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4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021
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stephen
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Siraj can hold his head high. He didn't disgrace himself and generally bowled good lines at good pace. Certainly the pick of the bowlers for me.
Hard to give any praise to the batting. Barely at standard given the circumstances. Can you imagine Hayden/ Ponting against this attack? They'd be at risk of smashing all records. But through a mixture of soft dismissals and incompetence Australia is somehow 5 down and haven't even crossed 300. Testament to a lack of discipline and ruthlessness. Wade and Labuschagne really the worst offenders. Labuschagne seems to lose concentration when his partner goes. It was right after Smith got out that he was dropped and then as soon as Wade went, he did too.
Hard to give any praise to the batting. Barely at standard given the circumstances. Can you imagine Hayden/ Ponting against this attack? They'd be at risk of smashing all records. But through a mixture of soft dismissals and incompetence Australia is somehow 5 down and haven't even crossed 300. Testament to a lack of discipline and ruthlessness. Wade and Labuschagne really the worst offenders. Labuschagne seems to lose concentration when his partner goes. It was right after Smith got out that he was dropped and then as soon as Wade went, he did too.
Starfighter
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I think how Lyon goes depends more on if he can overcome his line and action.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
What about that one over when he morphed into Malcolm Marshall but somehow dropped a catch off his own bowling?
vicleggie
State Vice-Captain
This is a joke right?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Saini is injured and taken for scans. Shardul I think rammed his foot or something, possibly a scratch in his feet that is bleeding. But I dont think his participation is in question or anything.
Burgey
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I don’t think it will matter a lot how he goes, unless it rains a lot
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Could've been better after we had them at 213/5 but these are not really Test standard bowlers, at least not endurance-wise. Respectable enough at the end, hope they get some rest and bowl Aus out under 350 tomorrow.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Yeah I think they were flustered by the 5th hour of the match, understandable as well.
Called up to bowl 20 overs a day with almost nil conditioning or overs under the belt and yet delivering this is nothing short of very good.
Also whoever is in charge of batting coaching and fitness in the team need to be fired ASAP. One or two I can understand, but this is a sick joke and some accountability has to be there.
Called up to bowl 20 overs a day with almost nil conditioning or overs under the belt and yet delivering this is nothing short of very good.
Also whoever is in charge of batting coaching and fitness in the team need to be fired ASAP. One or two I can understand, but this is a sick joke and some accountability has to be there.
harsh.ag
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Do you answer - "Are you senile?" - with a yes or a no?
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Daemon
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Did you just imply Thakur ascended to being Test standard
TheJediBrah
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If I were to face those exact same deliveries tomorrow and didn't put them into the stand/over the clubrooms I'd be bitterly disappointed, and I'm not exaggerating one bit
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Harsh.
irfan
State Captain
| India | India A | India B | |
1 | R Sharma | M Agarwal | P Shaw |
2 | S Gill | S Dhawan © | M Vijay © |
3 | C Pujara | KL Rahul | D Karthik |
4 | V Kohli © | M Pandey | S Iyer |
5 | A Rahane | H Vihari | K Jadhav |
6 | R Pant (k) | H Pandya | P Patel (k) |
7 | R Jadeja | W Saha (k) | W Sundar |
8 | R Ashwin | B Kumar | S Nadeem |
9 | I Sharma | U Yadav | S Thakur |
10 | M Shami | K Yadav | N Saini |
11 | J Bumrah | M Siraj | T Natarajan |
irfan
State Captain
Did a little exercise to see how bench our bowling line-up really is. Players are ones that have recently played Tests for India with a couple of contracted LO players to fill in the gaps (i.e. Iyer, Pandey etc)
We are basically playing with our best batting lineup (bar Kohli) with an India B bowling attach (bar Siraj).
We are basically playing with our best batting lineup (bar Kohli) with an India B bowling attach (bar Siraj).
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Sundar wouldn’t make the B attack.
And agreed - some tough questions need to be asked about India’s strength and conditioning program. This is insanity.
And agreed - some tough questions need to be asked about India’s strength and conditioning program. This is insanity.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
A lot of it is also down to how much work the individual players have put in over the last year. You have to take some responsibility for your fitness under lockdown; safe to say a few of them looked appreciably underdone by the time the IPL rolled around.