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

[cnerd123]

Now he's just walked off.

he's been walking off between overs a lot recently. the broadcast showed him sitting with the physio with shoes off and socks in his hand. speculation is that he's getting the bandaging around his foot redone in between overs.

Can Siraj and Nattu deliver a short burst with the new ball today? And will Saini be back to bowl tmrw, or is he crocked for the Test.

 

[Senile Sentry]

None of these barring Siraj have bowled long spells in the last 9-10 month.and have had any sort of conditioning.

 

[stephen]

Bull****, nothing can disguise audible the thinness of the crowd.

There was 13.5k day 1 for Pakistan and 13.9k for day 1 for India the last two summers.

 

[Starfighter]

I hope Smith is kicking himself looking at these freebies. Marnus too, to a lesser extent.

 

[Gnske]

@cnerd123

Is the failure of this Indian squad to capitalize on a dreadful Australian team and flog them to Timbuktu and back a result of them being conditioned like mountain-dew suckling gamerbros, and why is your answer a definitive yes?

Also injury subs for soft ***ts is still a good idea.

 

[Kirkut]

Did we make a blunder by not playing Kuldeep? Or it would have made no difference?

 

[Prince EWS]

Now he's just walked off.

Yeah that's how it works on this tour. Indian bowlers who ascend to being Test standard go off injured. Siraj must have done a deal with the devil.

 

[Starfighter]

Did we make a blunder by not playing Kuldeep? Or it would have made no difference?

Well Cooldeep mightn't have gotten Smith out if you played him over Washington. But he would probably have been tighter than Thakur. I wonder when the last time anyone played two spinners at Brisbane was?

 

[Aritro]

**** a duck, Nattu is bowling at 125kph with the new ball. He's ****ing knackered.

 

[stephen]

Tbf there's usually an injured touring quick at some point during the Gabba test.

 

[Starfighter]

**** a duck, Nattu is bowling at 125kph with the new ball. He's ****ing knackered.

No swing either.

 

[Aritro]

Thakur will clean up the tail tomorrow morning now that he's found his rhythm. You can set your watch to this post.

 

[Kirkut]

Well Cooldeep mightn't have gotten Smith out if you played him over Washington. But he would probably have been tighter than Thakur. I wonder when the last time anyone played two spinners at Brisbane was?

Makes sense, probably Washington was favoured over Kuldeep for his batting.

 

[stephen]

Really Australia here would be in a much better position today with two less wickets down.

 

[Starfighter]

Really Australia here would be in a much better position today with two less wickets down.

And we should have been two less down if there was any disciple.

The Indian bowlers look knackered.

 

[Gnske]

Really Australia here would be in a much better position today with two less wickets down.

Deserved first centuries for the youngsters tomorrow and no top order to force them to bat like idiots.

This is for the best. Paine will unleash a fury.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well Cooldeep mightn't have gotten Smith out if you played him over Washington. But he would probably have been tighter than Thakur. I wonder when the last time anyone played two spinners at Brisbane was?

Despite the lame commentary analysis I don't think playing him over Washington was ever really an option. Kuldeep batting 7 is just a nonstater imo. If he played it would have had to be in place of one of the quicks (and it probably would have been Thakur).

I think it's possible (likely even) that it was a dire decision but still probably wouldn't made a huge difference so far today. You don't pick a left arm wrist spinner in Aus because you think he's gonna be great on Day 1 against the top order. He feasts on the tail though and could be even more useful in the second dig.

 

[stephen]

Ffs Paine that was a stupid waft.

 

[Starfighter]

A left armer going around the wicket with new ball is dire (unless he's trying to test them out on that long-hop again).

 

[Kirkut]

Lol, Siraj is taking responsibility reminding me of days when our bowling was dire and there was a runfest, Dhoni would toss the ball to Zaheer Khan.