Aussie Cricket
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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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@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
What is this obsession with not enforcing the follow on?
Bloody VVS.
Liked Isa Guha's term "FOFO" (fear of follow on).
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
What is this obsession with not enforcing the follow on?
Bloody VVS.
Liked Isa Guha's term "FOFO" (fear of follow on).
Because all the cricket world except you 😉, has worked out that the state and fitness of your bowlers on a road in 30+ degrees is a better indicator of a win than scoreboard appearance after 1 innings.
Seriously Boo, your bowlers have to fire up again, their batters are uber determined, you might have to bat on a day 5 pitch after bossing the whole game, and fucken bowlers love a "well done lad, have a rest". A follow on has romantic history but doesn't stack up logically when " missionary position" cricket will get you a draw minimum and a win likely
Follow on against a poor team IF you rolled them in under 45 overs, otherwise simply bat again, bat them out of the game, and get your bowlers to do their thing.
After 3 days of dominance, you don't give these fucken Aussies (whose entire cricket identity has, for the last 9 months, been living on a wing and a prayer), even a sniff at some folklore resistance shit on boxing day test
No mate, keep the foot down and skin this cat in good time, a follow on is a relief for Australia
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@Siam said in Aussie Cricket:
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
What is this obsession with not enforcing the follow on?
Bloody VVS.
Liked Isa Guha's term "FOFO" (fear of follow on).
@booboo said in Aussie Cricket:
What is this obsession with not enforcing the follow on?
Bloody VVS.
Liked Isa Guha's term "FOFO" (fear of follow on).
Because all the cricket world except you 😉, has worked out that the state and fitness of your bowlers on a road in 30+ degrees is a better indicator of a win than scoreboard appearance after 1 innings.
Seriously Boo, your bowlers have to fire up again, their batters are uber determined, you might have to bat on a day 5 pitch after bossing the whole game, and fucken bowlers love a "well done lad, have a rest". A follow on has romantic history but doesn't stack up logically when " missionary position" cricket will get you a draw minimum and a win likely
Follow on against a poor team IF you rolled them in under 45 overs, otherwise simply bat again, bat them out of the game, and get your bowlers to do their thing.
After 3 days of dominance, you don't give these fucken Aussies (whose entire cricket identity has, for the last 9 months, been living on a wing and a prayer), even a sniff at some folklore resistance shit on boxing day test
No mate, keep the foot down and skin this cat in good time, a follow on is a relief for Australia
So 54 for 5 is keeping the foot down?
Bullshit.
Whilst theyre still in front they've lost momentum.
You rolled them for one-fitty. They're jumpy. They hate Bumrah. They're desperate to scrape to get 300 to make you bat again. 300! Your bowlers have another 2 hours max to bowl then get a good night's rest.
And "road"? Fuck how many wickets fell today?
VVS has spooked the world unduly. Should have followed on and they'd have won by tea tomorrow.
