3rd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 14-18 1050hrs @ The Gabba

[Gough]

Australia from, Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Brendan Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster
India from, Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal

 

[Brenton Davy]

Will be more than happy to see Jadeja left out. Has been a thorn in our side for too many years.

 

[sabso]

Ireland to win please

 

[RookiePick]

Will be more than happy to see Jadeja left out. Has been a thorn in our side for too many years.

It always baffles me that India don't seem to prefer Jadeja more.

In Australia he averages nearly 44 with the bat and under 22 with the ball. If India stick to their usual method we'll see him for the last 2 tests I guess.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Unchanged or Hoff for Boland is about the only question for Aus. Indias selection may be more interesting

 

[MarcMaverick]

Will be more than happy to see Jadeja left out. Has been a thorn in our side for too many years.

It always baffles me that India don't seem to prefer Jadeja more.

In Australia he averages nearly 44 with the bat and under 22 with the ball. If India stick to their usual method we'll see him for the last 2 tests I guess.

Yeah, we'd have to confront Jadeja at some stage during this series. Surprised that Axar Patel isn't in their squad.

 

[Jbudds04v2]

Please drop Marsh.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Please drop Marsh.

What am I going to do with all my bison gifs?

 

[MadMundy]

It would be a shame to see Boland get dropped after his form in Adelaide, but if Hazlewood is fit then you pick him every time.

 

[The 4th Horseman]

Hazlewood back for this test and bring Boland back in for Boxing Day.

 

[Jbudds04v2]

What am I going to do with all my bison gifs?

Can we just call someone else Bison?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Can we just call someone else Bison?

200 IQ right there

 

[the_interloper]

Please drop Marsh.

Why would you do that, and who is replacing him?

 

[southern_crusher]

Why would you do that, and who is replacing him?

If he did get replaced it would be Webster who would come in I'd imagine

 

[the_interloper]

If he did get replaced it would be Webster who would come in I'd imagine

Webster seems to be in form and those blokes should be rewarded. I feel like we could use Marsh up the order anyway, 5 years ago I'd never thought that might be the case but here we are, there's just no decent top order players around.

 

[Cleavy]

Mitchell Marsh 'ready to bowl as much' as Australia need him to in Brisbane

"Right now, the back is feeling as good as it has felt," Marsh says ahead of the Brisbane Test against India

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good to bowl*

*fingers crossed

 

[troybe]

What's the weatherwall say for the 5 days, Tony?

 

[MarcMaverick]

What's the weatherwall say for the 5 days, Tony?

Rain forecast for all 5 days

 

[MarcMaverick]

Rain forecast for all 5 days

SCG fans like this.

 

[Gough]

Mitchell Marsh 'ready to bowl as much' as Australia need him to in Brisbane

"Right now, the back is feeling as good as it has felt," Marsh says ahead of the Brisbane Test against India

www.espncricinfo.com

good to bowl*

*fingers crossed

I hope so because his overs in Adelaide were notable only for giving the Indian batsmen a bit of a break.

 

[MarcMaverick]

I reckon you might need to put it like "3rd Test" given how wet its forecasting.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Forecast is grim at the moment.
Real shame this wasn't starting today.

 

[Bedi]

Slot Sharma back in as an opener, Jadeja in for Ashwin and India are looking like a pretty formidable opponent at the Gabba.

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Forecast is grim at the moment.
Real shame this wasn't starting today.

Dont think it's all that bad. Granted some chance of rain on each day but they aren't predicting much on any day. Given overcast most of the time to help swing bowling, with the track likely to do a bit too at least on first couple of days, and the problems both sides have with their batting , I'll be surprised if we need much if any of day 5.

 

[Nuggetz]

Dont think it's all that bad. Granted some chance of rain on each day but they aren't predicting much on any day. Given overcast most of the time to help swing bowling, with the track likely to do a bit too at least on first couple of days, and the problems both sides have with their batting , I'll be surprised if we need much if any of day 5.

I'll be surprised if it lasts more than 3 days.