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

[grumbleguts]

And yet there are still numpty Australians who thought Smith and Warner should have been banned for life. Indian supporters throw that out there with a sandpaper jibe all the time.

It's ok that Jadeja was caught not long ago altering the ball in the field. That was OK. Nothing to see here.

BCCI=ICC.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Lunch generally can’t be moved they can only take it early (within 1/2 hour if tge scheduled time) tea is a little different but they can only play 2.5 hrs a session max - that’s in the playing conditions

Half the thrill of playing cricket was the lunch breaks.

Bowl 15 overs then hoe into the sandwiches.

 

[010203]

Decision to bowl is looking like an absolute shocker.

Deapite being very different batsmen, Nasser and Rohit have something in common.

 

[010203]

Radar says there's more rain coming.

 

[grumbleguts]

Radar says there's more rain coming.

I live 2 km from the ground and it hasn't rained a drop all day.

 

[Carn The Berries]

Half the thrill of playing cricket was the lunch breaks.

Bowl 15 overs then hoe into the sandwiches.

Did you have skimpys serving the sangas???

 

[010203]

These Indian youngsters need to calm the farm a tad and work into a innings, Jaiwasal has all the talent in the world and is way to reckless.

Too of a much T20 mindset from them at the start of the innings.

 

[Buzz Hawk]

Boof Lehmann is really good as the special comments guy on the ABC.
Called the new paki coach hopeless and told a great story about how James Pattinson threatened to knock his block off after boof tore strips off him for getting a wicket off a no ball.
Hilarious. Comments like he has his feet on the desk with a durrie in one hand and a frothy in the other.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

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

I'd like to know why you are a moderator.

 

[Bedi]

Wouldn't mind having Boland as an option to bowl now

 

[Stig O'Hara]

We’re on world record pace for rain delays.

 

[Golumless]

3-22 yesterday afternoon or first thing this morning wouldn’t have been even better?

Correlation doesn’t equal causality. Australia probably doesn’t have India 3-22 because Australia batted on for 16 overs, more than likely. There’s just as much chance they could have them 6-7 down by now.

Again, the current approach COULD work and they may win the test. But it gives them less ways they can do it which is why people wanted them to potentially approach it differently.

It has nothing to do with ‘not being able to watch test cricket’ like someone was claiming earlier

As there is for India being 0 down for a 70-80 or so (as Jaiswal/Rahul did in the second innings in Perth, and both are certainly capable). It's not a timeline we know about. Equally, cricket has a nasty habit of punishing hubris.

Correlation doesn't, however, you can only judge a decision by the result. Right now, the result is that Australia had a dream session, seeing they got more workload into the Indian bowling lineup (which helps with Melbourne/Sydney) and have begun to run through India's recognized batsman.

The only thing that changes is the situation India faces, and removing pathways they have to come back into the game has a fair bit of value, especially with the stop-start nature of the game.

 

[Plugger35]

More rain.

The Gabba ground staff are earning their pay today.

 

[ptrg]

Clearly all you have to do as a batsman is refuse to take strike if there’s any moisture in the air, and the umpires must then take everyone off

 

[sherb]

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

It was a counselling session advising how to cope with large font on an online forum.

 

[Coasters7]

Can’t wait for Melbourne and Sydney to follow suit

 

[k31th]

Can’t wait for Melbourne and Sydney to follow suit

Which suit?

 

[Doggy]

Can’t wait for Melbourne and Sydney to follow suit

Melbourne will be fine.

It'll be bloody annoying if we lose the series 2 - 1 if we lose in Melbourne considering that rain might be the only thing saving them here.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

They may as well call tea. There's another rain shower behind it.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

They were insane.

Yep I mean go 2 matches if you want but a year was ridiculous

 

[TigerCraig]

Which suit?

Wet suit

 

[ptrg]

They may as well call tea. There's another rain shower behind it.

What I don’t understand is, if the delay is more than 20 minutes, why can’t it retrospectively just be called tea, and get back out there for remaining hours as soon as rain stops?

Its those sort of fuddy duddy rules that hold test cricket back and hurt it as an in- person spectator sport

 

[LukeParkerno1]

They may as well call tea. There's another rain shower behind it.

You just know they will take tea at the usual time haha

 

[ptrg]

Also, to backup my point yesterday about the petty pathetic Indians yesterday when Smith and Head finally were dismissed, half the poms side just then shook Willimson’s hand as he departed there.

 

[Bedi]

Also, to backup my point yesterday about the petty pathetic Indians yesterday when Smith and Head finally were dismissed, half the poms side just then shook Willimson’s hand as he departed there.

It is a dead rubber, however with England 2-0 up.