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

[FullyBigKPro]

Cummins bowling looks short of a gallop.... doesn't look as sharp as I thought he'd be

 

[Westend]

If we lose this series. Him and the whole team should be ashamed. Can’t beat India at home, can barely even win a test over there. We’d deserve to be as much of a laughing stock as the Pom’s are here

still a long way to go in this series....but so far it doesn't look good

Coldplay Cummins....might haunt him for a while ..you don't give up playing for your country to go to a bloody rock concert

 

[Westend]

Cummins has stood up and won Australia quite a few tests in recent years with both bat and ball.

yeah he has but his legacy will be defined as captain this series and the Ashes IMO

 

[beez]

still a long way to go in this series....but so far it doesn't look good

Coldplay Cummins....might haunt him for a while ..you don't give up playing for your country to go to a bloody rock concert

Why would it haunt him?

Seriously.

What has doing something socially got to do with performing in a Test series? Especially given his exceptional performance for such a sustained period of time.

 

[Some Idiot]

Jaiswal just getting a touch antsy? Used to scoring faster than this.

 

[celestial]

Fair to expect both batting sides to be rusty in the first test, given their recent form.
Would expect a lot better batting from the second test onwards as they will have time to make the necessary adjustments.

 

[Aussie pie]

still a long way to go in this series....but so far it doesn't look good

Coldplay Cummins....might haunt him for a while ..you don't give up playing for your country to go to a bloody rock concert

If it was Queen and Freddie was singing I’d miss anything to see that, but I don’t think that’ll happen.

 

[eltrain]

we’re 1.5 days into a five test series that most people expected us to win in a canter.

No need to start throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Jaiswal just getting a touch antsy? Used to scoring faster than this.

Great let’s let him score until he gets bored and slogs out. If we spent 20-40 runs on each player to make a mistake or get bored we should be chasing about 350

 

[Run n Spread]

“beating the edge” feels like one of those junk stats in afl that people like to use to justify players having a game with no touches but lots of pressure acts

Yep and when they do get out they were good enough to hit it

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

we’re 1.5 days into a five test series that most people expected us to win in a canter.

No need to start throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

I just am wondering how we improve here and everyone gave me the answer of sorry our bowlers just aren’t good enough they don’t have a gear to go up. I guess we just hope bumrah bowls too much and has to miss some tests. And our B graders are better than their C grade rest of the attack.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

We have absolutely no clue on how to keep the pressure on.

 

[celestial]

How many poor test match performances would you give steve Smith before replacing him?

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Yep and when they do get out they were good enough to hit it

I wonder if I’d enjoy cricket more if I muted the commentary

 

[Westend]

come on pat time for a wicket

 

[Run n Spread]

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

Need a bit more intent. Maybe not go full baz ball but well set seen the new ball off time to execute and get some runs.
Like that beautiful straight drive

 

[k31th]

sweet sounding straight drive

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

come on pat time for a wicket

even if we let them score 30 per partnership we’re ****ed

 

[danielnajdek]

Nice juicy half volley from Pat.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Our guys are looking like Ollie Robinson

 

[Run n Spread]

I wonder if I’d enjoy cricket more if I muted the commentary

Do it and just hang out and watch

 

[Plugger35]

still a long way to go in this series....but so far it doesn't look good

Coldplay Cummins....might haunt him for a while ..you don't give up playing for your country to go to a bloody rock concert

He is allowed to have a life outside of playing cricket and calling Coldplay a rock concert is bit much, they are soft rock at best.

If he'd gone to a proper rock concert like Midnight Oil people would be more forgiving, his biggest crime was going to see Coldplay

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[Ephemeral Hope]

Do it and just hang out and watch

I’ll actually try it at least til drinks. But I wish I could still have the sound of bat and ball/the crowd.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Not exactly setting the world on fire with that bowling performance so far.

 

[Some Idiot]

Great let’s let him score until he gets bored and slogs out. If we spent 20-40 runs on each player to make a mistake or get bored we should be chasing about 350

Dot ball pressure worked pretty well for Mcgrath