Compton
International Debutant
Did you watch the match?
The pitch was absolute garbage. The spin is one thing, but every second ball just straight up didn't bounce, and then once an over one would skip up to twice the height it ought to.
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***Official*** Australia in India 2017
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The pitch was absolute garbage. The spin is one thing, but every second ball just straight up didn't bounce, and then once an over one would skip up to twice the height it ought to.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
You can't say that based solely on how they were going against the new ball. Like Hayden pointed out a couple of times, matches here really only begin once the shine wears off.
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Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Oh pleaseLOL.. winning against Australia always good just for this kind of biased bull **** whining.
He is obviously a fine bowler but so is Jackson Bird and Ashwin in India is the equivalent of the latter playing on a WACA green-top 3 matches out of 5
Play the 3rd test on any Australian/SA/ENG/NZ ground and he would perform as ordinarily as he does in virtually every other overseas test
Compton
International Debutant
I'm not just basing it off of how they batted with the new ball though. I think if Warner doesn't get given out there, Australia win.
I don't think they'd have scored at 5 an over to get there, but not losing their challenge and having Warner there for at least another few overs would have made a big difference. India got a big lift from that wicket, and I don't think - had it not been given - they'd have been far away from getting really demoralised.
But hey, that's cricket.
indiaholic
International Captain
Half volley
bigmitch
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Are we all just going to sit here and ignore the fact that two reasonable quality batsman were dismissed just before tea with the runs required at 87 and one of those having scored 13
Anyway, well played India. Congrats to the gambhiring...the gambhir.....idk, the gambhirists??
Anyway, well played India. Congrats to the gambhiring...the gambhir.....idk, the gambhirists??
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Don't know how to feel about Ashwin's match-winning turn. Till that happened, I was thinking it wouldn't be so bad to have him "rested" for the next Test. I do hope he's rediscovered his release and rhythm like he said in the intie, because we can't afford having him look so ordinary again.
Spark
Global Moderator
He has a point though, didn't he? It was noticeable from the beginning of India's innings that they were far more aggressive with their general approach to batting, particularly their running.
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Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah but it's the equivalent of having Lee and Hayden as paid shills for the BCCI - they are preaching to the converted
Compton
International Debutant
Absolutely.
Everyone slogging out was never the tactic there. With so much time left in the game Australia should have looked to milk singles and punish bad balls for as long as possible. Maybe break Ashwin in the mean time.
Heboric
International Debutant
Die feite is daar. Dis ongelooflike dat sommige hier kan dit nie sien nie , Bro
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Like I said it was at home, we know Inndias results away
Like the last two series we played away from home?
Spark
Global Moderator
And if Smith gets one that bounces above ankle height you could say the same thing. But there's no guarantee that it doesn't happen on exactly the next ball, and ultimately I think 190 is just a bridge too far for us right now. Maybe if we had a really settled, in-form top 6, but that's rare in itself.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
No way. I really like this community, but that aspect is easily its worst and not what someone trawling through tour threads after missing the day's play is looking for.
anil1405
International Captain
Intensity wise this has to be one of the best test matches I have seen. Every session was so gripping and neither team was giving an inch away for most part of the game until the collapse was triggered late in the innings in each of the four innings.
Watching Australia bat on day 2 was scary. It seemed like they did mend their ways to dig it out and take the game away from India but luckily we managed to hang around.
Pujara-Rahane partnership was a series changing one.
India will lose this series if they don't up their game a notch or two. But they did well to come back from a demoralizing first test defeat so all good for now and the SERIES IS ALIVE.
Watching Australia bat on day 2 was scary. It seemed like they did mend their ways to dig it out and take the game away from India but luckily we managed to hang around.
Pujara-Rahane partnership was a series changing one.
India will lose this series if they don't up their game a notch or two. But they did well to come back from a demoralizing first test defeat so all good for now and the SERIES IS ALIVE.