***Official*** India in Australia 2014-5

[Hurricane]

159 off 37 overs

 

[OverratedSanity]

I guess viriya does have a point here. We might end up missing msd in the end. He would've been a godsend here

 

[Cabinet96]

#Scenes when Mitch takes 8 for 12 with the second new ball.

 

[Antihippy]

What makes me sadder is that Nathan didn't get the reward he deserves for playing well.

 

[Sachin95]

Well I guess there goes that first match..1-0 Aussies..















COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

or not..

 

[Zinzan]

159 off 37 overs

Let's hope they can get all 37 overs in, light isn't usually a factor in Adelaide.

 

[morgieb]

plenty of sides have collapsed in a heap during chases with a lot fewer than 160 runs to get, btw.

After a 150+ partnership?

 

[dognutz]

So are India going to have a lick here? Opportunities for Test victories in Australia don't come around often.

for how well they have hung in there it would be pretty lame not to have a crack. It would put a lot of doubt in aussies' minds and put captain on back foot with regard to declarations

 

[OverratedSanity]

or not..

Don't get ****y ffs. We're still not 100% safe.

I say play normal cricket and get it down to around 5-6 rpo in the last 10-15 overs and then have a go.

 

[slippy888]

it was a shambolic declaration from australia they should have batted another 6 overs in morning and added another 40 runs to make the game safe, this has to be one of the worst declarations i have ever seen and has gifted india the test match on a flat track

 

[Zinzan]

From similar historical matches.. live odds on the cricrate homepage.

Presumably it's not factoring there's only 37 overs remaining then. The draw must still be the favourite option, I mean how many occasions in test history has a team scored 160 runs in the last session on Day 5?

 

[Spark]

After a 150+ partnership?

dunno about 150+ but certainly after a big partnership, sure.

 

[viriya]

it was a shambolic declaration from australia they should have batted another 6 overs in morning and added another 40 runs to make the game safe, this has to be one of the worst declarations i have ever seen and has gifted india the test match on a flat track

I don't think Aus declared too early.. highest 4th innings run chase at Adelaide was <275 and Lyon was bowling well..

 

[Spark]

it was a shambolic declaration from australia they should have batted another 6 overs in morning and added another 40 runs to make the game safe, this has to be one of the worst declarations i have ever seen and has gifted india the test match on a flat track

uwotm8

 

[morgieb]

it was a shambolic declaration from australia they should have batted another 6 overs in morning and added another 40 runs to make the game safe, this has to be one of the worst declarations i have ever seen and has gifted india the test match on a flat track

You have to be prepared to lose to win.

 

[viriya]

Presumably it's not factoring there's only 37 overs remaining then. The draw must still be the favourite option, I mean how many occasions in test history has a team scored 160 runs in the last session on Day 5?

I agree the draw chance seems too low, it should figure out the overs left properly but the rain on the 2nd day might've messed it up a bit tbf.

 

[dognutz]

Statistics of highest run chases are overated. Too many variables and every situation different. Right now India has real show.

 

[slippy888]

australia where thinking the foot marks would help lyon, that is like playing the lottery some spin sharp and some not, and also this is not a fast medium bowlers pitch. It looks like australia will go down in history in cricket for the wrong reasons by declareing 2 times in a match and managing to lose.

 

[Spark]

lyon has bowled way too straight today

 

[Cabinet96]

Statistics of highest run chases are overated. Too many variables and every situation different. Right now India has real show.

Yeah, they're pretty poor. One of the things that annoys me is a side can do what SA did last year and not show up because they didn't "complete" the chase. Should be a list of highest 4th innings scores IMO.