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

[Arachnödouche2.0]

The earth is flat though. Go to your nearest beach and look out at the horizion. It's flat, not curved.

MAGA days are here again

 

[smellcricketintheair]

what a terrific bouncer from siraj

 

[honestbharani]

I think India have got their lengths quite wrong today. Had they bowled these lengths yesterday they would be in big trouble in this game.

Yeah Rana esp. has gotten carried away with all the bounce. TBF, a common rookie mistake when playing in Aus but really, worst possible time for us when he lost his head a bit.

 

[Nintendo]

Batting does look much easier right now. No idea if that's just reddies bowling, but starc hasn't been beaten in a while.

 

[trundler]

You people are waxing lyrical about Pujara as if Labuschagne didn't just take a steaming dump while trying to stonewall and Pant hasn't been the best batter by far in this test.

 

[GotSpin]

Batting does look much easier right now. No idea if that's just reddies bowling, but starc hasn't been beaten in a while.

The same as yesterday when the ball gets a little older and the openers are off

 

[Spark]

Yeah Rana esp. has gotten carried away with all the bounce. TBF, a common rookie mistake when playing in Aus but really, worst possible time for us when he lost his head a bit.

Worst possible time would have been at 5pm yesterday when Head was still in tbf. These two are going at 1.5rpo, it's annoying but not a problem yet

 

[honestbharani]

You people are waxing lyrical about Pujara as if Labuschagne didn't just take a steaming dump while trying to stonewall and Pant hasn't been the best batter by far in this test.

I dont think Pujara today will survive ten balls on this track. Guy could not handle gentle 130 kph swing from a TN left armer in the Ranji not long ago. What I meant is the attitude to survive and get your eye in. Pujara at his best, famously accelerates brilliantly past 30 or 40 runs in his innings and esp. after 50 and then after 100. THAT would be goldust here.

 

[Nintendo]

The same as yesterday when the ball gets a little older and the openers are off

You reckon? I feel like the Aussie pacers where still regularly beating the bat in that period. Cummins was just loose and gave india enough overpitched balls to tick the score over.

 

[SteveNZ]

You people are waxing lyrical about Pujara as if Labuschagne didn't just take a steaming dump while trying to stonewall and Pant hasn't been the best batter by far in this test.

That's not what people are saying. They're saying it's still an asset to have a rock solid crease occupier at 3. They didn't say a mentally shot 3 who can't lay bat on it. And you can still have your Pant type player at 5-6, in fact every team benefits from that

 

[smellcricketintheair]

don't think this two scored anything on the off in this long partnership.. very patient waiting for the rare leg glance.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

I dont think Pujara today will survive ten balls on this track. Guy could not handle gentle 130 kph swing from a TN left armer in the Ranji not long ago. What I meant is the attitude to survive and get your eye in. Pujara at his best, famously accelerates brilliantly past 30 or 40 runs in his innings and esp. after 50 and then after 100. THAT would be goldust here.

Yeah, Pujara's best innings developed in a steady if almost imperceptible upwards gradient. Labuschagne was plain stuck.

 

[Spark]

I dont think Pujara today will survive ten balls on this track. Guy could not handle gentle 130 kph swing from a TN left armer in the Ranji not long ago. What I meant is the attitude to survive and get your eye in. Pujara at his best, famously accelerates brilliantly past 30 or 40 runs in his innings and esp. after 50 and then after 100. THAT would be goldust here.

Pujara would also have been happy to just wear balls on the hip/stomach/chest/wherever rather than be drawn into playing at lengths he shouldn't play.

 

[Spark]

WinViz is drunk

 

[King Kane]

Disappointing that India couldn't bowl Australia out for under 100, even more disappointing is that Hayden is back commentating. again on Ch7.

Him waffling on is making me considering a switch to the Fox coverage but then I will have to listen to Warner waffling on who is almost as bad.

 

[sayon basak]

The earth is flat though. Go to your nearest beach and look out at the horizion. It's flat, not curved.

Not sure about the Earth, but Australia definitely is.

 

[Spark]

This is very strange cricket. Starc clearly not interested in doing anything but blocking and taking a late single and Bumrah just... allowing this. Dunno if either decision is the right one on both ends

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Yeah, not great from Bumrah. Not proactive, not even reactive, just letting it drift

 

[Spark]

Yeah, not great from Bumrah. Not proactive, not even reactive, just letting it drift

Well honestly it might simply be a calculation that Starc will eventually get bored, try to hit a boundary, and make an error, rather than being satisfied with 1rpo (which doesn't really hurt India at all). He might be right!

Though I can't imagine he would have been expecting to bowl again today.

 

[Son Of Coco]

We're only 9 sixes away from a lead here.