Australia v India

[ACT Crusader]

@Hooroo said in Australia v India:

@antipodean said in Australia v India:

Not a lot coming off the middle of the bat though. He'll either get his eye in, or an edge will go to a fielder.

?? Apart from the top edge I would say they are very much out of the middle. Especially his defense.

And even then the top edge wasn’t that risky given fine leg was squarish.

Will has looked good.

[nzzp]

@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v India:

Will has looked good.

His bat looks about 6 inches wide. You can see why he's rated so highly. THe concussion could be the only headache (arf arf). He looks very very hard to get out

Bumrah is some bowler, too. Just great control, pace and bounce.

[KiwiMurph]

Doesn't seem to be too many demons in this pitch?

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

Doesn't seem to be too many demons in this pitch?

Is this where we start the, imagine if we were batting on this wicket 😀

[KiwiMurph]

Pant drops a catch. Not the strongest with the gloves is he.

[Donsteppa]

Poor keeping from Pant there.

[Donsteppa]

And again. Pant might be a decent batsman, but his keeping is substandard at this level.

[KiwiMurph]

Australia well on top here.

India mentally haven't turned up.

[antipodean]

Well done Pucovski. Great 50.

[KiwiMurph]

Steve Smith will be chuffed - good platform for whenever he has to come in.

[ACT Crusader]

Plumb as plumb

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

Steve Smith will be chuffed - good platform for whenever he has to come in.

...and bring all of his nervous energy and antics to the crease...

[KiwiMurph]

@ACT-Crusader haha Bumrah can't help but laugh.

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:

Australia well on top here.

India mentally haven't turned up.

Maybe BUT:

• Conditions haven't helped. I haven't seen the whole day's play but there isn't as much assistance off the deck as Melbourne.
• Yadav not being there is also a factor
• The openers being openers helps. Not one guy with zero form and the other middle order batsmen who looks like he's on speed.

[KiwiMurph]

@NTA well i'm not sure Warner made any difference but otherwise agree

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph also: new guy bowler might have a wicket but is also getting spanked and relieving pressure

[KiwiMurph]

@NTA he looks to have a bit of the Matt Henry's about him - too many loose balls.

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph real circuit breaker for Australia - Pucovski cut him a couple of times to bring up 50 and Smith also drove him a bit.

Now Loose Bus Change is getting on board as well. Think the aggression factor has gone up a bit - wait out Bumrah and Ashwin and pick on the new guys.

[ACT Crusader]

@NTA said in Australia v India:

@KiwiMurph also: new guy bowler might have a wicket but is also getting spanked and relieving pressure

Didn’t come on at a great time. Two set batsmen, not a lot on offer with the wicket.

He got Will with a very good ball though.

[Donsteppa]

Poor captaincy from Rahane today. He left bowling Jadaja until far too late, while leaving Ashwin on half the day to bowl a ton of innocuous deliveries, which when they did turn, were generally too straight.