2nd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 6-10 1430hrs @ Adelaide Oval

[PhatBoy]

3 Best Innings I’ve ever seen live

Kim Hughes 100 v West Indies MCG 1981

Virenda Sewhag 195 v Australia MCG 2003

Michael Bevan 78* v West Indies SCG 1996

I saw Ponting get 200 against Pakistan at the MCG but it wasn’t as electric as the other three.

I haven’t been to a LOT of live cricket - half a dozen SCG tests and about the same number of one dayers (the travails of a single dad living in country NSW) but was at the SCG* for Warner’s century before lunch, and watched most of Younus Khan’s century in response the next day which was a genuinely classy knock, saw the arse end of Tendulkar’s 242 at Sydney or whatever it was but the highlight at that test was Dravid hitting 90 in quick time when India had to chase quick runs in the second innings to push the game along.

Sharma hit a century in a losing cause in a one dayer a few years ago in an odi that I watched that was ultimately fruitless but in isolation was a brilliant innings.


*we spent the morning at the Captain Cook and walked into the ground just in time to see Warner’s shot to bring up the century

 

[Lunchtime]

Put a fork in him, he's done. Send him back home to be with his wife and new baby....

Sometimes with Test batsman who are captains....their whole world changes....more responsibility....more to think about.....their batting can suffer. Sharma's batting has suffered.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Pant just needs support could easily do a Head

 

[Hawksboy72]

Last ba of the day always calls for a inside edge to cow corner.

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[Satan]

Kim Hughes 100 v West Indies MCG 1981

great innings versus the windies firepower followed by Lillie getting viv last ball

 

[Whiskers]

Drop Smith and Khawaja, McSweeney to 4 and Henry Hunt and Sam Kontas to open, time for the next generation to have a sniff before the Ashes next year.

Won’t happen but I can get around this.

 

[hawkman]

When SA is strong then Australian cricket is strong, or something like that...

If SA is supplying a good portion of the team Australian cricket is weak

 

[danielnajdek]

That last shot was god awful. Just a hoik.

 

[TigerCraig]

Odds on us doing our usual let the tail wag and end up having to chase 150+

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Probably the most entertaining day of test cricket that i can remember great stuff from both sides.

Im so happy this is a 5 test series deserves it

 

[Westend]

great day of cricket

 

[Plugger35]

Helen Reddy going down swinging too, it could be a very interesting first session tomorrow with Reddy and Pant at the crease.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Sometimes with Test batsman who are captains....their whole world changes....more responsibility....more to think about.....their batting can suffer. Sharma's batting has suffered.

He should have stayed back home. I just don't see what he offers the lndian team, except making it a difficult job for the match committee to tell him he's dropped for the Brisbane test....

 

[Cuzz09]

India $15

get on it

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[Jimthegreat]

Going over 5 an over. Can't complain about the wickets, in a great position, but still some worry with the flow of runs we haven't controlled, especially with these two in. Still, more than pleased.

 

[kickazz]

These are aggressive batsmen, Boland doesn't work against aggressive batsmen

In a high scoring game he would

 

[PhatBoy]

Name a bigger indian fan girl that's commentating than her.

Because that is exactly the comment I made.

There are literally 2 girls I’m aware of that commentate that I’ve listened to extensively commentating the Indian cricket team so, ooh, wow, she’s up against Ali Mitchell.

Oooh no, an Indian-descended cricket commentator who is a girl is a bigger fan girl than a non Indian descended cricket commentator who is also a girl.

Wow, what are the chances?

FMD

 

[windyhill]

That last shot was god awful. Just a hoik.

 

[western royboy]

great innings versus the windies firepower followed by Lillie getting viv last ball

My first day at an International match

 

[dogs105]

If SA is supplying a good portion of the team Australian cricket is weak

That's the joke.gif

 

[Pure_Ownage]

The weird thing is I don't think Australia bowled well tonight at all (frankly they were very ordinary at stages) but still got 5.

 

[imagifED]

Thankfully India are still playing Kohli and Rohit. Imagine if they replace them with another two freewheeling left handers.

 

[kickazz]

That last shot was god awful. Just a hoik.

Some of the shots and wickets made me think they weren't really seeing the ball well at all

 

[PhatBoy]

They did a replay of that with modern tech and he actually made his ground

F***.

Three triples for the Prince. Robbed

 

[Jimthegreat]

Get Boland off, he is too predictable

I would have at least bowled to Pant around the wicket to try to cramp him.