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

Who will win?

  • Australia

    Votes: 31 83.8%
  • India

    Votes: 5 13.5%
  • Draw

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .

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Early days but nerve wracking how comfortable India look at the crease. If anyone gets a ton, or even a 60+ score I can't see us chasing it down, especially if they can bat out today and most of tomorrow.
 

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Does everything with the ball, swings it both ways and seams it, ultra accurate too. Just about the perfect bowler
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
 
This'll flatten out big time. 30 and sunny today, 36 tomorrow. If India stay in we're in deep shit.
We won't even get 150 amd will probably be chasing 350 for the win. But the selectors will just keep their head in the sand and ignore that we need to move Smith and Cummins on and give Labu some time in the shield.

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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
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).
 

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How many balls have we bowled that would hit the stumps? Why are we bowling a hard length? Get them driving

You need to factor in game situation mate. It makes such a difference to what is happening at any given time in a match. When a game starts with a clean slate and pressure is on a team going out to bat, a ball in a certain spot might feel like a hand grenade.

When you go out and your team is on top and you’ve just blown the opposition away for 100 and you’re dictating the match, the same ball doesn’t feel nearly as threatening.
 
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…
 

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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
 
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.
 
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
 

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