*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Daemon]

Must be so hard for opening batsmen facing Starc and Haze first up. Against one you need to play at everything and the other leave as much as possible.

 

[stephen]

The "Hazlewood hallway of hesitation" is great.

 

[trundler]

Good start from Haze. Expect him to have a wood over the Indian batsmen soon.

 

[Daemon]

That second last ball from Haze there was a good example for the bowlers that both swing and seam it camp. They showed a closeup of his grip and it was distinctly different from his usual away swinging deliveries with the new ball.

 

[Daemon]

Commentators openly talking about pitch tampering. Typical cheating Australians.

 

[stephen]

Commentators openly talking about pitch tampering. Typical cheating Australians.

Huh?

 

[stephen]

Haze looking good.

Want to get Kohli in ASAP while the ball is new.

 

[mr_mister]

Aw yeah I might switch over to 7mate to watch the wbbl that sounds like a fun idea


#pipebomb

 

[Spark]

This is really frustrating from Starc

 

[trundler]

Quality from Haze. Can feel a brain explosion coming. Rahul to dilscoop an outswinging length ball.

 

[Daemon]

Huh?

Warne was talking about how they used to put on extra long spikes and dig them into the pitch to help the spinners. Was suggesting Starc do the same.

Awful isn't it. Hardly surprising though :/

 

[trundler]

Goddammit Starc

 

[Daemon]

This is pretty trash from Starc. He's somehow getting away with it because the bad balls are too wide for them to want anything to do with it.

Haze on the other end is seriously on point. His pace is up too, bordering the 140s.

 

[Spark]

This is pretty trash from Starc. He's somehow getting away with it because the bad balls are too wide for them to want anything to do with it.

Haze on the other end is seriously on point. His pace is up too, bordering the 140s.

Bad balls would at least be inviting the batsman to do something ill advised

 

[OverratedSanity]

Would not be surprised if Starc got the breakthrough after bowling filth. Haelwood's spell has been stifling.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Vijay looks so dodgy, completely done in by that inswinger. Just lucky Hazelwood didn't quite get the line right.

 

[stephen]

Hazlewood with 4 maidens on the trot. And not by bowling wide filth, but by putting the ball on a good line and length.

 

[mr_mister]

Rahul and Vijay are basically having an unofficial shoot out for who has to give up their sport to Shaw next test right?

 

[trundler]

These 2 need to rotate the strike better. Else it'll get all too easy for the bowlers to work them over.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lmao @ Rahul playing an expansive lofted drive right as Gavaskar was complimenting his discipline.