Australia v India

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I decided to go out for the afternoon because the game was dragging. On the metro and that happens...

KiwiMurph

Mitch Marsh: specialist catcher.

What's the rules with 12th men fielders? Seriously he should be a fielding 12th man going forward

NTA

@NTA said in Australia v India:

Mitch Marsh: specialist catcher.

What's the rules with 12th men fielders? Seriously he should be a fielding 12th man going forward

and put Marnus in the dugout...

NTA

Holy shit this game moves fast

NTA

And I'm missing it....

Chris B.

Pant throws his wicket away and now India crumbling. They may well need Bumrah to save them again!

KiwiMurph

Konstas was built to be an Aussie test cricketer

First test and the cocky prick with plenty of chat under the lid

KiwiMurph

Aus should get a dozen overs with the new ball (if they need them)

bayimports

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

Aus should get a dozen overs with the new ball (if they need them)

To be fair if they fail to take the wickets then for me it is all on Cummins, new ball has been crucial for both teams in the last two days. I would have had India batting earlier

Chris B.

@bayimports Yeah - late yesterday, I think Shastri said Lyon or Boland not getting out might actually be hurting Australia's chances.

Because I'm very conservative and from a different era, I wouldn't have had the balls to declare - but, I was surprised they didn't. Baz would've pulled the plug with an hour to go.

NTA

An hour to go would have left India a target well under 300 with a full day + 10 overs. Easy get

KiwiMurph

That shows the limits of snicko

Snicko isn't perfect

NTA

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

That shows the limits of snicko

Snicko isn't perfect

But it is racist 😜

Dan54

Snicko isn't perfect, looked like ball deflected. Shows perhaps that Snicko shouldn't be used??

KiwiMurph

@Dan54 said in Australia v India:

Snicko isn't perfect, looked like ball deflected. Shows perhaps that Snicko shouldn't be used??

It was used perfectly there. It's part of the process not the be all and end all. Doesn't mean you should get rid of it

Chris B.

@NTA said in Australia v India:

An hour to go would have left India a target well under 300 with a full day + 10 overs. Easy get

Baz regularly made me shit my pants! He usually got it right.

Dan54

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

@Dan54 said in Australia v India:

Snicko isn't perfect, looked like ball deflected. Shows perhaps that Snicko shouldn't be used??

It was used perfectly there. It's part of the process not the be all and end all. Doesn't mean you should get rid of it

Yep, whet I meant is when they use snicko to decide whether a batsman is out LBW. I not keen on all tech maybe, but it shows it still not perfect etc.

NTA

Now here is a trap that we've fallen into before: Thinking we could just use our paceman to get tail enders out.

Needs to be managed carefully, although Cricinfo says the ball is starting to swing reverse

Chris B.

@NTA Lyon back on. Good move.

Also need to make sure Starc and Cummins have gas in the tank when they get the new ball.

NTA

Alex with the updated attendance figures. "Final Day 5 attendance is 74,362. The total attendance of 373,691."
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