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

[eltrain]

Eh, gives the outfield some time to breathe I guess. Less chance of the new ball getting wrecked by the wet grass. Silver linings.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

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.

Don’t disagree about leaving being one of the best shots in test cricket, but there is a bit of selective memory from some (maybe not you) regarding T20. Chasing wide balls outside off has been a problem for decades.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Not with the regularity they do now... No

Anything to back that up, or just the vibe

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Just returned home from an appointment. 3/22! How good is it to see Kohli fail again.

 

[Bob Neil]

Look forward to the rain stopping in two minutes then a scheduled restart in 45.

Nailed it!

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Just returned home from an appointment. 3/22! How good is it to see Kohli fail again.

And out in the same fashion as usual the last 3-4 years

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

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

Yes, we've entered the era of "see ball, hit ball", and it's hard to see that trend reversed anytime soon.

 

[Golumless]

These rain breaks actually favour Australia, not India.

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

I think you're taking that rain break and running if you're India. Dodge a couple of overs before lunch in a period where you're starting to collapse.

As much as Australia gets something out of it, it does give India the chance to take a breath and re-compose themselves.

 

[MJG14]

Rahul is sort of like a modern Armanath for them.

Armanath was one right out of the box in his era as almost all his runs were made outside India - Rahul isn’t like that in terms of WHERE his runs are made but certainly in terms of when they are.

He's very much a player of good innings rather than a good player.

 

[Hawksboy72]

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[Bedi]

good start by Starc

 

[Hawksboy72]

Yes, we've entered the era of "see ball, hit ball", and it's hard to see that trend reversed anytime soon.

Very West Indies...

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[k31th]

THIS is why we shouldn't have taken the entire lunch break while it was sunny... annoying.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The rain will prevent any chance of an Aus victory. The forecast for the next two days is even worse.

 

[Bedi]

sigh. Back to the NZ v Eng test

 

[outabounds]

Queensland, beautiful one day............

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[Bedi]

The rain will prevent any chance of an Aus victory. The forecast for the next two days is even worse.

day 5 esp

 

[Magma]

cricket keeps interrupting the rain at this point.

 

[peternorth]

Raining still?

 

[peternorth]

Just returned home from an appointment. 3/22! How good is it to see Kohli fail again.

I think every poster here wants to know. What type of appointment?

 

[Carn The Berries]

You wouldn't understand. It's obvious you have little clue about test cricket, but I am enjoying your ignorance and tantrums. Carry on

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Sunil Gavaskar was just on ABC radio discussing the first hour of play. His opinion was that it was a waste of time and it made no sense for Australia to be doing what they were doing.

I guess he's just a nuffie on a football forum too...

 

[PhatBoy]

lol @ Vaughan ‘Australia would be enjoying this.’

No they wouldn’t.

 

[swingdog]

Sunil Gavaskar was just on ABC radio discussing the first hour of play. His opinion was that it was a waste of time and it made no sense for Australia to be doing what they were doing.

I guess he's just a nuffie on a football forum too...

Sunny has definitely become more adventurous and attacking since he retired.

 

[dumb]

Can bowl one end all day if you get breaks for rain

 

[PhatBoy]

You wouldn't understand. It's obvious you have little clue about test cricket, but I am enjoying your ignorance and tantrums. Carry on

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Mate, get your head out of your bum.

There is more than one way to skin a cat, acknowledged.

Australia is in the dominant position in the game, therefore they have the ‘right’ to dictate how the game goes and how they want to try and pursue a win.

BUT.

The circumstances of the weather, the fact that they need to win the series to win the trophy etc mean the ball is in their court to force the issue a little more than normal.

So the longer they take out of the game by batting, and the more runs they score than they might ultimately end up needing, the less ways they have available to win.

It’s not hard to understand.

By batting for an hour today they’ve lost 16 overs that they might need on the last day. What if Jadeja and say, Siraj, squeeze out 16 overs in this innings batting together for no meaningful runs, in between rain delays, and they get to stumps on day five a couple of wickets short of victory?

Makes today’s batting look like a waste of time.