiding it on dayboo was very impressive too

 

[Prince EWS]

I just had a hunch they may have risked them but pretended they were unfit, in typically underhanded Indian style. Now they'll just have to wait to be subbed in when someone's calf gets concussed.

Haha this would be kind of great. Ashwin to come in for Thakur on Day 5.

 

[Shady Slim]

real shame that there are two batsman on the sidelines who go by "the pillow" and "concrete feet" on here

because we could really use two batsman worthy of the nicknames "the concrete" and "pillow feet" had history not played out the way it did

 

[honestbharani]

Kuldeep may be struggling with his rhythm. Fair enough if that is the case, as a wrist spinner not in rhythm can be the worst on a track known to be as true as Brisbane. Feel we are over-reacting. Sundar got the ball to bounce from a good length, so just give people time before we judge them, huh?

 

[morgieb]

Finally got a chance to see the highlights of the Sri Lanka Test yesterday. WTF were some of those shots?

 

[Burgey]

@Burgey

have we been bowling too short because its the gabba or has it been ok

Nah they've been pretty good tbh. Ideally you'd want three or four tho0ugh, because it usually flattens out in the arvo massively.

Unrelated, how good was Huss's story there about the first time he met TOTAB

 

[vicleggie]

Kuldeep may be struggling with his rhythm. Fair enough if that is the case, as a wrist spinner not in rhythm can be the worst on a track known to be as true as Brisbane. Feel we are over-reacting. Sundar got the ball to bounce from a good length, so just give people time before we judge them, huh?

He looked fine to me

Didn't leak runs

 

[Shady Slim]

Kuldeep may be struggling with his rhythm. Fair enough if that is the case, as a wrist spinner not in rhythm can be the worst on a track known to be as true as Brisbane. Feel we are over-reacting. Sundar got the ball to bounce from a good length, so just give people time before we judge them, huh?

i think that sundar's third over was alright but his first two were just twelve short balls down leg that smith couldn't get bat on

 

[Aritro]

I see Warney's hair treatment is finally done, and he can stop pretending the cap had anything at all to do with Peaky Blinders.

 

[honestbharani]

If anything Thakur bowled too full

Yeah, I didn't mind that and he also drew the false shot from Smith from that length, that Smith was furious about even an over later. If anything, that last ball of his spell, the short and wide crap that most tailenders will hit for 4, that is the worry about Shardul. He does mix up good balls between his filth enough for them to be potent wicket taking options though.

 

[Prince EWS]

Kuldeep may be struggling with his rhythm. Fair enough if that is the case, as a wrist spinner not in rhythm can be the worst on a track known to be as true as Brisbane. Feel we are over-reacting. Sundar got the ball to bounce from a good length, so just give people time before we judge them, huh?

Sundar isn't really who Kuldeep should have been in for though. He's the only bowler capable of batting 7 so he kind of had to play. Going with six bats plus Pant wasn't really an option once Vihari was scrubbed.

 

[Burgey]

Dodgy head is always better than nothing tbh.

This is actually not always the case tbh

 

[honestbharani]

i think that sundar's third over was alright but his first two were just twelve short balls down leg that smith couldn't get bat on

But it was strategy. May be bad strategy but at least it is bowling to some kind of plan, right? Which is why I feel you dont judge debutants after their first spell. A lot of us made the same mistake with Siraj at Melbourne.

 

[Shady Slim]

so good to hear the comms try and talk about west indians in the big bash without doing overt racism

 

[Aritro]

Good thing Australia have Warner back this time eh. Really making a difference

They were at such a disadvantage without him, I'm not even sure India's 2nd test win should count tbh