Australia v India
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:
@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.
Indeed so why is he playing then ?
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@MN5 said in Australia v India:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:
@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.
Indeed so why is he playing then ?
as a kiwi cricket fan you should know this better than most. Guys get rushed back when the pool of other options is paddling depth
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@mariner4life said in Australia v India:
@MN5 said in Australia v India:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:
@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.
Indeed so why is he playing then ?
as a kiwi cricket fan you should know this better than most. Guys get rushed back when the pool of other options is paddling depth
Historically yes but we have loads of guys banging on the door of the test team at the moment ( apparently )
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@MN5 said in Australia v India:
@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:
@MN5 he's nowhere near fully fit. If Pucovski was fit he might well have missed this game.
Indeed so why is he playing then ?
Because the other option is Joe Burns....
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@Hooroo said in Australia v India:
Did I just hear that right? India have used 20 players in this test series?
Not sure if correct but looks like they are debuting 3 players in this game and another two debuted in the last two games. So 20 players definitely seems about right.
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@LABCAT said in Australia v India:
@Hooroo said in Australia v India:
Did I just hear that right? India have used 20 players in this test series?
Not sure if correct but looks like they are debuting 3 players in this game and another two debuted in the last two games. So 20 players definitely seems about right.
Incredible to still be in this series!
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Not supporting India per se but definitely cheering some early wickets here!
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@No-Quarter said in Australia v India:
Not supporting India per se but definitely cheering some early wickets here!
I'm the same as they are the under-dog in this with all their players out
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Aus in a very NZ-like position of relying on the same two guys again
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@Bovidae said in Australia v India:
What result in this test helps NZ more? I thought we needed to cheer for Aust.
For Australia with 4 tests remaining (this test + 3 in South Africa)
- win 3 out of 4 against India/South Africa; or draw vs India and win 2 against South Africa
For India with 5 tests remaining (this test + 4 vs England):
- win 4 out of 5 against Australia/England; or win 3 and draw 2)
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It's complicated but Australia lose they will go below 70% so NZ would at least be in front of them. However they potentially have a 3 test tour to SA which is not confirmed or cancelled at this stage. If they lose this test I imagine that the chance of the SA series being cancelled will decrease quite a lot.
If Australia lose this test and do go to SA we will need SA to either win 1 test or draw 2.
India is a bit more simple as their series against England is definitely scheduled to go ahead. They need another 110 points from their next games so either 3 wins/2 draws or 4 wins will see them above NZ.
I think our best chance is an Indian win in this game.
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@mariner4life said in Australia v India:
Aus in a very NZ-like position of relying on the same two guys again
I hear ya. Thank goodness Henry Nicholls has stepped up as Rossco has been really unRossco like of late.
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@barbarian what is a decent first innings score looking like? 200 minimum and 250+ excellent?
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@Paekakboyz Looks like a pretty good deck for batting, I'd have 320 as par in the first innings.
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@barbarian said in Australia v India:
@Paekakboyz Looks like a pretty good deck for batting, I'd have 320 as par in the first innings.
typical Brisbane. Get through the first little bit and then it's a road for a few days. Always bat first at teh gabba
at least this year we weren't subjected to the weeks-long campaign to try and convince the visitors this year is different, it's a bit spicy, and you should definitely bowl first.
