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**Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November

hendrix

hendrix

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silentstriker said:
So in a non Gambhir question, what score would Aus be favorites to chase? AB on air said 350 would be chaseable and then it's harder. I think probably anything above 300 and surely Australia wouldn't be favorites? After 400, it would be very very hard, and 500 would be an all time chase.

Obv defer to AB on stuff like this, but surprised he said 350.
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Think this match is mostly over tbh but now it's a question of whether India can cook Australia's fastbowlers as much as possible for the rest of the tour.

would have thought 300 would be hard.
350 very hard
400 not a chance.
 
A

ashley bach

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silentstriker said:
So in a non Gambhir question, what score would Aus be favorites to chase? AB on air said 350 would be chaseable and then it's harder. I think probably anything above 300 and surely Australia wouldn't be favorites? After 400, it would be very very hard, and 500 would be an all time chase.

Obv defer to AB on stuff like this, but surprised he said 350.
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The answer is pending on how much the pitch deteriorates.
At the moment anything looks easy but chances are it's getting tougher again tomorrow.
 
Spark

Spark

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silentstriker said:
So in a non Gambhir question, what score would Aus be favorites to chase? AB on air said 350 would be chaseable and then it's harder. I think probably anything above 300 and surely Australia wouldn't be favorites? After 400, it would be very very hard, and 500 would be an all time chase. Esp as we've all been saying that it's not the great Aussie batting lineup of the past and Indian bowling is also very good.

Obv defer to AB on stuff like this, but surprised he said 350.
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I would not have Australia as favourites for anything with a 3 in front of him regardless of the pitch tbh. I know Aus has pulled off some improbable chases in the last 18 months but I still don't think we're a good chasing teams; good chasing teams don't rely on their fast bowlers to score the winning runs.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

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silentstriker said:
So in a non Gambhir question, what score would Aus be favorites to chase? AB on air said 350 would be chaseable and then it's harder. I think probably anything above 300 and surely Australia wouldn't be favorites? After 400, it would be very very hard, and 500 would be an all time chase. Esp as we've all been saying that it's not the great Aussie batting lineup of the past and Indian bowling is also very good.

Obv defer to AB on stuff like this, but surprised he said 350.
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Anything less than 400 definitely would keep Aus in the game and given our reliance on Bumrah, I wont be confident with that. Min. 400+ target is required and even then, its not safe here as we have seen before with the big 4th innings chases and scores.

Aus batting is brittle but there is more than enough quality there to ensure sleepless nights for us fans even if they are chasing like 450. Less than 400 and I would be definitely worried unless the pitch changes to be tough for batting again.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

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Spark said:
I would not have Australia as favourites for anything with a 3 in front of him regardless of the pitch tbh. I know Aus has pulled off some improbable chases in the last 18 months but I still don't think we're a good chasing teams; good chasing teams don't rely on their fast bowlers to score the winning runs.
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I am of this view as well. 300 about par for chase and it's India with the edge with anything above.
 
Burgey

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silentstriker said:
So in a non Gambhir question, what score would Aus be favorites to chase? AB on air said 350 would be chaseable and then it's harder. I think probably anything above 300 and surely Australia wouldn't be favorites? After 400, it would be very very hard, and 500 would be an all time chase. Esp as we've all been saying that it's not the great Aussie batting lineup of the past and Indian bowling is also very good.

Obv defer to AB on stuff like this, but surprised he said 350.
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Much depends on when they go in. If India fell over rapidly for another 80-100 from here and Aus get to bat for a decent chunk of today and a second new ball isn’t til late middle session tomorrow then they would benefit from decent batting conditions for a day, but if India even only ground out another 120 but took til nearly stumps today to do it, it would make it a fair bit harder

Either way I don’t think Australia will be successfully chasing anything above 300 tbh
 
Teja.

Teja.

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silentstriker said:
So in a non Gambhir question, what score would Aus be favorites to chase? AB on air said 350 would be chaseable and then it's harder. I think probably anything above 300 and surely Australia wouldn't be favorites? After 400, it would be very very hard, and 500 would be an all time chase. Esp as we've all been saying that it's not the great Aussie batting lineup of the past and Indian bowling is also very good.

Obv defer to AB on stuff like this, but surprised he said 350.
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Normally even 300 would put India as a historical favourite against that batting line up but the problem is that if we lose 30 runs for 9 wickets, it would suck all momentum from India.

We would be comfortable favourites with 350, massive favourites at 400.
 
James

James

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hendrix said:
Think this match is mostly over tbh but now it's a question of whether India can cook Australia's fastbowlers as much as possible for the rest of the tour.

would have thought 300 would be hard.
350 very hard
400 not a chance.
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If India can bat out the whole day, should have a 500 run lead shouldn't they? No rain forecast either so no pressure on time. And as you say, possibly break one of the Aussie fast bowlers in the process.
 
Burgey

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The comms on Fox talking about Zampa as an option for the SL series. Doesn’t really tune his leg break but bowls a pace which I could see working there if he actually played a few Shield games and went ok
 
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