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

[Burgey]

 

[social]

They should drop Marnus but they won’t

 

[Gob]

Yeah but our batsmen have been horribly out of form for over a year vs 4 different countries, so not just an India thing (played Pak, WI, NZ and India)

They say do things your opponents expect the least. For the next test

Head
Marsh
Inglis
Mcsweeney
Carey
Smith
Khawaja

I think team and order have a much better balance. One of the main issues right now is that there is no one to put the pressure back on Bumrah at the top. Head and Marsh can try and dominate Bumrah by fighting fire with fire

 

[Silver Silva]

They say do things your opponents expect the least. For the next test

Head
Marsh
Inglis
Mcsweeney
Carey
Smith
Khawaja

I think team and order have a much better balance. One of the main issues right now is that there is no one to put the pressure back on Bumrah at the top. Head and Marsh can try and dominate Bumrah by fighting fire with fire

Wow that escalated !

 

[quincywagstaff]

Carey in excellent form so far today, so at least Australia's middle-order doesn't seem to be an immediate problem.

 

[Burgey]

I know it’s been like it all game but it’s worth noting again this outfield is painfully slow.

 

[honestbharani]

The outfield has been shamefully slow all test tbh. That should earn them at least one point deduction.

 

[Burgey]

Haha that’s a fair old grab

 

[Qlder]

Carey in excellent form so far today, so at least Australia's middle-order doesn't seem to be an immediate problem.

That's what happens when someone actually plays the Shield games available to them (Carey's still the leading run scorer in the Shield this year)

 

[honestbharani]

I know it’s been like it all game but it’s worth noting again this outfield is painfully slow.

 

[Qlder]

That's some catch

 

[Burgey]

I know it’s been like it all game but it’s worth noting again this outfield is painfully slow.

speaking of which

The outfield has been shamefully slow all test tbh. That should earn them at least one point deduction.

 

[Ali TT]

Neat catch. Amazing how late, and fast, the arm moved to the ball.

 

[Burgey]

That's what happens when someone actually plays the Shield games available to them (Carey's still the leading run scorer in the Shield this year)

Soon to be supplanted by future Australian opener Tim Ward

 

[Son Of Coco]

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Unfortunately for Brad, the difference is Marnus would kill three-quarters of his team in his opening spell.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Freak catach! Need to warp it soon

 

[govinda indian fan]

Need to get akashdeep in place of rana and ashwin in place of sundar

 

[govinda indian fan]

They say do things your opponents expect the least. For the next test

Head
Marsh
Inglis
Mcsweeney
Carey
Smith
Khawaja

I think team and order have a much better balance. One of the main issues right now is that there is no one to put the pressure back on Bumrah at the top. Head and Marsh can try and dominate Bumrah by fighting fire with fire

You want marsh to open

 

[honestbharani]

Don’t mind it but I think I’d go Akash over Rana from what I’ve seen. He’ll be able to use the pink ball better imo.

Also I know he didn’t make runs but Jurel over Jadeja or Ashwin.

Well, I guess in that case it will be Jaddu that misses out as I feel they will feel mroe confident of NKR batting 7 now. But I would prefer that line up as I feel it covers our bowling bases and has enough batting for the tough conditions expected with the pink ball. Akash over either of Siraj or Rana is fine with me but I feel Rana bowls a heavy ball which might get the pink ball to misbehave more. And it will be tough to drop Siraj after he has done well this game.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Great run rate from us today.

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