*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Black_Warrior]

Yeah it's not that unreasonable. It's not like the Australians haven't bowled well enough to have gotten a lot more wickets if fresh batsmen were facing instead.

Which is what makes the strike rate brigade so stupid.

 

[vcs]

Pitch doing a couple of weird things now.

This is one of those rare occasions where batting with a bit of #intent might actually not be a bad thing, because otherwise they could just get stuck for a while and then collapse in a heap suddenly.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Cummins taking 3-52 on this is an amazing effort.

 

[Spark]

Which is what makes the strike rate brigade so stupid.

isn't it really just slippy?

 

[Black_Warrior]

isn't it really just slippy?

Ricky Ponting on Channel 7 and several people on this thread

 

[Black_Warrior]

400 here is not a score the team would feel safe with though. There have been loads of games where that kind of first innings score looks small once australia finish batting.

Pakistan scored 443 on this ground 2 years ago and lost by an innings

 

[Spark]

Pakistan scored 443 on this ground 2 years ago and lost by an innings

fair difference in the quality of the opposing batting lineup though

 

[Prince EWS]

Ricky Ponting on Channel 7 and several people on this thread

I think most of the people in this thread complaining about it are more complaining about the pitch making the game boring to watch than complaining about India's tactics. I've only counted two seriously question the latter, and one of them was slippy.

 

[vcs]

Pujara was just playing his natural game, it did look like Kohli was more cautious than usual though. Probably not his type of pitch and he just grinded out a score.

 

[Second Spitter]

Pakistan scored 443 on this ground 2 years ago and lost by an innings

Nic Maddinson is no longer in the Aussie team, so the chances of that happening again are slim.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rohit managing to make this deck look difficult atm.

 

[Borges]

Pujara was just playing his natural game, it did look like Kohli was more cautious than usual though. Probably not his type of pitch and he just grinded out a score.

Kohli was somewhat lucky to score as many as he did in this innings. Looked unconvincing, throughout his stay at the crease.

Lyon hasn't bowled well in this test; the rest of this Australian attack finds that things are a lot easier when Lyon is on song.

 

[the big bambino]

With that average if he was an Aussie, Rohit Sharma would be a shout to be our vice captain.

 

[vcs]

I'd be surprised if India took 10 wickets on this, never mind 20.

 

[Arachnodouche]

If all things being neutral is the ideal, objectively fair state of contest between bat and ball, then is bowling inherently a lesser art because it withers and dies on roads like these?

 

[trundler]

Can't wait for Rohit to go

 

[Prince EWS]

If all things being neutral is the ideal, objectively fair state of contest between bat and ball, then is bowling inherently a lesser art because it withers and dies on roads like these?

If all things being neutral is the ideal, objectively fair state of contest between bat and ball, then is batting inherently a lesser art because it withers and dies on minefields?

 

[vcs]

Rahane's looked much better this series after that torrid run in England. Good signs.

 

[Spark]

If all things being neutral is the ideal, objectively fair state of contest between bat and ball, then is batting inherently a lesser art because it withers and dies on minefields?

Much better to be a batsman on an actual minefield tbf, all you have to do is make sure there are no mines right next to you

 

[trundler]

Is it physically possible for a keeper to shut the **** up? Was a fun exchange tho.