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

[Burgey]

This will either be 5/53 or 3/108 at lunch with Pant in now. Good to see him back.

 

[Spark]

From his first ball I though Cummins' rhythm wasn't quite on. He said he was working at bowling faster in the lead up to this series but he ain't doing that.

Worth remembering he's barely played for months. Two and a half OD games basically.

 

[sayon basak]

47.60

Peter May coming for him.

 

[Starfighter]

Here's where the trouble begins (for us) if past series are any indicator.

 

[Burgey]

From his first ball I though Cummins' rhythm wasn't quite on. He said he was working at bowling faster in the lead up to this series but he ain't doing that.

He's probably more under done than the other two tbh. Hasn't been terrible though, Could have had a couple early on too.

 

[Daemon]

3-32

We’re doing slightly better than expected tbf

 

[Starfighter]

Worth remembering he's barely played for months. Two and a half OD games basically.

Which is probably not the best preparation.

 

[Spark]

Here's where the trouble begins (for us) if past series are any indicator.

Trouble started for us well before #5 or #6 got to the crease (in the form of Pujara)

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pant is actually due a bad series tbh. Think there's way too much of a load for him to handle to carry this bad lineup again.

 

[Burgey]

Trouble started for us well before #5 or #6 got to the crease (in the form of Pujara)

Yeah he was POTS on both those tours imo.

 

[Spark]

Pant is actually due a bad series tbh. Think there's way too much of a load for him to handle to carry this bad lineup again.

Eh I think he relishes that responsibility personally

 

[OverratedSanity]

Here's where the trouble begins (for us) if past series are any indicator.

Our openers and Pujara did a decent job in previous tours tbh. Batting wise it was always a good team effort.

 

[Spark]

Yeah he was POTS on both those tours imo.

Probably the least talked about game of both series but India probably don't get remotely close, let alone win, in the first game in 2018 without him

 

[quincywagstaff]

Even in his short stint the comms were hyping up Kohli to an absurd degree. It's not 2019, his record this decade has been very ordinary.

 

[Spark]

Our openers and Pujara did a decent job in previous tours tbh. Batting wise it was always a good team effort.

The openers really did a job for India in the back half of the 20-21 series in particular

 

[Blakey]

Why would India bat first? Don't they remember what happened last time they won the toss and batted in the first game of a series?

 

[OverratedSanity]

The openers really did a job for India in the back half of the 20-21 series in particular

Agarwal low key did amazing in the 2018 series too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

SOS Pujara after the second test tbh. He's on coms right?

 

[Starfighter]

Even in his short stint the comms were hyping up Kohli to an absurd degree. It's not 2019, his record this decade has been very ordinary.

I've had the sound off and no inclination to turn it on. But in the past series it was like they were under orders to praise him as effusively as possible.

 

[Burgey]

So good to hear TOTAB doing a stint on comms on Fox/ Kayo given his diagnosis., Don't expect we'll hear too much from him for most of the summer.