India v Aus

NTA

@NTA said in India v Aus:

6 down for -95 and suddenly they're going to take a first innings lead. FFS...

Spoke too soon on the innings lead

1 run.

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KiwiMurph

Advantage Australia again as Head is going full Bazball.

NTA

@KiwiMurph said in India v Aus:

Advantage Australia again as Head is going full Bazball.

Warner: try not to get out and protect my batting average

Head: fucking up this guy's bowling average is my jam

NTA

So from 1 for a few overnight, we're now fucked.

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Usman Khawaja, 5.5 ov), 2-65 (Travis Head, 12.6 ov), 3-85 (Steven Smith, 18.6 ov), 4-95 (Marnus Labuschagne, 21.4 ov), 5-95 (Matt Renshaw, 22.6 ov), 6-95 (Peter Handscomb, 23.1 ov), 7-95 (Pat Cummins, 23.2 ov)

Fuck me.

nzzp

110/8. Far out.

nzzp

Australia all out 113.
Jadeja 7/42
Ashwin 3/59

9 wickets in 90 minutes.

NTA

Utter poo.

NTA

That said - look at this rubbish:

NTA

Counter-counter point: there were some terrible shots in that innings I might add. Sure that ball kept low, but why was he playing it off the back foot like that, KNOWING it would be shit?

KiwiMurph

This could be an exciting finish.

A lot of runs still to get.

KiwiMurph

Can't help agree with Waugh - this is a very strange field setting - you need to be attacking to take wickets surely.

Chris

ACT Crusader

@Chris said in India v Aus:

I’m surprised Sportsbet did post their odds on “a sweep” in that tweet…

antipodean

@ACT-Crusader said in India v Aus:

@Chris said in India v Aus:

I’m surprised Sportsbet did post their odds on “a sweep” in that tweet…

Clean sweep pays 5:2

Billy Tell

Watched the highlights of Aussie 2nd innings. Some shot selection poor but the pitch was a joke. Basically cheating imho.

antipodean

Indians didn't make the Australian batsmen throw their wickets away.

Donsteppa

From the bits I saw, it looked like one of those pitches where you had to force yourself to play forward - almost regardless of what the initial read of the length tells you, or any back foot preferences. Easier said than done against Ashwin and Jadeja though.

Looks like future squad selections for Indian tours may need to mirror their likely LH/RH bat combinations to avoid one sided watering... not that we'll ever have that top order selection luxury.

NTA

@Donsteppa said in India v Aus:

not that we'll ever have that top order selection luxury.

Are you a lefty? Might get a call up

nzzp

India Australia test 3 kicks off. Arguably the biggest series in world cricket.

Anyhoo, pitch looks a day 3 turner already, Starc had two wickets in the first over if he reviewed them (he didn't; not out) and India rollicking along at 26/0 after 5 overs. It's not boring!

Got an indian mate stopping by later to watch some ... probably India racking upa massive total already. Spin introduced in the 6th over by Australia. A good toss to win.

nzzp

Sharma stumped. Ball truning massively already. Far out

The Silver Fern

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