1st Test Border Gavaskar Trophy November 22-26 1350hrs @ Perth Stadium

[Ephemeral Hope]

Is a tough situation for this innings. India don't need to take any risks, have virtually unlimited time and no actual pressure to score, so mentally have a pretty huge advantage over the bowlers (who can't really afford to even have any bad balls in an over at the moment considering we really need to restrict their lead to 150 or less).

We didn’t need to take risks I don’t know what we were doing. Day 1 of a test…

 

[danielnajdek]

India should declare. They already have enough.

 

[1990crow]

Pathetic game by Aussies so far

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

It’s like we’re bowling directly at the middle of their bats

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Yes but we have some of the best bowlers in the world too. Can they not do the same? It just feels like the strategy is off. We’re waiting for them to make mistakes but it’s not a limited overs match

You can’t just pluck it out of thin air Bumrah types come through once a decade (if not more). Cummins is an elite seam bowler he is but rarely swings it. Starc can be unplayable he also can bowl utter dross. Haze is very good as being an accurate bowler but he’s not Bumrah.

If you are not a swing bowler you can’t just say hey you know what I’ll be a swing bowler. Neser would have been near unplayable on this deck imo

 

[gtrxuone]

Pretty good start by India
Hope i mozz them,lol

 

[Richard Pryor]

We didn’t need to take risks I don’t know what we were doing. Day 1 of a test…

Our batting lineup is pretty poor at the moment, for years it has been one of Smith & Warner being crucial to building an innings. No Warner and Smith seemingly being in the Ponting-esque death rattle of his career exposes a lot of deficiencies that we've gotten away with for a while.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Yes. One is among the best few statistical bowlers of the literal thousands to have ever played at the highest level.

The others are ‘merely’ among, depending on the metrics you use, the best 30 or 40

One of the best bowlers to have ever played the game, Steyn the same. You either have it or you don’t.

Our trio are very good as a trio but they don’t have Bumrah quality individually

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Don’t you want it to hit the stumps? That’s what they did and half our team was lbw

Outside the off stump swinging in. Not the leg stump.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

You can’t just pluck it out of thin air Bumrah types come through once a decade (if not more). Cummins is an elite seam bowler he is but rarely swings it. Starc can be unplayable he also can bowl utter dross. Haze is very good as being an accurate bowler but he’s not Bumrah.

If you are not a swing bowler you can’t just say hey you know what I’ll be a swing bowler. Neser would have been near unplayable on this deck imo

Maybe I’m just annoyed the media’s blown smoke up the team’s asses.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Outside the off stump swinging in. Not the leg stump.

Fair enough makes sense

 

[ioppolo]

Our batting lineup is pretty poor at the moment, for years it has been one of Smith & Warner being crucial to building an innings. No Warner and Smith seemingly being in the Ponting-esque death rattle of his career exposes a lot of deficiencies that we've gotten away with for a while.

Also helped with Marnus going through a period of God like form and Head/Marsh popping up with something special when all else failed.

When they all fail though, the Tower of Babel goes with it.

 

[Some Idiot]

Pitch starting to look very flat

 

[Westend]

You can’t just pluck it out of thin air Bumrah types come through once a decade (if not more). Cummins is an elite seam bowler he is but rarely swings it. Starc can be unplayable he also can bowl utter dross. Haze is very good as being an accurate bowler but he’s not Bumrah.

If you are not a swing bowler you can’t just say hey you know what I’ll be a swing bowler. Neser would have been near unplayable on this deck imo

Just shows Bumrah is far superior to Cummins

 

[eltrain]

Yeah we’re going to end up chasing 350+ here

 

[Westend]

Pitch starting to look very flat

yeah its always nice to bat come day two and three in Perth

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Just shows Bumrah is far superior to Cummins

Cummins ability comes from a certain ‘clutch’ mentality where’s he’s come back from tough situations with pure willpower but it’s not from pure skill that just dominates

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Yeah we’re going to end up chasing 350+ here

Top and middle order couldn’t chase 35

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Maybe I’m just annoyed the media’s blown smoke up the team’s asses.

They are good bowlers they just aren’t Bumrah quality also why we scant produce pitches that move he’ll make us look silly all summer

 

[danielnajdek]

It wont be flat when we bat again.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Are these IPL contracts $5m per year or per 3 years?

 

[Moonwatcher]

It wont be flat when we bat again.

Warner has never seen a pitch flatten so quickly

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Are these IPL contracts $5m per year or per 3 years?

Oh maybe that’s what our spuds were worried about

 

[RookiePick]

India in the perfect position to grind our attack out of the series by batting long today and into tomorrow.

Conditions easing as much as they will for batting. Hot weather that we aren't conditioned to yet. Perfect storm of our own making in 2 hours of ineptitude yesterday afternoon.

Good times.

 

[gtrxuone]

It wont be flat when we bat again.

India used the heavy roller between innings.Flattened the wicket out +the warmer weather.