The main quarrel they had was the last time they toured India the tour match was a Green seamer that resembled nothing to the pitches they would face during the Test matches.Agree totally with that.
As so often nowadays, the touring team were under prepared for the series and by the time they found their feet, the series was done.
The Indians have been very canny with the pitches they've prepared. The first 2 tests, with the Aussies under prepared, did enough to exploit that. This pitch is so flat you could play for another 5 days and it would still be a draw.
I think a better prepared Aussie team, would have at least drawn this series and could have won it.
That Boxing Day Test in hindsight turned out to be hugely destructive. Firstly by convincing them to take Warner and the injuries to Green and StarcAll about selections
Everyone in world cricket knows that Warner is done and they picked him anyway
They took many players who were never going to be fit for meaningful games
Agar & Morris were completely pointless selections
India is way too good without handicapping ourselves
Yeah, even without the injuries, the Warner reprieve was bad for the team medium-term. I hope they have a word to him and he can retire pre-Ashes. He just hasn't got anything left really. Ideally Whiteman would get a run for the Ashes, tough ask first up though it would be.That Boxing Day Test in hindsight turned out to be hugely destructive. Firstly by convincing them to take Warner and the injuries to Green and Starc
Good call from this fella . Without Jadeja we might have lost 2-1Yeah Series is 50-50 in absence of Pant . Earlier I had India at 55-45 . Now it is evenly matched.
Another worrying thing for India is form of Jadeja. He was the best spinner last time in 17 and won MoS iirc.
It is all down to Axar and Ashwin me thinks.
SA's diabolic plan.... (or team, whichever narrative you prefer!)That Boxing Day Test in hindsight turned out to be hugely destructive. Firstly by convincing them to take Warner and the injuries to Green and Starc
63.6 West Indies salvage a draw here. Fletcher might as well say, "We flippin' murdered them.". A length ball, pushes his weight back and smashes this down to long-on. It's as if he has made his mind up there is no second available. Slow to start, slow to turn around. He goes for the second only when Aaron pushes him. Run out by a mile. Did Ashwin miss a trick in the final moment? This doesn't by any means take away credit from what all Ashwin did in the lead-up 242/9Yeah I was expecting it to behave much more like this https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...vs-west-indies-3rd-test-535999/full-scorecard than what it's been.
lmaoI'm not sure I saw a single sweep attempted.
Only 2nd Team after WI of 80s to win 4 consecutive Test series vs Aus since WWII4th Border Gavaskar trophy win in a row ??
I remember watching that live. One of my very favourite comedy run outs, the bloke seemed completely unaware that they needed two.63.6 West Indies salvage a draw here. Fletcher might as well say, "We flippin' murdered them.". A length ball, pushes his weight back and smashes this down to long-on. It's as if he has made his mind up there is no second available. Slow to start, slow to turn around. He goes for the second only when Aaron pushes him. Run out by a mile. Did Ashwin miss a trick in the final moment? This doesn't by any means take away credit from what all Ashwin did in the lead-up 242/9
when 2 was needed off last ball to win the test
made up for it 11 years later in a wc vs pak
was probably thinking about his next test 5 for. or the post match press conferenceI remember watching that live. One of my very favourite comedy run outs, the bloke seemed completely unaware that they needed two.
In retrospect though, if Starc isn't injured we probably go in with only two spinners through the series, which means we might well have done worse on the bowling front than we did. Kuhnemann's relative lack of control certainly hurt our chance here but we don't win at Indore without him.That Boxing Day Test in hindsight turned out to be hugely destructive. Firstly by convincing them to take Warner and the injuries to Green and Starc