***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Furball]

503/1 maybe?

Brisbane and Perth Tests were played on absolute roads as well, I don't see how serving up a 503/1 pitch (bearing in mind a significant amount of overs were bowled by non-bowlers) was radically different?

 

[vcs]

Haha ya Bangalore is supposedly a ****-hole these days.

The traffic is pretty horrible. I suppose there are worse places to live in India, though.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Get your beta self off the thread TJB.

man dude you're wrong give up already

wrong about what? I still haven't seen a single relevant response to anything I've said.

Literally all I've said is that, in my opinion, deliberately hampering an opposition's warm up through unusual pitch preparation is wrong. That's all I'm saying. I didn't say that anyone is doing it, just that Australia haven't. What the **** is so controversial about that?

People need to calm their jets, stop getting triggered at the drop of a hat and just read what is being said before jumping to conclusions IMO

That makes literally no sense. So all pitches are doctored?

Really mate? He clearly means if the pitch changes depending on the opposition that is being played. Not depending on the country the pitch is in.

 

[Gob]

I heard the second test will be a sporting one, so that she be fun. If is then Australia will be eyeing for another win. They are probably high on confidence right now. But then again, people also need to understand that all their main batsman bar Steve Smith and Renshaw struggled to produce scores. India for all we know just had a poor test match.

I'm not tuning in for this

 

[burr]

Test matches starting Saturday are the best. And it never usually happens.

 

[Burgey]

I think I'll be in the stand somewhere around backward-square-leg/extra-cover. Hope I get a good view. Can't wait.

Be careful in case someone bops Shami over that way for six....

 

[Burgey]

I heard the second test will be a sporting one, so that she be fun. If is then Australia will be eyeing for another win. They are probably high on confidence right now. But then again, people also need to understand that all their main batsman bar Steve Smith and Renshaw struggled to produce scores. India for all we know just had a poor test match.

Staap plz

 

[Compton]

I heard the second test will be a sporting one, so that she be fun. If is then Australia will be eyeing for another win. They are probably high on confidence right now. But then again, people also need to understand that all their main batsman bar Steve Smith and Renshaw struggled to produce scores. India for all we know just had a poor test match.

 

[Debris]

That makes literally no sense. So all pitches are doctored?

Of course it makes sense and I am a bit stunned I have to actually explain it. The pitch for the first test was a dust bowl and it could said that this was because India fears Australia's pace attack. A test match is played at the same ground next year against Sri Lanka and the pitch is quick and bouncy because India is worried about Herath. That would be a doctored pitch because the conditions have changed in an attempt to suit the home side's strengths. However if the same dust bowl was rolled out for Sri Lanka that would not be a doctored pitch because condition at the ground are consistent.

Perth is renowned for pace and bounce and it is always that way, regardless of whether Australia is playing India, South Africa or West Indies. That pitch is not doctored and it sometimes works to Australia's disadvantage when an opposition side's strength is pace bowling.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Oh God can you imagine Warne on the next match

"Yea well, this game's gonna be a real test for Steve on a Test-standard pitch now..."

"A guy like Steve is great on a bunsen because so many of his deliveries just go straight on, but when you got a proper Test wicket, it's bowlers like Lyon who you turn to..."

They should operate on Warne and install a voicebox that can be muted when he's dribbling the sort of **** he did about O'Keefe in the 1st Test. In fact, it should only be turned on when he's talking about the art of legspin and nothing else.

 

[adub]

Oh FFS

is this same Sydney 3pm start?

 

[social]

Haha ya Bangalore is supposedly a ****-hole these days.

Really?

Went there a few years ago (say 5) and found it relatively nice

 

[Daemon]

I went there for cricket in 08 in November, felt it was better than the other major cities in terms of cleanliness and traffic

 

[OverratedSanity]

Really?

Went there a few years ago (say 5) and found it relatively nice

I went there for cricket in 08 in November, felt it was better than the other major cities in terms of cleanliness and traffic

It's gotten far, far worse in the last 4-5 years. It was still one of the best cities in India till around 2012 or so. Since then, everything has fallen off a cliff.

Traffic wise, it's now comfortably the worst in India.-

 

[Burgey]

How does it compare with Chennai?

 

[anil1405]

It's gotten far, far worse in the last 4-5 years. It was still one of the best cities in India till around 2012 or so. Since then, everything has fallen off a cliff.

Traffic wise, it's now comfortably the worst in India.-

Cities like Pune and Banglaore have gone from one extreme to another in a matter of a decade.

 

[honestbharani]

Bangalore traffic was horrific even in 2006-07 when I was there.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How does it compare with Chennai?

According to that article someone posted here, Bangalore will apparently become "uninhabitable" by 2025. So it's still got loads of time before it becomes as bad as Chennai.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I can see this match turning ugly quickly for India if they don't start well. That first game wasn't a normal defeat.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah if we do not get some miracle start we are doomed. No way are these guys coming back from such a humiliation in Pune.