Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Me TooI thought you were banned
Shame to see that isn't the case in all honesty
Me TooI thought you were banned
Shame to see that isn't the case in all honesty
I'd still only play four bowlers tbh. Australia need all the batting depth they can get - giving Lyon more of a rest so someone much worse than Lyon can bowl some overs doesn't seem like a winning strategy.Yeah well Agar almost certainly shouldn't have been picked. But once he's there he's probably got to play next test in a 5 man attack.
Neither of which were that quick. A fastish, bouncy but flat wicket - normal in Australia - would have suited both the Australian batsmen's preferred stroke play and short-of-a-length channel bowling more than the surfaces actually produced. Conversely, the slower, lower Melbourne pitch made things better for India, being used to stroke play and bowling more suitable lengths for such pitches.I have learnt new thing today . You judge a bowler by their series average and not overall career average . You are extremely deluded if you think Aus would even dare to produce quick wickets against Indian attack considering their batting line up didn’t cross 200 even once in 1st 2 Tests .
Your emoji use just makes look like like a sooky troll - which you are.After 1st 2 tests , CA (PCB)ordered SCG curators to produce flat wicket because Aussie crowds wanted to see Steve Smith ( Babar Azam) century ?
Sunilz has been spewing these ridiculous assertions about pitches literally for years, has had the common sense truth explained to him dozens of times and if anything he's only gotten worse. Don't bother.Lol there's literally no evidence of that at all. You're just making it up sunilz.
The pitches have their characteristics - Brisbane is usually greenish and fast, Perth is fast and bouncy, Adelaide under lights does more than it used to when it was just a road, Melbourne is like the city itself - low and boring, and Sydney has been sadly flat as a pancake for a decade or more now too. These characteristics aren't generally prone to changing a great deal series to series, barring something being under done due to weather.
I mean Aus just dished up a ****ing terrible green top in Brisbane against a four man pace attack with a collective average in the low 20s for the opening test of the SA series. If they were worried about Bumrah then you'd think they would have had a word about Rabada, Ngidi, Jansen and Nortje
I'm responsible for this pitch talk, but only after CricAddict trotted out that canard again.Sunilz has been spewing these ridiculous assertions about pitches literally for years, has had the common sense truth explained to him dozens of times and if anything he's only gotten worse. Don't bother.
Don't know why we're talking pitches though. There was nothing wrong with this pitch. Just a normal Indian wicket from what I saw
Credit where it's due, rate that responseMe Too
Nothing has changed. Seems Pant has inflicted terminal damage already.One of the biggest intangible things with losing Pant is how he’d likely affect Lyon’s confidence
Still 3 Tests are remaining . If he does well , it will make your post look like stupid .Nothing has changed. Seems Pant has inflicted terminal damage already.
Been going back and forth on this one, on one hand I agree it would be a strange move to weaken the batting, on the other hand the bowling looked a bit light with Lyon and especially Cummins early on being below their bestI'd still only play four bowlers tbh. Australia need all the batting depth they can get - giving Lyon more of a rest so someone much worse than Lyon can bowl some overs doesn't seem like a winning strategy.
Considering the last 5 tests, I'd wager on Lyon getting dropped by the end of the series. He is a unidimensional bowler, who thrives on the StarcMarks (earlier Johnson) and/or the wide outside off stump line.Still 3 Tests are remaining . If he does well , it will make your post look like stupid .
Picking an allrounder would obviously be the best way to solve it. There aren't any in the squad though (Agar is not one, especially not in India).Been going back and forth on this one, on one hand I agree it would be a strange move to weaken the batting, on the other hand the bowling looked a bit light with Lyon and especially Cummins early on being below their best
Certainly wouldn't drop either. Green being out still is such a blow still though
Still he is best non-Indian spinner currently. Give him some respect.Considering the last 5 tests, I'd wager on Lyon getting dropped by the end of the series. He is a unidimensional bowler, who thrives on the StarcMarks (earlier Johnson) and/or the wide outside off stump line.
That describes Sydney and Brisbane well. Melbourne, though, was very seam friendly.Both of India's last tours of Australia the pitches have been distinctly more favourable towards India (dry, slow, low-bouncing) than normal, even accounting for two of the venues being Melbourne and Sydney.
How long would you be staying/posting?Considering the last 5 tests, I'd wager on Lyon getting dropped by the end of the series. He is a unidimensional bowler, who thrives on the StarcMarks (earlier Johnson) and/or the wide outside off stump line.
End of next home summer a good chance I thinkConsidering Lyon’s age , how soon will Murphy replace him ?