3rd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 14-18 1050hrs @ The Gabba
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LukeParkerno1
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Didn't he bowl after that yesterday?
Well that’ll be the declaration but that was bizarre by Australia. Other than those few boundaries we just had no aggression when we were only gonna bat for an hour regardless.
We went at 2.72 an over this morning
We went at 2.72 an over this morning
87.4 - I can only think of a couple of DRS reviews and Jadeja bowled a few overs. It's pitiful
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Well there goes 30 minutes of delay
LukeParkerno1
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Would not surprise me to see us bat to get 500
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Another rain delay and it won't be the last looking at the forecast, Australia should be bowling when they get back out there.
I don't think he's available to bowl after getting injured yesterday.
I don't think he's available to bowl after getting injured yesterday.
LukeParkerno1
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Didn't he bowl after coming back on? he was bowling before the new ball
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Odds are, the test is going to get rained out, so with that in mind...
Bat. Go at 1 or 2 an over. Keep them in the field for as long as we can. Make them bowl 200 overs of mindless, monotonous toil if we can. Rest the bowlers for as long as possible.
Force them to use Siraj and Bumrah when tired. Make Jadeja watch the runs off his bowling stack up and stack up again. Make Akash increasingly more frustrated. Make them question when if ever they can even take another wicket.
Go into Boxing Day fresh, with them having failed to take 10 wickets across three days play. Send them a message.
Bat. Go at 1 or 2 an over. Keep them in the field for as long as we can. Make them bowl 200 overs of mindless, monotonous toil if we can. Rest the bowlers for as long as possible.
Force them to use Siraj and Bumrah when tired. Make Jadeja watch the runs off his bowling stack up and stack up again. Make Akash increasingly more frustrated. Make them question when if ever they can even take another wicket.
Go into Boxing Day fresh, with them having failed to take 10 wickets across three days play. Send them a message.
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I thought I saw him pull up when fielding late? Haven't heard anything though.
LukeParkerno1
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You could be right I just want him to bring up his ton
That would be absolutely non-sensical. These overs are being lost... 30 mins extra play isn't going to get back all the overs that are going down the gurgler... We need to be bowling when the rain stops (we should have been doing it first up this morning).
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Although, if it's gonna rain all the time anyway...
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Ice cream sales would be skyrocketing at the moment?
Boxing Day is over a week from the end of this test match... Let's show some aggression and actually move the game forward. Maybe, just maybe, it will provide the Aussies with enough incentive to actually get through their overs at a decent rate.
LukeParkerno1
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Jadeja bowls 14 and they are 10 overs short is quite pathetic, and let me stress we are just as bad, it annoys me to no end. It's not hard to be ahead of the rate and before anyone says DRS stuff, you get an extra 30 minutes to bowl the overs, the DRS is maybe 10 minutes all up.
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Sydney needs one too, maybe they could build one at Port Macquarie which is halfway between them.
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Can anyone come up with a plausible scenario where Australia win, without making India follow on?
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Stop with the monkey business please
Apparently Aaron Finch was on SEN and he'd spoken to the players about it. They maintain that it's not anything the players can control. Which is an absolute load of horsesh1t. Our rates are as bad, if not worse, than other countries. WTC points are clearly having no effect. Something needs to be done about it.
I did laugh at Ben Stokes bemoaning being docked points for their over rate. Surely one of the cornerstones of "Bazball" should be giving the crowd the entertainment they actually paid for.
There is none
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Batting on is the best option then. Bit of urgency would be good though.
If we get back on soon and declare immediately there is still almost 3 days left. Get the ball swinging and skittle them for 150-200. Get back in and go hell for leather for 50 overs, then stick them back in.
***This would require us getting somewhere near the required number of overs in... Not something we're very good at.
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Looking forward to the announcement that players have taken an early lunch
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