**Official** 2nd Test @Adelaide, 6th-10th December

[ma1978]

Historically India has done well against the tier 1 bowler and failed against the understudies. We are finished

 

[centurymaker]

Historically India has done well against the tier 1 bowler and failed against the understudies. We are finished

So true!

 

[ataraxia]

So true!

Nah this anomaly of a phenomenon is due to stop next test. It can't keep happening!

 

[NotMcKenzie]

I like how the India supporters here are really grasping at straws... in their attempts to be negative.

 

[silentstriker]

Current odds. They sound about right.



Australia clear favorites but not overwhelmingly so by any means. India with a very good chance.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Bowlers not in the squad who are better than Abbott and Doggett:

Tremain, Bartlett, Sketetee, McAndrew, Johnson, O'Neill, Sutherland, Paris, Richardson, Morris. Might be forgetting some more too.

Admittedly some of those are injured, but still....

As far as I can tell, of that list only Steketee, O'Neill and Paris aren't either injured or still being heavily workload managed (and with the way Steketee has bowled this season, he's frankly lucky Queensland haven't given him a spell). So Abbott's selection, while not the way I would have gone myself, isn't as unreasonable as people are saying imo. Paris is definitely seriously stiff though.

Doggett being there is harder to understand though

 

[Jarquis]

Are there many bowlers with a better record than Paris to have not played a Test for Australia?