Your gutsy calls for 2020

[Burgey]

The Australia-India test series at the end of this year will be the most rancorous in decades, and there will be bulk fines and suspensions handed out during and after it.

 

[Daemon]

The Australia-India test series at the end of this year will be the most rancorous in decades, and there will be bulk fines and suspensions handed out during and after it.

That's really gutsy, personally I don't think James has the authority to fine anyone on CW.

 

[Adders]

The Australia-India test series at the end of this year will be the most rancorous in decades, and there will be bulk fines and suspensions handed out during and after it.

Nah mate, after that SA series Australia has lost every ounce of **** about it. They're ***** cats now.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Nah mate, after that SA series Australia has lost every ounce of **** about it. They're ***** cats now.

Your lot had Jos bloody Buttler trying to put on some tough guy shtick, about as cringeworthy as it can get. Copping a spray from him is like being hit over the head with a foam pool noodle



You really don't have a leg to stand on on this one

 

[Daemon]

At most we’ll get some witty Banter from Paine, who’s not even the best Tim in Australia.

 

[Burgey]

Nah mate, after that SA series Australia has lost every ounce of **** about it. They're ***** cats now.

Nah, it'll be on like Donkey Kong. There's an understandable feeling that India's win out here last year was thoroughly hollow and needs to be put right, so Australia will be fired up. At the same time, India hasn't lost a big series in ages and won't appreciate being dicked 3-0. It'll boil over for sure.

 

[Daemon]

I’m quietly confident we will lose all the tests.

 

[stephen]

I’m quietly confident we will lose all the tests.

Depends on Bumrah's fitness IMO. He's the key for India and has the potential to exploit Australia's weakness. The real problem for India is Smith who will be out for blood after a quiet 19/20 and having watched Australia lose in 18/19.

 

[vcs]

I’m quietly confident we will lose all the tests.

Let the Gambhiring begin early!

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is just justified pessimism.

If India are 1 wicket away from a series win and Australia need 150 I still won't feel India will win. That's proper gambhiring.

 

[honestbharani]

It really depends on the first day. If they get us in strife early, then we will likely lose all morale and fold up like NZ did earlier this year.

 

[vcs]

TBF, they had us in a lot of trouble on day 1 in Adelaide on the last trip also, and 250 didn't seem like a competitive total.

Also, not many would have picked us to go on and dominate the rest of the series after they beat us convincingly in Perth.

 

[Burgey]

India’s pace attack is now very well suited to out here. Bumrah brings something different and is an all round gun, Sharma gets good bounce and no longer bowls a four ball an over. But Shami is the one who gets under rated imo. Bowled some telling spells out here last year. Love his work in general.

It really should be a cracking series. Hope all the bowlers are fit and firing. Will be epic. From an Australian POV there’s hopefully not a Harris, Khawaja or a Marsh sighted off Dobroyd’s.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Rory Burns to outscore all other test openers in 2020
Jofra Archer to be leading wicket taker in test cricket

This went well, picked 2 crocks.

 

[Daemon]

India’s pace attack is now very well suited to out here. Bumrah brings something different and is an all round gun, Sharma gets good bounce and no longer bowls a four ball an over. But Shami is the one who gets under rated imo. Bowled some telling spells out here last year. Love his work in general.

It really should be a cracking series. Hope all the bowlers are fit and firing. Will be epic. From an Australian POV there’s hopefully not a Harris, Khawaja or a Marsh sighted off Dobroyd’s.

It’s our batting that I’m worried about more than anything. We struggled plenty of times despite the Pujara heroics and Haze/Starc looking off colour. I’m not so sure we’ll have that this time.

 

[Burgey]

Maybe, who knows who'll be available and firing and who won't be this far out. Hopefully they're all good to go. I just think that with all things being equal, a line up with Warner, Labushagne and Smith in it is very likely to keep India in the field for a fair while longer than last summer's which was 80s level bad and not equipped to handle what is a very good Indian pace line up. It's a different game if you're putting 350 plus up instead of getting rolled for 200 odd a lot of the time. They'll basically look to grind them into the ground like Pujara did to our fellas last year.

 

[honestbharani]

I agree. Hence I think the role of the spinners from both sides and how each batting line up plays them will be telling.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rahane needs to be much better this time around, couple of decent fifties like last year isn't going to cut it. The openers are probably less dodgy than last time even though neither of them have techniques particularly suited to the conditions. Wouldn't be surprised if Rohit tons up once in the series though .

The keeper/all rounder spots are going to be interesting too. Pant made some good runs which I'm not sure Saha is capable of, but he seems to have fallen out of favour recently. And hardik hasn't played a test in what feels like eons. Not sure I'd drop any of the specialist pacers for him but they might do it.

 

[Burgey]

I agree. Hence I think the role of the spinners from both sides and how each batting line up plays them will be telling.

All the spinners are pretty average at best though. If Lyon's fit, I think he'll be better than either Ashwon't or Jadjea but I don't think it'll matter because I don't really think any of them will threaten unless something untoward happens and there's a rank turner of a deck. It's just going to come down to whether India can get Warner, Labushagne and Smith cheaply. If they don't it'll be a long tour.

 

[honestbharani]

Nah.. I have more time for all 3 of them than you do, though I probably rate them in the opposite order that you do. Baldy always bowls the lines that batsmen feel like they can line up, especially if the seamers give nothing away, and I am sure he will get a few if he keeps that up. AshWIN depends on how fit he is but I have not seen him bowl too many bad spells from 2018, both home and away. In fact, apart from injuries, he has been more consistent and asked more questions regularly of batsmen than he ever did in his career. Won't rule out him taking a bunch and being key for India across the series. Jadeja is hit and miss as I do agree he won't be all that threatening but if he plays as the #6 and second spinner, he can sneak a few if the others bowl well, sorta like how Baldy gets the wickets against us there.