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

[FreoRicci]

I'd bat till lunch tomorrow but I guess India want the 5th day off.

Make the target 600 by morning session and the only result is either a draw or India win

 

[Plugger35]

Declaration incoming.

India going for the kill.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Get Marnus on

Virat wouldn’t want to get out to Marnus

 

[Marshland]

Absolute zero fight in this side. You could see it clearly yesterday, Cummins' body language was atrocious.

First Test of the summer and they can't be bothered. Cool and normal.

They play only for the perks eg: Coldplay

 

[zumahawk]

Worst Australian performance I've seen for ages. Why is Marsh playing?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

marsh… such a nothing bowler

At his best he's a completely fine bowler.

Whatever this is...below Grade level. Webster should be licking his lips if Marsh fails with the bat again 2nd dig.

 

[FreoRicci]

marsh… such a nothing bowler

Always has been. He’s not an all rounder more than Labs is.

 

[MJG14]

This is garbage bowling from Marsh at 120km/h.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Make the target 600 by morning session and the only result is either a draw or India win

Funny you actually think we are still a chance and I’ll say the only result is an India win

 

[gtrxuone]

3 overs could get Kohli to a,100

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

There has to be changes for the next test.

 

[Gavin Excell]

India need to put foot on jugular and expose our flimsy batting last hour

 

[74561347]

Chris Green too, Zampa played a bit back of last year. Yeah look not confident but purely on what he has I’ll go Sangha zilch confidence

Green is in the same boat as Zampa. Goes well in the shorter formats where batsmen have to attack them and being accurate with a change of pace and a wrongun can be enough. Long form they struggle where they dont have the tools to get batsmen out who can wait for the bad ball and put it away.

Same thing happened to Xavier Doherty when he went from ODI to test cricket

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

At his best he's a completely fine bowler.

Whatever this is...below Grade level. Webster should be licking his lips if Marsh fails with the bat again 2nd dig.

Didn’t he win Australian player of the year

 

[SC_Power]

Been a while since we’ve been slapped around with disdain in a Test like this.

This isn’t just losing, this is sending a big message.

 

[chriso11]

The one positive … bowlers can’t say they didn’t get overs in their legs

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Worst Australian performance I've seen for ages. Why is Marsh playing?

Don't you remember the WI debacle last summer? And had they held chances, we'd have lost a Test to Pakistan too.

This is becoming a disturbing pattern with this side.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Don't you remember the WI debacle last summer? And had they held chances, we'd have lost a Test to Pakistan too.

This is becoming a disturbing pattern with this side.

Papered over cracks

 

[zumahawk]

Don't you remember the WI debacle last summer? And had they held chances, we'd have lost a Test to Pakistan too.

This is becoming a disturbing pattern with this side.

I stand corrected.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Mitch Marsh is not the answer as a batting all-rounder.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Funny you actually think we are still a chance and I’ll say the only result is an India win

Just requires our top 6 each get 100

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Green is in the same boat as Zampa. Goes well in the shorter formats where batsmen have to attack them and being accurate with a change of pace and a wrongun can be enough. Long form they struggle where they dont have the tools to get batsmen out who can wait for the bad ball and put it away.

Same thing happened to Xavier Doherty when he went from ODI to test cricket

Think it’s a wait and see with all these leg spinners- I’ll go sangha purely as he has the variations and that’s a start but more a punt than a confident pick. Could be someone that hasn’t even debuted (under 19’s from last year had a couple of spinner)

 

[eddiesmith]

Only downside for India is there’s a week off between tests, so belting the bowlers for 2 days won’t have the same affect as if it was back to back tests.

 

[dumb]

Absolute zero fight in this side. You could see it clearly yesterday, Cummins' body language was atrocious.

First Test of the summer and they can't be bothered. Cool and normal.

been a mixture of going through the motions and the usual general tactical ineptitude

must feel like absolute shite getting knocked over for 100 then looking at a 500 run chase. hope they pick themselves up off the floor before they bat.

 

[Marshland]

There has to be changes for the next test.

Particularly with the batting. I vote for Konstas coming in, pushing McSweeney down to 3.