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

[TigerCraig]

And Stokes may have pulled a hammy

 

[Smoooothy]

surely they'll take lunch from here - that little session couldn't have gone any better really

 

[LukeParkerno1]

What’s the follow in target? I imagine Australia want that, and force India to either hold on or have to get Australia to chase a mini target.

234

 

[sherb]

The art of leaving the ball seems to be lost on many modern batsmen.

 

[Carn The Berries]

Good players 20 years ago are not even considering playing at that ball. 2 feet outside off stump. This is what 20/20 has done to the modern batsman. They simply feel they must play at it.
Nothing delivery and only a ball the batsman could get himself out. Poor batting by Kohli.

There was a good example of that in the NZ v Eng match yesterday. Harry Brook came in at 3/80ish and just wafted at a ball outside off stump first nut. Only succeeded it chopping it down onto his pegs. I also heard a stat that in his last match, Ben Duckett left 2 balls in a row... For the first time in his test career!!!!

This "players need to feel bat on ball" stuff is just garbage... Leave nothing balls alone and make the bowler come to you.

 

[PhatBoy]

Good players 20 years ago are not even considering playing at that ball. 2 feet outside off stump. This is what 20/20 has done to the modern batsman. They simply feel they must play at it.
Nothing delivery and only a ball the batsman could get himself out. Poor batting by Kohli.

I think it’s a bit of ego as well. Kohli likes to put pressure back on bowlers he always have. But he’s not the batsman he was and he hasn’t made those allowances in his game which is probably why his record has deteriorated the way it has. He still has all the shots to the bad balls and his defence is still pretty tight when the ball is on his stumps etc. but he’s not as reliable when the ball is not in his ‘areas’ and he seems unwilling to accept it

 

[Golumless]

Good players 20 years ago are not even considering playing at that ball. 2 feet outside off stump. This is what 20/20 has done to the modern batsman. They simply feel they must play at it.
Nothing delivery and only a ball the batsman could get himself out. Poor batting by Kohli.

A good number of players nicked off at that ball, even back then. Pressure and mental fatigue can do some horrible things to decision making, especially if someone is not in form.

India played that mini-session like they were cooked.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Need to have india 7 down tonight preferably all out.

 

[Bedi]

Need to have india 7 down tonight preferably all out.

I think there's a good chance they'll be batting again by late arvo

 

[Great8]

Need to have india 7 down tonight preferably all out.

I’d be staggered if they get another 3 sessions in for the remainder of the test. Looking very ugly the next couple of days unfortunately

 

[eltrain]

That's what annoys me most about us having Marnus bowling pies to him gifting him a ton in Perth!

That may end up being a stroke of genius. Gift him a ton (when we were already beyond cooked in the game) and ensure he gets picked for the rest of the tour when clearly past it!

 

[swingdog]

These rain breaks actually favour Australia, not India.

Pitch stays spicy, short sessions to go flat out. Only problem is ball getting wet.

 

[TigerCraig]

Williamson brings up his 100 with a 6

 

[Jimthegreat]

What’s the follow in target? I imagine Australia want that, and force India to either hold on or have to get Australia to chase a mini target.

246

 

[LukeParkerno1]

That may end up being a stroke of genius. Gift him a ton (when we were already beyond cooked in the game) and ensure he gets picked for the rest of the tour when clearly past it!

need to gift Rohit something somehow so they don't play Jurel

 

[Jim Prideaux]

A good number of players nicked off at that ball, even back then. Pressure and mental fatigue can do some horrible things to decision making, especially if someone is not in form.

India played that mini-session like they were cooked.

Yeah, chasing wide ones outside off has been around for as long as I’ve watched cricket, and unfortunately ill admit it’s much longer than 20 years

 

[Lunchtime]

The art of leaving the ball seems to be lost on many modern batsmen.

Yep. You can thank that garbage T20 cricket for that. India could do with Pujara right now...to just bat for time.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Yep. You can thank that garbage T20 cricket for that. India could do with Pujara right now...to just bat for time.

No one ever dabbed at a wide one prior to T20?

 

[Carn The Berries]

No one ever dabbed at a wide one prior to T20?

Not with the regularity they do now... No

 

[Lunchtime]

No one ever dabbed at a wide one prior to T20?

Never said that mindset didn't happen at all but with so many Test players playing T20 cricket....the mindset is to attack more in Test cricket....it can get overdone.

Sometimes leaving the ball is perfectly fine. Test cricket is the purest test for a batter both technically and mentally.

 

[eltrain]

Yep. You can thank that garbage T20 cricket for that. India could do with Pujara right now...to just bat for time.

Pujara always worried me the most out of any of their batsmen when they toured here. The bloke just put a price on his wicket and set the whole innings up for them.

 

[MarcMaverick]

What’s the follow in target? I imagine Australia want that, and force India to either hold on or have to get Australia to chase a mini target.

245

 

[Bob Neil]

Not sure how many minutes have been lost due to rain in this match but it’s crazy that we’re off the field right now and perfect conditions are being wasted during a lunch break!

 

[the_interloper]

Not sure how many minutes have been lost due to rain in this match but it’s crazy that we’re off the field right now and perfect conditions are being wasted during a lunch break!

Bloody oath it really shits me that Test cricket isn't dynamic enough to allow for playing when the weather is good.

 

[Lunchtime]

Pujara always worried me the most out of any of their batsmen when they toured here. The bloke just put a price on his wicket and set the whole innings up for them.

Yep and he used to just drain the petrol from the Aussie bowlers and ground them into the ground, his strike rate in Australia was 37.37. India could do with him right now.

In Australia: 21 innings for 993 runs at an average of 47.28, three 100s and five 50s. He averaged a 50+ score every 2.6 innings. He was a major thorn for Australia.

Why wasn't he selected for the tour to Australia?