*Official* Australia in India 2023

[duffer]

Doherty being between Michael Clarke and Darren Lehmann as a bowler feels strangely appropriate

Doherty played 60 ODIs? Why can't I remember this?

 

[Line and Length]

Pleased that Agar got his opportunity after the Test selection debacle. He is definitely better suited to the white ball game.

 

[Nintendo]

What a stupid way to end a game lmao.

Perhaps Australia aren't as doomed as I've believed having watched them for the last five years in ODIs. They still need to drop Marnus, work out what the batting order is, drop Stoinis (at least as a batsman), and get Abbott into the side though. Since I don't think they'll do these things I don't think they'll get very far.

It's kind of hard to know what to make of India. The bowling looks... okay? But only okay. But the batting looked bizarrely terrible; they really made a complete meal of that chase at a tactical level, just choosing the completely wrong times and wrong bowlers to attack.

Batting lineup is basically set, marsh opening and Maxwell+green being injured just complicated things a bit. Based on this last game it'll be

1.Warner/Marsh
2.Head
3.Smith
4.Marsh/Warner
5.Carey
6.Green/Carey
7.Maxwell.

Marsh doing well hopefully means the selectors can't pick marnus anymore.

 

[honestbharani]

The stadium just looks awesome now that all stands have been renovated. Pretty pretty aerial shots with the Marina in the background too. ?

On the cricket, it was a really good ODI wicket coz it felt like there were phases when both batsmen and seamers and spinners were all dominant. And any wicket where 270 is a competitive/almost par score is usually a good ODI wicket IMO.

It is kinda sad that I am able to crack Australia's best ODI XI faster than India's. We need to figure out stuff way sooner for the WC.

 

[duffer]

The stadium just looks awesome now that all stands have been renovated. Pretty pretty aerial shots with the Marina in the background too. ?

On the cricket, it was a really good ODI wicket coz it felt like there were phases when both batsmen and seamers and spinners were all dominant. And any wicket where 270 is a competitive/almost par score is usually a good ODI wicket IMO.

It is kinda sad that I am able to crack Australia's best ODI XI faster than India's. We need to figure out stuff way sooner for the WC.

Is the Anna Pavilion End named after Ash Anna?

 

[Shri]

Should be

 

[honestbharani]

Is the Anna Pavilion End named after Ash Anna?

Now it's named after Karunanidhi Thaatha ?

 

[the big bambino]

I see people picking Warner at 4. But he’s a blaster at the top. Do people really think he has the all round game for 4? Kind of thinking if you are moving him down you may as well move him out.

 

[Spark]

I see people picking Warner at 4. But he’s a blaster at the top. Do people really think he has the all round game for 4? Kind of thinking if you are moving him down you may as well move him out.

He isn't really a blaster any more though is he? His LO success in the last few years is actually more built around his game sense and fitness, pushing tons of quick singles and twos and the odd boundary here and there, rather than all-out attack as he was in his pomp years.

 

[Sunil1z]

Aus will play 1 more ODI series against IND this year before ODI WC . Then after ODI WC they will play 3 match T20 series

 

[Sunil1z]

IND have lost 6 ODI series at home since 2007 ODI WC.

4 to AUS (07,09,19,23)
1 to PAK (2012)
1 to SA (2015)

 

[Spark]

Aus will play 1 more ODI series against IND this year before ODI WC . Then after ODI WC they will play 3 match T20 series

I know it's a WC so it's not a reasonable year but maaaaan I really hope Aus-India doesn't become the next India-SL in terms of just playing each other constantly in random ODI series.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Aus will play 1 more ODI series against IND this year before ODI WC . Then after ODI WC they will play 3 match T20 series

ew

I know it's a WC so it's not a reasonable year but maaaaan I really hope Aus-India doesn't become the next India-SL in terms of just playing each other constantly in random ODI series.

Already is

 

[Nintendo]

Don't think India should be too upset at the series loss either. Pant and bumrah missing is obviously huge, but I feel like Iyer hasnt been spoken about as much. India win this series if he's fit and playing over sky IMO.

 

[the big bambino]

He isn't really a blaster any more though is he? His LO success in the last few years is actually more built around his game sense and fitness, pushing tons of quick singles and twos and the odd boundary here and there, rather than all-out attack as he was in his pomp years.

His SR in recent years has been pretty consistent with the rest of his career irrespective of his methods. But he's done all his work at the top of the order. He might be able to play that sort of game at the top and keep his scoring at an acceptable rate but it'll be harder in the middle.

 

[Spark]

His SR in recent years has been pretty consistent with the rest of his career irrespective of his methods. But he's done all his work at the top of the order. He might be able to play that sort of game at the top and keep his scoring at an acceptable rate but it'll be harder in the middle.

Right but my point is that his mode of scoring in recent years is much more transferrable to the middle order than he was at the beginning of his career. I don't think it'll be too much a concern so long as he doesn't fall off the wagon completely.

And to be fair to Warner I think at this stage he realises that if he's too stubborn about something like that, he's far more likely to get the tap on the shoulder.

 

[the big bambino]

I get your point but it'll be harder all the same. My concerns with Marsh at the top is consistency but we'll see.

 

[halba]

India’s problem is lack of great batsmen. We haven’t produced any great batsmen since Rohit/Kohli . Basically a decade without any great young batsmen. Now it is showing in results and it will continue to show in future.

Yep no quality batsmen produced. Before that Tendulkar, sehwag, Ganguly, Yuvraj, Dhoni, basically the entire lineup was stacked with big hitting star power. Now you have flops like SKY who can't even put bat on ball

 

[ataraxia]

famous flop SKY

 

[halba]

Zampa continues showing why he is the best spinner in odis right now

And best limited overs leg spinner (out of all countries) since Shane Warne. and the only leg spin bowler in ODI in the world right now. Hogg was a Chinaman bowler like Kuldeep.