***Official*** Australia in India 2012/13

[Burgey]

Well played India, but a horribly gutless display from our blokes. Should be ashamed of themselves frankly.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Easily the most insipid, cowardly performance from an Australian team in India in twenty years. Or more. This is the kind of **** we associate with the Indian cricket team.

 

[Nate]

b00nchmark99 to tell you that it's not all that bad, and to stop overreacting.

 

[Spikey]

Watson is a liability and should be dropped anyway

yeah but if you drop him you'll just hear a bunch of bullcrap about how unfair it is because he needs to open (where he averages 19.9 in his 10 innings there since the end of the Ashes)

of course watson himself is probably the man going home after this test anyway.

 

[morgieb]

Horrible, horrible ****. Only the third day was even acceptable.

 

[Spikey]

b00nchmark99 to tell us that it's not all that bad, and to stop overreacting.

tbf, it isn't. you've got 4 openers who all suck against spin, a keeper who sucks against spin, and two all-rounders with questionable batting. we're performing as expected. the good thing is, we can call in an opener who sucks against spin to replace one of the openers who suck against spin

i'm just getting progressively more annoyed with watson

 

[smash84]

well played India......congratulations

not so well Australia

 

[howardj]

b00nchmark99 to tell you that it's not all that bad, and to stop overreacting.

Knee jerkers he says

 

[honestbharani]

Well.. Australia have to sort out Watson and Clarke's positions in the order. And yes, I still think Watson is a better bet than most of their other batsmen (excluding Clarke, that is) to score big in India..


I mean, this is a horrible performance by any standards.. Did they even beat the Pujara/Vijay partnership?

 

[Arachnodouche]

Too much faith and hope invested in Watson, especially on these pitches where you need soft hands and movement, not the brutish, stilted technique he has. And he's only ever been slightly above average anyway, but ooh he's in the leadership group, can't drop him,

 

[Spark]

I mean, this genuinely is the weakest Australian side we've ever played in my lifetime and that's without exaggeration, but it's hard to say how much of that is us being genuinely **** (which is a major factor tbf) and extreme selector incompetence which hopefully won't be repeated.

 

[Spikey]

the pattinson-doherty stand just then really showed michael clarke up...

 

[ProteasFan]

Wow, that was a truly new low for Australia.

It wasn't the fact you got beat but more the whimsy manner in which it happened that makes this disgraceful.

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[Arachnodouche]

I mean, this genuinely is the weakest Australian side we've ever played in my lifetime and that's without exaggeration, but it's hard to say how much of that is us being genuinely **** (which is a major factor tbf) and extreme selector incompetence which hopefully won't be repeated.

It is bad..no way are people like Cowan and Hughes are elite, international level batsmen. Warner and Watson are just unpredictable; the latter is just outright aggravating. There's just absolutely nothing other than Clarke.

I think it's best to scalp all spinners, and just go with a pace attack. The spinners won't do anything here; just ask Pattinson and Starc to run in and bowl as fast as they can. Next game being Mohali, it's always an even chance they scare the Indians out of their comfort zone.

 

[sunilreddy]

Pujara: ' I'm really happy. There was a bit of pressure as I just got married and my wife wanted me to perform.

Poor fellow.

 

[howardj]

Neilsen > Mickey

 

[social]

It is bad..no way are people like Cowan and Hughes are elite, international level batsmen. Warner and Watson are just unpredictable; the latter is just outright aggravating. There's just absolutely nothing other than Clarke.

I think it's best to scalp all spinners, and just go with a pace attack. The spinners won't do anything here; just ask Pattinson and Starc to run in and bowl as fast as they can. Next game being Mohali, it's always an even chance they scare the Indians out of their comfort zone.

If there is one thing that Shane Watson is NOT, it's unpredictable

He has very specific scoring zones and you can bet your life on him throwing away a start

 

[howardj]

Career in limbo now as he flies home after this Test (expectant Mrs)

 

[Spikey]

Chris Barrett ‏@ChrisBarrett_

Michael Clarke says he will definitely now move up the batting order . "I have no choice" #ausvind

 

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Chris Barrett ‏@ChrisBarrett_

Michael Clarke says he will definitely now move up the batting order . "I have no choice" #ausvind

Should bat 3 in India