Aussie Cricket
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
@Damo only way we can win it is run down India before lunch on day 4 then push into a leaf and try to rip them out on a wearing deck
Test cricket?
Just on my point here.
Think some of the pitch whinging has been a bit OTT.
Yeah the pitch is a bit dodgy but surely grinding out a decent first innings in a test is what test cricket actually is? Just coz it's not 360 for 8 on day one doesn't mean it's not good cricket.
I'll admit the Rahane lbw to Lyon was next to unplayable. But it's test cricket.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
India dawdle to 7 declared for just shy of 450. Kohli wasn't going to expose his bowlers to more short stuff, and fair enough IMHO. Tricky 7 overs negotiated down to 6 after young bloke got rapped on the helm.
Aussie start again tomorrow at
0/88/0Fixed it for you. In future can you try and remember you're on a New Zealand forum. Cheers.
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@Siam @booboo if it looked anything like survival to the end of the day as per the previous test, you might have a point. But at 2 wickets down, and very little swing or seam or spin, there was no excuse. They just dawdled, completely uninterested in getting anything like a challenging lead in a challenging time.
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@Siam said in Aussie Cricket:
@booboo Yep, wonder if Aus were 220 for 2 if the wailing would be so whiney?
If Australia is touring and a substandard pitch turns up it is decried by the Aussie media as home cooking.
Australian groundsman prepare a pitch that overplays to Australia's strengths to teh detriment of the contest and the entire format of test cricket is the issue.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
@rotated Aussie public has had enough of road beds.
yep, gone are the days of the Aussie test venues having decent pitches that were all a bit different. Over the last few years they all turned in to variations of the same flat belter for batting. Shit, they had to make Adelaide a day/nighter to get a result there.
Then the last test in Perth sort of got people to remember what a decent pitch could look like, so when this thing was served up, people fucking hated it.
And while it is easy to paint this as entitled Aussie fans whinging about India's play, that's not what i have seen. The ire seems directed at the wicket, which has led to this standard of play.
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Australia in deep shit now at 89/4.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Cricket:
Australia in deep shit now at 89/4.
Yeah pretty disappointing pitch really - after India enforce the follow on later tonight we are looking down the barrel of another test that won't make the fifth day.
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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Aussie Cricket:
Australia in deep shit now at 89/4.
pitch must be shit
Pitch doesn't produce shit technique
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Bumrah takes 3 in 9 deliveries and Aus all out for 151. India batting again already 292 in front.
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Cummins 3/2 in a short burst. Kohli for a duck.
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@ACT-Crusader not bad bowling to the field but hardly inspiring at this point. India know they can fart around all afternoon at this stage.
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