Counterpoint being that we just need one wicket to get into the tail
2nd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 6-10 1430hrs @ Adelaide Oval
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India effectively 5-0 with their best batsmen already dismissed.
This game will be over before late lunch on day 3.
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You’d think so unless Pant can produce a Head-like innings.
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I believe most Aussies can cope with being beaten , but not by teams that don't try . Our team has at least put up a fight .
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Shubman will have a big knock somewhere along the way. The guy is classy af.
I'm not quite sure about this bit
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I've been saying for years that he's an absolute gun in ALL formats and many people won't actually recognise this until after he's retired (though I think more people have changed their tune on him in the last few years).
If you were told say Morris or Spencer Johnson would replace him when he retires and take 368 wickets at 27.59, you would take that every day of the week, and anyone that says otherwise is kidding themselves or a fool.
He's a lock in our ODI + T20 team of the century so far, and would have to be in serious consideration for our Test team of the century so far.
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Just saw the Siraj sendoff.
I absolutely love Siraj and the attitude he brings, equal parts old fashioned fast bowler anger and petulance, but backs it up with some thrilling bowling.
...but sending off a guy whose just hit everyone out of the park like that is terrible form.
I absolutely love Siraj and the attitude he brings, equal parts old fashioned fast bowler anger and petulance, but backs it up with some thrilling bowling.
...but sending off a guy whose just hit everyone out of the park like that is terrible form.
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No issue with players being the villains, winding up the crowd and feeding off it.
But don't do it if you are going to stop play for 20 minutes and get people thrown out because all they did was call you Shiraz.
Yeah what makes it sad is that Travis Head said well bowled to him as soon as he was out (Head is all class on and off the field - never seen him sledge an opponent in anger other than in retaliation yesterday) but maybe Siraj didn’t understand because of language barrier and thought he was being sledged? That’s the only thing I can think of - otherwise Siraj’s actions are inexcusable
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Possible he thought Head was taking the piss out of him considering he had not really been bowling well overall.
I dropped Jayawardene in a Sri Lanka v Aus A game in the AO members. It was travelling and it took some skin off my hand. I got a hard time at the ground and friends gave it to me for years.
Then I redeemed myself when I caught a Kieron Pollard six in a BBL game years later. It just looped in and I stood up and caught it. Crowd cheered and I made it on Sports Tonight.
So you can redeem yourself
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Very possible.
Rana, who hasn't really got the career behind him to mouth off, was also very lippy at times
Correct and then they collapsed spectacularly.
There was no way the bowlers were getting him out. He slogged a rank ball straight down someone’s throat.
He might have a better record, but for me I'd pick Lee ahead of him any day. Maybe it's nostalgia, maybe I just don't like the guy. I just think Lee had something intangible about him that Starc has never had. Starc drops his head too easy and when he's off his game it's been disastrous for us. Maybe Lee was just better supported with an attack including McGrath and Warne but I feel like he showed his class at the end of his career when he was the leader. Lee/Starc/Cummins all have equal merit to a spot on the team of the 2000s imo. McGrath is the only lock.
I'm actually rather surprised that no-one from the Indian Management has come out complaining about the racist, obnoxious Australian crowds booing their innocent little cherub, who is rapidly developing form for what is best described as sooky petulance.
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