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

[Crazy Sam]

Would like to have seen Smith bowl himself for an over or two in that final hour

 

[Athlai]

lmao at the indians celebrating a draw which such enthusiasm. I would be thoroughly embarassed to be seen celebrating a draw or have my team mates seen celebrating in such a way.

Yeah agreed, outside of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe a draw to finish a lost series is nothing to celebrate in Australia.

 

[Spark]

Would like to have seen Smith bowl himself for an over or two in that final hour

he should have bowled plenty throughout the day

 

[Swingpanzee]

lmao at the indians celebrating a draw which such enthusiasm. I would be thoroughly embarassed to be seen celebrating a draw or have my team mates seen celebrating in such a way.

let them do what they want, we won the series convincingly and the only reason 4-0 wasn't really on was because we couldn't ****ing catch for ****e.

 

[TheJediBrah]

India need to thank the only 3 decent players they had this series. Vijay, Rahane and Kholi have been brilliant. The Australians have been pretty good, but could have been better, with the exception of Smith who was just freakish.

The real unsung heroes are the Australian administrators in conjuction with the groundsmen who behind the scenes really helped set up a relatively competitive series. The pitches and conditions were set up to help India as much as possible, which is what the fans would want rather than see a 4-nil thrashing by an innings each game which probably would have happened if bouncy, green tracks were prepared (this is the kind of thing India would have done, and have done when Australia tour and they prepare dust-bowls on which the game played can barely really be called 'cricket').

 

[Antihippy]

hazlewood is going to be an absolute gun for us though. not quite the best talent-for-age that i've seen in recent years but damn close

Wasn't he injured early on? So maybe he got over that hump that all of our young quicks seem to have.

 

[Justo]

hazlewood is going to be an absolute gun for us though. not quite the best talent-for-age that i've seen in recent years but damn close

Been impressed with his work with the old ball. He hasn't had a lot of luck this series and as the old saying goes he'll bowl worse and take more wickets.

More importantly is that he's played 3 matches in a row in short succession with a high workload and hasn't broken down.

 

[Spark]

Been impressed with his work with the old ball. He hasn't had a lot of luck this series and as the old saying goes he'll bowl worse and take more wickets.

More importantly is that he's played 3 matches in a row in short succession with a high workload and hasn't broken down.

i've been really surprised at how he's managed to get it to tail and seam in (not necessarily reverse either). when i watched him before i'd always seen him as a seam bowler with an outswinger at best. if he can get them both going and he goes to england, he is going to carve it up.

 

[Antihippy]

Young returns to Aussie fielding role | cricket.com.au

Yay.

Now bloody keep him, because we clearly need him.

 

[Burgey]

I think India's batting is going to develop into something very good. IT was much better than their last tour here, though I thinknhe bowling was worse, the main difference being no Zaheer who always asked questions at the back end of his career.

Australia simply needs to find a reliable number three asap. I suspect TPC will end up there in the long term. Warner obviously is a gun, but we need a replacement for Rogers given his stated intention of retiring post-Ashes.

I'm not necessarily convinced by MMarsh at six in a side with so many question marks over the batting, but tbf he hasn't done a lot wrong in the games he's played. Looking towards next summer, assuming Clarke plays on, I suspect the top six might be something like:

Gravy
Cowan/ Silk/ IRDK
TPC
Clarkeh
Joe Dirt
MMarsh/ Twatto

Not too worried about the keeper. There's a few good 'uns around.

The bowling will likely be:

MJ
Harris (subject to every body part)
Haze
Lyon

Not a bad side, but still a lot of question marks over the batting.

If I was india I'd seriously look to give Yadav, Arun and Shami county stints very soon. I really think there's something to work with there, but there's three young blokes who need seasoning. Bhuvi can't be bagged for not being himself this test after a lay off. No worries with Ashwin, who I thought was pretty decent in the games he played. Never a dearth of spinning quality in India anyway.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah I'm disappointed with the series too bit what do you want the players to do? Wasn't easy batting today and they would be relieved they didn't lose. Wasn't like they were jumping up up and down.

 

[Spark]

patto tho

 

[Tangles]

Think Ashwin can be added to the group that played well. Would have been much worse if Karn'thepies had been kept.

 

[Spark]

Wasn't he injured early on? So maybe he got over that hump that all of our young quicks seem to have.

yeah he's had back issues as well. he still might have those issues, he's still very young and in that "danger zone"

 

[TheJediBrah]

I think India's batting is going to develop into something very good. IT was much better than their last tour here, though I thinknhe bowling was worse, the main difference being no Zaheer who always asked questions at the back end of his career.

Australia simply needs to find a reliable number three asap. I suspect TPC will end up there in the long term. Warner obviously is a gun, but we need a replacement for Rogers given his stated intention of retiring post-Ashes.

I'm not necessarily convinced by MMarsh at six in a side with so many question marks over the batting, but tbf he hasn't done a lot wrong in the games he's played. Looking towards next summer, assuming Clarke plays on, I suspect the top six might be something like:

Gravy
Cowan/ Silk/ IRDK
TPC
Clarkeh
Joe Dirt
MMarsh/ Twatto

Not too worried about the keeper. There's a few good 'uns around.

The bowling will likely be:

MJ
Harris (subject to every body part)
Haze
Lyon

Not a bad side, but still a lot of question marks over the batting.

If I was india I'd seriously look to give Yadav, Arun and Shami county stints very soon. I really think there's something to work with there, but there's three young blokes who need seasoning. Bhuvi can't be bagged for not being himself this test after a lay off. No worries with Ashwin, who I thought was pretty decent in the games he played. Never a dearth of spinning quality in India anyway.

I'd prefer Smith to stay at 4 or 5. Joe Burns is well suited to first drop. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see Watto go up to open with Warner given his known preferences.

 

[Daemon]

It was very disappointing not hearing even one person close to the team not criticizing the bowling even a bit.

 

[Burgey]

patto tho

Indeed. We aren't troubled for quicks, but it's the old story of keeping them on the park. He's a stand out if he's fit

 

[Burgey]

I'd prefer Smith to stay at 4 or 5. Joe Burns is well suited to first drop. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see Watto go up to open with Warner given his known preferences.

Yeah there's a few options, I just have nightmares about Watson opening in England again.

 

[Spark]

Indeed. We aren't troubled for quicks, but it's the old story of keeping them on the park. He's a stand out if he's fit

he's coming up to the age where he should be more durable, and his new action looks much more secure (as well as putting him on a good path to be the replacement for harris in terms of being a skiddy yet rapid seam/swing merchant)

 

[cnerd123]

Kohli, Vijay, Rahane the stars for India.

Ashwin and Ishant were serviceable if not spectacular.

Pujara and Bhuvi were off colour, they can do better.

Shami, Yadav and Aaron need a LOT of work. They are not Test quality yet.

Dhawan should work a lot on playing bounce, or slip into the middle order.

Rahul and Saha hold promise.

Karn shouldn't be near the test side anytime soon

Rohit and Raina can GAGF.