The thing about tough overseas tours is that decent lower order bats often turn into rabbits anyway. It's one of the reasons winning away is so hard. Australia definitely need to pick a specialist #6 now that Green is out, but I'm not sure the difference between someone of Agar batting standard or Murphy batting standard will actually play out as significant in the way that it could at home.
You mean - for 36 or so?
This really was an excellent series. Good mix of quality & clown cricket, memes, controversy, no dead rubbers, no borefests, different conditions. Great stuff.
From a player perspective, Smith at least rates winning in India ”bigger”.
India is as hard as to win than Ashes. both are equally tough with near 41 year old veteran Jimbo(anderson) and co basically unplayable on Dukes balls. As old as he is, he is still very unplayable, probably can play well into his 40s.
Nah, a few teams have won and drawn in England in the time that India has won every series at home. India is definitely the toughest challenge atm, though Australia seems to be even tougher for non India teams if you just look at margins of defeat.
tbf, if what is said is not bigoted or racist, it would help deflame things just a little too.
Its what we tended to do few times including the Perth test in 2018. It can go either way tbh but if they are playing someone because they are the better spinner when you got only part time back-up as Green is not playing, it seems a pretty sensible thing to do.
*in the role of Sunil Gavaskar.
I had put the same side as yours couple of pages earlier. That should be the side to take the field tomorrow.
this is stupid. **** their feelings. go all in.
but if it’s your only go to - to misrepresent any contrary point because you are too fragile to handle it, then you will always inflame things and then disingenuously wonder why.
Imo he’s pretty good
Disappointing.
Murphy is not a complete bunny. Not sure he'd be much use with the bat in India but he's always been a useful bat
