Australian Cricket Season 2018-2019

[sjk]

No Lyon to start? Silly captaincy IMO.

I reckon they just wanted to see whether Starc might have an "on" or "off" day. Sometimes it comes out of his hand beautifully right from the start.

 

[rock86]

Geez Lyon has bowled without luck this innings!

 

[sjk]

Geez Lyon has bowled without luck this innings!

He's basically contained some of the world's best players of spin... great performance for little reward to this point.

 

[drron]

IMHO the worst case scenario will be dismissing the rest of the Indians cheaply as it would give our batsmen way too much time to fail.

 

[JohnK]

IMHO the worst case scenario will be dismissing the rest of the Indians cheaply as it would give our batsmen way too much time to fail.

The lead is up over 300. I am not sure the Ponting or Clarke experienced teams can chase that down.

 

[Pushka]

The lead is up over 300. I am not sure the Ponting or Clarke experienced teams can chase that down.

They could hold out for a draw if Indians bat too long. I’d expect a declaration just after tea if not before.

 

[sjk]

Not sure why India have been so impatient after lunch... too much time left in the game for them to be batting like this.

 

[sjk]

Moronic batting and moronic captaincy if they were told to bat that way.

 

[CaptJCool]

Well bang, bang, bang like a 303 and out they went.


PS FOR THOSE WITH AN EAGLE EYE, I did pass on my compliments to the scoreboard humourist
The Quackery was Golden

 

[JohnK]

They could hold out for a draw if Indians bat too long. I’d expect a declaration just after tea if not before.

I don't understand why India threw it away towards. Stupid tactics. A victory is possible.

Finch extremely lucky to avoid a pair second ball.

 

[CaptJCool]

I don't understand why India threw it away towards. Stupid tactics. A victory is possible.

Finch extremely lucky to avoid a pair second ball.

That’s GOLDEN LUCK

PS we didn’t see the replay of the ball hitting the pads cause once it was over the line, that was it

 

[Pushka]

I don't understand why India threw it away towards. Stupid tactics. A victory is possible.

Finch extremely lucky to avoid a pair second ball.

You are suggesting they got out deliberately then.

 

[Pushka]

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Well bang, bang, bang like a 303 and out they went.


PS FOR THOSE WITH AN EAGLE EYE, I did pass on my compliments to the scoreboard humourist
The Quackery was Golden

Too blurred.

 

[JohnK]

You are suggesting they got out deliberately then.

Not at all. They threw their wickets away. India deserve to lose this match.

 

[Pushka]

Not at all. They threw their wickets away. India deserve to lose this match.

Weren’t they several wickets down so it’s the bowlers who got out without doing much? Hardly deserving that they now lose because of that!

 

[rock86]

I don't get it, Khawaja did so well in UAE with rotating the strike against good spinners on tougher wickets. Yet both innings he's got bogged down and let the bowlers dictate him, whether his mind is elsewhere (which IS understandable) he really needs to sort his head out before Perth because we need him firing.

 

[JohnK]

Weren’t they several wickets down so it’s the bowlers who got out without doing much? Hardly deserving that they now lose because of that!

Pant, Ashwin and the bowlers. Lost 4/4 at the end and 5/25 after cruising.

 

[Pushka]

Pant, Ashwin and the bowlers. Lost 4/4 at the end and 5/25 after cruising.

You mean the Indian tail enders performed similarly to Australian top end batsman so India deserves to lose?

 

[JohnK]

I don't get it, Khawaja did so well in UAE with rotating the strike against good spinners on tougher wickets.

He wasn't facing Ashwin in UAE. Why is Ashwin so underrated?

 

[rock86]

He wasn't facing Ashwin in UAE. Why is Ashwin so underrated?

I'm not underrating Ashiwn, I'm saying his mindset is completely different to that he employed so well in the UAE against some very good spinners also.