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

[Doggy]

Hahahaha dumb country to be honest nothing on news on impending West provoked nuclear war like a small outback town is Australia all the headlines will be about our overpaid cricketers playing like swamp insects

Take this bullshit somewhere else hero

 

[t_94]

I have my 5 changes ready to go. Two batsmen, 2 bowlers and the all-rounder. Bowlers possibly unlucky but in their middish 30s and once the pitch settled, they couldn't penetrate at all.

Stop the press, Jimthegreat has made his selections for the 2nd test.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Agree. Scintillating cricket by India. The batting line up will cop their fair share, but to be honest as someone who has played and coached a lot of cricket, the difference in the seamers is what has concerned me the most. Siraj and bumrah look to be playing on a completely different wicket to Cum, Hoff and Starc.

And this compounds the batting woes as such is test cricket. Being unable to break partnerships because your bowling is tepid, just means your bats are sun baked and exhausted by the time they are supposed to mount something monumental against a savage India pace trio.

I think Hazelwood was pretty good overall but Starc and Cummins have had absolute stinkers

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Play them all in the PM XI's 2 day game

All for it

 

[Shuestar13]

Ronald, Dad’s Army and the arrogance of CA getting their medicine. Lovely

 

[The King!]

By the time you wrote this reply, I had already edited my post and recognised I f*cked up, misread your point. My bad.

And I agree with your actual point. I would drop Marnus before Smith.

ha ha sorry

 

[Stottzy]

How do you know he said it was plum?

He was shaking his head at the end of the count. He was not happy that was reviewed.

 

[fs88]

Pretty cowardly of Khawaja not to take strike first up. Wth was he thinking!?

 

[Cleavy]

I thought these Shield games currently in progress were all supposed to be D/N with the pink ball, but the NSW vs Tassie game isn't. huh?

 

[Jimthegreat]

Stop the press, Jimthegreat has made his selections for the 2nd test.

Yes! Once I have spoken everyone bows and says "yes sir". Just you remember it...haha.

That's Sir Jimthegreat to you...lol.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Pretty cowardly of Khawaja not to take strike first up. Wth was he thinking!?

I think you just answerd your own question

 

[Linda Lovelace]

They won a WTC and World cup in the last couple of years.

So you are wrong

Nobody is saying they've been complete sh*t, but a champion team wins away test series regularly, rarely loses at home/draw home test series vs bunnies. This team has won some championships, but it is not a champion team.

They have a level of undeserved arrogance that is ridiculous considering how poor they are compared to past Australian sides.

 

[Belnakor]

Lottery pitches produced and India lost the lottery 3 times

The first test was purely India not being in the fight as soon as they got their head into they scored 400 in the second innings.

But yeah the second two pitches were absolute bunsens and nz won the toss in both lol

 

[Jamz]

The worst I have seen us play, to be in the position we are in.. in Perth of all places? This is supposed to be our bread and butter, fast and pacy tracks. Nobody in our top 6 has looked like consistently being able to get it off the square. Once upon a time the BCCI insisted they don't have to play in Perth. They'll be lining up to play again next time around, what a demolition job.

 

[Marshland]

India, England and South Africa all capable of beating us at home.

Pakistan had their chances against our A team in 2 of the tests last summer and West Indies did draw a series with our A team

Please those mugs play 5 test series every few years and their last test win here came 13 years ago when we were at our lowest.

 

[Chism]

Crazy talk. Take this rubbish to Truth Social.

Wait and see.

 

[hawkman]

Please those mugs play 5 test series every few years and their last test win here came 13 years ago when we were at our lowest.

I would argue we may be at level now and may even drop deeper than that within 12 months with the amount of changes that need to happen

 

[reubski23]

I was born in 89 - this and the 2010 ashes is the worst we have looked in my time.

The sad things is that there doesn’t seem like great batting talent coming through. Things turn around pretty quickly though McSweeny will be ok, Green and Head give us something to build around. The best thing the selectors can do is drop Marnus - all the great/good players have been dropped he needs a spell; he has had a blessed run but the selectors need to drop out of form players and stop holding onto the past. No idea who is performing at Shield level to deserve that place though.

All of this said - the Smith/Cummins era has been pretty good not as good was the Taylor/Waugh/Ponting era but i doubt anything will ever be as good as that when we had generational players like Warne, McGrath, Ponting, Gilly, Waugh and Martyn; this group has been pretty amazing to watch.

 

[Belnakor]

The worst I have seen us play, to be in the position we are in.. in Perth of all places? This is supposed to be our bread and butter, fast and pacy tracks. Nobody in our top 6 has looked like consistently being able to get it off the square. Once upon a time the BCCI insisted they don't have to play in Perth. They'll be lining up to play again next time around, what a demolition job.

You’re thinking of the WACA. The bccI don’t mind this ground. Kolhi has a good record at it.

 

[eddiesmith]

Scored around 70 not out in the second game you muppet

Oh no, a fine innings down the order when the game was over, yeah, he’ll definitely make it. It’s not like players who made runs down the order but failed opening have also failed at test level, oh wait…

 

[zumahawk]

Wait and see.

Australians are already a multicultural country it doesn't really matter if Indian nationals want to live here and be citizens does it?

Anyway what a hammering. Lucky we have 9 days til the next test.

 

[Doggy]

Oh no, a fine innings down the order when the game was over, yeah, he’ll definitely make it. It’s not like players who made runs down the order but failed opening have also failed at test level, oh wait…

"Down the order"

Tell me you're a complete nuffie flog without telling me.

 

[samFFC]

Goodwin made 139 today ...averaging about 85 this Shield season at a guess .

Average 48 this season so far, but was very good this match

 

[Gavin Excell]

That review of Laburshagne
My god

 

[samFFC]

Small issue no shield games after this round due to BBL

There is 6-9 Dec